Evening journal., 1896-09-08

TO anything in politics until
Higgins took hold Of him. The senator
made him postmaster of Wilmington.
He was of some use there, for we used
his letter-carriers to block the wards
and distribute campaign literature for
Us. Then Stewart got to think
that he knew it ALL and he
wanted Bach removed from the chair
manship Of the First District Commit
tee. He and Horny c. McLear and one
OF two other men called on Senator
Higgins and demanded Bachs re-
moval.
observation-disclosures" said
the senator, speaking in his usual con-
nected and forciOle manner.
The jury couldn't agree on the qucs-
tion raised and the meeting broke W.
Then Dan Stewart got it in his head
that he was big enough to travel by
his lonesome He opened headquar.
ters of his own at Seventh and Mar
ket streets and endeavored to capture
the First District Committee ut the
primaries with a special effort to beat
Bach out in the Fifth ward. Bach
hired four vacant building lots for
election day and literally wiped mp the
ground with Dan Stewart, even beat
stood for the place of committeeman.
All this time Stewart was postmaster.
but refused 10 go over to Addicks.
After awhile the Democrats got hun-
gry for the post Office and the. went
to Senator Gray and stirred him up.
Senator Gray went to Senator Higgins
and asked him if he had any objection
to Stewart oeing removed. Not at
ALL said Senator Higgins, he's, an
Addicks man. Turn the " --- ---
out" That hurt Dams feelings, and he
went to Addicks for consolation. ]
guess that Addicks felt sympathy for
Senator Higgins once in his lie, and
that was when Stewart and Billy Clerk
went to him anu asked for the removal
of Charley Kittinger. He's a kicker
against everybody but himself. Ad
dicks is now waiting for his letter OF
acceptance but the notification com-
mittee formality has been dispensed
with.
Charley Kittinger is wearing a clan
McGregor plaid necktie and we think
there is some new move on foot II
may be that he is endeavoring TO cap
ture the Scotch vote. If ne comes oul
or Thursday with bonnet and kilt and
blowing q bag-pipe it will be taken 10y
us as a pretty sure sign that we're &c
expect trouble from a new and uneX-
pected quarter
We are doing our best to hold Tho
German vote, although Dan Dohl i.
making a big try for it. l am livlns
on Hamburger beef, limburger cheese
and sauer kraut, and we don't speal
anything out German at the table
now. Bach says: God bless Wilhelm :
and Colcun0dn is singing "Die Wach
am Rhein." It's a song written l'
Max Schneckenburger and goes some
thing like this, although l can't writ
it exactly as Colquhoun sings it, for n
is an excrutiating execu,iOner OF Ger
: man melody and pronunciation:
''Es braust un Ruf vie Donnerhall.
VIE Schwertge klirr ind Wogenprall
Zum Rhein, zum Rhein, yum Deutche
= Rheinl
e Wer will des Stromes HuteT sein?
Lieb Vaderland magst ruhig sein;
Lieb Vaderland, magst ruhig seiD;
Fest steht Ind treu, die WacEt, di
Wacht am Rhein.
{ Fest steht md treu, die Wacht di
Wacht ain Rhein.
/ don't know what it all means. Pet
Cooper was up here last evening an,
knowing that he had been abroad,
asked him il he had ever heard Ia
watch on the Rhine He said NO, bt
I have seen the great clock at Stras
burg" If ColquhOun don't break Lh
mainspring ] think the Watch on th
Rhine will do us some good this fal
r viii says it's a hunting-case, stem
winder, full -ieweled sort of affair tina
d he and he alone can sing, so | have Z
.tt
e winding my Waterbury while he sing
{ and Bach runs the campaign.
3 SAY. Mark. have you anything up
y New York that / can doe Do you nee
D a third or fourth assistant nations
s chairman or anything Of that kind?
want TO take some part in this hgn
3 but between Fred Bach and Was
r Hastings / don't see any chance Tor
s display of talent. Don't you want
man to serve as national chairmd
4 while YOU are out home laying IN yol
g winter supply of coal before the con
e bine raises it to $3.50 a ton. Give
2 working man a chance, won't you3 /
n willing to do anything if given the o.
p portunity. Let me know immedlatcl
S I'll keep that list of appointment
If mum until | see how the boys beha'
r. themselves.
A Have we any consular or commarCi
10 agencies in Hades? If so, reserve fC
D. or five for my use, for we must not 10
Ii get our enemies.
r. Here comes Bach to tell me how
ia dc something, so / must close, or
I'd might not ike It,
NJ Yours truly,
~ HUGH c. BROWNE.
TO- p. S.-Please write TO General lie
Nv ace Porter and Governor Hastinl
10 telling them not to dare come to Del
We ware to address the Addicks Y eter
ID Club. It is not representative Il
I publican organization, and by SO dol
OF they would irretrieyabiy injure th'
he social and political standing in De
d. ware. Make Jour demands imperati'
We -
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re THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIE1
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