Evening journal., 1895-01-21


Confident.
STAFF Correspondence Evening journal
DOVER. Jan. 81 The senatorial fight
has reopened and another week Of painful
uncertainty has begun. The clans have
reasssmbled and show the same relative
strength.
No one of the contestants has sufficient
strength to win. or sufficient generosity
to allow anybody else TO do it A fruit.
less battle Of ballots will undoubtedly
characterize this third week Of the ses
sion. How long this dog in the manger
policy will be pursued can only be
coDjectured
Senator Higgins, Chairman Bach.
George 81 Hollis and some other Higgins
followers are again In town. They wear
the same air of confidence and are lust
as firm In their belief that the re-eleetion
Of Senator Higgins will be the
ultimate result of the present contest as
they were when they went away two or
three days ago.
j. Edward AddIcks has returned from
New York and Philadelphia, and is again
comfortably domiciled at the Hotel
Richardson, and surrounded by the
young politicians who have In hand his
political destinies.
non ueorge Massey lives here and
so do many OF his political friends and
supporters.
A Sunday at church had resulted in
no change Of heart on the part Of the
members of the General Assembly.
senator Alrichs and Representatives.
Pyle, Jolls, Walker, Wilson, Reybold
Money, Mchullsn, Townsend and Burton
were only more firmly convinced that
Mr. Higgins was the logical and
necessary successor of himself Senstor
HAnby and Representatives Moore, Ball.
Robbins, Morgan and Brown were
more sure, If anything, that
they could never vote for anybody but ].
Edward Addicks, while Senators Pierce
and Moore and Representative Fleming
showed no inclination for any man but
Mr.. Massey The Democrats, with the
exception OF Representative Mustard
presented their usual IL o'clock compli
ments to Chancellor Wolcott, while the
Duck Greek hundred statesman remem-
bered Ebe W. Tunnel just the same as
usual
The only Addicks supporter who has
hot lost faith In the gas kings chances is
John Donahoe, his confidential agent. He
bases his hope on the fact that It Is al
ways the man with the most votes who is
beaten In contest of this kind He Is
inclined to think that the Higgins men
will, rather than create a vacancy, vote
for Mr.. Addicks.
Would you go into caucus again II
the Addlcks and Massey men were TO
agree to onef" asked your correspondent
OF one of the representatives who has
decided Higgins leRnilgs.
By no means he replied 1--WE have
held our caucus and Senstor Higgins is
the caucus nominee. We know no other
man 10 this fight"
mot even q new man2"
mo, sir; when we went into that can
Gus we pledged ourselves to support the
nominee and we will do IL regardless OF
circumstances II the other members
refused to enter into that caucus It was
their fault and not ours. They had
ample notice that it would be held "
But at least one Of those who entered
1t did not consider it binding" was
suggested.
$50 much the worse for him. You
will find that at least eight Of the Higgins
men have no second choice, and that two
OF them, IL they leavs him at all. will
only do so at the last moment and that
neither Addicks nor Massey will benefit
by their votes This rule-or-ruin
policy was only inaugurated when It be-
came clearly manifest to Addicks that the
caucus would summRrily dispose Of him
and his political pretensions We Higgins
men do not have to ask one another what
we will do. Each man has sufficient
confidence in his colleagues to dispense
with such question We are here for
Anthony Higgins, and we are here to stay.
De Is the caucus nominee, the logical
candidate and the only man, named or
unnamed, whose political work entities
him to the honor. l feel confident that
the lapse of time will convince the other
members that our position is right
Colonel Nields's interview is clearly q
bid for Addicks votes in case a Higgins
break should result in the selection Of a
thhd man, remarked an Addicks
lisutena mt. Praise may not hurt
Charley Moore, but it won't catch his
vote nor the votes of those associated
with him in the Addicks movement.
believe that our men would rather vote
for MIR. Higgins than for Colonel Nields. u
George V. Massey cannot enter into
this as a third man with any show OF
success, said prominent Kent county
Republican. "He has played fast and
loose with both sides, and is now
afnliated with neither.
The surprising and untenable attitude
Massey has taken provokes the inquiry
as to what be is trying to do and how be
Is going to accomplish IL Some Of his
close friends are con ferripg frequently
with the Democrats and 1t Is reasonable
to suppose that he Is endeavoring to make
dsal by which he win receive the vots
of all the Democratic members His
success In this direction would give hin
fourteen votes, making 1t necessary foI
him to get but two more Republicans.
Massey men do not hesitate to say that
when the proper time comes both
McMullen and Money will forsaks
Higgins and their county and vote fol
Massey. This can hardly be possible
because beth MeMullen and Money are
and have been strong Higgins men, anc
no inducement can make them betray
Higgins, go back on the caucus and make
political Judases of themselves.
An interview was had yesterday will
one Of the most influential and best
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