Evening journal., 1893-10-17
THE SENATORIAL TOCA.
Prominent Democrats Talked
Of to Succeed Higgins.
AND NICHOLSON IN KENT

IL Is said That Congressman Causey
wants to BE Elevated TO the Senate.
willard salisbury, Jr Spoken ofIn New
Castle. But the Upper County Already
Has Senator aud Congressman As
sured.
Political gossips are now making a
Democratic United States Senator TO sue.
ceed Hon. Anthony Higgins, Republican.
Ihey make no allowance for such a con
tngency AS Republican success in this
STATE at the next general election. The
hepublicans are beaten before the battle
Is fought. The credulous are informed
that the Democrats will easily carry two
or the three counties, and that the third
will 60 Democratic o. a small majority
after bitter fight. No Specifications
are made
These political gosslps take It for
granted that the salvation Of Senator
Higgins will be the one great issue ON
the Republican side. He holds the
strings of political salvation and expects
Levi Bird and George V. Massey TO
help him do the pulling The gossips do
not think they will do It. The recol-
lections o. that "d-d little corner OF
Sussex are too fresh in their minds and
they do not care to compromise them.
selves
-Four Strong Men Talked or.
The Democrats mentioned to succeed
Mr. Higgins are Chancellor James Z.
Wolcott ana Attorney General Nicholson.
OF Kent county; Congressman John w.
Uausey Of Sussex, aud Willard Sauls.
bury, Jr. chairman Of the New Castle
County Democratic Executive Commit
Tee. which carried the county against
overw whelming odds last fall.
10 is said that Chancellor Wolcott
Will be In the fight as a winner When
asked about 10 be merely smiles or
gives non c0mmittal answers. but his
friends do great deal OF talking for
him. Some of them say he will remain
ON the bench and let his friends do the
work for him. Others assert thnt he
will resign the chancellorship sometime
4 next summer aud take hand in the
light himself. He was. at the time of
his elevation, the acknowledged
leader Of the dominant wing
OF the Democratic party la
Kent country and his influence
and political generalship made Il what IL
q Is 20 day. Had the Democrats carried
the General Assembly five years ago Mr..
Wolcott would be where Senator Hig-
/. gins Is now, Instead Of being isolated in
3, chanceiy. lie Is an active man and an
ardent, but clean politician. In chan
2, Gerry he can only use his high legal at
tainments and profound knowledge Of
= the law. Ia short, the gosslps say that
chancery Is too slow place Tor the idol
70 OF Kent county's Democracy.
:. Attorney General Nicholson NAV
probably be regarded as Kent county 3
a second choice for the Senatorial place.
Tie Is popular in all three counties. has a
clean record aud isa man Of unusually
+. fine intellect and wide culture. Asa
politician he mover came so prominently
j., before the people as Chancellor Wolcott,
but II the latter refuses to leave the
bench for the Senate the friends Of the
former will certainly count up Mr..
Wolcotts friends TO help advance the
. attorney general The gossips do not
think it likely that Mr. Nicholson will
4 antagonize the chancellor If he becomes
4 convinced that he wants TO get out OF
= chancery and into the broader fields OF
a political labor
IT Causey Wants TO Go Back.
d Congressman Causey has served tive
u ter is la the lower branch Of Congress. and
the same gosslps say that be too wants
10 10 go TO the Senate lie has made an excm
y plary record. While not an orator he ia.
% done effective work ON committees. His
speeches have been made to the ears OF
IL individual members of Congress instead
% Of to the country at large aud IN thi.
n way he has exercised wholesome inhu-
10 ence on legislation. He is always to b,
y found on the right side Of a question
and is indefatigable in his efforts for hil
. constituents. Senator Gray and Con
gresham Causey have done great worl
pr for the Improvement Of Delaware's river
ie and harbors, and particularly for Assa
"a women canal, the chief inland water
70 way Of Sussex county
ID Mr. Oauseys friends make the Dol,
sr assertion that he will 20 to Dover will
% ten Sussex county senators and repre-.
er sentatives pledged to him, and will
ef Kent and New Castle counties to draw
'h from. AS the General Assembly has bu
thirty members he would have to dras
~ six votes from the upstate delegation
,e granting him n solid Sussex county dele
le cation, which the Woleott and Nicholson
e men do not.
re New Castle County's Man.
as The political prophets do not thinl
ne that Willard salisbury, Jr, will stanl
lt. much OF show. Not because he Is no
I'D capable and popular but because h'
)n lives in the wrong end Of the state
go They figure this way New Castl
lp county has Senator Gray Il will hav
lg the next member of Congress, no mat
to ter whether Cooch, Whiteman or Hand,
at WINS That gives il two of the nationa
n representatives and the lower countie
ne will never consent TO let it have boil
at Senators and the representative. Sus
sex county will have the next Cover
n. nor. That leaves Kent county out II
iy the cold unless Mr.. Woicott or Mr.
al Nicholson gets tie United States Ssna
lg torial honor.
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