Middletown transcript., 1894-12-29
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MIDDLETowN, DEL, DEC. 20, 1894.
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SENATOR ANTHONY HIGGINS.

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SENATOR ANTHONY HIGGINS.
The General Assembly of Delawar
will convene at Dover next Tuesday
New Years day., and two weeks later
on the 18th proximo the Republica
majority of that body will elect
United States Senator for the term o
six years.
AS the date for this important func
tion approaches, it becomes dali,
clearer that Senator Higgins will b
his own successor. We never had an.
doubt as to this appropriate and for
tunate result, but there has been doub
and intense apprehension on the par
of a great many good and earnest peo
pie, not only in Delaware, but through
out the entire country. There is moi
another Senatorial contest that is at
tracing such general and intelligent
attention as is that of Delaware, and
there was perhaps never in the history
of the country such strong G and un'
animous demand by the press and the
people of the country for the choice Of
a United States Senator as is made to.
day in behalf of Senator Higgins. 1t
is splendid, and most remarkable
tribute to man whose opportunities
for public service have been confined
to single term in the National Senate.
This is sufficient ground in itself for
Senator Higgins unanimous re-elec-
tion. That he deserves such united
and spontaneous support goes without
saying; but there are many other and
better reasons for it than his personal
deserts.
His continuance in the great Office
which he has so signally honored, is of
far more Importance to the patty than
it is to himself. The success of the
Republican party six years ago was
largely accidental, but the choice of
Mr.. Higgins for Senator was based on
sound and we'll defined reasons. He
had been weighed and not found want
ing through twenty years of aggress-
i've leadership. He was the foremost
representative of RepublIcanism that
tho State has produced! Other men
had from time to time filled the offices,
but he had furnished the reasons for
party existence and for party action.
He had been in politics all those years
not for personal honor or emolument,
for there was little of cit her to be
gained; nor was he so constantly in
the forefront Of the struggle for what
the State might be able to contribute
to the larger and more brilliant achieve
ments of the National Republican
party, for he is not given to idle effort
and to vain glorious display; but he
had devoted all his strength and all
his indomitable energies to the re-
demption of the State, to the correc-
tion of local abuses, and to the better
government Of Delaware. That he
studied the wider questions of natio-
nal Administrator was demonstrated
by the ease with which he took and
held foremost place in the Senate of
the United States. But his life work
has been to study and administer the
details of local self-government and of
district, county and State politics. The
time that other men had devoted to
money making or to pleasure, he ap-
piled to the amelioration of the evils
that Democratic mal-administration
had heaped all about his feet. 1t was
he who was instrumental twenty-five
years ago in giving to the colored chill
dren of Wilmington decent schools in
decent school houses of their own; in
enforcing the right Of suffrage then
conferred upon the colored men Of the
State In bringing to justice and con-
victing the Democratic tax collector
who first introduced the crime of dis
franchising voters; in prosecuting and
sending to prison the Democratic re-
peaters who carried Wilmington for
their party in 1879; in organizing the
great contest which proved successful
In this county in 1880 and almost cue
cessful in the other two counties; in
resurrecting and recognizing the
party in 1884, after the deluge of 1882,
which had swept the entire country;
in maintaining party unity during
1885, 'S7 and '8S, when less courageous
men lay down, and thus paving the
way for success in 1888. He had led
the party in every contest that was
made before the people and before the
courts. He had infused both his ideas
and his courage into the entire organi-
zation, and he had never relaxed and
never wearied for twenty years. He
had become the party leader through |
arduous service and through the widest |
experience. He was the natural leader |
and therefore the appropriate and the |
popular choice for Senator.
And the situation has in ne wise
changed during the last six years, ex-
cept to strengthen his position as leader |
and his hold upon the respect and affec-
tionso the people. If this were popular !
election Senator Higgins would receive |
seven out Of every ten Of the votes in |
this county, and the same is probably |
true of Kent and Sussex.
His services to the State have been
immeasurable and cannot be adequately |