Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-03
rRsArs PETITIONS.


why Thoy nre sseing Circuiated.-A
Fioh i'm ffis Favor.
Hdttor Gdsetto d Journal: In reoayd IN
the senatorial contest here your corr.
epondent Is not quite reliable in.
formed. The petitions sent ont bv
Mr.. Treats friends are not for the INV.
pose OF influencing the Leaislature.
- they have only besn sent into few al
ehe hundreds, 10 o test Of Treats follow
ing and popularity. This course v,s in
spired by the fact that ID. ]. Layton ana
his friends had loudly declared that ,p,aa,
had no popular following. Treat nssed
them II they were ready 10 support bi,a
" the majority OF Sussex Rbpnhjican ne
were favorable TO his candidacy. They
hNu yes; out aihrmed that he had NOT
she majority. SO Treat, as is his usual
why, suggested to his friends to net an
expression from the voters, and the p,oat
direct course was by petition. The
result of the canvass in Georgetown HIM.
dred was astounding to his Opponents
Only six persons besides the Laytons
were opposed to him. This ia only another
sest of Treats political strength where
ne Is best known. II will BIO well 10 re
member that the usual Democratic ma.
FORTY In Georgetown hundred has bean
about 100, but Treat cnrrled It at the ,eat
election by two majority, and could now
carry II by at least 80, for the reason Thai
over 100 Democrats asked the priyjlaoe
OF signing the petition, but their reouesa
had to be- declined with thankful apnre.
cistion. Similar enthusiastic yeports arc
coming In from NaDtiooke and Grmboro
and Baltimore hundSeds. There Ia no
sort OF doubt that Treat has the people of
Sussex with him. They ARE tired of fac.
tonh strife and are nov rejoicing over q
victory that was brought forth by his DEL.
ebrated powers Of Cancellation and In.
spring every one with his magnetism 10
90 resolutely to work. .SsNIa.
County pride h greatly excited aud the
people vt Sussex reject with angry con.
tempt the claims OF Wilmington that sbe
has no capable men to reprts mt tha GREAT
victory she has given the 3 ate,
have heard the representatiyey.ele
express their approval Of these petitions,
as II enabled them better to gauge the
popular will. There Is no doubt thus
move IA strong One on the part Of Treat
de preserves his usual good nature and
no one can get him to say bittar word
OF his foes, He kuows tao Republicans
will need all the votes they viii get in
1890, and he does not intend TO make any
strife by which they will lose.
Hr. Treat Is we'll known to be stsam
engine in business and carries the same
high pressure into pc itics. IIa never
gets ratified; always cool Always has
plan, and one that generally meets the
occasion. His long experience In politics
stands him q good hand now. The old
leaders are bewiidered at the aeuteness
which he displays In catching on to the
salient points at issue. The people de-
clare that he ia the only leader who has
properly understuod them. There iassone
thing certain, they believe In him aue
follow hls lead with enthusiastio loyalty.
When his friends promised at the last
Btate convention TO carry Sussex they
knew the material they based II on, and
they now declare that he Ia the only man
that ean keep Sussex Republican and add
to her majority.
Hs became the legitimate legatee Of A.
p. Robinson's holding OF the reformed
Democratic, and this power will be felt in
tho present contest.
He 10 singular In his methods, az he has
never asked . member elect to vote for
him. He has implicit faith that they will
not betray the political rights OF old Sus-
ssx. People who think that the use of
these petitions demeans the senatorial
conteat, forget the memorable fight made
In New York against tho return Of Roscoe
Oonkllng TO the United States Senate,
when petitions Of protest, signed by sew.
eral hundred thousand voters, were for
warded to the Legislature and thereby
secured his defeat. The voice Of the
people to the politicians is the voice Of
God. Sussex.
GEongErowN. December goth, 1853,