Evening journal., 1899-01-16
HON. WILLIAM JONES
Sandtown's Astute Stateman's s
Observations at Dover.
BOTH HOUSES ARE UNDER A cLoU3

EVERYBODY AT THE State
HOUSE Is IMMERSED IN AN AIR
OF SUSPICION RE
CEIVES A MOST ENCOURAGING
REPORT ON THE SITUATION,
THANKS TO D. MIFFLIN WILSON.
Through the kindness Of Wilberforct
sterlith, a nephew Of Hon. william
Jones, Of sandoown, Kent county, the
Wayfarer has obtained the following
state paper which the statesman sent
to his wife. Nothing but the exigen-
,cies Of the occasion inspires the Way
farer to make public use of it:
'tDover, Del, Jan. 13, 1899.
My Dear Mary Ann: Things is in
terrible shape up here. SOMEBODY has
stole Frank A,lee's cut-gdaes inl1well
often mis- desk in the Senate an there's
helup about it. The senators has re-
quested the sargen-at-arms 10 keep the
private door leadin' frum the House
to the Senate locked. They hahn sea
nothin disparagin like, but jes-
natcherally infer fIum their ac-
tons that they think hit wuz
the House that stole that ink
well. Hit may have bin so; but dom
think any House member wbuld hav'
dun hit unless there wuz a preesin'
demand frum home fur one. To ag-
graVate. the situhshun sumbody has
stole three or four inkwells frum the
House, an the senates under sus-
pishun. I'm lookln' the matter up fur
the cbmmittee an eff hit wuzn't an Ad-
dicks man as dun hit somebody'H go to
lbil. 1 guess hit mus hav' bin Reg
lar Republican or Dimocrat, fur we all
feel that an Addicks man woul5n
steal nothin'.
Mary Ann, I'm right in the swim,
as the fellers say up here, an I wisht
that yO' an the folks could see me.
I'm glttia' u be a regular recognized
statesman. Peoples runnin' to me an
the time askln' my advice. All Of these
Addicks fellers has heaps Of nice
clothes an plenty of money. There
hahn a pore man among em but me,
an I've get g,owin' prospects. There's
Abbott, an Brasure, an Pennewill an
Alice. They all has more money than
they know what to do with. Why,
they don think nothin' Of payin' s1z
or S14 fur a suit Of clothes an putin
hit right on an wearin' hit fur evry
day We Addicks fellers has in Mn.
Pennewill the only silver-tongued
lgold-throated singer in the Leg
islatur They say as how ne
kin sing like bird. Sum OF
the Dlmocratie senators has heard oh
hit, an they're talkin' of gluin' him TO
chant the roll-call an Senate journal
every other day, fur Readin Clerk Bax
ter don lay no claim to havin what
would be called a first-class musical
voice, an the senators say as how the
Constitutional Convention delegates
mus have known Baxter wuz goin to
be elected when they limited the ses-
sion to sixty days. Hit would be a
real treat ef they could induce Mr.
lPennewill to chant the journal, an !
feel shore that Mr.. Alice would turn
the music fur him.
Il never seen such an extravagani
lcrowd as the one I'm movin' in. I'm
gttin' more an more like 'em every
day. Las night l gave an oyster sup
per an never enjoyed a stew so much
in my life. The function cos me fif-
j teen cents, but mans wzo's wOrl1in
fur AddicBs has got to put on a bolC
4 front, even eff ne has TO run into deb
q to do it. Yo' cant imagine the alterin
effect this yere trips had On me-
dom look like tne same fel!er.
"Dr. Burton, one Of our fellers, i:
after MaulTs seat an tomorrow af
ternoon therel be a hearin'. Dr. Bur
e ton is after the seat an he'll get hit IL
! the neck. Our fellers don't take L
MIN oJntuUMs al AASAN = Il AAHlJ
s.shun on their part not to help hin
git in. Sum Of them thinks that e
/ he should git in he'd wan to run tn
n whole burned shebang. But I gues
when he gifts to Dover an sees how
things look he'll decide that he wal
laborin under a de,ushun when h
started the fight fur Maull's seat. Their
E hahn no flies on Maull, an won be fu
!, sixty days. There's sum talk that e
S the dcctcr aint seated hen make
y contest fur Maulls position in IN
Is Town Council Of Lewes. but l scarcei
1t think he can make that, fur Maull'
holdln over member.
" There's hellup about the Hous
r. committees. l wuz in ther to-day whe
they wuz announced. Burns an
s Kitchen wuz mad cause they got to
much, an Robertson wuz mad 'caus
~ he didn't git to be chairman OBJ tn