Evening journal., 1894-08-15
OPPOSITION GROWING.
Movement for New Elections
in the Tenth and Sixth.
THIRD WARD ELECTION DEFERRED

The Ninth and Twelfth Wards WIN Go to
whiteman or Cooch, while There IL
Great Disanfeotion In the other wards.
Cochran's Delegates Not for MIR.
Samuel Bancroft, Jr.
The opposition to the nomination Of
Samuel Bancroft, Jr.. for Congress, Is
gaining strength daily. IL cannot be
said that II is centering upon any one
man, but there Is no doubt whatever
that, with Mr. Samuel Bancroft, j.,
against the field, one Of those In the
field will, by combination or other
wise, secure majority Of the
Nav Castle county delegates. Just
which one Il Is difficult to
predict, as all sorts OF deals to prevent
the nomination Of the low tariff Repub
lican are both possible aud probable
This opposition Is not confined TO the
rural hunoreds, where Mr. Samuel Ban
croft, Jr's rivals expect TO get their
strength, but the wards OF Wilmington
are beginning TO be heard from Thus
far only two delegates have been elected.
They are both understood TO be Samuel
Bancroft Jr men, and they were both
lrregularly elected.
In the Tenth ward snap election was
held on last Saturday, two weeks before
the time specified in the call Of
the Democratic committee, and Michael
]. Kelley WAS elected. The friends
Of j. Harvey Whlteman did all they
could to prevent hls election and came
within twenty-five votes OF doing IL,
With Mr. Miller as their candidate
They are not satisfied, aud there Is al
ready movement Oh foot TO upset
the election and bod another on
the day prescribed In the call
The friends of the other candidates
will doubtless Join heartily in this move
ment. The Wnitemen men feel conf -
dent that, with free vote and
fair count they eau defeat
any man whom Mr. Samuel Bancroft, Jr
and his friends may put up.
A Tenth ward man said TO an EVENING @
JOURNAL reporter this morning, IN
answer to an inquiry regarding the snap
election:
Yes, we are going TO demand a new
election. The affair OF last Saturday was
a snap one, although We did our best. on
short notice, TO offset IT, The Tenth
ward Democrats are not luke warm
people. Neither are the friends OF Mr.
Samuel Bancroft. Jr., and they will not
submit to being mlsrepfesented in the
state convention. We have no cause tc
love Mr.. Samuel Bancroft, ..Jr. Hs
Is not Democrat Apart from
his low tariff views he is a Republican
His attitude towards the Catholi,
Church and every Catholic who comes NJ
for political preferment has made hin
many enemies there, and be aud III,
Every Evening, the newspaper of which
he is the sole owner, have expressed sen
timents which make II impossible fo
Catholics to consistently vote for hin
at the primaries OF at the general cleo
ton.
We are entitled to another election ant
we will 60 in in the regular way and un
der the party rules or know tbs
reason why. The Tenth ware
Is bad place for few
men to try to set up a ticket in the in
tsrest OF any Republican. no mattel
whether he be for high tariff or low
tariff
IN consequence Of this medltated &C
ton In the Tenth ward the Third war,
delegate election, advertised to b,
held tomorrow night, will not b.
held until the time named II
the call, Saturday. August 25. Thl
ward is against Mr.. Samuel Bancroft, Jr
and his opponents do not propose to Civ,
his managers any opportunity to recrim
mate.
The irregulsrity Of the Sixth ware
election is already bearing bitter fruit
The anti Samuel Bancroft, Jr.. men sa,
that John Bradley was elected DELEGATE
at meeting OF certain Sixtl
ward DemcerR 8, who never adver
tised their meeting and held It a
the Young Mems Democratic Cub
which is in the Fifth ward 1t
almost positive that an election viii b
held in that ward on Saturday week an,
the action Of the snap meeting repudia
ted and annulled.
The opposition in the Fourth, Fifth
Ninth and Twelfth wards Is becoming 81
pronounced that the Mr.. Samuel Ban
croft, Jr., men have practically give
lup the hope Of carrying two o
them and are not at all sur
of the other two. The Ninth an
Twelfth wards sre admittedly agsins
him and will 60 TO Messrs
Cooch or Whiteman. In the FIT
ward. the Shields Library Assoeiatlc
members are understood to bs oppoain
Mr. Samuel Bancroft, Jf, for his anti
Catholic attitude and uttersnces. Th
Fourth ward is not a MIR. Samus
Blncroft, iJr stronghold by any means,
while the same may be said Of the Sevent
and Eighth wards.
A close friend aud supporter OF ex
Clerk Of the Peace Edwin r. Cochran
Sr., requested an EVENING JOUT
NAL reporter to deny the rumo
that Mr.. Cochran's candidacy wa
in Mr.. Samuel Bancroft, Jr
behalf and for the purpose of still fur
ther splitting up the rural vote. d
sald "Mr Cochran is in it to win, ami
D he loses not one Of his delegates will b
thrown to Mr.. Samuel Bancroft, Jr. D"
, Ohio holland Buys south Chester Bond
. The recent issue of $50. 900 municlpl
! bonds of the borough of South Cheste
' we're sold by the Borough Council o
8 Monday night at Chester, TO Otho Nov
L lard, Of this city. The bonds brougl
par. but large commission for the pls
ing OF the bonds will have TO be paid 3
the borough The local bankers woul
not buy the bonds
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