Evening journal., 1895-05-24

q Democrat from that ward AID Demo
cratic control Of City Council Jlm's laca
IS SO long that he hits bis chin against
his knees rs he walks"
Cayton-"H How aboot tho Third wstd9
Baysrd-'Pat says I'LL be all right this
time"
Clayton-"Didn't the Higgins machine
give Colonel Wainwright the toss out ia
the Flfth?"
Baysrd He was completely shuttle
cooked. The Addlcks men woi ed
against him; Grubb's friends did ali they
could to down him, and what they didn't
do the American Mechanics did That's
what he got for sticking 70 Dan Dohl for
building inspector. Why Pat tells me
that even the very men who ad vised the
colonel TO stay in the fight for the coun
cilmanic nomination, stood openly ST. the
window and dealt cut tickets against
him.
Clayton THAT'S shabby treatment"
Bayard-"Yes; out st the knees
Clayton-"rhey tell me that The
colonel wss offered q bride If he world
vote FOR Grub FOR building inspector.
Bayard- Yes; man called at his
Office and offered him $50 Ia cash
Clayton" They put low estimate on
oouneilmsnic honor up there Ia Whining.
ton
Bsyard-"lt seems SO. The colonel
refused it and requested the bdber 20
leave bis presence Some days later the
colonel came TO Dover to get the General
Assembly to take favorable action on the
marriage annulment bills OF Shaw vs..
Shaw ard Thomas VS. Thomas You
remember hin2 Rather good looking.
Short, stout gray hair aud inoustache,
ford complexion and all that SORT OF
thing
Clayton-"Yes He had Walter Bacon
for chaperone
B4ysrd -"Exlctly. When he got
back 70 Wilmington that evening the
briber met him ct the station and wanted
him 10 take q csb The colonel said be
preferred q street car. The Fifth werd
fslloT stuck to him like a leech and
accompanied him to his Office. There he
renew ed the offer Of $50 aud said that, in
addition, ne would assure him OF the
Fifth ward nomination. second re
fusal followed and the colonel's doom was
sealed Grub got the place somehow
aud anothsr man got the councilmanle
nomination
Cliyton-"Had no use for an honest
man, hear that Councilman Kirby was
approached, too2"
BayaId-'I shouldn't be surprised.
Olagton-"Charlie Hudson is running
against Eugene Sayers FOL assessor and
collector OF the Southern district
Bay ard-"Yes, but Charlie IS sort of a
political 'nlnspin this time unless John
+ Callaha1 puts On his warpaint aud
sails IN against sayers Elgens drives a
white horse. and al the red besded girls
Ia town are working against him, but he
feels assured that despite this opposition,
be will pull through
Clayton-"Who Ia this man Lewis
waom the Republicans have nominated for
msyor2"
Bayard-'I don't know. He may be a
resident Of Wilmington, but, II he is.
never heard OF him before Sam Barnard
says he is a machine made candidate. and
that's al he knows about him Dr..
Jefferla 10 the coming man for that
sineeure
Clayton-"They tell me that there Is
movement on foot to increase the salary
50 600
Bayard-"Yss and il ought To be
done How in tho world can man live
on 81 POOP It's starvation wages. ia
man who is elected city solicitor runs 3
milk route and spends his spare time as
motormsn on al electric car be can get
along toIerably well by putting up at q
fifteen cent lodging house aud living on
pie and milk st dairy lunch palace; but
10 isn't becoming the dignity OF O.
office. Why there's absolutely 90 excuse
for such psrsimony on the part OF the
municipality Give him So 600 By all
means; ard an office and Delaware
avenue home. Fit him out with blooded
horses; with coachman aud footmen to
match. Buy hin a private car and
steam yacht. Ia the hot months of
sumner adjourn the Municipal Court to
the 20 ashore; employ beautiful nymphs
to fan him while he pleads his country 3
cause. Build a champagne reservoir and
a sherry cobbler filter; send the buns
over TO New Castle without a hearing;
have six deputy city solicitors and a
stenogrspher make it the duty Of the
judge TO black bis shoes every morning.
1 tell you, John We can't do too much
for our city solicitor Think OF what
he has tc do and then 20 to figuring"
Clayton You wax eloquent"
Bdyard- Certainly / do. believe In
paying any man who works Hellol
ere's the telegraph messenger boy Yes,
thanks, call around to morrow and get
nickel It's dispatch from Pat Nesry,
John He says that ex-Building
Inspector Daniel Dohl and Sam Cham
bsrs president OF the Street ana Sewer
had convsrsation on the
poet Office steps this afternoon.
Chambers said: Dan, I'm going TO name
you for street commissioner, and II
simmons will back me up you'll get the
p ace What 90 you think Of that2 I
think you hsve been drinking cocktails
wss Dams hesrtless reply
CLAY ton-"Hs took no stock In Sam
Casmbers'a promises
Bayard-"No; he knew what it mesut.
The German Republicans are up in arms
an over the city at tire way Ia which
Dan Dohl was bowled out for building
inspector and the Republican managers
are throwing sop to Cerberus They
openly assert thst it was only by the use
Of money that Grub WAS elected
Clay ton-"Isn't Grubb related to
Councilman Howard Stats in some
manner2"
Bayard Father Ia law, that's oil
The Germans down ia the bloody
Eighth are whetting their knives for