Evening journal., 1893-08-25
HOUSTON OR SlRMAN 7
Two Ex-Speakers After the
Gubernatorial Nomination.
HANDY AND COooH HAVE A "oALL.'

The next general election is more than
year off. Notwithstanding this, the
political workers are making and break.
ing states.
For Congressional honors on the Dem
ocraiic side the names OF Professor L.
Irving Handy. Of Newark Representa-
tive William Cooch, of Pencader hundred;
Speaker Of the House j. Harvey White
man, Of White Clay Creek hundred. and
ex Attorney General John BIggs, Of this
city, have been mentioned in this con-
nection. The honor rotates from county
TO county. Sussex now has 1t Ia the per
son Of Hon. John w. Causey, and his
predecessor was Hon. John b. PenninR.
ton, OF Kent. 1t is now New Castles
turn, and pipe-laying for the nomination
began several months ago.
Professor Handy was the first to an
nounce his candidacy. He did II quietly
last spring. Towards the close OF the
Legislative session, the friends Of Rep.
resentative Cooch convinced him that the
country required his service at Wash.
ington, aud he modestly made known to
than the fact that their argument had
prevailed.
While these two men we're working for
| supporters some of the slate makers, who
believed there was virtue In numbers.
put Messrs. Biggs and Whiteman in the
i field without arguing with them at ALL
| AS a consequence these ardent workers
are without leaders. Mr.. Biggs told a
well known Democrat several days ago
that he would not be candidate for the
nomination In any sense Of the word.
When asked how his bee Is buzzing.
Mr.. Whiteman smiles his knowing smile,
thinks of the fable OF the hare and tor
toise, and says: Its entirely too early
yet TO talk about such thing. / think
It big mistake for a man to come out
too soon
Houston and slrman In IL.
For governor OF this little common
wealth Sussex county man will be
selected. BY a strange combination of
circumstances two ex.speakers OF the
General Assembly will be pitted against
each other for the honor Both served
IN the General Assembly at the same
time. They are exSpeake- OF the SEN
ate Charles B. Houston, Of Millaboro.
and ex Speaker Of the House William l..
Srman, OF Delmar
{ The former has only been In the field
since the latter part Of April, when IL
: became evident to the friends Of ex Clerk
} Of the Peace Ebe w. Tunnel, of Lewes.
that he would not stand for the honor
They settled upon Speaker Houston as
! the most available man after Mr. Tun-
{ nells declination had been received
Speaker Sirman has been in the feld
! for more than a year. and during that
time has worked faithfully to capture
the county delegation to the State Con-
D vention. He claims that be has q good
fighting chance, no matter who opposes
Q him. He halls from Little Creek, where
b they grow Democrats by the hundred,
{ and says that the id little corner
d in Sussex, as Senator Higgins calls It,
o will give him hearty support. His lieu
o tenants In other parts Of the county
d render encouraging reports.
g Speaker Houston makes no claims.
= He never has and probably never will.
b 10 Is not his nature. He goes along In
the even tenor Of his way, but his
friends say he has a happy faculty Of
getting what he wants without making
much noise about it. They claim the
county for him by good round majority,
- as he is personally popular, his legisla-
tive record is as good as Speaker Sir
q mans, and his lieutenants are better
:, equipped.
p In the Republican Camp.
!. Some quiet work Is going on In ths
J; Republican camp In this line, too. II
u seems 10 be conceded that Sussex county
. will furnish the timber for the guberna-
{, torial candidate aud Kent that for Con-
- gresham.
n The Sussex men who want to succeed
y Governor Reynolds are DR.. Hiram r.
u Burton, Of Lewes; Joshua Marvel. Of
j., Laurel; Henry p. Cannon, of Bridge
y vile; George Il. Hall, OF Milford, and
Y Daniel Fooks, of Laurel Postmastss
n Smith, Of Laurel, has not yet announced
o' himself. All the candidates are smiling
y, on Senator Higgins, but he has not made
~ his selection.
ne Should there be wrangle In ths
W Sussex delegation, New Castle county
pc may get the plum In anticipation OF
~ this, the friends Of Colonel Henry Dr
y Pont, Senator John Pilling, Hon. John @
~ Higgins, Joseph Pyle and ex-Sherif
William Simmons are using their name
o. In this connection. OF course a major
., ity OF these men say they would no
10 allow their names to 60 before th'
III State Convention, but give any one o
them a winning chance and the word
rs could be quickly eaten. During th
session of the General Assembly Senate
Pnling was heard to say that he woul'
not walk across Dover Green to secur
al the nomination, but he may get 1t with
mt olt having to walk that far.
nc Brother willis Not Satisfied.
Rev. Jonathan S. Willis would lik
to have another try for Congress. bu
the party managers do not want an.
relics of disaster. James Pennewill
90 the well-knoWn lawyer, has his eye Gu
ne, on Mr.. Causey's seat In Congress, bu
does not like the ides of icing stoo
lth up by the Republicans to be knocke'
At down by the Democrats.
Up around Ninth and Market street
ted Il is different. Francis H. Hoffecke
Of looks defeat calmly in the face and goe
eu' on talking silver scare and tariff tinkel
mn ing like Senator PETER 1t is not at a
go likely that Mr.. Hofecker will get th
BY nomination, but he will have tn
0u- pleasure Of bring talked about as
ar possibility.
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