Daily Republican., 1888-11-19
now 1T W as DONE.
A Correspondents OF tho new York Sun
Has q Cook and Bull story about
How Doiawaro was Carried by the
Republicans.

How Delaware was carried by the
Republicans.
Blakely Hall, staff correspondent OF
the New York Sun, Charles A. Dana's
paper, has been down In Wilmington In
vestigating the manner In which the Della.
ware legislative ticket was carried by the
Republicans, and the account he gives oi
1t seems so improbable that It should be
received with considerable allowance
In fact 1t looks as II the correspondent
had fallen amongst Democrats and had
got only that side OF the story. Speak
Ing Of the Democratic revolt In Kent
county, Mr. Hall says:
The WolcOtts found way out Of their
dilemma Ito secure all the legislative
candidates on the Kent county ticket
by applying, for the first time, the unit
rule, and selected a straight ticket of
their friends
The Saulsburys at once declared open
war, and vowed they would defeat the
ticket nominated by the convention.
They had polled SEQ votes at the dele
gate elections, and y only required 700
OF these to vote the Republican ticket to
defeat the Wolcott tiGlet. They quietly
went to work in their own way aud &C
complished their work, defeating every
man on the Woleott ticket. Here comes
a bit Of political history that has never
before been told in pint.
The Republicans 10 Sussex county were
in excellent ndition, and, fOrseeing the
result in Kent, Immediately set about in
4 quiet way to effect tho capture of 5us
sex county. Charles II Treat, Maine
man who had startled dead old Sussex
by his live business methods, had been
nominated fos Congress He at once
came to Wilmington and consulted An
thony Higglni, the leader of the Repub
lican party iu this State II was deter
mined TO make an effort 10 raise the
necessary money from the National Com
mittee to carry the State. A visit was
paid TO Dover, and the Republican leaders
at that place were Baen. Cold water was
thrown on tho project. Pennewill, the
chairman of the Republican Etate Cen
tral Committee, Is o young man who
knows more about leading a church
choir han political campaign. He Isl a
law partner of George V. Massey, a sena-
torial aspirAnt and counsel for the Penn
sylvania railroad Up to 1888 Wolcott,
John F Salisbury aud Massey were the
king bees Of the Delaware lobby at the
Legislature Whatever the trlumyirate
wanted from the Legislature they gener-
ally secured. Massey tied himself tightly
to Wolcott, as he was the ascending star.
II WOlcOtt WOD, Massey as a lobbyist
would have almost absolute control OF
the Delaware Legislature for the benefit
OF his railroad company. II there was a
Republican Legislature his power would
be gone.
Pennewlll, however, agreed to 20 to
the National Committee with Treat and
Higgins Accordingly q party of five
WAS made up, consisting of the above
three aud Joseph II. Whitaker, a former
director Of the Pelnsylyanil Railroad
Company, and Washington Hastings, an
ex-candidste for Congress. They called
upon Chairman Cooper In Philadelphia,
as Quay's representative al this end of
the line. When the party arrived Cooper
refused to see them ~, saying there were
too many. He a. Fed, however. TO see
Higgins, Pennewin and Treat. The
amount Of money necessary to carry
Delaware was the snbject at once g.
cusscd. The three concluded that $25, ,0OO
was the AMOUNT needed, $40, 900 for
Sussex, SlO,t Kent ana s. ,0O0 for New
Castle. The ger Ltlemen each agreed to
Ialse IS Og0 apiece for each county.
Cooper thought over TIE matter for a
while and sald he believed he could raIse
the money. He made a future appoint.
ment. When the party had separated
Treat and Higgins ut once commenced to
compare notes. They had supposed that
Kent would not want any money and
there was general suspicion that Penne-
will had labored to make the amount so
high that the National Committee could
not furnish It.
In the course of a few days Messrs
Higgins, Treat and Pennewill called
again. Cooper greeted them with; "Gen.
tlemeD, 1t is no use of your calling /
have since learned that no amount of
money can be sent into Delaware that
Will carry IT. cannot get cent for
you"
Messrg. Treat and HiRgins were aston
ished Pennewlll was perfectly calm and
betrayed the whole thing by saying in the
presence of Cooper TO Treat: awe have
always been friendly to the Wolcott peo-
pie, and we do not see how we can fight
them"
Quay seemed unfrlendly. There was a
reason for this, and that was that when
the Kent County Republican Convention
met in Dover, Massey had aimed to con
troll It. The Granger sentiment was so
strong against him, however, that out OF
eAN Sih w DS bGlSNkEu nc Only
secured three.
Messrs. Higgins and Treat returned to
Wilmington despondent, and after a
consultation IL was determined to appeal
directly to Quay. Both went over to
New York, but Quay gave them the cold
shoulder.
This was on the Thursday before the
election and Treat was in Wilmington
and In despair. He called on a news
paper friend, who advised him to go and
see Higgins as flnal effort. He follow.
ed his advice, and after some parleying
Higgins said at If Treas could raise
S6,UOO In Sussex he would see that that
amount was raised here. There had
been $1,000 raised In Sussex already, and
Treat hurried home and eventually raised
the amount to $500. Higgins, Treat
and + Z Bach brought the amt unit up
$4,000 more from the manufacturers Of
Wilmington Higgins raised 81 900
among Philadelphia friends, and Horace
Greeley Knowles, law student in this
city, raised the remaining 81 900. The
whole amount was st once placed in Sus-
sex county.
OF all these movements, the Democrats
had not the slightest intimation They
knew on Friday before the election that
something was up, but did not know Just
what 1t was. Chairman Stevens OF the
Democratic State Central Committee
visited ChairI an BricP, but received
neither funds nor encouragement, On
the day Of the election the Democrats OF
Sussex were eau sht without a dollar, and
they did not grasp until about O'Clock
on the day OF the election what the Re
publlcans were doing. To understand
the value of money in cam aign in sus.
sex, it should be stated that at every
election there are quite 900 purchasable
votes, These men are naturally Demo-
Gratis, but want money for voting The
Rennbllcans had Il and got them and