The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25
POLITICS ARE RIPE,
And the IAspirants Are Searching
For the Fruit.
SINGLE TAKERS ATTITUDE
Will Place Full Ticket in the Field For
State and County Officers Composed Of
Candidates From Both Parties.

Politics arc ripe and the various politi
cal aspirants for office arc trying to reach
the branches of the party trees The re
cont declaration of the Catholics of this
city to resent the insult to their religion
by Kent county leaders has helped to take
away some Of the elevation from under
the feet OF the Democratic aspirants They
are in an awful fix and they wish that
John E. Salisbury like Bryan would
talk less with his mouth.
The Ford followers go SO for as to say
that Toman had hand in tho defeat and
accordingly must suffer the pangs Of the
party knife.
The Union Republicans are cteercd on
to success by tho determination of the
assertion that they will vote for Hoffecker
and Willis.
There Is general feeling on the part of
Dclawareans ut the present time to cut
loose from the lawyers and take up bust.
moss men.
The assertion has been made that James
q. Shaw, ST., will BIO taken off the ticket
to make room for VIM G. Spruance Such
thing will never take place according to
tho, statement OF Mr.: Addicks and the
leaders Of tho Union Republican party.
In this city Downoy and Stats will be
the choice for Senator and representative
There will be only one contest for Levy
Court. New Castle Hundred has had the
Levy Courtmun and the Democrats know
how well he served his party with Brother
Scott that his candidacy is unopposed this
time, Tho Republicans solicited Robert
Morrison to run againet White, but tho
Union Republicans will take up James
w. Foster to defeat White.
1t Is known that thousands of dollars
have been paid by tho Levy Court for
committing tramps to Jail for II nights
lodging. Tho law says that tho jail COM
missiOners arc to receive S25 II year for that
work.
The Mayor gots his money for commit
ting the men and the sheriff gets 20 cents
for board and other fees ThcpoOr fellows
get not Il mouthful to eat but are turned
OF OF! New ~ ast Hs's 10 ''s ''' VIZ p''p''
That has been the custom with tho
sheritfs for years and the people arc tired
of the affair.
The Single Takers will hold n confer
cnce this evening to arrange for the fall
campaign They will select Hoifecker,
Handy Finn, Willis, Boughman and
Kelley.
For the Legislature they expect to select
the men who are favornbly inclined to
give the people the right to vote for or
against sing 10 tax in one of the New Castle
towns. The fight was made at the last
Legislature for such permission to vote
in New Castle but the bill was defeated in
committee.
The Republicans do not understand the
meaning of tho National Committee in
vting the Union Republican committee
before it. If tho Republican convention
and the committee acted properly thcn
where is the need to go back over tho same
ground? Tho fact has become known that
the bulk of atldavits produced in st. Lou
is lave been found now to be unfounded.
Lii Handy, like Lii Hung, has been ira
yelling around the country with his polit.
ical coffin. He is now in Ohio, but may
get home in time to brighten the woods Of
Newport with u spee3ll for free silver.
The gold Democrats cannot swalloW the
almshouse policy of an unsound currency
and will therefore meet this evening to So
lcct delegates to the national convention
of sound money Democrats. And so the
trees are full of ripe fruit but the people
will not allow the political small boy to
steal it. MIG.