Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-09-21
A UNIQUE REceRrlnN.
The Welcome Administered to Senate
Higgins BY HIS Admirers.

The Welcome Administered to senator
Higgins BY Has Admirers.
The Democratic Glasses column in
the Sunday Star says:
As was generally expected, the grand
reception" to Senator Higgins on his
arrival in New York, last Monday, from
ms trip to Europe, was genuine fzzle,
Inc failure was not altogether in point OF
attendance-the receiving party mum
oered htty-nine all told-but In the
general Character of the delegation. It
was anything but representative Of the
social or business interests Of Whining
ton; 1t did not even fairly represent
the Republican party of Delaware Il
was simply a gathering of Office -holders
ahe taeir friends, to give a perfunctory
welcome TO the man to whom thew feel
under obligations for favors received.
IN the welcoming party were fifteen
ONCE holders, ten anxious expeetants Of
the Senator's official favor aud a num.
Der OF others whose attendance was
mainly secured by the personal efforts N
these parties The great manufactur.
ing Industries of Wilmington. in whose
prosperity the Senator is represented az
having such deep and abiding interest
were unrepresented. With a SINGLE y.
ceplion all Of the leading merchants ~
the city stayed at home HAD IL moi
been for the grateful office holders the
whole effair would have been a dismal
failure-in fact, it would lot have come
of at all 800
There Is strong belief that Senator
higgins was not particularly. pleased
with the reception rendered him by bis
office holding followers. He could moi
help seeing that instead of being M
spontaneous greeting Of sincere friends
It was merely the attempt of those hold.
ing Office by bis favor to acknowladge
their obligations. 1t must have ebilllsd
him to find but two of his fellow mem.
bers of the bar among the motley patb.
ering that all save one of the COMMITTEES
Of leading citizens selected by the Office
holders to take charge of this affair and
impRrt to it an air of real sincerity
we're conspicuous by their absence. This
delegation of solid, substantial citizens
who went to Dover and helped him -
materially In his Senatorial canvass did
not participate in last Mondays recep.
tion. Nor did single follower of the
Massey fraction of the party condescend To
join In the greeting
Despite the strenuous efforts of mana.
gers to keep the negroes from intrudlnp
their unwelcome presence upon this Sc.
cial occasion, one colored man jumped
the lines and saw the whole thing
through. This was Joshua Parker Of
Dover, who has held government
position in Washington for over twenty
years. It made no difference to him that
he was not wanted he was bound to go.
and go he did. He evidently thought
that If he was the equal Of the white
Republicans on cleo ion day he was just
as much their equal on a social occasion,
and so went along with the other Re.
publicans to welcome Senator Higgins
back TO his native land. His white
colleagues didn't like it bit, but Joshua
stayed right with them to the end.
Altogether, the great Higgins recep.
ion WAS unique affair. and will 20
down Ia history as one of the most mon
umental personal political failures on
record.