The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-11
POLITICAL NOTES.

Religion ard Politics Don't Mix
Willis to Contest Handy's Seat.
Republicans Cheated Out Of
Delaware-The Democrat C In
spectors Have More Power than
the Courts-Delaware to be
Democratic TOR the Next Thirty
Years.
When you go into politics be sure and
leave your religion in church, or at home
By the action OF the rascally Kent County
Board of Canvass and the failure to hold
an election in one district In Duck Creek
hundred over three thousand votes of
Kent county were disfranchised. The
same reputable means were used by the
Democrats in Sussex county. Is any
wonder that the Republicans want Mr..
Jonathan ). Willis to contest the seat Of
Mr.. l.. Irving Handy. BY the throwing
out of sufficient Republican votes in Kent
and Sussex counties alone, Mr. Willis was
cheated out of his seat in Congress.
The Union Republican party had over
three thousand majority in the two lower
counties and If their whole vote had been
counted they would have over seven ma
jority more than enough to elect Mr.. Will
lis o Congress No Democratic Senator
will ever be admitted to the United States
Senate from the Legislature that will sit
at Dover in 1887. The majority were new.
er fairly elected and nobody knows 1t any
better than themselves. The Republicans
Of tho two lower counties have good cause
for entering a protest against the seating
of n Democratic Senator.
1t is denied that Mr.. johnson the blind
lawyer of Dover ordered Mr.. Addicks out
of his office Mr.. Addcks wanted to pro-
cure his services to fight the Democrats of
Kent county in making protest against
the methods adopted by the Inspectors in
throwing out Republican districts and re.
turning Democrats rs elected when the
vote showed IL majority for all of the Re
publican candidates.
Ii is very funny that Mr.Johnson before
whom the gas controversy was held should
be over three years rendering his decision.
Surely justice is slow and not very sure
in Delaware. The law in Delaware is
slow and likely some time to be heard
from.
A meeting of the Addicks State Cen
trail Committee was held in Dover on
Monday afternoon
1t was decided not only to make n con-
test in Kent county, but also in Sussex,
and Walter H. Hayes and Herbert H.
Ward were retained as the legal advisers
of the committee. They propose in their
contest to obtain the atlidavits of every
man who voted the Addicks ticket to the
effect that he did So
General james II. Wilson's scalp is
wanted. 1t remains to be seen If the men
who are after it, can take it.
The blundcr Of placing James G. Shaw's
name wrong on the Regular Republican
ticket, is placed ut the door of Hugh c.
Browne. Instead of Delaware having
three electors for Mckinley it will only
have two. John II. Rodney a Democrat
is the third elGctor elected.
1t is said Robert Handy will be the next
spcaLcr of the Senate if the Republicans
are for unate to capture it. Ii not
then it may be John Pyle. If Is rumored
that Willard Salisbury is very anxious
for John 4. Dickey to represent Whining
ton in the House and Dickcy means to If
he is alive. He is one of the shrewdest
Democrat politicians in the state. Several
Republicans voted for him in the fifth
ward So from this 1t will be seen he has
some Republican friends who don't think
he Ii such bad fellow.
Now that several of the rascally Demo.
crat Inspectors have been arrested tits
hoped the good work will be kept up until
every one of them are placed behind the
bars in New Castle Jail.
Governor Watson and Secretary of State
Whitcman were in Dover to-day to CON
slider the election. After n conference of
several hours Mr.. Whiteman announced
that no decision had been reached The
Governor has postponed granting ccrtiti-
Gates to the Presidential electors and the
Kent county officers No action was taken
on the New Castle county officers, al
though commissions will undoubtedly be
issued in this county to the Republicans.
The pOstponcmcnt of a decision BY the
Governor leaves doubt whether certiii-
Gates will be issued to all the Mckinley
electors in Delaware and whether the
Governor will consider that all the votes
cast for Shaw and Shaw, ST., are to go to
one man,
The action of the Governor in the Kent
County matter caused considerable sur
prise among the Democrats and makes
them feel shaky about their claims of hay
ing carried Kent County.
Tho Levy Court of Kent County met to-
day and voted to use its own discretion in
deciding the contests for assesSors in the
various hundreds. This is another knock
out for the Democrats. The Levy Court
will recognize the assessors III those hun
! dreds where they believe Democrats were
| honestly elected and will recognize Re-
| publican assGssOrS IN the Republican huu-
! drGdS
/ The Democrat hcClers are bowling for
| their election money.
William II. Boycc OF Georgetown is
spoken Of as the Secretary Of State under
| Governor Tunnel.
The Every Evening says: Th2 Aduicks
| Republicans are going into the contest
| business by the Wholesale. and have dccid,
| Cl tO contest the result in Sussex county,
Is we'll lis that in kcnt. BY this means,
! aided by one or two Of the holding over
State senators, they hope to be able to
| patch up II trump" Legislature and elect
| AddiCka Senator His Credentials in such
an event would not be worth much, but
then it would constitute some sort of ii
| senatorial election. and that might prove
a slight balm. But 1t would be poor con.
| ISOLATION for the money invested in the en-
trrprsc.
In the following districts the vote for
Finn was changed 50 us to count Toman
in us sheriff:
In the third district of the First ward -
votes had been wrUngfuily counted for
Tomau. In the fourth district of the Sec
ond ward II votes, in the fifth district of
the Second ward 81 votes in the second
distrN of the Third ward 10 votes, in the
third district of the Third ward % votes,
in the fifth district of the Fourth ward II
votes, in the fourth district of the Eighth
ward 80 votes, in the Sixth district Of the
Eighth ward II votes.
In the First district of tho Ninth ward
81 votes, in the Second district of the
Tenth ward 50, in the Third district OF
the Tenth ward 3d. in the Fourth district
of the Tenth ward -, in the Fifth district
Of the Tenth ward -.
John Il. Dlckrys vote was raised in tho
First ward and Third district 30 votes, in
the Second district 20 and in the FIFTH
district ~ votes III the Third ward in
the Second di trict 10 votes, and in the
Third district 10
In'thC Fourth ward 9TH district votes
III the sixth ward in the ilh district =,