Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-03
THE SENA1 ORAL tIGHi
MIR. Ri -HARDsOk1S NAME EoULI
MAKE a b Ess OF N.
Treat Working UP senatiment by
Means OF PetittOns--A New Candia
date spoken of-A he Higgins Men
: are bitter.

Means OF PeIftt0us--A New Candia
date spoken of-A he Higgins Men
are Bitter.
| Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal
GEoRoErnws, Dec. "a Mr.. Charles
Fl, Treat Is working his senatorial racket
in the most vigorous manner and iB
adopting methods hitherto unheard of in
similar contests in this State. His latest
move is to circulate petitions urging his
claims to the position and requesting the
members elect OF tho Legislature to vote
for him.
These petitions set forth, in detail, the
many claims that Hr. Treat mOdestly
urges in his own behalf. They state that
Sussex is entitled TO The senatorship; that
Treat is the best man in the State for the
position; and that as he did more than
any ether man to secure Republican vio-
tory IN Sussex, he deserves this rich re-
ward. The petitions have been asnt to
each hundred iu the county and placed in
the hands of active mel who are paid to
canvass for eianaiures. Ose of Treats
henchmaR confidently claims that whsn
these petitions are sent to Dover, next
week, they will bear the names Of 4, 900
SuRsex county Republicans.
Treats opponents are making all pos
sible capital out Of the petition scheme,
ehich, they claim, Ia reducing coptest
for ths high and honorable position Of
Unittd States senator to the level Of
scramhla f9r petty local Office.
Tho fight against Treat in Sussex is
daily gro wing in bitterness, apd there is
now no possibility OF his strength going
to higgins. In fact, Treats friends
would prefer auybody else to Higging,
while the friendg OF tho latter are so much
iac ,nsed at Treat for breBking his ante
election pledges by insisting upon being q
candidate, instead Of helping Higgins,
that they would prefer Democrat FOR
, senator 70 Treat. This feeling found
, vent on Tuesday last in 9 caucus of Hlg-
Gins mon at Harrington, which WIS
attended by Daniel Layton Dr.. O. II.
| Layton, Charles Z Moore, William Prst-
lyman of Indian River hundred, and a
, number of other prominent Republicans
of the county. 1t was determined at this
conference TO use evsryi endeavor to
defeat Treat, even if it became necessary
to sacrifice Higgins in order to ac6om-
pliah this end. The Higgine men feel
more hopeful since this conferences, and
DR.. Layton nov claims that Higgins viii
surely have six votes on the first ballot In
the les sislatiye caucus.
Treats ,riends also had n conference,
Wednesday night. 1t was hsld at Laurel,
and was attended by Mr. Treat, ex.Sherif
Eli r. Sharp, Joshua Marvel, ex Post-
master George Smith, j. Frank Bacon,
Esq., and others, Tine result of the CON-
ference was determination to stay in the
, fight until the last, and to secure q osueua
If the Sussex delegation, If possible,
and induce the members to vote as 3 unit
. OF Dover Five of the eight members are
reasonably solid for Treat, but 1t In not
likely that the Higgins men will permit
the caucus to be held. They claim that if
Treat had not broken faith and entered
the contest -Susssx- would be aoiid for
Higgins. But Treat is rattling them badly.
They are kept in continual state OF aus-
pense, az they do not know what he will
do or what daring line of aoion he will
lay down and follow. One of bis fayorite
lodges is to batton-h hole member of the
Legislature and confidently assure h M
that he needs only one vote TO make his
, nomination sure. Then follows q request
for the vote Of the interviewed member
, so as to settle the matter In advance.
, The result of the bitter fight between
Trea. and Higgins is likely to benefit Mr..
Massey more than any other candidate.
Both sides have q friendly feeling Tor
him and are more likely to turn In for
him than for any one else when they SEQ
there is no chance fer the candidate Of
/ their choice.
! From Dover comes the kurprisins
rumor that Mr.. A. B. Richardson, the
! State senator-els has the senatorial bes
in his bonnet and will pose as can6i-
! date when the balloiing begins. Should
! this rumor grove to be correct every
! body's calculations will be upset, as one
! member OF the Republican maJority, By
withholding his vote, can prevent an
election. 30 while Mr.. Richardson may
] not be able to elect himself he can make
deadlock that will effectually prevent
, any other man from carrying of the COW
eted prize.
, There is still talk around here OF tho
, candidacy of Mr.. Addicks, the wealthy
, Philadelphian who now lives in Brandy
I wine hundred, near Claymont. dc has
an agent at work in this county quietly
sounding the members and looking into
their financial standing, as was recently
) done in Kent. But Mr.. Addicks, person.
8 ally, is not known by single voter in
i the county and is not likely to cut any
. greater fsure.in the senatorial fight than
' he has already done by his suggestive In
3 quiries into ths financial standing OF the
q mem bers-elect Of Kent and Sussex. There
I would be too much suspicion attached to
| vote for the unknown Addieks nndeE
2 these circumstances, and no member will
: care to render himself 30 unpleass ltiy
0 conspicuous.