Evening journal., 1896-11-17
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oou,i.sed from F,r.s Page.


peDse. Our old friend Bill Robinson /
was engaged to cover the advance of |
the deputies. He has a corporation on |
him that conical steel-pointed pro- |
jectile fired from a Krupp gun, /
couldn't penetrate at ten-yards range, /
and the sheriff showed considerable /
military skill in making such a selec-
tion.
Not only that, but General
Hart called out the militia to protect
the Armory. For the past six or eight
years the commanding officers of this
branch OF the public service have been
endeavoring to convince the General
Assembly that the National Guard is a
public necessity, and this was the first
opportunity that afforded itself / don't
know what they will ask from the COM
ing Legislature now that they have had
their men In actual service. l don't
know how our deputy sheriffs will
make out before the Democratic Levy
/ Court, and / don't care very much
Well to make long story short, the
ballot-boxes were sent to Jail and the
| inspectors who altered the returns are
! still at large. We were bound to send
somebody or something to Jail, and the
ballot-boxes had to be the victims.
Now we propose to count the votes
and see just what majority Bill Finn
really got. We tried to do it while the
boxes were at the Court House, but the
Democrats watched us too closely and
we were afraid Of creating a scandal
Do you want to buy any gold mine
stock? If you do, address ex-senator
Higgins and Winfield S. Quigley.
don't think that William d. Mullen is
as strong a gold man now that the
Golden Sceptre has gone into the hands
of an assignee as he was during the
election. We all thought him so disin-
terested when he came out so boldly
for Palmer and Buckner, but, 10 and
behold the president of the Honest
Money League is a gold mine owner,
and he and three or four other of our
citizens are holding the bag now. Is
| there such a thing In modern politics
as disinterested man?
What Is the matter with our McKin-
7 ley prosperity? Is it warped or fatally
twisted? Something must be done or all
of our campaign orators will pass down
into history as unmitigated liars. We
predicted prosperity and higher wages
aud since Mckinley was elected
{ we have had four failures one
I contract two Strikes a general reduc-
tiOn in wages and men laid off all over
| the city. The only evidence Of prosper
ity is up around the Grand Opera
House. Manager Baylis' fox-terrier
bitch has six dog pups, and it is a
Democratic dog, its grandfather HAVING
been imported by Ambassador Bayard
when he was United States senator
The Wilmington workingmen say that
unless prosperity sets in or breaks out
pretty soon they are going to demand a
new election.
Please send me a gross of blue books
but don't send any to Wiley. All of
our boys want offices. Don't make any
promises without first consulting me
William Michael Byrne wants to be
, United States district attorney Knowles
and Hilles are also omentioned for il, and
l have brought myself out. / want the
! I Office as sort of sheet anchor to hole
on to until l make up my mind JUS
what / want. Hilles says he is not il
the fight. l am glad that he is not
e Byrne has gone around and got prae
Q tically every lawyer in New Castle
Kent and Sussex to sign his recommen
dation. In fact, l signed it my
self before l knew that | wa,
coming out. I don't think that the rec
. OmmendatiOn of the bar should cOun
= for much at time like this, do you
Lawyers are good enough fellows il
their way, but they are moved by frs
q impulse and don't always know jus
what is best for the country. Hol,
= Byrne's application under advisemen
Il until I tell you what to do with it.
General Macallister wants a consula
appointment He ought to have it. II
didn't make any speeches this cam
paign, but he rode a horse in our pa
A rade He fought in the war wit
y credit to himself, and the only thing
has ever had as a reward for his part
services is the position of adjutant-geI
x eral under Governor Marvil, and tn
l. governor died before the general &c
81 the creases out of his new uniform. d
n everything you can for him. He de
% serves il.
~ There we're two candidates in the fiel
III u for the office of United States marsha
?, One was ex-Marshal H. H. McAIulle
m and the other ex-Marshal Henry
VI Mahaffy. II is funny how men nevC
tire Of the monotony of office. Nj;
81 hairy is an Addicks man, and I tol
TX him he might as we'll withdraw. He
li not only an Addicks man, but he is e.
~ ceedingly unpopular with both Repul
.O licans and Democrats. He is the ma
~ who appointed deputy marshals to il
- terfere in our elections. A most repru
~ hensible thing to do. After he left Il
Ie marshals office he wanted somethin
. else. We refused to give it TO him, an
he went over TO Addicks with Da
Stewart McMullen is all right as far
he goes. He is q fine old boy and h;
he bright prospects. We had an awfl
al time keeping him in line during II
he senatorial fight two years ago. "
made him speaker of the House, but a
X the time he was on the snake fence b.
d; tween Higgins and Massey. Just kee
d; him in mind, but don't make any prom
a; ises. Addicks may try to say somethir
1T good about Mahaffy, but don't beliel
K; a word of it. Mahaffy is no longer in
| told him to get ont, and he got. I
Is, has come out for sheriff now, but yC
d; haven't anything to do with that. v
d; pull that string.
d; I see that our understanding that e.
n Senator Higgins is to be made seer
K; tary of the navy has leaked out and g
into public print l would like to