The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-10
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| tor druy1-Une hundred ana seventy
Thousand Dollars Public Money Con,
Into the Pockets of Mr.. Gray AND
His Relations In Six Years.
Special correspondents OF The REPUB
LIcAN. -
MuFoRD, DEL, Nov. 0, IS91.-It Is
now about three weeks since wrote
an article. to your paper mainly made
up Of quotations from the sentiments
and opinions OF others regarding the
receptions" of our two United States
Senators. the positions these two gen
tlemen occupy at present in the minds
Of their constituents aud several other
points.
That was an innocent little article /
penned, and was In fact a very con.
SENTATIVE compilation of the senti-
ments OF several farmers regarding
the status of these same Senators.
notice, however. that one Edward
Fowler has taken the matter up and
rushed to what be calls the defense
OF Senator Gray, and notice also that
he terms the outspoken sentiments of
one of Milford Hundreds leading and
most levelheaded farmers mere
twaddle."
ALI the same, this ''twaddlen has ap-
parently worried Mr.. Fowler and sew
eral others beside him considerably.
have waited until thought Mr.. Fow-
Ter had had his say to his own salts
faction, and last evening, happening
to meet my farmer friend, who, mind
you, is staunch Democrat, / asked
him what he thought of Mr.. FowIer's
illusions. The old gentleman straight
ened himself up and replied: What
do think of it?" i think its Internal
slush, and further want to call your
attention to the fact that Fowler has
not In any way attempted to combat
the reasons gave why we farmers have
made up our minds that Senator
George Gray shall not go back to the
United States Senate.
l said we would not send him back
there because, like the farmers OF
lseveral other States, we think IL about
time to notify the railroad corpora
tons that they don't own our votes if
they do steal our crops.
No, Fowler doesn't attempt to show
US what advantage 1t will be to us to
have in the United States Senate a
man controlled by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, but on the contra
ny he goes of into q regular old wo-
mans TRADE of abuse OF Senator Hig-
gins, and gets off u lot of gush about
Gray's fine figure.
Now am not defender Of Anthony
Higgins-by George, / don't think he
needs one-but Fowler makes a fling
at him that Is 80 dirty, that In COM
mon decency feel like answering it.
In one of his articles he saws: I'VE
must acknowledge, after all. that Mr.
Gray has been lamentably derelict in
some very important lines of duty.
He seems to have attended so assidu-
ously to the duties which properly per-
tain to his position; and for the die
charge OF which he draws his salary.
that he is confessedly remiss I'm the
higher duty of experimenting the de.
tails of the dispensation of oiiloiaI pi-
tronage and securing personal fol.
lowing among his constituency II is
true the brilliant ami distinguished
part he has acted on the floor of the
Senate has caused the breast of every
true Delawarean to swell with emo
lions of pride and gratitude; yet he
has given comparatively little of his
time and energy to cultivate the fac
ulty OF placating disgruntled seekers
after place"
Now. what do you think of that?
Does Fowler think that we Delaware
farmers are fools? or does he think
that he possesses all tho intelligence
that is TO be found in Kent and Sussex
counties? Now read occasionally,
and l also watch events occasionally,
and cold facts | find show that FoW-
ler's idol, the great and only Gray, has
not only been place hunter-but a
place hunter OF the meanest sort-in
that he has hunted places for his fam
lly ana reldtionsi yes, and got EN-
too, NO, Gray llas not gone among
his constituents &C find men who de-
served and needed the appointments
which tho government has to bestow
on worthy eitizens-not much. He
has not even had time to press any of
the claims of those who wrote him
asking Tor his influence.
Ohno but he could take time In the
intervals between hts periods ofspread-
engleism on the floor of the Sem
ate to hunt fat places for his family re-
lations. Now | want you TO say that
many of us haFe noticed that Senator
Anthony Higgins has placed more
citizens OF this State in government
positions in the two years he has been
Senator than has Gray the Bayards aud
the salisbury i'll forty years, and vet
Higgins hasn't placed a single relative
| IN any position, while all OF the other
three have. Fowler tries to slur Soma
tor Higgins because he has done this.
Now, let me ask this brilliant Fowler
have as much right or as competent to
I'LL these various positions MS the eli.
zens of other States-and will he tell
us how these citizens of this Stats are
TO obtain recognition by the govern
ment II they are not recommended by
our Representatives nj Washlngton2
think Fowler had better kept quiet
on that point. higgins las proved
That he cares for and looks after all
the interests of our people. and he
finds time to do 1t. Aud he does not
cnniine himself to New Castle County |
Decause he lives there. He has helped |
men all over Kent aud SUSSEX, men
from the middle. Woodworking classes |
into good positions that would have |
gone to other States If it had not beon |
FOR his activity and interestedness. |
And no man but al idiot would think |
OF blhning him because he has fought |
to secure recognition for the citizens
OF his own state. DelawHreans had |
mighty little show for recognition in
ncle Sans employ until Higgins
went to Washington. We people ara
beginning to think over these things
and we have about come to the con
clusion that 1t would he good thing
Tor us II We had n few more men like
Senator Higgins at the National Capt.
ial
oh no, George Clay hasn't hunted
places for his constituents, of course
he hasn't! We know that Fowler SAYS
he hasn't bud tine. ] suppose during
the days and hours, ard there are
plenty 'ot them--lHllen tho Senate has
not been in session in working for
the Interest OF tho Pennsylvania Rail-
got to earn his Enlarp