Evening journal., 1913-01-30
sENATORSHIP FIGHT ENDED;
DEMOCRATS GET AFTER JOBS
EuoIish Said TO be Slated for Wilmington Post
mssfership---GaIagher Wants MarshaIship and
HoIconb Will Become Private Secretary TO
Senator Salisbury

DOVER. Del, January 30.-Now
that the eight-days' Senatorial dead
lock has been ended by the election
of Willard Salisbury as United States
Senator to succeed Harry A. Richard
son. many persons who followed the
contest closely are trying to figure
inst what is back of the surrender
OF the four Kent county members who
after holding out for eight ballots
suddenly retreated into the SALISBURY
camp. II is true that Representative
William +. Cummins, of Leipsic, nrst
succumbed to the Establishments of
the Salisbury persuaders who We're
trained on them after efforts OF some
OF the biggest guns of the party naa
failed to drill them into line ana u
is equally true that at least one Oh
the remaining three holters-repre-
sentative John NJ. Houston, of Dover
was not very willing to hold out fur
ther after Representative Cummins
had told his colleagues that he had
been won over.
Senator Henry Williams and Rep
resentative Robert J. Schneider. how
ever. did not surrender without an
effort. Schneider was mad clear
through when he heard Cummins and
then Houston vote for Salisbury yes
terdav. He claims they double
crossed" him by letting him continue
10 believe that Cummins would not
vote for Salisbury until today. ne
saws they did not notify him that the
change. decided on at the last min
ute was to come yesterday on the
mart of Cummins. Representative
Schneider expressed himself vigorous
" about IL yesterday afternoon. or
course there was nothing for him to
do but fall in line after Cummins ana
Houston had given Salisbury the nee
essary majority, and following that
Senator williams changed his vote
from James II. Hughes to salisbury
This gave the National committeeman
every one of the Democrats present
and made successful his sixteen
years Senatorial quest
Already Talk OF Jobs.
Political "dopesters" are busy max
ing states for a few choice jobs that
are to be handed out under President
Wilson'S administration through Sem
ator-elect Salisbury. Fhe impression
nrevails that the salvage corps OF
democrats will be looked after. The
slate is said to contain the name OF
James ]. English for postmaster OF
Wilmington. merely as little express
sion of appreciation of the support
of the Senator-elect by Senator CORN
ley and Representative Mooney lheh
Andrew M. Gallagher, a New Casue
hotel proprietor who got out OF the
legislative fight and helped Represeh-
tative Holcomb to win, is saio 10 pe
down for United States Marshal Ana
Representative Albert l. Swan Is said
to be down for postmaster for Della
ware City. Speaker Chauncey r.
Holcomb will become Senator Sauls-
bnry's private secretary and political
Rcld marshal 1t is reported, with
Samuel lsenschmid, q lawyer former
" connected with Mr.. Saulsburys Of
fee in Wilmington, but now pracucinl
i'm New York. as one of Mr.. Sauls'
bur's secretaries.
Armstrong PerSuader.
II IS admitted that Joseph G. Arm
strong. the young man from Odessa
who was backed up by former judge
Edwin r. Cochran of Wilmington
must have been very persuasive t'
win Representative Cummins over e
salisbury after such influential part
men as State Chairman Thomas +
Rayard, J. Frank Ball, Alex
ander M. DAILY, Peter J. Ford am
others had given that up as an un
solved task. Armstrong formerly wa
a travelling salesman for a harvesting
machine company. and he certainl
gathered in Cummins as his crop. HI
brofher Is a Delaware railroad detec
tive. Many persons are marveling a
the persuasive powers of Armstrong
who stuck TO Representative Cummin
until midnight Tuesday and who wa
with him at brief intervals yesterda
morning prior to the session whe
former Judge Cochran took up the 20
of seeing that Cummins did not wan
der away from the hypnotic persu
sion of Armstrong. RepresentatN
Cummins wouldn't say what line
persuasion won him over to Sauli
bury.
Before Senator Williams and Repre-
sentatives Cummins, Houston an
schneider went to the state Houi
yesterday morning they had a confei
ence in James II Hughes Office an
told Mr.. Hughes that there would
no change in the situation yesterda
A few minutes after they got to q
State House and after Cummins hs
conversed with Armstrong, his la
hour companion of the night betor
Cummins told his colleagues that
intended to vote Tor Willard Saul
hurry. but he agreed not TO bre;
away from the four until today.
did not take long for that news
spread. and after the Democratic mel
bers conference held just before q
session. il was generally assert
about the lobby and in each legislat
chamber that Representative Cummi
would line up for Salisbury tod
Thursday, and that the other thr
would flop if Cummins took tn
step.
There were intimations, howev'
that the Salisbury Democrats we
still hopeful that Cummins won
break to Salisbury on yesterdays bi
lot and Judge Cochran kept talki
to him at every opportunity Fina
at a few minutes before twelve oclo
Cummins told Representative Hol
ton that he intended to vote for Sau
bury Yesterday He also told Senat
Williams that in the Senate Chamb
he claims, but the Senator says he
not understand it that way a
thought the break would not be ma
by Cummins until today. Represent
tive Schneider, however, says he