Evening journal., 1899-02-01
THE GRAND STAIRWAY.
Fleetwood, of Sussex, Plays
a Losing CANT.
GEN. ToPHAM FOR CONGRESSMAN

NAIL MATTEh sAID TO HAVE
BEEN TANiPERED WITH-EX-
STATE TREASURER RCes AND
CASHIER MORRIS HAVE DIFFg-
Guilty.
Hon. William Jones. OF Sandtown.
must have dropped THIS le1ter, ad-
dressed to his wife, in the State House
corridor. for that is where the Way
farer found It:
Dover, Del, Jan. 30, 1899
My Dear Mary Ann. An still there
ain bin no eleckshun. Our fe,iers is
standln' out fur Addicks an that din
ner ov ourn didn hav' no preshable
effect on Blakely, Frizzle an Young
lit wuz wasted vittels an we hav
charged hit an the Mcl1ers an the
atre tickets up to prophet an loss.
l'rizzle sprung a surprize on US to-
cay. He wen an cast his vote fur
General Topham an the general wen
down to the railroad stashun rite away
an bot ticket fur Washington. Then
be telegrammed to Seniter Gray an
asst him ef he wanted TO sell his SEMI
torial togy at secondhand price. Semi
ter Gray telegrammed back as how he
wanted to keep his togy fur a soove-
neer, an that he mos positively de-
eined to sell. Wen General Topham
got back to the Stat House an foun'
thet Frizzill had lef him an gone to
Levi c. Bird he wen out once more
an spen' the rest Of the day albumin
fur a ticket-skalper. Hits my opin-
yum as how Mister Frizzlll labered un-
der a misconsepshun as to General
Topham's posishun in this yere fte.
had an exsplisit understandin' with
the general as how he wusn't 10 jump
in an spile Addickses chances. This
haint his doin's. He haint a candy
date fV- United States seniter. Hit
Is understood al roun' as how Top
hams to be our nomiknee FUR Con-
gress mex yere. Hoffecl1ir may wan
a secind term, but ef Topham wants
the pace he's got to hav it fur that s
the understandin'. Hit @us nuthin
but his liberality as got the nomy-
nashun fur Hofficl1er las fall. an pa
shence has to be rewarded. This
evenin' l had a talk with Iopham an
fpls HIN, rr-o4 20 a. T. ~, ..,--s .r-.~.
he wuz to diskuredge these yere evil
dences ov his personal popularity. II
? the secind plase he wuz to go up &
the Richirdson House. see sum ol
! them Reg'lers like Burns, Robertson
E an Shakespear, an make a proper
r. g shun to them TO hOp seplrate con-
t frences tO-mOrroy mite, an then hol' {
- jint conference an fix the matter up
e He's to do that tomorrow mornini an
= ef hit don stop hit1l be a go. OF cors,
the general has a chance ef Addick.
drops outten the fite, but he's willin
to stan by the cawcues nominee fu
p he's a reg'ler Republican in the genera
= sense. I'm mitey glad this is So Mar.
e Ann, fur ef he wuz 10 bolt the cav
o cuss hits my opinyun as how mos o
a our cawcusses would foller his lede
e but he's troo bloc an we'll SEN hin
e to Congress all rite, wether Hofficlke
e likes hit or Jumps hit. Tophams tn
e man Of the hour, an he holds the Ike.
e OF the situashun. HTS my opinyui
ae how he's gittin' pointers frum Ton
Patt Of New York.
Mary Ann, I'm startin' a noospapel
Is HITS to be situated at Georgetown ar
= I've hired Gale Laton to run hit. La
" SItterday week I Civ MIN tve thousar
Is dollars an tole him to put hit in tn
? + armers Bank at Georgetown
IS and use hit fur eddyra
n shunal purposes. L understan' as ho'
he's dun hit. gev MIN a week to g
the offis bih an anuther week to g
the paper out. Hits TO be called tn
Christian eide an Sinners Advercat
- an we're after Bob Houston al
- Charlie Richerds. We hay got stat
an lire's license fur the perteckshu
'e OF Gale, an hit won be our fau.t ef
dom make hit a howlin' suckess. Sun
;, body asst me eff Addicls put up tn:
N five thousan' dollars, but jes' sed {
how Gale sol sum Bay State Gas a
got the money that away. We do
wan Addicks elected this time.
ok he's SEN to Washington fur six yer
m the milk'll stop. Gale Layton sez
Ell, how hit wouldn' be polisy to elect hin
sw fur as soon as he got the place he
wan sum responsibility an go ri
over to the Reg'!ers to git hit, an th'
we'd be out in the cole.
al l hav' foun' out as how Represent
Ior five King is backin' that bill fur voA
is terry admishuns to the insane asylu
ir- at Farnhurst. Sum Of them pun
nurses is stuck on him, an he wal
TO go up there an spen fore weeks
pashent. He's a lady's man, Ma
- Ann an I recneo' him fur MI