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V .r Vil-IE WILMINGTON, DISFATCH, FRIDAY) AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 15191 6.- ' r A.rT-Vw-v y;,. v: TWO. OF THE NEW SENATORS AND f THE WE OF ONE OF 1 Vaher Dainty four -.qUSUi s THEM ' " W VVf WID WINTER WHWT I 1 k Li fc the gift for . Christmas. an -outfit of' 0 iL S" Ei H Double-Dise It Is the gift that will.be the greatest ssurce cf pleasure both on Christmas mom and thro all the year a gift yoju,r family cr friends will appreciate and it is a gift within the means of alL We have Columbia Graf onbla and Record outfits to suit every pocketbook and on special Christmas terms. Ask us about them. Greens Drug Store 1 i .. ip3J; tJl ; 1 - - Mentholated Compound Syrup WHITE PINE ( WmY Tar) COUQH SYRUP Hoarseness and Inflammation For Coughs, Bronchitis, of the air passages. 25c PER BOTTLE. Prompt Delivery. THE PAYNE DRUG COMPANY, 5th and Red Cross Streets. Phone 520. WBBBIE3 i - Washington, D. C, Dec. 9. When the newly elected United States Sen: ators take their seats next year ths two youngest among them, and in deed in the whole upper house of Congress, . will be Josiah O. Wolcott, of Delaware, born October 31, . 1877, and Pete" Goelet Gerry, of Rhode Island, born September 88, 1879. Mr. Geny was turned from polo and Newport . society by his wife, a famous beauty, who was ambitious for him to equal the careers of noted ancestors. He owes his election in rock-ribbed, high-tariff Rhode Island to his great personal popularity and to ' a most skilful secret house-to-house campaign. Mr. Wolcott, also a scion of a fam ily famous in American history, en-, ters the Senate largely through the factional fights of the great Du Pont family of powder makers, multimil-! lionaire Republicans, who for many years controlled tiny Delaware. The election of tnese young men from the twp smallest States of the Union, and from States traditionally Republican, are the source of the greatest gratification to Democratic leaders here. "Young Peter,' as Mr. Gerry is fa miliarly known to nis rnenas in Knoae isiana, nas o?en m me news papers principally for his exploits as a coaching whip, a polo player and a society man. In 1910 he married Miss Matilda TV Townsend, of this city, a daughter of Mrs. Richard Townsend, and regard ed by artists as one of the most beau tiful women in America. v She has been painted by Sargent and Flam eng and has furnished inspiration for many ideal characterizations of the American girl. Before her marriage the Duke of Alba, a Spanish grandee, had been her persistent but unsuc cessful suitor. She said openly she would never marry any one but an American. And having selected Mr. Gerry as her American, she decided to make something out of him. Mr. Gerry was a good talker, a hard worker, a scientist and a lawyer, who could speak better in public than the aver age. His great-grandfather, Elbridge Gerry, was elected Vice-President .of the United States in 1812, on the ticket with Mr. Madison. His father was Commodore Gerry, a great law yer, and several other members of the family had had brilliant, careers. So in 1912 Mr. Gerry became a can didate for the House of Representa- Rhode Island's voting population is new to conservative Rhode Island cam- Good because it tastes good Quality in" flotir means more than just baking Jn w quality, xxie most aiaporcinc result tnar you get irom tne extra nno quality oi V alier s Dainty oi riour is tne cstra imejiavor ot your baJong. vaiicr s uainty riour is maae rr unest tuvorcd wheat; nulled by a special vJ slow Droceas. -which saves all of the fine. flavor: then aiftoH thrn..u :s maie its textura extra ne. - It is quality flour and gires quality results i" T Vr? bdiiajj. Have your croctr send you Valier'c Dainty mext time you nH i... v The CorbettCo.. Wholeale Distributors, Wilminrton v -ic rrr sixty-six and two-thirds foreign born, or the sons of foreign born. There are colonies of French, Italians, Poles, Jews and Swedes. The French have a daily newspaper. The Ital ians and the Swedes have two week ly newspapers. The Germans, who are mainly in Providence and Cran ston, but scattered also in small num bers through the State, have a week ly newspaper. A Jewish paper pub lished in Boston circulates in all the cities of the State. The first essential thing for a suc cessful campaign was to reach the foreign born and foreign speaking voters. Maps were made of all sec tions in which foreign colonies con trolled in population. Next there was a separation of all registered aliens, so that they might be reached with ease by foreign literature, and also seen by their own countrymen. The card index used by the Progressives four years ago was obtained by a carefully planned, but lucky strike; and by a clever suggestion the names of all Republican farmers came into possession of the' Gerry managers. All this specialized political work, naturally, was not done at the reg ular campaign headquarters. Indeed, it was unknown to moe than , a few persons in Rhode Island. This vital side of the contest was secretly put in charge of General Henry De Witt Hamilton, of New York City, long a member of Tammany Hall General Comittee, a "sachem of Tammany, Wilson presidential . elector four years ago and a delegate to the last National Convention. His share in the Senatorship fight was to be largely of the still hunt order. It was essential that neither a brass band nor string instruments should be used. General Hamilton opened no head quarters. He invited a few friends from Boston and New York to take part in what he regarded as a good Sporting proposition. These men grad ually gathered a dozen more who could be trusted implicitly. A few more, were stationed in Woonsocket, a few in Pawtucket and the others made Providence their central point,, covering from that city all outlying points in which it was believed effec tive work could be donq. The making of leaflets in foreign languages was all done in New York City and al the envelopes addressed in Manhattan. 'So that no votes might be lost a spe cially jdesigned. sample ballot was tives from the Second Rhode Island I made up for the aliens, printed in THE I MSY WAY .7i ' BUY SENSIBLE GIFTS we po or expect you to my ZftSH. YOU CAN CLOTHE' YOURSELF OR FURCHME THES &PLEH0ID GIFTS OH OUR "EASY PAYMENT PLAN." PiY YHIT YOU CAN SPARE 'EHCH WEEK OR E&CH ffi YSHY WHY DENY YOURSELF THE. PLERSA ure or 3EIHG STYL tSHL V DRESSED FOf THE HOL.J DAYS"? WHY PAY SPOtcrSH' FOR &ENRIRLI R GIRTX URBA YOU CRJ GET THEL9EST THRT RAV BE HRO P4R' : OV OIO MU. WEEKLY PRYJVEHTPLRH I District, traditionally' a Republican stronghold. The old G. O. P. leaders dismissed the chances yl the young society man from their minds a trifle scornfully and did little work against him. Mr. Gerry worked hard, caught the attention at least . of almost every voter and swung enough ' Re publicans, into the opposing camp to win. His career in the House was satis factory, but not brilliant. Therefore, when he became th,e Democratic can didate this year in the first Senatorial- primaries; Rhode Island had held, the political wiseacres smiled again. Against him was the veteran Senator Henry M. Lippitt, a high protection leader. The Republicans thought it would be a walk-over for their can didate. The Democratic National Commit- their own language, showing them just how to vote either straight or split. " How effective this method was prov ed itself in the KinthWard of Prov idence, the Italian -section, where in what is called a State representative district,' Hughes "defeated Wilson by 109 votes, and Gerry had 116 over Lip- vpitt. Much missionary work was done quietly by educated Frenchmen from Boston, who day by day enlisted a few converted volunteers. The final result was a hitherto unheard of reduction in the French - Republican, vote. A selected band of French Canadian vot ers resident in Rhode Island took care of the Gerry campaign in the last three days among the French speak ing. paigning. Through the newspapers, all of them unfriendly to Mr. Gerry, desperate ef forts were made to avert the disaster. Editorial writers blazed away at him every day. The discovery of the for eign language leaflets and sample bal lots enraged the Lippitt men. The blow had come too late to be success fully countered. From every point in the last seventy-two hours came to the Lippitt camp stories-' of strangers J working in the foreign colonies with marked effect. Frenchmen in Woon socket, Arctic, Central Falls and Paw tucket were openly talking to Gerry. By Saturday night before election he men who had secretly conducted the Gerry campaign, and who even then were unknown to their foes, were in hopes that Mr. Wilson would carry Rhode Island. They were in no doubt about Gerry, and the believed the cur rent "for him might sweep in the na tional ticke As it was, Hughes'had only 5,000 to spare; the 7,000 major ity for Gerry had swept many a voter to the straight Democratic ticket. ' Throughout it all Mr: Gerry's hand was on the levers. He consulted with General Hamilton at least twice a day, and every move was well thought out. Once a decision was reached on any point it was never reconsidered. From that time on it was a case of military II CISIUU I IX CVC1J IUUICU1CUI. XOTU well known members of the New York National Guard, on General Hamilton's political staff for the time being, help ed this result, as did a former trusted lieutenant of Grover Cleveland. During his Congressional term he occupied a house in Massachusetts avenue owned by Dr. and Mrs. Morris Murray. He and his wife spend a part of epeh spring in Washington usually living on their yacht, Owera, always one of the show boats to an chor at the capitol. It is believed that the" Senator-elect and Mrs. Gerry will pass much of the coming Winter with Mrs. .Townsend, Mrs. Gerry's mother. Mrs. Townsend has recently done over the interior of her home in Massachusetts avenue, which makes it without exception the handsomest in Washington. Mrs. Gerry is a friend of Mrs. Nich olas Longsworth, MmeRiano, wife of the Spanish Ambassador; Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, Jr., and Mrs. William F Hite, the former Miss Katherine Elkins, who had a royal suitor in the person of the Duke of Abruzzi. Pres ident Taft was a guest at her wedding when he toasted her as the - "most beautiful bride he had ever (seen." Mr. Wolcott is a farmer's son who "worked his way" during hislast twp years at the , Connecticut Wesleyan University at Middletown. He is now Attorney-General of Del aware, a $2,000 a year post. His elec tion to the Senate came after many members of the Du Pont family, had thrown their strength against Senator Henry A. Du Pont and so prevented his gaining another term. Mrj. . Wolcott is an anti-suffragist: He believes in a great navy and in compulsory military training. He is for "hands off" in Mexico. , . Wolcott is a name . prominent in American history. Oliver Wolcott, of Connecticutt, was a signer of the Dec laration of Independence. His son, Oliver, was secretary of the treasury from 1795 to 1800. Roger was Gov TLING WOOLVIN HALL Friday Night, Dec. 1 5th I TURNER . HANSON ft ELVINGTON'S DEPENDLE DRUG STORES. The Truth Is (pood Enough All advertisements of ELVINGTON'S DEPEND ABLE DRUG STORES may be interpreted literally, no statement need be discounted, no claim questioned. We believe that the truth about the goods carried by ELVINGTON'S DEPENDABLE DRUG STORES and the mention of prices is all that is necessary to sell them. Furthermore prices advertised as "specials" are to be "specials" real reductions from our everyday prices. Two stores. 1 17 NOR JH FRONT ST., PRINCESS AT SECOND ST MONEY IS NO PROOF that you have paid a bill, and even a written receipt is no proof of payment, provided the other party to. the trans action contends that it has not been paid. This can not happen when you carry a Checking Account and pay every bill by check, for each Cheeky is an indisputable receipt. , We INVJTE YOU TO OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNTHERE. CITIZEN S B A NK Wilmington. personal friends for taking a losing chance in a bad year. -Mr. Gerry ' started ' his campaign with all the newspapers of Rhode Isl and hostile to him. Mr. Gerry long before the canvass began had carefully figured out the ThP l parlors HirfifHne the men made tee never put the Senatorship in the. ,noige than a wiid duck-alightlnfernor of Massachusetts, Edward Oliver a jr uuuuviui viaooi ATX. vji x. x j T-TT ui 1 J i . JS i wB mmuy reprovea Dy some oi .m tll- wfiPft.on the SArmtnr is SL man tn Iren a n ova rr ground, and -yet, for three weeks they had been daily reporting to General Hamilton the progress of a campaign which they felt would be surely sue cessful unlesss Mr. Hughes swept the State by an unusuaf vote. he determined to accept the nomina- V THIS DATE IN HISTORY. 116 Market Street tion he. had also made up his mind to lead a fight' that would break all Rhode Island traditions. He would take the offensive from the start in attacking both the acts of the Republican party and his op ponent's political record. There would be no conservative campaign, such as Rhode Island always has 1816 Beginning of a gsaafcre at many business houses of the town. York city visited the singing societies in ,Providence Cranston and Newoprt. Halif Nova Scotia, which Sestroyed They repeated these visits aiter tne sample ballot had gone out, and found their reception warm to the point that they were sure one-half of the Swedish vote would go toGerry. The proper atmosphere had been created a. week before the election when, under General Hamilton's di found to its liking. He would reach j rection, a broadside of advertising Seventy-five Years Ago Today. 1841 Earl of Westmoreland, noted English diplomatist and a former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, died at Brighton, England. 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