Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-01-14
STILL UNCERTAINTY.
4 VERY CLOSE FIGHT TO THE
FINISH.
Every One NJ Bsa-The Situation 1t
Dover Oonpsrasivsis Uaonangsd
alleged Oombinstion Between
Massey and smItAsrs n On.


Correspondence of the Republican.
DOVER, January 1.-THE situation
! here this morning is comparatively un-
J changed since Thursday last. The main
topic of conversation is tao alleged com.
} binAtion between the Massey and Smith
era men. II they are slecessful In max
! ing the desired combination, the solution
OF the perplexed question is only . ques-
! tion Of few hours aitsr the caucus
: meets. One thing Is Certain, however,
and that is they nave fo;, up to the pres
ent time, exceeded in efiectinE II, 1t
, can be said on the very best authority
that one or two OF the members who
we're to vote for Massey have declared
that they will not vote for sInithers.
, Every effort is being made by higgins
and Treat to prevent the former pair COM
ing together.
Should this be accomplished the end OF
: this hght Is still far distant. The nomi.
; nation of any one else b .eidss Smithers
or Higgins Is bound to prolong the eau
, Gus, as these gentlemen are the only ones
} who can poll the full strength OF their
party. A member fir m this county, who
is very positive in his convictions, de-
clares that he will under no clrcum-
etances suppori Treat. That gentleman's
plan Of campaign has disgusted great
many persons. The climax of this dis
! gust was reached whea an advertisement
appeared in a w Wilmington paper on Sat
urday afternoon last. Tac Smithers IN n
, are in the very best Of spirits this morn
ing. On the o,her hand the friends of
Massey, Higgins and Treat are despond-
| ent. The first named have been confident
IRON the first and were claiming the
, favo,ite's election to certainty. Thit
. morning, however, they are as close
Q mouthed as clans and eisim nothing
r Treat Is said to have done great work
: in Sussex since the adjournment. His
A trends have been working incoksantly.
$ Everything that has been possible to do
e has been done and the men who are re-
4 ported to be for him have been braced up
3 considerably, ana he expects to pol six
r votes for some time IN the caucns this
e evening. There is noth.Dg In the report
Is that Charles II. Maui the member from
c Lewis, has decided 10 vote for Judge
G Houston. The Judge has no desiie
o satever for political Office and will not,
|. it is said, allow his name to be used
Maull will stick to HigRiDs through
a thick and thin, The air 10 full of rumort
a OF dc ls and counter-deals, and all on,
/, wants TO obtain what be desires is to gt
/. out into the streets and he will receive It
Even the Democr Its here hoped that
the fight will be so bitter that they will
profit by 1t In two ways one that the elec
in on will be drawn into the Legislature by
,f the failure OF the caucus to agree, and thl
"a other even to the extent of electng
! Democrat
10 Dover will have tie largest crowds ii
l. It's history hero 10 day Treat will run
ir special train from Sussex, to convey hi
"a admirers here to work for him. Tn
"a Young Mems Republics Club, of VII
1t mlngton are coming down In force 70
Is Higgins. Levi @. Bird, Washington
t, Hastings, Watson r. sperry and Au.tir
a Harrington will lad an anti Higgin
a delegation. These men will end aVor /,
in show that New Castle County is not en-
Iy titled tos the office until four years from
:. now The rooms In all the hotels are en-
,e gagged and there VIII hjrdly be room Il
= stir about. The lfote ri harrison hat
p every room engaged by yesterday morn
ID iGg and denied numerous applications
T. since that time.
The time OF meeting of tho two house,
Is 8 o'clock. They doubt will remsii
in session until about 6, and VIII do bu
. little business. The members are ex
~ pected to arrive carly aud take part il
Il he caucus.
a Addicks is expected TO arrive here thi
.a afternoon and reopen his canvass. If h
~ wins In this fight or 4, he CO tainly ha
,f made q host OF friends here, and If he de
NJ cides to take part In politics here In til,
=. future he will be possessed of consldera
"A BILE influence.
~ Brigadier- General II. W. Weesls die,
- at the Hotel Richardson shortly after
a, o'clock Saturday evening, of heart failure
M The deceased General had spent th
N wiEter in Dover two years ago. He wen
az to Florida this year, where he left tb
80 4, ,f.,t
40 in Dover, arriving here on Wejaesda!
RI last.
le Last evening he went to supper as usua
of and ate hearty meal. After eating h
had been In his ropm but shoit tint
when he was stricken, and died in les
than ten minutes The deceased was
n graduate of West Point In the early da,
10 OF that institu ion, aud at the time of hi
70 death had reached his elghtieth year. II,
ia served with distinction during the Mext
Ia can war In the late rebellion he wa
m connected with the Army OF the Potomac
a He won distinction at the battle of th
IA Seven Hickories, and was breveted Brlga
AZ der General by President Lincoln. H,
X was placed on the retired list in 1865, ant
.. since that time has seen no actual ser
of vice.
N He leaves wife and four children, two
ID daughters, who are at the Hotel Richard
a son and two sons who are in the army
40 News of h ls death was sent to a numbe
OF his army acquaintanees, several o
whom arrived last night, and will accom-
pany the remains to the home Of til,
=" family, in Litchftld, Conn.
I'd The funeral otSusie A Mills, daughte
In of Isaac N. Mills, took place yesterds.
b. afternoon, at 2 o clock. A special trail
IS conveyed the remains from Clayton Il
ms Dover. Interment was had In the Epis
be copal burying ground Rev. l. w
Dg Gibson conducted the g. vices.
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