The sun., 1898-11-21
senatorial PROBLEM
|ay Narrow Down Between
u. George Gray and ].
Edward Addicks.
TH0NY HIGGINS NOT IN IT
kular Republicans May Have to
6rn in Line Under the Lash of
President Mckinley and Mark
Hsnna--The Present
Situation.
FHONY HIGGINS NOT IN IT

The work of the next General Assem-
and the United States SenatorshiI
tinues to be the all-absorbing topit
Ping the Democratic and Republican
ticianG.
he principal question at issue now il
b will succeed Hon. George Gray ir
United States Senate?
he Sun some weeks ago announced
Mr.. Gray with the assistance of the
kular Republicans would succeed him
and even at this day SEES no reason
y this prediction should not come
Ii has been previously stated in
De columns President Mckinley, rec.
izing the mate fitness Of Mr. Gray
reelection. gave the Administration
es or the Regulars of this State to
lerstand that Mr.. Gray must be re.
ned to the United States Senate.
It that time the pledge Of the Regu.
Eswas given and although they will be
The minority in the next Legislature
probabilities are that they will make
eir pledge good.
FAs they cannot do this alone they will,
has been shown in other State Legis.
Fes, stand in with the Democrats,
with the assistance Of the latter they
perely hope to exterminate their COM
d foe, the Union Republicans.
they are we'll aware that by these
ans only can they hope to retain rec.
ition in this, State and no matter how
er dose it may be they are only too
Hing to make the sacrifice, if such it
Ebe called, in order to completely
ilate the Unionists who gained
macy over them during the recent
pn.
story has been going around the
4eek that the Regulars had decided
ing for ex-senator Higgins 10 sue.
Mr.. Gray, with the promise that if
dward Addicks withdrew they would
e Addicks) to gain his fondest
Rsire two years hence.
This statement is ludicrous on the top
it, for it is not probable that they
Dpuld now recognize man who SO
bacherously, with the assistance of Fred
nen Bach, Mayor Henry G.. McLear
pd their henchmen, attempted to stam-
ode the State convention that nomi-
1ted Hon. John Fl. Hoffecker for Con-
Eess.
The Regulars are also well aware that
|fwas tins trio that attempted to oust
"a G. Browne out of the chairman
OF the Regular Republican State
btral Committee.
liter these failures they further knew
y Bach 4 Co., nearly prevented the
kging Of the Regulars and Unions in
N Castle and Sussex counties, and it
altogether improbable that they would
rgive and forget so soon and place a
an in the United States Senate who did
] in his power to hamper their move
ents and disrupt the party.
This ostensibe move for Mr.. Higgins
therefore only q blind, as after George
ray there is no man whom they would
thcr zee in the United States Senate
AN Col. Henry A. du Pont.
The latter's hands, it is said, are also
ea Jy the pledge given the Administra-
On, and the fight as it now stands is be-
Taen Mr.. Gray and J. Edward Ad-
cks.
The latter in Republican caucus
ould have majority vote, and as the
eguars have openly intimated that they
onld not 60 intoa caucus, Mr.. Addicks
i'll still retain his following when it
mes to voting in open General As
mbly.
There is, no doubt, that feelers or COM
imentary votes will be thrown out
ring this contest to such men as Will
I'M S. Hilles, Rev. Jonathan s. Willis,
/. Hiram r. Burton, Colonel Henry A.
! Pont, William du Pont and probably
litor Joe Rooney's Republican friend
James G. McCombs, Of Claymont,
th the hope of catching their support,
It it looks now as if narrow down be-
zen the two men specified, and the
,gulars under the lash of Mckinley and
anna will then make their pledges
cd byvoting for the Administrators