Evening journal., 1889-11-23
LETTERS Faom TIE pEopLe.
John and Luther Axcbnnge Views on the
Situation.


Editor EVENING JOURNAL.
Some two weeks before the appoint
ment of q postmaster at Harrington,
and when things looked very dark for
aIsuther, ex-Representative John Peter
Masten" of Mispillion hundred and s.
Luther Shaw Of Harrington met near
the station at Harrington and ventilated
their ideas on the doings of "Delaware's
Accidental
John Peter. fLuther, you ought to
have had the post Office. No doubt about
that. John and ] would have got 1T, |
believe, If it had not been for that man
without Liver. He was always op-
posed to me. He thinks that / was
| for Massey. Luther, IL | had only
acted as | promised the leading Repub-
licans Of Mispillion hundred / would act,
| | sm now satisfied that everything would
he 7e been right But | allowed Bill
| Davis and the old 'Playedout Coursey
crowd to over persuade me and / blindly
followed where they led. 7
| Luther: eyes John, we all did wrong
we can see IL now when it is too late
am becoming more and more satisfied
every day. live that Massey would have
been the right man, both in point of
ability and for the good of the Republican
party Of Delaware. Smithers would have
| beenno better than Higgins. Owing to
| his unpopularity incurred while serving
part Of a term in Congress, his election
to the Senate would have hattened the
Republican party Of Delaware out Of
existence. Why look at us Smithers
men who went TO Higgins, and by Smith
erss direction. We are all in the SOUP
and yet the old fossil walls his eyes and
looks wise and says 1T is Just as he de-
sired and he would not have it otherwise
il he could.
John Peter: Luther, feel and know
that my goose is cooked. | can never
look the Republicans Of Misplllion hun
| dred in the face without feeling that
have betrayed a trust conhded in me, by
voting for a man against their wishes.
fear that ingratitude on my part will
send me to my political grave. Why
the man whom my vote made Senator
does not even consult me about anything,
But let him 90 with his man without a
liver and his miserable Wilmington
herd and bakers dozen Of sore headed
Democrats in Kent and he viii see where
he viii land. Well, all / have to say is,
that would Ike to have the recasting OF
that vote in caucus
mess, and what do you think that 'acci-
dental senator said to me the last time
that was in Wilmingtonl'
John Peter: Il have no idea.
Luther "Why, ] will tell you what
he said. He declared that / and my
father and old John Peter Masten ought
to be in the Democratic party.
John Peter: is that SOP
Luther: Yes, sir, and it serves us
right. Good bye.
How things have changed since the
above colloquy. Luther" has satisfied
| the Accidental" that he was always q
TONY man, and that he would live and
die one provided ''he would give him the
post office Upon that promise Luther
was appointed postmaster at Harrington
and Bob Downs the man who was sent
for to take that office, was put on short
pasture
Poor Luther would like to take back
what he has said about Accidental, and
would suggest a way out of his di
lemma. Hold up your hands and ash
forgiveness Of that great head, swellee
with egotism, with visionary dreams Of
being "Clayton Clay" or a Eugene Hig
gins. If we are allowed to Judge from
| the complexion of some of the appoint
ments made from Delaware, 1t would
seem in reality that his imagination
had lowered to the standard of the
latter.
If reports be true, men have been ap
pointed to high positions in Delaware
Of whom this same Accidental" said II
q public speech ut Dover, not many years
ago: "You stink lin the estimation oi
every decent person from Washington e
Dover, and your appointment to any po
sition would be disgrace to the people
OF Delaware" Yet this same depraved
vile scamp is appointed to high position
by the recommendation of this same
Accidental" who so classed him In q
speech at Dover.
Men have been appointed to high posi-
tion in return for corrupt and treacher-
Gus means employed to bring about the
election of a certain man for Senator
The post Office at Bridgeville, Del, wa:
bartered away for services rendered in
making a certain man Senator and ''Sher
if Wards brother was appointed post
master at Bridgeville."
A man with all the appearance of 3
mushroom has been appointed to high
position in return for knavish and dis
honest act. He was appointed while tn,
senatorship was pending before the eau
caus, and sent away to be wilteds ant
wethered by the hot suns of South France
He has just had his head swelled BY
forming the acquaintance Of another very
rich exporter.
Men have been appointed to important
, positions who are common political hire
lings with no earthly qualification fol
position they hold except that they arr
always ready to do the bidding OF th'
accidental, to the detriment Of the Re
publican party. One of them furnished
Harry Mcintyre, with padded list to bI
used against the Republicans.
Men have been appointed to positions
where it required honesty and integrity
who have been denied the right to testif,
in a court OF justice and have beel
driven from the witness stand.
Men have been appointed who wer
accused of shop lifting
Heaven, save us! Can it be possible
that the people OF Delaware have honore,
Eugene Higgins with seat in tn
United States Senate" or is it tina
''Fony" who accidentally got his heal
swelled by the Delaware Legislature2 /
so, "God help the Republican party o
Delaware with such leader.
Accidentalg / should say So Al
I accident that never was intended, and
/ calamity that the Republicans of DelA
ware will not soon forget. Had the Re
. publicans Of Kent and Sussex know
that such a disaster was in store TO
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