The sun., 1900-06-01
NEARY TAKES THE
SADDLE BND RANDY'S
CHANCE IS GONE
Elected Chairman With a Rip
pie and Admits he is
on Top.
SILVER DEMOCRATS MISTAKE
A Committeeman Says Handy and
John G. Gray Were Looking to
Dover and They Forgot the
County Committee. Dono-
hoe-Handy Warfare Grows.

"Well, l guess Pm on top again." re-
marked Patrick Neary to State Senator
Franklin G. Maull, of Lewes, yesterday
Immediately after session of the Demo
cratic county committee, at which Neary
was elected chairman without the slight
est opposition. Senator Maull believes
there is truth in Mr.. Neary's remark and
every one else, even to the silver Demo-
Gratis, who, however, declare the Demo-
cratic party in this county will not fol
low him. That remains to be seen. At
present Mr.. Neary holds the reins.
The county committee met yesterday
afternoon at ? O'Clock. The slate had
been prepared. The slate went through
without a hitch. Neary was elected
chairman, J. Frank Biggs was made sec.
retary, and the treasurer is L. Bayard
Heisel. TIE committee adjourned to
maet Thursday, June 81 two days after
the Democratic State Convention.
The Biggs control OF the committee by
the election OF Neary as chairman was
not threatened at any time. Friends
of Neary said yesterday that the report
that there was opposition to Neary
among members of the committee and
that fight would be made to postpone
the selection OF chairman until Iext
week was started by l.. Irving Handy
and John G Gray. Several committe.-
men said yesterday that there was at 10
tims disposition on the part of any of
the members to oppose Neary as chair
man. 1t appears as though Handy had
, one friend on the committee, Charles 3.
, Evans OF Newark, who prior to the
meeting spoke OF postponement. He
! seemed to have forgotten. that he ad.
vocated postponement when he found
himself in the presence of so many Neary
men. Mr.. Evans does not now oppose
Neary 80 strenuously.
Handy's and Gray's Mistake.
: "Handy and John G. Gray have lost
! Pretoria by failure to plan the capture OF
the outlying posts" remarked men,
ber of the committee to the representa-
tive of THE SUN yesterday. When pressed
to explain the committeeman said:
"Handy and Gray expected to control
the Dove Slater Convention and be elect
ed delegates to Kansas City. They did
{ not pay any attention to the New Castle
u county committee at the time the mem
bers OF this committee were being sell
t ected. They have lost the committee and
J now they are pushed completely out o
the race as fan as the State convention is
II concerned"
" The Neary men say that Handy should
s. have made fight TO secure majority 0
the county committee and not interpost
objections to Chairman Neary after the
latter has been selected as the leader il
this county.
Ex.Congressman Handy evidently doe
not see matters in that light. He con
siders that he represents the regua
Democracy and that Neary is foe t.
d William j. Bryan, the leader of the regu
lar national Democracy, because Neary
Is credited with having refused to accep
Mr.. Bryan.
will Not Follow Neary.
The former Congressman does not be
lieve Chairman Neary will make popu
r. lar leader. Mr.. Handy said yesterda
that the Democrats of New Castie count
would not follow Neary. The opposition
voiced by Mr.. Handy seems to extend t
the free silver Democrats who deman
that the monetary question be made on
ye OF the issues OF the campaign.
Of Donahoe-Handy Warfare.
In the warfare between General job
III P. Donahoe and former Congressma
K Handy the forces of General Donaho
le have been considerably augmented. Tt
letter received by Donahoe from Coz
20 gresham Fitzgerald is not the only Gl
~ Fitzgerald wrote to Wilmington poIit
". clans. At least four Fitzgerald letter
O. are held by local Democratic politician
ne General Donahoe denies that Owen ,
es Ilession has seen the letter. He is n,
NV showing it to any one.
~ In the matter OF the Fitzgerald lett
II. the affair is believed to be up to NJ
OF Handy. From the former Congressma
Gil the story emanatt d, and not from Don
les hoe. The latter showed the letter
Handy.
aus Fitzgerald believing that Handy
action in Congress placed him on reco
ip- as against the Roman Ca holics, has i
% voked aid from the Tammany organic
fly lion OF New York. Already two Tal
ave many politicians have been in this CT
20 assisting in the eff Jrt to defeat Handy
'he "a national delegate. 1t was said Ii
~, night that more Tammany men wou
la4 be here later on. The end OF the Dor
ore hoe-handy warfare is not in sight
:" Contract Tor New Jersey Wo. k.
ing John T. Dickey, president OF the DE
uld ware Granite ard Mining Compai
be vent to Gloucester, \. j., to make fiji
seq. arrangements with the county comm
ap sioners for the building of the new re
for which the local company has the c.
nan tract, worth about SO 900.