The sun., 1898-10-11
AANDY'S DOOM IS SEALED
President Mckinley Wants Free
Silver Crushed Out
in Delaware.
REGULARS TO SUPPORT GRAY
A Deal That Will Kill Off the Per.
petual Candidates For the United
States Senate and Which
May Land a Dark
Horse.

As announced exclusively in The SU,
some days ago the President of th'
United States will support Senate
George Gray for reelection. The bar
gain has been made, signed, sealed ant
delivered. The Gold Democrats and th'
Administration Republicans will be I
unit on two propositions.
1-George Gray is to have the loya
support OF the Regular Republican,
throughout the state.
2-John II. Hoffecker is to have the
loyal support of the Gold Democrat!
wherever Mr.. Gray or his friends have
influence.
This means that George Gray will sue
ceed himself and L. Irving Handy viii
be crucitied ION the cross of gold"
Mr.. Mckinley can undoubtedly con-
troll the vote of every Regular Republican
in the state. The Gold Democrats are
very largely controlled by George Gray,
so that there is very little prospect of the
deal falling through. In any event
Handy is done for. Hoffecker will have
the combined votes of the Union and
Regular Republicans as well as the sup
port OF the Gold Democrats.
As a sop to the Republicans, it is agreed
that there will be no interference from
Washington in the matter OF naming
Mr. Kenney's successor, should that per-
sons seat in the United States Senate
become vacant.
This means the absolute obliteration of
the Bryan Democrats in Delaware. 1t
burys kenney and Handy in the same
grave and somewhere on their political
headstones will be found Is X.
Local politicians had quite forgotten
the fact that Mckinley's administration
now needs and will need strong support
in the next Congress. Few Republicans
. on the floor of the Senate have done as
much to strengthen the hands of the
President as George Gray. Mr.. Mckin-
ley is an astute politician as well as a
statesman of the highest order. He
needs George Gray. This great son Of
Delaware can control the Democratic
side of the Senate and will exert this in
tluence in support of the President If that
gentleman lends his potent aid at this
time when George Gray needs it most.
Free Silver and Bryanism and all
identified with either or both of them
must be stamped out in Delaware" This
is the word that has reached Whining
ton after many days. Handy is regarded
as a damned nuisance in Congress by
Republicans and Gold Democrats alike.
George Gray is the idol of the Gold
Democrats and particularly agreeable to
the administration-the most powerful
and popular Democrat in America today,
is George Gray of Delaware.
In this connection it is asserted that
neither Higgins, Addicks nor du Pont
have a ghost of show, even should the
next Legislature lie controlled by the Re-
publicans.
Men on the inside of both factions
aver that Republican victory means a
complete turn down for all OF these per-
petual candidates for the United States
Senate. If the Democrats control the
Legislature George Gray will succeed
himself and If the votes Of the Regular
Republicans can accomplish this end it
will be done.
L. Irving Handy is scheduled for de-
Feat. This is part of the deal. 1t assures
Mr. Mckinley one more vote in Con-
gress and the Lord and all his people
know that the President will need every
one that can be secured. Should the ad-
ministration fail to secure the endorse
ment of Congress Mr.. McKinleys second
term will be numbered among the good
things that have gone wrong.
Until this deal was consummated Mr.
Handy had fighting chance for re-elec-
tion. He has absolutely none now. The
silver issue must be killed, cost what it
may. Bryan must not be factor in Ma
tional politics in 1900, and he will not be
if William Mckinley and George Gray
can prevent it by merely wiping Handy
and his friends off the map.