Evening journal., 1902-07-26
THE WHIRL
OF POLITICS
Bits Of Political Gossip Picked Up by
"East Side."

he announcement that James Mccall
lister, of State Road, will be a candi-
date for senator. thereby side-track-
Ing Mr.. Smith. If this is done there is
a probability ofSmith being a candidate
or representative in opposition to
Captain Holcomb. Friends of the cap
tain thought they had things fixed by
getting Smith to run for senator, but
he Bear Station and State Road end
of the district say that they should be
given one OF the candidates, and they
tTotted out Mr.. McCallister for senator
He is an active worker and his friends
say that they are in earnest in their
desire to make him the nominee. This
arrangement does not altogether please
tho younger element OF the Democrats.
who prefer Francis. Dell. Janvier for
senator. Smith has made two attempts
or legislative honors, and will prob
ably stir things up If he is side-tracked
by the leaders.
Frank Alice, in an interview yester-
day with an Evening Journal represen-
tative. said:
There's not a man in our party who
is not heart and soul in this campaign,
and / venture to say not ono but who
would sacrifice his own ambitions for
position and step off the ticket as our
men did two years ago. Why this
very day, if the people OF the senatorial
district in which / am running for re-
election. would make it manifest that
they did not desire me any longer land
this will make the third time / have
stood for this nomination.,
would give way in a moment to the
man OF their choice"
Alice is more liberal than his mas
ter. for everybody knows that Addicks
is standing in the way OF Republican
success in Delaware. There is doubt
5 TO Allees sincerity.
Horace G.. Knowles camd down from
the Thousand Islands last evening 10
transact important law business. He
will stay in the city until next Satur-
day, however, when he will register,
and then go back to the st. Lawrence
resort to stay until September.
Mr.. Knowles is not letting politics
bother him these summer days. He
says there is ample time to whip things
up for the fall campaign. He has been
giving the coming registration some
thought, however. It is his opinion
tlhat next Saturdays registration will
show the smallest number OF qualified
Republican voters ever registered on
one day. This will he the result of
not antipathy on the part of the
voters, Mr.. Knowles says, but be-
cause of disgust over the present con-
dltion of party affairs.
East Side cannot figure out just where
William Michael Byrne stands in the
politics OF Delaware. He once was con-
sidered a staunch and true Regular
Republican, but he drifted away from
his fellow workers until he was looked
upon with suspicion, and he was not
taken into the conferences OF the Regu-
lar leaders. He was neither a Regular
nor a Unionist. but now he has given il
out that he would swallow Addicks in
order to hll the two senatorial va
lcancies. His latest epistle favoring j.
Edward Addicks and Colonel Dupont
has cut him Off completely from the
Regular Republicans, and strange to
say, ne has not been received with open
arms by the Addicks camp. He prob
ably will have to start a little party Oi
his own.
Friends OF Henry f. Pickles are urg
ling him to be a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for the lower
house from the Third district, repre-
sented in last Legislature by Jamel
B. Robertson.
1t now seems probable that vii
lmington viii have a new city charter
City Council has decided to have on
drafted and the first meeting of tn
committee will be held on Wednesda.
evening. Both Republicans and Demo
cratic members favor it, This bein
tine case it is probable that a dOcumen
which will meet the leaders on botl
sides will be adopted by Council
When the Legislature meets the cOun
lcilmen. backed by the politicians, ca
go before the General Assembly an
ask for a new charter.
There have been other charter
drafted by committees OF the Board {
Trade. Not in one instance did the
meet with the approval Of the politics
leaders. or even the members OF Cit
I, Council From what can be learne
by talking to the members, it is. prC
posed to vest the governing power
the Mayor and Council. The mayo
will have a cabinet and now whel
! there is a commission of three thei
will be a chief of each department
= . This is about as far as the talk hi
I gone. The other details will be workC
out later.
State Senator George NJ. ID. Ha
J. lof Townsend, a popular Democrat
/ member of the last Legislature. hi
> loeclined TO become a candidate for I
y nomination.
/ The greed for office has so imbedd
&c itself into the hearts of the Union r
publicans of the Fifth senatorial d
trict. OF Kent county, that four OF fl
he of them are after Senator Abbot
ar seat at Dover. II appears that If A
ed lbott has three or four opponents at 3
nomination. he will win out, from {
fact that his opposition would be
-lvided into several parts. Il is und'
stood that the following Union Repuh
cans are after the place George