The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-02


The Every Evening Is calling upon
Senator Higgins to resign his seat In
the Senate. and save Delawgre froml
disgrace, on account OF aeooked up
plot OF some dlsreputable Democrats
to discredlt his honesty ana charge
him with political corruption. Better
prove the charges before calling on
him to resign. The foolish and ridlc-
.ulous attack upon the Senator has no
other Significance than that the Demo-
Gratis feel the state slipping away from
their grasp and something desperate
was required to keep 1t in its Democrat
ic moorings. The conspirators could
find no other way to bring dlscredit
upon the Senator but by the course
they have pursued, but they will find
that there arc enough honorable peo-
pie in Delaware who love honesty and
fairness to defeat this miserable at
tempt to injure the character Of an
honorable. upright man.
That Senator Higgins has been the
hardest and most successful tighter OF
the Democrats In Delaware. tells the
But why should Senator Higgins be
called upon to resign? What has he
done? Has he brlbed anybody or at
tempted to bride anybody Did he
even approach anybody for the pur.
pose of brlbing him. On the contrary.
were not the approaches all in the
other direction. Wootten wanted to
change his politics and signilled his
|, intention of doing 30 by telling Post
master Smith, but he wanted an Office
-. in the Land Department at Washing
ton il he changed, Mr.. Higgins, whC
= frequently went down to Laurel, was
hunted up by Wootten, who agar
stated his desire to change his politics
MIR. Higgins was OF course not dis
pleased at the desire of Wootten.
He did not cali him renegade and
Ia hypocrlte, and tell him to &c
f. back to his own party. He did no
even know that Wootten was a regis
trar OF elections, knew nothing what
ever about the talk he and Smith may
have had over the subject. All thi
time that wootten was putting on {
show of political penancy he was il
league with a desperate cabal o
Democrats conspirirg how to ruiz
Senator Higgins. Wootten was tin
puppet, the go-between, who kept run
ners between Laurel and Georgetown
deepening and widening the plot.
:, But it did not succeed. Senate
!. Higgins. over trusting at timas an
II liable to be deceived by pretende
!. friends, went no father with tempte
! Wootten than any prudent man woul
.go. He committed himself to moth
II ing and made no promises. Tha mu
= which Wootten tried to sling ut soma
to Higgins has only despatched him
self. Democratic papers may yell 1
q holy horror and call the transact o
a. bribery and fraud, but in their de-
is peration they feel that their conspirt
?, cy has recOiled upon their own heads
~ senator Higgins goes unscathed. Dem
is ocIacy is waIlowing in the miro.
l But the Every Evening was not 8
!" loud in its demands for the Honorab
George Gray to resign his seat in Il
Senate when he was elected to ser'
out Mr.. Bayard's uneXplred term
1855. Then was the time for 1t to We
.u fraud but it never opened its mout
y. Bought mem erS Of tic legislature e
oi ioyed the price OF their apostas
OF through Clevelant's term. and NJ
nc Gray enjoyed his senatorial homo
unmolested and Governor Biggs, I,
as four yeurs. filled the Office that wa
lle promised to another who died eoC
" after, when he saw the ingratitude
Ut his party. What chapter could
au written OF the Senatorial campaign
ny 1855 by those in the plot senat
re Higgins resign Indeed ! Let tho!
an who are calling for his reslgnati
is. clean their own augean stables.