The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-26
POLITICAL NOTES
BY OUR REPORTER.
AL. Cummings Has His Head Swelled and
Writes Accordingly to the phiIadeI.
phia Record.
OFFICES BECOMING VACANT
Down the State-A Rush of WouId.be Post
nasters-senator Kenney to Speak ON
the Political Questions of the
Day at Elkton.

Alfred Cummings of the Morning News
writes as follows to the Philadelphia
Record of Monday 'See Bacl," is the re.
ply that confronts all applicants for the
Federal spois that are benig dispensed
Bach appears to DO high cock in the Re gu
Colonel DUPONT and Fl. G. Morse are
the real dispensers of the patronage. Mr..
Morse is gotting his "pull" because he Is
an old time friend of Mckinley, aud Col.
onel DUPONT because ho was, according to
the Republicans, elected Senator
But Mr.. Morse is a comparatively new
conner, 10 Delaware and has not wide
acquaintance 'down tho State" and al.
though Colonel DUPONT has lived here
all his life, the politicians tell ridiculous
stories about his unfamiliarity with tho
non and politics in Kent and Sussex
Counties. So tho two big uns look through
the eyes of Bach and Browne.
We wonder who has been filling APs
head full of such rot and where the wise
acres got all their Information from? But
then it makes readable article and is &C.
cepted as such, especially by the Republi-
cans who happen to read it.
The postoftice at Lewcs, DOL, becomes
vacant this week and Charles H. Maull is
backed for the position.
The postoifice AT Smyrna becomes vacant
in December and already there are dozen
applicants ont for tho job Tho following
well known Republicans have made appll-
cation for tho place: George II. DICK,
John Price, Thomas B. Meagear, William
&. Truax, W. H. Carr and Frank Roi-
mon with others to hear from, before the
appointment will be made.
General II. r. Kenney, the only free sill
yer Senate. from Delaware will address
the Democrats at Ekton, this (Tuosday)
evening and help to whoop it up for that
party, who hold their election carly next
week The Senator will tell his Domo.
cratic hearers how he as well as tho Demo-
Gratis of Delaware, were more than sur.
prised when he was selected by the last
Legislature to represent Delaware in the
Unilel States along with his colleague
Senator George Gray, a hard money Demo
Graf. md how he expects to supersede tho
Senator us the leader in Delaware politics
in the party.
From an obscure Dover lounger he has
risen to be one of the shining lights in the
Delaware political armament. 1t Is hard
to forecast where tho political lightning
will strike one year hence and who will
succeed Senator Gray in the United States
Senate. Gray wants TO succeed himself but
there are numerous difficulties to be fixed
up before be can hope to secure the coveted
reelection at he hands of his fellow Demo.
Gratis in our Stat, The silver advocates
are against him tooth and nail and will de.
feat him if they possibly can. The pictur-
e.uut Cove Salisbury who wears the Mex
leo bead gear, is against Senator Gray aud
will make things us warm for HIM as pos
slbe in the next Legislature if it should
happen 10 be Democratic.
The Senator will havo to look well to
his political fences between now and the
time the members of the next Legislature
are nominated.
BANKRUPT SUSSEX.
The Democrats who have mismanaged
Sussex county affairs for years and who,
like the dying Gladiator refused to hand
over the reins of government to the Re.
publcans who were elec ed at tho last
election. have just discovered that tho
money collected from the tax payers has
been insufficient to pay all the bills of tho
county promptly, and now set up the howl
of msmanngement of the county's ii.
nances OH he part of tho present Levy
Court which is a Republican body.
1t is only II part of their scheme to have
the Legislature which meets in January
next in extra session pass the five Com.
mission act and thus do away with tho
Republican Levy Court and place the
county affairs in the hands of the Demo-
Gratis. From all accounts tho county
treasury is bankrupt, III ildc so by the mis-.
management of the tax payers finances by
the preceding Levy Courts, which were
Democrat c.
The Delaware Democrat published at
Georgetown, the organ of tho Democratic
party, ses up its howl of mismanageGen
and calls fora change. 1t wants the
wicked Republicans of Levy Court sup
planted by five commissioners, the same
as that which now control the affairs Of
New Castle county.