Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-21
THE SENATORIAL PRIZE.
How some DIen are Seheming for the
Honor-A "Flshy" Story Told ON ''aIat"
Quay.

OF harmony farther from the point of
possibility. Both sides charge treachery.
and open threats of kicking have been
made IN case of one faction or the other
winning. AT present there is every
prospect Of a Polly McNatt' campaign
Of 1872.
A prominent and well-informed poll
tician, who belongs to Kent and occupies
that rare position in that county, namely.
OF being more or less impartial. stated to
an EVENING JOURNAL reporter yesterday
that he had positive knowledge that in
case the friends OF Senator Salisbury
won the fight and the Legislative tickets
to be nominated should contain ma
jority sufficient to return Senator Sauls
bury, that the Wolcottites would make a
dickor with the Republicans. He claimed
that he had the word Of one of that
faction that already the Wolcottites
were weakening and had made arrange
ments for a deal after this fashion.
The "kckers' were TO Join the
Republicans and help elect the Repubh-
can Legislative ticket and send George V.
Massey. Esq, 10 the Senate NJ 5. Quay,
the chairman Of the National Executive
Committee, il is said. has promised TO
aid this little scheme by contribution of
sou, OOO Tor campaign expenses
That price is deemed modest for a
United States Senator, who in case of the
reelection Of Cleveland would be able TO
do good service as a steady voter in the
Senate. In support of this story the
gentleman cited TO the EVENING JOURNAL
reporter. a number Of facts 'Why, he
said, have not these men done the very
same thing before2 The men supporting
Wolcott to-day were the leaders of the
old Polly NcNatt' campaign prominent
among them being the Ridgeleys and the
Johnsons These men have never been
able to get anything out of the Demo
cratic party and they are mad Then
again, the Smyrna Record is the mouth
piece of the faction and did il not declare
only last Saturday, that the success of
Senator Salisbury meant disruption2 Dis
ruption by whom pray. except themselvesg
Then there is Beninh Watson He is
rendering Wolcott all the aid he can in
this fight, for what purposeY To be on
hand when the deal is consummated and
to repay Wolcott for making him town
solicitor AT the last municipal court
election in Dover the W0lcott followers
joined the Republicans in a mongrel tick
ct and elected il. The result was Re
publican town council in a Democratic
town and the first thing that they did was
to turn out the Democratic town solicitor
and clerk and elect in their places Ben
Watson and William H. Boggs Ben
feels thankful and Is rendering good ser.
vice
The gentleman continued and said
Now. look az the position of the State
Sentinel 1t has hitherto, as rule.
given the Saulsburys more or less sup
port. Is it doing it this year, No, in
deed; it is informed of this matter and is
either aiding and abetting the other side
or else remaining dormant There are
two things in the way, however con
tinued the JOURNAL informer that will
prevent a consummation of this little
scheme and the first il. that the Polly
McNatt's of 1883 viii receive no support
from the other two counties in the state
The Democrats ia New Castle county are
from present indications. going to have
very little bitterness in their fight. and
/ from present appearances Senator Sauls
/ bury viii bag six Of the members with a
/ probability of eight, and do not believe
that Wolcott and his Polly McNatt's 81
/ friends have enough supporters in that
1 county successfully to carry through
such a scheme In Sussex. well, the
Democrats there are mostly for the Sen
atOr and those that are not will have
none Of fhe fighting
/ Now there is one other important thing
that may prove ruinous TO this fairy
| scheme. and that is that certain eminent
Republicans in Kent county will render
no aid, and among them are the Hon
George p Fisher and the Hon. Nathaniel
B. Smithers The judge is au old man.
full Of years, and respected alike by Re
pubicans and Democrats Fate has dealt
hard with him. Possessing ability Of the
first order, he is relegated in his old age
to his office in Dover and compelled TO
work hard while he might to-day have
been occupying a prominent position in
the councils of the party had il not been
for the treachery and dishonesty Of some
of his own party associates in this state
During the war no man did more 10 pre-
serve this states honor than Judge
Fisher He was President Lincoln s
right hand man in Delaware. and what
he said was taken as an accepted fact
He was made Judge of the District Court
of Washington, and subsequently, as YOU
know district attorney. All the time that he
filed the last position, politicians from
this state besieged President Grant. ask
ing for his removal. Finally the pres
sure became SO strong that the President
yielded and asked for his resignation. II
was given and the Judge came back to
| Delaware. and ever since the coterie that
hangs around George v. Massey have
| kept the judge out of political promi-
hence. their last unkind act being per
| petrated at the last Republican conven-
! ton. The judge had made a request of
several of his friends stating that as he
was an old man and might not live TO see
another national convention he should be
sent to the grand council of the party
that he loved so much. It would have
cost nothing 10 give the judge the desired
/ honor, but Massey who heard of il de-
creed otherwise The first thing that he
resolved to do was to humiliate the Judge
once more He was successful.
rs you know, and these present
at the Republican convention that day
will remember for years the noble APP
! pearance Of the old man, beaten probably
for the last time as he once more demon
strated his faithfulness TO his party, by
exclaiming. with tears in his eyes
Stand by the old flag, meaning. of
course, his party In view Of these facts
! / do not think that the friends Of Judge
! Fisher will render much support to the
deal for the advantage OF Mr. Massey
The gentleman concluded his talk TO
( the JOURNAL reporter by saying. II do
not think the Wolcott men will win. as
men of neither party have any sympathy
for the kind Of politics they are indulg-