The sun., 1898-11-01
HON. GEORGE GRAY WILL WIN
The Administration Will Support
Him For Reelection to United
States Senate.
A DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE
In a Pinch One or Two Republicans
Could be and May be In.
duced to Support
the Presidents
Candidate.
A DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE

1t is now conceded that George Gray
will succeed himself in the Senate OF the
United States.
The President wants George Gray re-
elected.
The Gold Democrats want George Gray
reelected.
The opponents of Bryan, regardless OF
party, want George Gray reelected.
The people of Delaware want George
Gray reelected, and they will see that
he is reelected.
That unknown quantity "the peo.
ple") is not always adept in political
manipulation, but in this instance the
actual business Of the campaign is in
competent hands. George Gray will be
re. elected.
George Gray is to-day central figure
in the politics of the nation. A careful
and exhaustive canvass made by the
leading newspapers of the county dc,
velops the fact that the Republicans will
control the next Congress. 1t does not
follow, however. that all of the Repubi-
calls in the next Congress will be Ad.
ministration Republicans This very
significant proposition leads to the as
sured reelection OF George Gray.
That George Gray enjoys the conf
dence of President McKinley to a marked
degree, nobody questions. 1t has been
demonstrated time and time again that
George Gray is a power in Congress; that
he can control the Gold Democrats and
that he can crush the Silverites. The
President needs Just such man to-day.
He must have such man in the next
Congress- He will have George Gray.
Mysterious conferences held in this
CITY. in Chester and in Philadelphia dur
ing the past month, others held in Balti-
more and in Washington within the past
ten days, all tend to confirm the an
nouncement made in this paper weeks
ago-the President of the United States
States wants George Gray reelected.
With Handy wiped off the political
earth and George Gray re.elactsd, Tree
silver will receive setback in Delaware
from which it will never recover.
Senator Kenney is an unimportant
member of Congress. His attendance
has been necessarily somewhat irregular,
80 that Mr.. Handy was really the only
active Free Silverite in Congress from
Delaware. His defeat is part OF the
plan to re-elect George Gray and there is
o. no good reason why the plan should not
be carried out.
Mr.. Handy knows, but probably will
not admit, that he is not only lighting
Hoffecker but the entire strength OF the
National Administration in Delaware as
well as the Gold Democrats and the
l., Naur nTJ1rtv
which is against him to a man. Handy
is powerless. He will be defeated for
Congress and will probably go before the
Democratic caucus as a candidate against
George Gray, but it will be wasted effort
1t is proposed to bend every energy
toward electing the Democratic candl-
dates for the Legislature throughout the
State. They will have the secret support
of the Regular Republicans in every dis
tIict where such support will elect a
Gaay man. Ii this plan secures the
ekction of Democratic Legislature all
will be we'll; if, on the contrary, the
Legislature is Republican by vote or
two the cry of "Addicks" will be raised
and the Regulars will caucus with the
Democrats and George Gray will be re-
elected.
This does not mean "anything to beat
Addicks;'' it does mean anything to
elect Gray"
Newspapers like the New York Herald,
World, Journal and TDles--the Philadel-
phia Record, Press. Inquirer and Times
would not concede the reelection OF
George Gray but for assurances received
from the powers that be.
Until within the past few weeks the
Democratic organization was as poor as
poverty in New Castle county. On Sun
day Jerome B. Bell unearthed corrup-
ton fund OF $751; 600, which he unjustly
charged was raised by certain corpora
tions to secure the reelection of Mr..
Gray. This newspaper challenged THE
Star to produce proofs supporting this
specific charge and plead for somebody
to come to the defense OF Mr.. Gray. No
body seems to have seen the article in
The Star, but everybody read it when re-
printed in The Sun yesterday. and the
discussions that naturally followed
developed the fact that the Democratic
County Committee did have con-
siderable fund for campaign purposes,
but not penny OF it was raised by cor
porations or anybody else with the
know ledge or consent OF Mr.. Gray. On
the contrary, it was asserted that the
contribution was made by Republicans,
who are active in national politics and
who want to see Mr. Gray reelected. 1t
has yet to be proved, however, that any
OF this fund was used illegally; that any
body was paid to register, and that any
money was furnished to voters for the
payment of registration fees.
The returns on November s will justify
this publication
The Ro,is We're All Right.
A German owning property on the
west side, was approached by a slick
lightning rod man who offered to put
rods on his house for nothing. if he