Daily Republican., 1880-05-05
SECOND EDITION.
wOULD-RE sHERAt Fs,

WOULD-BE SHEKAtES.
The Democratic Aspirahts 10 tb q
Ohice-The Chances OF tho 0,iEeA
emit Candidates.
Democratic candidates for the Sher-
iffalty nomination are not numerous
this year. In 1878 they were almost as
plentiful as the illegal votes cast at the
nomination election. No less than four
teen were in the field to wit:John Pyle,
B. Frank Townsend, Purnsl ]. Lynch,
Robert C. Justis, George c. Ward, Fran.
cis I. Sawdon, Giles Lambson, Francis
Duggan, John White, James R. Collins,
Charles L. Anderson, William Barclay,
John NJ. Whiteman and Zacharish
Gemmill. Some how only one of the
above rather formidable list has enter.
ed the arena again. Mr.. B. Frank
Townsend has turned his attention
toward the office of Clerk Of the Peace;
Mr.. Robert C. Justis has done likewise;
Mr.. George C. Ward is content with
what he has gotten ont Of the Assessor
ship, and the others have been sui,a-
bly, disposed OF, or have either grown
disheartened or turned their eager eyes
upon some other object more easily to
be obtained.
This year only four candidates are
in the race, viz: PurnalJ. Lynch, OF
st. Georges Hundred, and Thomas Ford,
John NJ. Maeklsm, and Peter B. Heus-
ted of Wilmington. twill be noticed
that Mr.. Lynch is the only candidate
outside of Wilmington, - athing which
augurs we'll for his prospect on nomina
tion day to those who casually note the
field, and also for his ingenuity in con
ducting his campaign, to those who
know the diplomacy that has been ex-
ercised to keep the other candidates
out. II is bruited about in Democratic
circles that Mr.. Lynch and his managers
have "bought off" all those whose pop
nlarity might tend to cripple his pros
poets. According to these statements
it has not yet transpirsd that so much
in dollars and cents have been paid
each man who was likely to be an
aspirant, but it appears that in one way
and another-by promise OF political aid
here and pecuniary assistance there,
and some other acceptable thing at sot1s
other place, the country candidates all |
along the line have been summarily |
and successfully disposed of, and Mr.. l. |
stands in the proud position as the
only country candidate and in the i'm
aginary blissfulness of an extremely i
easy walk-over.
A Democratic politician said yester-
day that in doing this Mr.. Lynch was
counting on the fact that he was pepu.
lar in the country, and that in the
Sherifalty tread-mill he had, like the
small boy in shoveling snow, been
''kesping at it,; and Mr.. Lynch has
been keeping at itfor years with vim.
Possibly the only candidate who will
give the St. Georges man any trouble
will be Mr.. Thomas Ford: Tom is one
Of these folks to whom the expression
Igsod fellow" does not do any thing
like full justice, and yet he is so sffa-
bic and pleasant and matter-of.fact to
every one that it seems amply sufficient. /
In Wilmington he will receive large
of the votes, He is yaT7
strong i9 Christisna Hundred, where at
least 6ne half of the Democrats will vote
for him. In the other hundreds
where he is well known, and he has q
large acquaintance through the county.
Mr.. Lynch will not have it all his own
way by any means. All the Democrats,
they will vote for Mr.. Ford or
not, say he would make an excellent
Sheriff.
A Democrat, who says he doesn't
care how the fight ends, remarked the
other day that he thought Mr.. Ford's
chances are equally as good as Mr..
Lyneh's. He said that of the 3,52l
votes cast at the nomination election in I
MIR. Ford would get at
east $500, and that he would undoubted
y get enough in the country Hundreds II
% enable him to hold his own.
"But what if Dir. Lynch secures a
majority of all the votes cast outside {
Il the city 7" J
"I should smile il he did. But he +
amt do it, and even if he did Ford p
Vould have an enormous vote, consider g
ng the boost Wilmington is sure to
i've him.