Evening journal., 1896-05-06
CLAIMS OF HIGGINS MEN
Say They VIII Garry Every
Ward But the Third.
ONLY TWO HUNDREDS DBBATABLB


In New Castle Hundred-AdvIoes From
Sussex Make Them Confident That They
| WILL Sweep the County-LocaI Political
Movements.
Without much fuss or feather the two
Republican factions are preparing for the
battle OF ballots and Doodle which will
take place In sll thrse counties on SAtur-
day. They are not going around with
brass bands, but strings are being pulled
In all directions and there is no telling
where they lead or what they will bring
In
Addicks claims Kent county. The
| Higgins men place little faith In the
rumors Of q revolt down there, for a
revolt which could aid them materially
mast be of gigantic proportion. In this
hotbed Of Addisksism and such revolt
| does not exist.
New Castle county will remain true to
It's old love, despite the desperate
assaults of the Adiicks men In this city
The Corruption Hall machine has been
set to grind out Higgins delegates and
unless cog breaks 1t will do It, The
same condition applies to nearly all the
rural hundreds.
Sussex county is debAtabls ground
1t Is there that the great work OF tho
week Is being done by both sides, and
the county is overrun with Higgins aud
Addicks men who are endsavorlng to
| bolster up their respective Sides
Both sides claim the county and each
claims 100 Of the 160 delegates composing
the state convention.
George v Massey has been downsthe
state working against Addicks, but bis
well-wishers declare that he pat off his
visit too long.
Ia Wilmington the Addicks lleuten-
ants are making desperate efforts to
break the Higgins hold uDon the negro
vote. These ebony voters ara now hold
ing themselves aloot for bids and the
auctioneers are tuning their pipes.
Higgins Men CONFIDENT.
To day the Higgins men in Whining
ton are more hopeful than they have
seemed since the present light for dele
gates began. What has given this con
fidence cannot be learned, bat they must
be in receipt of good news from all along
the line.
They claim every ward In Whining
ton with the possible exception Of the
Third, aud will not even conceds that to
Addlcks They declare that they will
defeat Councilman Howard e Stats in
bis home ward, which Is the Eighth and
that the Ninth ward will send Higgins
delegation to the convention.
Ia rural New Castle county they only
eoncsde Addlcks part OF his home hun
dred. Brsndywine, and admit for him a
poor fighting chance ia New Castle hun
dred
Ia the past they have conceded him
1 fifteen delegates from New Castle
county, including Wilmington. Now
they have reduced these figures Co eight.
Their Adviees from Kent county are to
the effect that they will have at Least
fifteen delegates, while letters from Nil
ford, Georgetown Lewes, Lsurel, Sea-
ford DelmAr and Bridgeville inform them
that Addicks is losing strength hourly
and that the delegation will certainly be
controlled by Higgins.
higgins and Addcks clubs will be
formed ct New CASTLE to night
First ward Republicans OF the Higgins
kind held a meeting last evening at No
POS Shlpley street. HILBERT d Entriken
presided and Thomas H Buckley WAS
scribe Allen Smith and Daniel Ross
we're placed In nomination as delegates
to the state convention. with Bsnjamin
Fisher and Henry Turner as Alternates
The Higgins people assert that they will
sweep the ward from one end to the
other
This evening the First District Com
mittee will meet and elect primary elec
tion ofh hcers for service on Saturday At
the recent mesting Of the Republican
County Committee a resolution recon
nending minority representation at the
polls was adopted, being a concession to
the demands of the Addioks committee
men. To day 1t is boldly asserted by
Addicks men that. unless the COMMITTEES
follows acts properly upon the recon
meDdation. the polling places will be
captured esrly on Saturday morning and
they will name their own officers on the
strength of the call OF the State Central
COMMITTEES
Harry A. Richardson has sent word to
Wilmington that there Is no revolt ia
East Dover hundred or Kent county
az ainst Addicks
Tomorrow evening the German Re
publicans will assemble at German Hall
for the purpose of deciding whether they
will, on Saturday, wear the Higgins col
lars that has been about their necks for
so long, or cast their fortunes with the
Addicks wing Lieutenants OF both fac
tions are making desperate pull upon
this class OF voters.
"There we're only seven Republicans at
Buckley's First ward meeting last even
Ing" remarked an Addieks man this
morning They had the slate all made
cut and It only took FIVE minutes TO get
the Higgins ticket in the field"
This evening there will be a meetllg
of Second ward voters at the chapel on
the causeway It will Os held uuder
Addicks suspices.
State Senator Robert ]. Handy, the
Addcks leader of BrandYwine hundred,
Was In Wilmington for few minutes
this morniag and went up to Pbiladsl.
phia TO see his chief.
Higgins men controlled the meeting In
North Mill Greek hundred, held at
Hockessln last evening. Alexander
Guthrie presided aud Thomas Walker
WAS secretary. John Burgess aud
Francis M Walker wers nominated for
delegates and DR. John Ball and S. Frank
e Nsrt for alternAtes to the State Con
vention.
Secretary Hugh G. Browne has Issued
a call for a meeting of the Republican
State Central Committe at Dover on next
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