Smyrna times., 1888-05-23

HARRINGTON Wins AT THE REpUB-
LICAN NOMINATION ELECTIoN.-At
the Republican nomination election in
wilmington on Saturday Austin Har-
rington, Esq, was nominated for
Mayor; Maximilian L. Lichtenstein
for president of City Council; Milton
D Slmpers,, for city treasurer. The
total vote was 1924 as against 1925
polled at the Democratic primary cleo
ton May II.
There were no incidents to mar the
smoothness of the Republican election.
The friends of the various candidates
worked zealOusly until the polls were
closed and accepted the result with the
utmost good humor.
The vote was as follows: Harring-
ton, 1,1l6; Wiley, 500; Baynard, 799.
An analysis of the votes cast at both
the Republican and Democratic pri-
mary elections gives the following re-
suit: Republican vote, 2,724; Demo
cratic, 1925; total 5,649. The total
registration, is $3.50. Deducting the
former from the latter there is shown
to be l, ,3l1 voters who failed to vote at
the nomination election, but who will,
in all probability, be on hand at the
general election. A general impression
prevailed among Republicans on Sat
urday to the effect that large major
ity of the 1911 votes would prove to be
Republicans, and that with proper
effort the entire ticket could be elected
on June 2.
The Republican Convention as seen
through the spectacles of the SundGu
Star man is as follows: 1.-THE Repub-
lican State Convention has been held
and its work speaks for itself Unlike
the Democratic Convention it had moth
| ing TO conceal, but spoke with that
freedom and emphasis which are born
of good conscience. The platform is
explicit on constitution reform, and by
! the way, Delaware never will have a
constitutional convention until a Re-
| publican Legislature grants it. The
| convention denounced the mischievOus
Mills tariff bill, of course. But the dis
tlnguishing point of the convention was
! its resolution endorsing high license
and local option. That was a courage
GUS movement, and it was made most
bravely. The language of the resolu-
tlon is unmistakable. The Republican
! party of Delaware is committed to local
option. New Castle furnished the res
OlutiOn and Sussex applauded il to the
echo. The Kent Republicans doubted
its wisdom, but the Kent Republican
is generally doubter, that is, the Kent
machine Republican is. 1t was the
most unanimous convention ever held
in Delaware, but it was nevertheless
profoundly interesting. There was 8
feeling abroad that the Republican
party of Delaware was entering upon 6
campaign which would lead to victory
in very few years. The delegate:
met at Dover under heconviction tha
the moral sentiment of the State was
expectantly behind it."
MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. -
The Grand Jury Find Charles Henri
RiedeL Guilty as indicted jury il
the Riedel murder case came int,
court shortly after o'clock on Satur
day morning with verdict of guilty il
manner and form as the prisoner stOO(
indicted. Chief Justice Comegys ant
Judges Houston and Paynter were OIL
the bench. During the formal an
nOuncement of the verdict Riedel sa
quietly in the dock, looking stolid an,
, Indifferent. After the verdict had bee
a recorded he was taken back to one c
the Court House cells where he re
mained until removed to New Castl
G later in the day.
y. While at the Court House the muI
derer talked calmly and nationally {
= his crime, and intimated that he wa
t entirely content to abide by the cor
: sequences.
r The MOrning NelUs says: Riedel
undoubtedly a German fatalist, who
convinced in his own mind that thel
i is no future life. From his point {
: view, therefore, the killing of his wi
I and child was not dreadful thing
n do, but rather an act of kindness.
r relieved them from much prObab
n misery, and secured to them the re
and peace of oblivion. In the san
way and for the same reason he a
, tempted to take his own life, so as
end abruptly a struggle in which
l. felt that he was falling behind. In b
view there was no moral wrong in {
P this-it was merely something that
p was convenient and in the CircuI
De stances desirable to do. There was
insanity in all this-the very circul
u stances which in the eye of the cOu
W seemed to be unaccOuntable on al
at other theory merely going to she
n how thoroughly his mind had a
IL sorbed and assimilated the fatalis
st doctrines.
az The only question that remains is
" to whether such a state of mind is
IN itself proof of insanity In our JUG
rv ment it would be highly unsafe
society to permit to be established th
a man can take human life with imE
iE nifty whenever he believes that the
le- whom he kills are happier dead tn
as alive. A man may believe what
nt likes, but when he sheds human bic
nj he should be held to the full resp
ne sibility for his acts.
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