Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-03
NO SENATORS
SAYS BACH
Then a More Harmonious Feeling
Will Prevail in Ranks Of
Republican Party.
ARRIVED FROM CUBA TO-DAY

SAYS HE KNOWS LITTLE MORE Or
DELAWARE POLITICS THAN
WHAT HE READ IN THE PAPERS.
WILL REMAIN HERE UNTIL TB'
18TH. ~
Fred. Il. Bach arrived hor ne fro,o Ha-
vana this morning and gree ed \ Jour.
nal reporter very cordially at his homo
No. S2S Jackson street, = few bours AZ
ter his arrival Mr.. Bf rsh is in the an
ditor Of customs OF ice. ana left Ha-
vana on S aturday a al arrived in New
York vest erday az oernoon. He came
on the st Gamer favana, OF the Ward
Line, viii ch he dys has one fine steam
er leayin q Hav ana on Wednesdays and
Saturday 9, taRing four days to make
the trip to New York. Mr.. Bach talked
entertai iingly of Cuba to the reporter.
who wa the first newspaper man he.
talked with after his arrival He Is
the pic' Ure 'of health and speaks OF
feeling exceedingly fine Contrary to
his ex' Dectation, he likes Havana very
much. Speaking OF Cuba and the form
OF gov er nment he says that everybody
seems pleased with the present order OF
thinf 5. The change from a military
torr A OF government TO a civil. was In
naf he only. 1t has been the purpose OF
Ge neral Wood. as far as possible to
Ire cognize the Cubans and entrust them
v nth the official positions. The new
] secretary OF war, Villalon. is civil en-
gineer, and formerly connected with
f..l
try.
4 Santiago was a pest hole when Gen
y eral Wood first arrived there, but now
4 IL IS far different He has worked won
a ders. An American engineer who vis-
4 tied the island says Havana is now the
cleanest city IN the Western Hemis-
, lphere. while under Spanish rule it was
n the most filthy.
n Speaking OF General James II. Will
= son. Of this city, who Is at Mantanzas,
4 Mr.. Bach says that he Is one of the
10 most popular men on the island. and
v has the confidence OF more Cuban lead
~ ers than any other American. General
4 Ftzhugh Lee is also very popular
4 Ralph De Soto of Wilmington. who is
q in the customs department, is getting
,fl along nicely, and has twcaty clerks
under him.
+ Fred w Hoffman. OF New Castle
y was another OF the Delawareans he
& saw. Mr. Hoffman Is in the United
States cable office at Havana. and IS In
Al POOR health. He hopes 70 be trens-
: ferred to Arisora.
, When asked about Delaware politics.
4 Mr.. Bach said he knows little else than
/ what he saw in Delaware newspapers
e which he received. His opinion on how
4 the Republicans of this state could get
together" was: Pass the senatorial
lQueston aside; have no senators at ALI
"a If that is the stumbling block give
q and take on all state offices and after
y that more harmonious feeling viii
v prevail
Coming to the $1,000 which. Il IS
10 said Edward Addicks claims 20 have
J given him, Mr.. Bach said he had moth
p ing further to say other than what he
u had already said that he never received
n one dollar from Mr.. Addicks or from
h lanyone else in Mr.. Addicks interest
n THE first ] heard Of this charge" Mr..
n Bach said. was from the newspapers.
n II hurt me very much. / have had a
"a great many shocks in my time. but
none so great as this. / have not yet
IN decided what l will do regarding the
n charge as I know little about Il, hav-
m ing talked with no one
.ol Mr.. Bach came home % attend the
d wedding tomorrow evening CT his
r. daughter. Miss Ethel. TO Charles War
D. ner. He will remain in Wilmington
d until the 18th. and may take his family
m with him. but this matter Is not YET
2 arranged, and they may follow ca Q
u later steamer.