Evening journal., 1895-05-24

suited Higgins and Massey On thai
point
Clay You're right. How anxious
they all were to drop the men for whom
they he'd been voting-that Is, all but
the Addicks men Handy ssid Take
iuto confederation whore you got he %
from IN Kent and Sussex counties 10 Il
Fail em advocating man Who will
Financially bsok you. call upon eome
" the Republican members heie present
to say how they would have managed
70 set here but for lis financial aid
Dfn'r every body spesk 40 once Several
pairs OF lips moved spRsmodi cslly jim,
but not syllebls was uttered Seuafor
Pierce demanded 10 knng OF the Ad
dicks men whether they Intended
TO continue TO vote Tor the
gas king Il SO, tho Massey
men would reserve TO themselves
he right 20 continue to vote for Mr.
Massey. Rey bold said he dldu't think
that anything more could be Done until
the members we're informed whether tie
Addlcks anon Nere going to stick to
Addicks After chewing the rag for
some time Charlie Moore spoke Of a
meeting held at Millsboro Jim Pennewill
made an address and the county commit
tee asked Massey personally, or through
Peunewill, TO put up the money, ard
promised II be would do 80 they wonld
elect him United States senator Massey
didn't do II, and they made the same
proposition to Psnne WILL and be refused
Charlie said they had 10 90 10 work and
raise 81 200 or 81 500, and be Was one Of
six men who helped to raise it After
the Treat and Massey deadlock Higgins
was elected as compromise man
Charlie said further that there was no
use Disgusting the fact that 10 took
money TO carry SUSSEX county
Bayard- Charlie ought to know
Olayton--"I understood Senator Moore
to say that six years ago Massey sent
$1,000 to Sussex county aud Higgins
didn't send a cent
Bayard-"The two Moores didn't
agree In their statements
Clay ton-"No And then they began
talking about 81, 500 tax money. | think
1t was Pierce who said that it was taken
out Of the state by Charles II Treat aud
somebody else Bat ] won'1 be positive
as TO that. Pierce went on aud asked
Why they voted for Treat thlcty or forty
times for Uuited States senator aud be
said that hs didn't know"
Baysrd It was just after that that
Charlie Moore said, II we are going 10
elect a senator let's do it and. II not, say
so g"
Clayton Exactly. And Horace Brown
said be proposed to cit down on the party
II no senator was elected He didn't
Tant TO elect a mau who could be
Knocked down Ike paper man. Senator
Pierce proposed a caucus and Senator
Handy objected, saying that he would
not become party to il. Speaker Ne.
Mullen was very anxious TO 20 into
caucus. Rey bold said that the people
Ia New Castle county blamed Massey for
the position be had assumed and main
tanned Ia the fight In his opinion il be
had come out with his Letter of with.
drawal two months before he aid. he
would not have suffered So much IN
public estimation"
BayRrd-"Tha when Senator Moore
said there were people in New Castle
county VINO wanted Massey for senator.
Handy told him hs didn't know about
That Moore said that he did. at this
point Senator Alrichs, Higgins man,
wanted to know the politics of the New
Castle county men who wanted Massey.
He asked par icalar,y whether they we're
aepublicans. ard II they numbered a
dozen. Moore said the, did. and Pierce
ssid that fully 900 New Castle county
men wanted Massey. He expressed sur
prise that Alriehs should 90 back on
Massey In such manner and said that
Msnlove Hayes shared his surprise.
lay tony Watson z Spsrryi8 boom
burst right thsre His name was
suggested by somebody. and somebody
else Sad that he was e sick man
Robbins said that he wouldn'6 vote for
any man ftiiictsd with Persian fever
70 reach hts sympathies man must
have real old Sussex county fever and
ager. Speaker oAullen said that It was
mistake. 1t was his wife who VAS sick
Just then Sam Hsrpsr's Brass Bound and
Ebony Band struck up Die wacht am
Rhine, with , Baden variations.
and Sperry's nsms was irrstlievably lost
in the din Fred Pyle suggested Colonel
Henry A. DnPont and said that he was a
good man A Sussex member asked who
ne was Pyle replied that he had been
voted for Tor Presidential elector several
times. Tho matter of his financial
standing and It's relation to the Republi.
eau party was brosched. aud some patriot
SAID that ore 81 the Duponts ave ST 600
during lhs last cHmpaig Senator
Alriebs wanted 20 lnow what WAS be
matter with Edward q Bradford The
reply was thst e had oosn voted FOR
John Hoh-ckers name was then
called out as was also thst OF Harry A
Richardson. Charlie Moore yelled. How
about Martin 3 Burris, Hugh c Browne
or Henry @ COnrad1' sam Harpers
study In black broke Ia 90 this iuucture
aud magred the efFsct OF Charles Joke "
Bayard-"S peiry bobbsd up agaln
eftsr the band stepped playing The
question was aek wbetsr hs had Doodle.
and il he didu't own the Morning News.
Pyle o. somebody else said be bought his
Wits owaed IT, phis was followed bv
Higgins boom, which WAS shattered BY
sam Harper ana his trumpeters Higgins
was dropped McMnllen proposed Allen
smith and Hanbg spoke Of H. Il Ward.
Charlie Moore wanted to knoT how
George H Smith. Of Laurel, would do,
and then be joined the colored band ii
making music
Clay toh-"Aud friRh entd me nbsr
FROM Sussex ssid sadly We'll catch
hi TO morrow THIS created a big
laugh 40 his expense aud the talk driftsd
of on mileage. concerning which Senator
Handy said be was not interested as be
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