Evening journal., 1896-05-09
DOODLE AND BALLOTS.
An Eventful and Fateful Day
for the Republican Party.
THE DOGS OF WAR TURNED LOOSE

the stAte-rhreats OF Two state oonven.
tions-Dssperate Efforts to Dsfeai
Higgins In His own ward.
Unless all signs fail, ] Edward AddIcks
may to-day supplant ex Senator Anthony
Higgins rs leader OF the Republican
party OF Delaware
Reports received from Kent aud Sus-
sex Counties to day by the Hlggins men
are so discourAging that Wet rg has
practically ben given up In the two
lower counties, and that wing OF the
party Is merely hoping that It will be
able to retain its grip on New Castle
county and carry enough delega es out
side to contrcl the convention
Addicks men are claiming everything
| They declare that all three counter will
fall into their hands, aud that the Hlg-
gins wing has been broken beyond re-
| pair.
Between the claims Of the two factions
the infers nee may be drawn that the gas
| king will control the state convention on
| Tuesday. he may be grossly deceived
by those Who profess TO be his friends.
| but he does not think 50 Those who
know him say that he will pursue a
course OF exterminaLion rather than one
OF coDclliation. and that even II Higgins
! carries New Castle county the uuit rule
/ applied at the state convention will
destroy that advantage
Ia Sussex Addicks says be has ciptured
| Northwest Fork hundred and other
| Higgins strongholds aud weaoed from
the ex-senator some OF his ablest lieu
tenants Ths power OF money pr3perlg
applied has never been more amply dem
onstrated
when the voting Begins.
Ia Wilmington the polls will open at 4
o'clock sno close at By o'clock to
night the fate Of the factions will be
known for both sides have made full
arrangements fer telegrsphic aud tele
phonic communication with central points
In all three counties The bulletins will
be watched with as much Interest as
though 1t were a general election.
At From Three to Five.
Votes are being bought at from SO to
50 apiece In all the wards OF the ty and
IN the rural hundreds.
Money Against Mcvey.
Addicks has broken into the Higgins
lines In the Sec md ward l can't stand
up against the flood of money" said
Thomas w. McVey, one of the Higgins
delegate nominees to a friend late last
night. Il End it being used against me
everywhere / turn
] Howard Phillips, political STRIPPING
who formerly held a posltioa at Cofrup-
tlon Hall, learning the tricks of the trade,
but rs Gently one Of the presiding deities
at Addicks headquarters. 10 running
against him. Philips family recently
removed to New Castle, but tue young
hopeful took board at a hotel In the
Second ward four weeks ago, thereby
qualifying himself TO run,
b ig olairrs Of Fact or Blur.
The more confident Higgins Rspu5u.
cans say that out OF the seventy eight
delegates Ia New Castle county they will
elect from sixty to seventy; out of the
40 In Kent county. TO- and out OF the 40
In Sussex. from % 10 % THIS would
give them from 80 to 105 delegates in
the convention out OF total OF 16O, but
it is not likely that they will get It,
Addicks meu claim that they will
elect delegates as follows: Nav Oastls
county, 30; Kent county, 35; Sussex
county, 80 which. II realized, would
give them 95 out Of the 100 delegates in
the convention
John B Moore, OF Rockford, declares
that he is not an AddIcks del sgate or any
other sort Of delegate.
Bach's Note of Warning.
Chairman Bach, OF the First District
COMMITTEES. anticipates stand out action
on the part of the Addicks mPn this
afternoon and has issued a manifesto
warning them not to attempt sucn
thing a. 1t Is contrary to party rules In
violatiOn Of the primary election Law.
he declares that all citizens will bs pro
tected in their rights
In Higgius's Own Ward.
Every effort is being made by Addlcks
to defeat Higgins In the Sixth ward
where he is running as delegate to the
state convention. The ex-senator's
friends are making strenuous efforts to
save him this ignominy and appear con
fident of success. but not until thu
votes are counted tonight can any idea
be gElnsd OF the effect Of the gas kings
tactics against his rival
Addicks has visited the Sixth ward
personal ly. He spsnt some time In the
Phenix engine house with the boys
and afterwards paid his respects TO the
negro contingent Ia the lower end OF the
ward His lieutenants ere also using
every device known in politics to en-
compass the defeat OF the ex senator In
his own ward.
Threat OF Two Conventions.
Last night an EVENING JOURNAL re-
porter interviewed a politician who
stands very close to Mr.. Higgins and his
interests.
1--WE expect trouble to-day, not
only In Wilmington bus In all parts OF
the state, he said 1T will bs forced
upon us by the Addcks people, ayd We
are prepared to meet II.
What is the nature OF the trouble2"
asked the reporter.
well. for instance, they met last
night aud decided to make a stando1t 10
nearly all the wards In the city. In other
words, to ignore the election officers
named by the First District Committee,
meet at the polling place. sslsct their
own officers and endesvOr to seize the
polls. Their defense will be the call Of
the State Central Committee which, they
claim, Is paramount to the party rules
Now, the First District Committee rents
those pOlling places and II anything Of
that kind hannana fhara will h. naaka ~ |