Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-18
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Being Also 60 SOM. Extent the Rec
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Philadelphia Record Special.
WILMINGTON, DEL, July 1I.--Six
months ago Charles III. Trsst OF George.
town was the leading Republican canii
date for United States senator before The
Delaware Legislature. He led all the
other aspirants for several ballots, secnr
ing s Of the 16 Republican votes and for
u lime it looked as if he might secure the
prize which ultimately fell to Anthony
Higgins. To day he is in town seeking
to obtain an extension on his notes and
to secure funds to bolster up the O. ii.
Treat Manufacturing Company and O. H.
Treat & Co., whose failure at George
town. with $l25, 900 Liabilities, has been
announced.
This decline in the fortunes of Treat
serves to bring into prominence, TEN.
porarily at least, the best known man in
Sussex county. The would be senator
has been u power down there, and it was
principally through his forts that the
county took political fllp at the Presi-
dental election, electlng Republican
delegation to the lesisls ure, waioh, in
turn, by the choice OF Republican to
succeed Ell Salisbury, gave the Rapub.
licans majority of the Union States
Senate.
he CAME FROM YhNKEELAND.
Treat is q thorough Yankee, and as un-
like the ordinary Delaware politician as
possible. He came TO thig state in 1877
from Maine, where, according to toe
stories that folio we'd him, he had alread y
had one or two revarsss in business. He
was only &c years old, and brimtul of
Ysnkee push. He established barrel
and basket factory at Frankford, wsnt
into politics, made Republican spseches,
and began to whoop up things in way
that made the eyes of the slow-goiue
Sussez countians h1lge out with amaze
ment. His methods were SO unlike those
Of his neiehbors that he soon built up 8
tremendous reputation for enterprise and
vim.
The Frankford establishment got into
difficulties, aud then Tfsat started big
ger one at Georgetown. He built up the
business until il now gives work TO over
2n0 hands, and is the principal industry
of Georgetown. A company store was
also eete nlished, and Treat found il con.
veuient to pay his employees largely in
orders on this. ALL this ime he was hust-
ling about as politician and increasing
his i, flaencs in she county and State. Re
was rewarded last I III by being made the
Republican candidate for Congress, and,
of course, was badly beaten.
THEY NHVER SAW HIS LIKE BEFORE
Treats business carser has oeen pecu-
liar, to say the least. hut it is as a poll
tician that he chi, fi ! interests Dela.
wsreans. They have never seen his like,
aud the old stagers, who still cherish the
belief that United States senator should
be something OF a statesm an, shudder
when they think how near Treat came tn
occupying tine seat once filed by John
NJ. Clayton, Thomas F Bayard and other
great sons of Delaware.
The Sussex politician announced his
candidacy for the Senate soon a:tar the
President election. His work ia car
rying the county had given him such @
prestige that he had no trouble IN cun,
trolling the Sussex delegation, and went
to Dover Eith ak votes solid.
| WHICH he LEARNED FROM ROSWELL p,
FLOWER
When the Legislature mst be estab.
! lished himself in the Capital Hotrl aud
put up piacarda announcing "Treat's
headquarters, ON 49" BE procesded
to button hole all the members vigor
| OuSAsN huu blopAGu 5lGh
methods as Dover had never witnessed
This may do all very well in Maina, =
the dignitied eI senator's, ex.governors
ex congressman aud other old-timers pro
tested, "but it won't go down in Della
| ware"
This was made plain when the ballot
ing began. Treat got six votes of the
! Sussex couuty delegation, but not another
one. He held those six for four ballots
| Then one droppsd off, bu. lie held tht
other fve for 35 ballots. Finally they
all went over to Higgins and gave hin
| the nomination.
| ONE OF HIS QUEER METHODS.
| One of the most extraordinary OF
| Treats electioneering methods was wit
nes7ed in this city just day or tvs
| before the final cpoice was made. It wa.
two-coiumn wide advertisement ir
EvEEY EVENING containing two cuts sup
posed to represent his establishn 4nt az
Georgetown. Over these was printed in
big black type;
"Senatorisl Arguments !"
"Balow fad pictures OF Charles Il
Treats factories at Georgetown, SUSSEX
county"
U4der the pictures were the following
Senatorial Arguments"
"They are chock full of men, womer
and Chi ldfen happy and comfortable OF
earning good living. .-..
1--WE can stand q few more of the sams
kind. What Delaware wants is perform
ance aud not promise, and here you
have it."
Delaware did not take kindly to these
hustline methods from the state of Maine
MIR. Treat is now very far indeed from
being United MATES senator, but il SEN
ator higgins is grateful to him as tt
others who made his election possible h,
should receive something substantial from
the new administration.
|
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Hhrbor Master Feasttr last FrIdA,