Evening journal., 1892-08-13
CONRAD AND MARTIN.
Big Fight for Places Of Profit
To-Day.
JoLLs AND CLARK SECOND PLACE

Armstrong Claims the First District.
Gallagher the second Yetter the Third.
Clark tho Fourth. while the Finh Is
Reserved for Joiis Republicans Doing
Big work all over the County To-Day.
This afternoon the Republicans of |
Wilmington and rural New Castle county /
are voting for county comptroller. re-
ceiver of taxes and county treasurer. |
Eve Levy Court commissioners and dele /
gates TO the Republican state Conven- /
tion in wards and districts where there /
are contests The polls opened at . /
o'clock and viii not close until o'clocl, /
this evening It will be late tonight |
before the result is known
Conrad for Com ptrouer.
The nomination of Henry C. Conrad the /
well known lawyer of this city, to the
comptrollership place on the ticket is al
most assured. His white following is
good while he will poll the votes of
eight out of every ten negroes in the
county.
He has two opponents in the field. They
are Levy Court Commissioner John W.
Jolls, of ST. Georges hundred and United
States Deputy Marshal G.. NJ. d. Watson.
Commissioner Jolls viii get his strength
below the canal, where Republicans are
| few and far between. Watson will Doe
left at the mercy of Mr. Conrad in the
/ upper part OF the county.
Martin for Receiver.
The contest for the rcceivership is
among Philip r. Clark Joseph f. Mar
tin and Franklin @. Shdham The real
/ fight is conceded TO be between Martin
and Clark The leading members of the
Federal Building ring are for Martin, and
this makes Clark's chances of election
very slight He has hopes that the
voters will take the biz in their teeth
and that he viii be elected Martins
friends are more sanguine as the day
advances Stidham viii poll fair vote,
but he is likely to be distanced
The Levy Court Candidates.
The most interesting event Of the day
is the contest for place ON the Levy
Court branch of the ticket There are
five districts in the county. and, 10 the
Republicans. nomination is equivalent TO
election In the First and Second with a
fighting chance in the Third.
In the First district there are five can
didates. The two leading men in the
field are Chairman Buckingham of the
present Levy Court. and r. Lewis Arm
strong. Buckingham told an EvENI> @
JuuNNAL reporter several DAYS ago
that he did not fear the issue,
while Armstrong says he viii carry
Buckingham hundred as well as
the district. The Federal Bgilding King
has taken a haud in Armstrong; bahalf,
and if Buckingham Is turned down by
the crowd whose interests he furtherd In
March it is likely that there will be o
number Of sore heads who will vote foi
Derrickson. the Democratic nominee
In the Second district John j. Gallagher
s will be nominated. Tho vote polled for
3 Ferris Giles will be comparatively small
and very much scattered.
p Charles Yetter the baker is the only
, Republican spoken of in the Third dis
trict. which is assuredly Democratic lie
1 may think that his personal magnetism
is strong enough to carry him through
regard it as a dodge for advertising hi.
r bakery
e The indications in the Fourth district
r point to the nomination of Levy Court
e Commissioner James H. Clark. of Rec
s Lion hundred James B. Hance anC
~ James f. Taylor will poll respectabl,
]
r altogether. the district is for Clark. j
there is a Democra ic district in whicl
the Republicans think they have a fight
ing chance it Is the Fourth and Clark Il
willing to take his chances with a Demo
" cratic majority of 200 staring him in thl
face.
Rural Hundreds TO be Ignored.
In the Fifth district there is no Re
u ~. &.
q was slated. He wants 20 go to tn
Z General Assembly from Appoquiniminl
p. hundred. and the cOmmissiOnership vii
e. be left open for Commissioner John w
d Jolls who expects defeat at the hands o
n Conrad. This is shown by the following
ID extracts from his circuar letter TO Re
20 publicans;
rs II shall deem it very great favor
YOU will give me your support Tn
several candidates for receiver OF take
have arranged to print all the tickets
and therefore ! will enclose herewit
m merely "a few 'stickers with my nam
ne thereon.
a Il know that I am in a contest Wit
10 strong and worthy competitors, and
would not presume 20 be n candidate ha
1- not assurances from hundreds of goo
IN Republicans. representing all parts of th
'e county. that for well-known political an
IN party reasons, ought 20 be candidate
These reasons are well stated by an M
.. known friend of mine in letter whic
~ was published in the News, of Whining
ton, on July 1st last, and a reprint {
iu which is also enclosed.
IN Il am permitted TO assume, howeve
lg that if yOu choose 20 support me and
ID am nominated, that the large body of r.
at publicans who think the county tick
H. should be made up not wholly Of me
residing i'm Wilmington will be satisfied
and will feel as If their party Interest
had been regarded. ] have Ia en- th
method of communicating with yol
Mi because l have had no opportunity q
q, seeing you personally. The exactions
-, the Levy Court upon my time have bee
l99 such as to preclude a personal canvass.
st a Fight for Delegates.
There are but few contests for del
gates to the State Convention Near
AN the wards have named them az NEE
ings. The most determined fight in th
'r. department is in the Eighth ward. The
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