Smyrna times., 1876-11-15

pose to discuss the subject, because people
are tired of reading about it in their dailies,
and when they pick up their local papers
it will be a rest for them to be exempt from it.
ITEMS ABOUT THE STATE ELEcTION.-The
total vote for President in this State was
in New Castle county 6611 for Tilden and
60O4 for Hayes, making 1925 in all, and
coo majority for Tilden. In Kent Tilden
got S27S and Hayes 1887; total 5,2l5;
majority for Tiiden, 1342. In Sussex
Tilden get 349O, and Hayes 275l; fetal
6241; majority for Tilden, 736. There
were 24,671 Presidential votes cast in the
whole State, of which Tilden got 1854 more
than Hayes.
Hon. Jas. Williams, for Congress, got the
following majorities over L. c. Bird, the
Republican candidate: New Castle SIG;
Kent, 1861; Sussex, $50; in the State
2447. This is 237 behind Tilden's majority.
Chas. Moore, the Temperance candidate for
Congress, got only 176 votes in the whole
State: 129 of these were cast in Whining
ton, and ii in Smyrna. He got Is votes in
Kent and Is in Sussex. Duck Creek and
North Murderkill were the only two Hun
dreds in Kent that gave him vote. Thus, the
temperance men, as many of them as were
absurd enough to rush into politics, only
elected themselves to ridicule, as usual.
Mr.. Williams, here in his own county, gets
the largest majority of any candidate on
the ticket.
In New Castle county the majoritiss for
the county officers run 30 or 40 behind
Tilden's. Mr.. Grubb, the Sheriff elect, was
cut considerably, his majority falling over
100 short of the rest of the Democratic
ticket. Mr.. Rose, of Townsend, Coroner
elect, falls 125 short. Mr.. Ware, of Will
mington, Representative elect, got the
largest vote on the ticket-6699, which is
SS more than the Tilden electors received.
The next highest is Thos. Holcomb, of New
Castle. The effort made against Mr..
Jenkins, head of the Republican Legisla-
tive ticket, which, by the way, was not
creditable to his party, caused him to fall
behind his ticket about $50 or 100 votes.
He was cut in Wilmington, New Castle and
Red Lion.
In Kent the scratching on the county
ticket was lively, but hardly up to expecta-
tions in at least one or two cases. A dead
set was made against A. ]. Wright, by his
party, because he is an avowed temperance
man-Whsn his politics do not stand in
the way. He was cut from $50 to 20O
votes, but it was freely asserted, before the
election, that he would fall short fully 500
Some of the temperance men among the
Republicans gave him some assistance, but
he even killed off their aid by his speeches
at least such was the case in this town. II
his speech here, the Saturday before the
election, he denounced the man whC
scratches his ticket in such unmeasureC
terms that those among the Republican
who desired to vote him did not feel a
liberty to scratch their ballots only to conn
under the condemnation Of the man the.
desired to benefit. A few of the NOR
jealous of the temperance Republican
voted for him, notwithstanding, but tn
most of them decided to let him slide
under the circumstances. All the time b
spoke here he held himself up to the admirt
ton of his audience for voting a clea
Democratic ticket all his life, without eve
erasing a name, no matter how unworth
the candidates may have been. Anothe
thing while he wished to appeaI veI
independent he was afraid to use the wor
temperance in all his speach, and utterl
ignored the issue that brought him befoI
the audience. He convinced his listener
that he was a "good man." as he terme
it, at least when he was certain of "holdir
the fort" A Democratic ticket is a vel
uncomfortable place for q tenperan'
mans name to be.
In Sussex the Democrats we're at logge
heads, and if the assessment laws had n
been manipulated in their favor some
the candidates would most certainly he
fallen short of an election. Thus, VIII
the Presidential vote showed a DenocraI
majority of 736, the Democratic candida
for Sheriff, B. w. Truitt, only received 3
majority, and their average on the Legis
tive ticket was only 245 majority. The
coroner's majority was 7l0, the ne
highest to the electors, but Mr.. Hopkii
the Senator, only received 305 majori
The squabble over the courthouse" ofis
there has engendersd bitter feelings
over the county, until they have becoi
am element of weakness rather tn
strength to the party.
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