Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-03
IN THE hURLY- -BURLY
Scores Of Men Who Want to
Serve the Public.
U. S. sBNATORsHP AT STAKE.

u. ), SbNAIOhShlf Al. oJhhb.
Fight for the Republican Com
gressional Nomination Congressman
Causey win Succeed Himself Repre-
sentative smith as "a State senator.
Colonel DUPONT TO BE Republican
Candidate for Election.
AS the election approaches interest on
both sides becomes heightened Even
during the warm spell just passed slate
making and slate biealling was the order
of the day.
Each party viii put in the field three
candidates for the Presidential Electors
one Congressman, and full Legislative
and Levy Court ticket Kent county
win elect two State Senators, one Of
them TO succeed the late Ex-Governor
John w Hall.
A Senatorship 90 stake.
Interest in the election is Increased be-
cause the next General Assembly will
elect a United States Senator TO succeed
Senator George Gray, who has made such
and envinble record at Washington
If the Democrats win. and victory Is
conhdentialy expected. Senator Gray will
succeed himself II tho Republicans win
Hon George v Massey will be the man
selected, The likelihood Of such an
event is, however, very remote.
Causey FOR Congress.
In conformity with a long established
precedent in the Democratic party of tho
state. Hon John w Causcy the pres
ent congressman, will be renominated
by the Democratic State Convention.
His work for his constituents in the way
Of getting appropriations for Della.
ware rivers and harbors while
Senator Higgins frittered away his
time I'm getting herths and appropriations
for his political friends, win be all tn,
the campaign material he will need tC
assure him a majority in the state.
The Republican Congressional outlook
is not so harmonious The harmony oi
the Republican State Convention will be
OF the triangular kind with ring insid,
to make matters worse.
j. Francis Bacon, the well known wire
puller of Sussex has the bee in his bonnet
and the ring i'm his nose. lie viii have
20 contend against the friends of Rev
Jonathan S. Willis, the Kent county
preacher farmer. politician; while George
l w. MnIshall Of Milford, president
of the State League of Republican clubs.
/ will make a bold fight for the bone as d
compromise candidate. FrancisS Hofieckol
/ the popular young lawyer Of this city
/ has been mentioned in this connection
( Several days ago an EVENING journal
reporter asked him if he entertained thl
| idea of running for the place on th
} ticket. He informed the newspaper man
that the whole thing was joke started
10y some of his young lawyer friends.
If it comes TO ring preference bucon
! the favorito but as the ticket needs
certain amount of respectability to catcl
| the holier-than-th faction of the Re
publican party Mr. Willis or Mr. Marshal
may be selected.
The Presidential Electors.
The Democratic managers have not We
taken action with regard to the Presideu
tial electors. Several persons hav
been spoken of but to al
intents and purposes. the thre
men who are TO cast their votes 20
"Cleve and Steve are unknown. Th
New Castle county elector viii probabl
be well known lawyer, but as yet J.
has not consented to serve.
1t is said that the Republican state
as follows
New Castle-Colonel Henry A. Dt
Pont
Kent-Joseph p Whitaker
Sussex-Josiah Marvel
Colonel DuPonts father headed I'll
list of Republican electors for man
years.
The Legislative Branch
In the two lower counties nothing d,
finite can be learned ON either side col
cerning the Legislative and Levy Coul
tickets In the latter there wi
be certain number of hOldovers an
many OF those whose terms have expire
viii be reelected The Legislative slate
/ however, have been made and broke
scores of times within the last few week
In New Castle county the atmosphel
{ g q little clearer, but the fog of unce
taintv is to be seen everywhere.
r On the Republican side Of the hou
, the ring has everything under conno
S While it can prevent candidate
$ from being placed on Il
ticket it cannot prevent them from a
nouncing their candidacy.
One senator ana seven Representativ
are to be named 1t is said that Repr
= sentative Thomas b. Smith, who is ol
5 of the Accidental Nine of two years az
f longs for the State Senatorial toga no
{ worn hy Speaker John p. Donahoe.
present he has the field to himself, b