Evening star., 1896-10-20
A Close Fight for Her Three Elec.
toral Votes.
REPUBLICANS APPEAR 10 LEAD
But the Democrats Will Probably
Elect the Governor.
THE S l n G LIE XERS
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evenin, Star
WILMINGTON, Del, October 10. 1896.
The great struggle between the two great
parties at the polls on the Sd of November
IL now fairly under way in this little state
and with the number and variety Of tick
cts In the field it is impossible 10 accurate
~ forecast the result. The leaders of both
the republican and democratic national
parties have not altogether lost sight of
Delaware. which this year will be as po-
tent factor In the choice of a President
In the electoral college as perhaps any of
The larger states.
In thls state there are six national tick
els. five candidates for governor and five
Ior congress. The tickets are all now on
lie with the clerks Of the peace of the
three counties. and are as follows:
unlon republican ticket-For governor.
John Henry Hofrecker; for Congress, J. S
Wills present member); for electors Jas
q; Shaw. ID. M. Wilson and d. j. Fooks.
Regular republican ticket-For governor
y1nn Z. Higgins; for Congress. Robert G.
Nj. Wilson and ID. J. Fooks
Denl0cratic tlcket-For governor, Ebe W.
Iunnel; for Congress. L. Irving Handy;
ton tor eies'ors. @ @ ) II; Rodney. John Harring-
ton and Paynter c. Frame.
Gold standard democratic ticket-For poy
error, Ebe w. Tunnel: for Congress, Thos
+. bayard. 5r: for electors. Levi A. Bertol-
et.e, Edward Ridgeiy and w. C. Stockley.
S'hgie tax tcket-For governor, DIR. L.
w. Slaughter: for Congress, L. Irving
Handy: for electors. J. H. Rodney, John
harrington and Paynter C. Frame
IRON oh'pltlon tlcket-For governor. John
Green' for Congress. William FAIRIES; for
electors. Henry N. Silver, Jefferson Coonar
and w. w. Vincent
AS Will be seen by the above list the
UNION republicans and regular republicans
vol fzIr1
each faction will have its own ticket there
VIII be Practically two republican electoral
nches In the field one Being merely the
lnaorsenent of the other. The same an
piles TO the endorsement by the gold stand
ard democrats of the candidacy OF Ebe w.
Iuhneil for governor and the indorse-
meat by the single tax party of the can
dldacy or l.. Irving Handy, the regular
regular democratic electors
Close. but Probably Renubl,c,r
ihe situation as it looks two weeks be-
lore election is extremely doubtful, though
1t Is generally believed that the republi-
cans VIII elect their national and congress
slonal ticket by small majorities. The re-
puphcan managers Of both factions do not
indulge in much comment regarding tn.
probable result. They realize that the
campaign is young yet and the old saw
that 1t takes but a minute to turn the
tioe cI victory to defeat is indelibly inn
pressed upon their minds. The democratic
managers likewise observe the str.ctest
silence and reticence. as they, too. realize
that the situation is so doubtful that no
reasonable prediction can be made of the
result until the votes are counted
Delaware has for nearly ten wears been
reckoned by the leaders of the two great
parties as dc ubtful state in any election.
oE until 1888. when the republicans sue
ceeded In sending Anthony Higgins to
the United States Senate. Delaware had
for more than twenty-five years been re-
garded as safely democratic at all cleo
mons. Their sudden success in 1SSS moved
the republicans to a greater effort each
year al the polls. until in 1894 they sue
ceeded in electing their first governor i'm
twenty-five years and their first Congress
man in nearly as long period.
In 1883 the vote for President by coun-