Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12
POLITICs IN KENT COUNTY.

POLITIOs IN KENT COUNTY.
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The Democratic state Convention Il
Meet mt Dover Probably ON the 2iiI
inst.-The Composition of the Dem.
GcratIc County Ticket-yyhO Will
He Sheriff and VINO VIII Get the
| Nomination for senator, &C.
Special Correspondence of State journal.
Dover. August j-The Democratic
State Convention, which nominates can.
didate for Congress and electors, will
probably be called to meet at D0verson
the oath of the current month. DR..
Charles F. richards, who il chairman OF
the State Central Committee, has written
to the members of the committee upon
the subj ct, and that date has been pretty
generally fixed upon. Mr.. Day, chairman
Of the Kent County Committee, wants the
State convention to he held as soon as
possible, so that the county ticket can be
put in the field ut once There will be
little for the State convention to do, no
contest being thought of for Congress, the
nomination being conceded to Colonel
Martin, and the electors will be selected in
"a few moments. Col. w. G. Whiteley, of
New Castle; DR.. Thomas Oahall, of Kent,
and Hon. John II, Pdynter, of Sussex, are
spoken of for the three electors, aud they
will probably be appointed by the con-
vention.
The County Convention is likely to be
more interesting, A sheriff, coroner and
Legislature ticket are to be nominated.
THE sHERIFrALTy CONTEST,
will be, naturally, the most exciting, aB the
office here, as in New CASTLE, is a very
valuable one. Each of the hundreds have
had sheriff in regular rotation since East
Dover, who has not had sheriff since Mr..
Pennewill, in 1864. 1t is being pretty
well conceded that this hundred is entitled
to the nomination. South Murderkill
would naturally come next. The delegates
from this hundred will be unanimously for
James kerbiD, who received their votes
two years ago. Mr.. Harrington, of
Milford hundred, who has for four
or six years been strong
sheriffalty candidate will be out again
this year, and 4. L. Lacy and Thomas
Case, of South Murderkill are also candi-
didates. There are also number of
others, but the probabilities all point to
the selection of one of these. The claim
of East Dover hundred is very strong, and
as the rotative system has been adopted
by common consent, it looks as though
Mr.. Kerbin would be the successful candi-
date. A tabulated list of the sheriffs for
the last 60 years shows that East Dover
hundred has not had but three sheriffs in
that time, and that, since the hundred last
succeeded in getting one OF its citizens
nominated. every other hundred in the
county has had sheriff. There will be no
opposition whatever in this hundred to
Mr.. Kerbin.
ABOUT THE sENAToBsHIP.
As in the other two counties, Kent has a
State Senator to select and, by the rules of
the party, the candidate must come from
the upper part of the county, there being
one holding over from below, Mr.. Har-
rington, aud one from here, Mr. Pennewill.
IL was for long time back conceded that
kenton hundred was entitled to the nomi-
nation, and that j. Frank Wilds would be
the nominee, but Mr.. Wilds is candidate
for the Prothouotaryship,w when it is vacant,
and he will not run for the Senate. No
one else has been spoken of for the place
from Kenton. j.. Frank Denney, whose
term expires in January, wants to be re-
nominated, and Thomas Conway, of
Leipsic is an aspirant, and the
friends of MIR Collins, of Smyrna, who is
a member of the present House OF Repre-
sentative are anxious to get him nomi-
mated. The nomination of Senator
would be something new in Kent politics
as it has not been done in 80 years, except
in the case of the present Speaker, who
was renominated after filling out year
of Senator Supp's term, that gentleman
having resigned. Mr.. Denney has, there
fore, this unwritten law of the Kent
Democracy to contend against, but he
may succeed in his ambition, as he has a
large following in his hundred, and some
strong personal and political friends in the
central part of the county. The fight
appears now to be between Mr.. Conaway,
Mr.. Denney and Mr.. Collins
THE KENT COUNTY REPUBLICANS
are the most mysterious-appearing set of
fellows you ever saw. Henry Cannon has
not yet returned from Washington, and no
one pretends to know when he will call
the State Convention. He is watching
the movements of the opposition faction
quietly, and nothing will be done about
calling the convention until plans are
maturtd to meet their vigorous work.
The party i'll this county will vote as
solidly as they did in May last, and the
delegates will all be in the convention
personally-as they We're not at the last
convention-in order to meet the OBJ
lection that will surely be made to any one
persons casting the entire vote of the
county. Beniah Watson appeared to be
quite anxious to impress upon me the fact
that he does not know anything
at ell about politics. He might
as well save himself the trouble.
never dreamed of supposing that he had
any knowledge upon this or any other
subject. There is no doubt but that some
understanding has been arrived at with
some prominent Republicans to be the
candidate of the party here for Con-
gressional candidate, but it is impossible
to say with certainty who they have
agreed upon. Mr.. Smithers is cautious,
courteous. III the other Repnbli-
cans IN the State were as entirely har-
monious as We are" hesays, "there would
be no cause for differences in the party"
think that it may be taken for granted
that Mr., Smithers has not agreed to accept
the Congressional nomination. He does
not talk for publication, however, upon
this point. A full county ticket will be
after the State convention il
over, but its personnel is not even thought
OF now. The Democrats claim the county
by from 700 to l ,O0O majority. The Re-
publicans couceed that they will have 400,
but no more.