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the United States Senate since he was
chosen to succeed Mr. Bayard in 1855
He has proved himselfa man of capacity
and ability. He has, it can truly be
said, maintained the reputation enjoyed
by Delaware ever since the formation o
our government, OF always having al
least one representative IN the Senate
who was the peer of any OF his fellows
in what has been aptly termed 'the
greatest deliberative body in the world -
Shall Mr.. Gray be returned, or shall
he be succeeded by Mr.. Addicks,, is the
question that confronts the people OF
Delaware at the ensuing election. There
is no possibility of evading this plain
issue. Shall it be Gray, or shall it be
Addicks? The voters of Delaware must
decide.-Every Eyening.
The political horizon is not SO becloud-
ed in Delaware as it was a month ago.
Harmony" has settled down on the
Republican camp in both New Castle and
Sussex counties, and there is to be only
one Republican ticket in each for the
voters Of this party. In Kent county,
where they have never manifested any
strength, the "Regulars" who couldn't
get fuse with neither the Democratic or
Republican parties, decided on Monday
to run ticket which, it it can do any
thing, can only defeat. There are in
harmonies as to persons and principles
in both parties, but in the State at large
there is greater vim among the Rephbli-
can than the Democrats. The result can
be better predicted, however, after the
next registration day, Saturday %
nst.-,Smyrna Times.
Regular Republicans profess to be
much surprised that the sound money
Democrats, of Delaware, will vote for the
reelection of Hon. Levin Irving Handy
to Congress- They evidently lose sight
Of their own action two years ago when
they, with all their loud professions in
favor OF sound money, encompassed tine
defeat CT Rev. Jonathan S. Willis, and
made the election of Mr.. Handy fore
gone conclusion. So bitter were they in
their factonal feeling that they declared
that John H. Hoffecker was not fit to
be Governor, and that it would be dis
grace to the State to send Rev. Jonathan
5. Willis to Congress. The very best
friends that Congressman Handy and
the free silver cause had in Delaware at
the last general election were these Reg
uIar Republicans, of which the Morning
Npus was the chief organ. How do the
Regular Republicans Justify this change
Of front toward John H. Hoffecker, Con-
gresham Handy and the cause of free
silver? Is John H. Hoffecker any bet
ter now then he was then? Is Congress-
man Handy any better now than he was
then? Is Congressman Handy any
worse? Has the free silver cause ceased
to charm these factionists? These are
pertinent questions at this particular
time.
Every Democrat in the State, who is a
Democrat, will vote for the reelection OF
Congressman Handy. But every Re-
publican, who is a Republican, viii not
vote for John H. Hoffecker Leaders
who repudiated Mr. Hoffecker two years
ago, and declared him creature of
Addicks, have not, satisfactorily ex-
planned to their constituents their rea-
sons for this change, for the simple rea-
son that they have no acceptable reasons
to advance. They hope that the voters
will forget the reputation of two years
ago, and swing into line merely because
the leaders have swung, and without
any reasons being assigned. Mr.. Hof-
fecker will get the Addicks vote. A GER
tain proportion of the Regular Republi-
can vote will go to him, but there is a
large independent Republican vote, par
ticnlarly in this county, which he will
never get. Leaders may blow hot and
cold, but the voters are not all equipped
with duplex exploratory apparatus.
Evening Journal.
The reception OF candidates took place
last evening at the Lincoln Republican
Club rooms at 90S King street and was
largely attended. All the candidates
were on hand and kept busy from s
until 10 o'clock, shaking hands with the
hundreds who called to pay their respects