Evening journal., 1892-01-11

IN 2 haA . AANN ANA
We have often stated the fact that the
Republican party is rotten at the top.
It Is easily proved
Senator Higgins may be accepted as
the exponent Of Republieanism here.
When the party had an opportunity to
select man as the first representative
from this state, and likely tue only one,
the choice came to Anthony higgins
after passing George v, Massey Of Dover
and Eve or six able and well-qualihed
men here
Mr.. Higgins was not the choice OF
anybody, but under the conditions which
govern the party and which were para
mount with those great leaders, Down.
ham and Bach. he became the nominee
and then the Republican Senator from
Delaware.
Since that convention which nomi-
mated Mr.. Higgins arose he has been pay
ing OIL political debts BY some means,
unknown to outsiders, he seems to have
been placed under obligations TO all OF
he live rascals in his party and to have
resurreeted and put official life into some
whom the community regarded as dead
and buried in the Potter's field 10 these
many years. At any rate they have all
swarmed about him and made the party
rank with the odoriferous offensiyeness
Of their unembalmed careasses.
That work has occupied the time and
energy Of Mr. Higgins so com plstely
that he was able to make but one speech,
OF any length in the Senate, which was
In favor OF a tax on tin plate.
OF course everybody knows that there
are shree or four tin plate factories in
every county in Delaware and that II the
people Of this commonwealth have a deep
and abiding interest in anything
earthly, Il Is tin plate.
Thus the lines OF Senator Higgins s
craftsmanship were confined to getting
offices for tho various degrees OF 'pecca-
dilloes or idiosynerasies' Of which his
party, as now constituted, IS composed
and in insisting, as a representative Of
this proud little commonwealth, that the
people were full Of fragrant ambition to
start tin plate factories and make the
universe ham with a Billion Dollar pros
perIty.
While Senator Higgins was in Wash
ington attending TO those great affairs
sending Knowles, Pickles, Fisher, Hynson
and Downham off to draw salaries, for
which he should be congratulated--an
helping along the tin plate prosperity
which the benefcent Mckinley draft Oh
Providence Is about to bring upon u.s.
though it is temporarily delayed now
Messrs. Bach, MahSfIy, Sterling, Stone,
Calquhoun, Saville, Jersey and few
other high lights Of the party were here
attending to the local department. Of the
tin plate business and dlluting II go as to
make it COMPREHENSIVE and palatable to
''our nlggOrs.
The affairs Of the people were not at
tended 70 at Washington, as a Massey, a
Spruance, Smithers, Bird or a Nields
would have attended to them, but the
tine Of our Senator was devoted to pro.
vidIng places for the Fishers, Bacons,
Bachs and such like, and In putting the
Stewards and Mahaffys in command Of
the colorei voter, and in possession OF
money to buy him here
OF what interest was the speeeh on
tin plate 10 the working people who
scarcely make half time ia the shops
herei What have the negroes here to do
with tin platter
Who would have given the money q
buy the collectors and TO supply the
workers here Il the speech on tin plate
had not been made at the behest OF those
who are paying the bills Of the Republ-
can politicians for SO much tariff legisla-
tlon2
What interest has anybody in Delawar,
In duty on tin plate3
Why did not Senator Higgins advoeat,
the bounty on maple sugar, too9 There
was no money in that; that was pri
vate snap Of Senator Edmunds
Do not these things prove that the Re-
publican party Is rotten at the top
Senators Higgins in Washington advo
eating tax on tin plate; Bach, Stewart
Mahaffy here ''gettin' Ia de niggel
vote" with money raised by tin plate
speeches2
Relic and Reminiscence.