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in the most emphatic language that
Mr.. Addicks will not be chosen, and,
Judging from their talk. caucus noml-
nation for Senator at the beginning OF
the session is not probable. The fac
tions may hold a caucus for Speaker
of the House and other officers. John
Pilling and Theodore Clark, OF this
county, are talked of by the Regulars
for Speaker of the House, and Mark l..
Davis and William Tharp are spoken OF
by the Union Republicans.
There is swarm of candidates, nearly
all from Kent and Sussex. for the other
offices in the House, including some
colored preachers who wish to be chap
lain.
The Democrats are considering candi-
dates for President of the Senate. where
they have one majority.
II the place comes to this county,
Charles II. Salmon will be urged, as
he has had considerable experience in
public bodies and distinguished himself
by winning in close district, while all
the other close districts went Republi-
can.
Kent county, however, is making
claims for the Senate Presidency, and
Senator Meredith, the hold-over mem
Der, is being doomed by his friends. For
the other offices in the Senate there are
a number of aspirants in all three of the
counties. Wilmington Correspondent,
Hiladephia Record.
This being the Christmas season, there
are number OF Senatorial aspirants in
this State who would like to have a
Christmas present of a boom of good
large size, and possibly some of them
will look in their stockings for such a
thing in the morning, but it is not be-
lieved that Santa Claus will move along
the line this time. The Republican party
is refraining from the work of booming
just now, and there appears to be very
sensible idea abroad to allow the Legis-
lature to choose its own candidate for
Senator. In view of the fact that the
Legislature is the body which mas the
election OF the Senator, this is perhaps
right and proper. In past campaigns
there has been too much booming done,
and some of the trouble in which the
Republican party found itself a few
years ago was largely due to the work of
booming which had been carried on by
some OF the candidates. There will be
no such mistakes made this time, and
from the present indications each candi-
date will be allowed to stand on his own
record and to take his chances of being
the candidate of the Republican party.
In little over a week the Legislature
OF Delaware will be in session. As is
well known, it is the fret Legislature
under the new constitution, and in
every way it is the superior of any body
which has met in Dover for some years.
There was time when this State sent
the best of its men to the Legislature,
but this ceased to be the practice Of both
parties for years, and the consequence
has been that some men were sent tC
make laws for the State who had nc
adequate knowledge of the duties which
they were to perform. or of the response.
bility of the position which they occu'
pied. In the last election an effort was
made by 10th parties to get better me1
than had been the rule in the immedi
ate past, and they succeeded. The new
constitution, having given the choice o
Representatives and Senators to districts
instead of allowing them to be choser
from entire counties, made minority
representation possible, and Therefore
some Of both parties were chosen. Th'
Legislature will, therefore begin its worl
with healthy minority but with saf
Republican majority, and it will be com
posed of men OF higher calibre thai
most of the bodies which preceded it
Upon this new body devolves the matte
of selecting United States Senator, an
unless mistake is made there will be
Senator chosen.
The statement made week ago, ths
all of the Union Republicans were not
be expected to vote sor any one man fc
Senator, has caused considerable con
ment among some of the Regular Repul
| licAns. Such contingency never al
pcared to their minds. For some reaso
they had an idea that every man who
, a Union Republican must of necessity
. follower and an adherent of J. Edwar
Addicks. Therefore they have bee
{ counting that every Union Republica
in the Legislature would vote one wa,
, and that one way would be for Addict
: or nobody. They may all vote for A,
dicks and they may not, but it Wou
certainly appear that Union Republ
: can would have as much right to vote #
1 whom he pleased as Regular. 1t is
q mistaken idea to suppose that eyel
t Union Republican is an Addicks Repu
lican. Such is not the case. There is
t very different state of affairs in the tv
e lower counties, where the Union Repu
r Leans are the stronger of the two Repu
]. lican parties, from what some of Il
d Regular Republicans suppose. There a
men in the Union Republican party
e Kent. and Sussex counties who are ju
IF as much opposed to the candidacy OF
J. Edward Addicks for Senator as al
Q Regular Republcan in the State.
l. The question may be asked as to wi
# they are Union Republicans. 1t is n
r. hard to answer. They are Union Il
publicans because they believe that t
n Union Republican party is the only r
1T publican party. They think that it is t
2. Republican party because it is t
d stronger, and they believe in the rule
% the majority in all cases. They favor t
l. Union Republican party because, sin
g. the split at the convention to name ca
c. didates to the Republican National Co
'r vention at st. Louis, they look upon +
1t Regular Republicans as boilers. Wheth
that is the true view Of the matter it
re not proposed to discuss here.-Wiimin