Evening journal., 1896-05-20
DEMOCRATIC POLITICS.
Wires Are Being Laid for Con,
troll in Wilmington.
MANY CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD

for the House Of Representatives.
Democrats all over the county and
particularly In Wilmington, are lining
no for the primaries to be held on June
ID, and laying wires for those to be held
later on.
At the primary election TO be held on
June 49, the sheriff, coroner, receiver Of
taxes and county treasurer and county
comptroller will be placed In nomina
tion. The several candidates are as
follows:
For Sherif-James TomSn, of New
CASTLE hundred; James Carmichael ana
Joseph s. Dunlap, and John w. Hayes, of
Wilmington hundred; and Marshall
Jordan, Of Chilstiana hundred From all
chat can be gathered In Dem ocratlc
circles, Toman aud Carmichael are In the
lead. Until few days ago the New
CASTLE man was conceded to be leading
the field, but this week Carmichael has
forged ahead and 1t is now an open
question between the two Dunlap and
Hayes will poll a credltable vote, but It
Is not believed that they can make
winning fight this trip
Gsorge A. Willis ard John f O'Don-
nell Of Wilmington; Herbert YeAtes Of
Ohristiana, and George @. Rothwell Of
Blackbird are ia the field for coroner.
Willis or 0Donnell, 1t is expected. will
win on the strength Of the Wilmington
vote.
There are only two candidates in the
race for the nomination sor the cfiice Of
receiver OF taxes and county treasurer.
George Mcintyre of Christians hundred,
a-d John ~ Carswell OF Whining
he IL.
took the field first, while John T.
Dlckey was in the West, and had made
considerable headway against his com
petitor before Mr. Diekey returned and
took personal charge Of the Carswell
campaign. Since then it has been one Of
these neck and neck affairs In politics
which requires stop watch to time. In
short 1t Is an interesting fight, 1st as
likely TO be won by one as bg the other.
John f. Stsats. of Appoqninlmink
hundred, the present incumbent, and
John Boughman, Of the Twelfth ward,
clerk in the city auditors cffice are rivals
| for the office of county comptroller. Mr..
Stats will have large following In the
rural hundreds but must secure 3 good
number OF Wilmington votes to defeat
his competitor who expects to carry
Wilmington with a sweep.
Ward meetings are being set up now to
capture the members of the city commit
tee, which will meet early in june. The
L functions of this committee are to select
the officers to hold the primaries on June
il and 20 elect the three Wilmington
members OF the Democratic County Ex
ecutive Committee. Each ward has one
member Of this city committee which
exercises potent influence in determin
ing the result of the primaries The
present fight is between Tomsn, who
wants to be sheriff, aud Peter J. Ford,
who wants to be governor. The hackers
Of the latter want Carmichael nominated,
as 1t will 60 long ways towards assuring
to them control of the New Castle
delegates to the state convention Toman
Is locking out for himself aud II he cap
lures the city committee he will rec to
It that he has two Toman men and Car
michael but one at each polling place no
matter what the ward men may say
about it. The same applies to the Car
michael side Of it. only the figures would
be reversed In event OF his friends con-
trolling the Committee.
1t Is said that Thomas f. Gormley,
clerk In the city tax office, will succeed
Peter j. Ford as q member of the county
committee, Mr. Ford's clndidacy re
| quiring his resignation. Is is likely that
the other two members will be Willard
Salisbury, Jr'. and John Biggs. 1t is
believed thst the wards will all select
their committeeman at meetings held be
tween now and the day set for the prl.
maries provided to settle ward disputes.
The primaries to elect delegates to the
State Convention will not be held until
August.
In September the primaries will be
held to nominate members Of the General
Assembly, Constitutional Convention
delegates and Levy Court commissioners
TAis fight has not yet taken shape
In Wilmington the names Of adintant
General Garrett j. Hart, x-State s4na
ter John Pyle and Edward Melchoir
have been strung on the senatorial wire.
while ex Representative ! Harvey
Sprusnce. receiver OF Taxes John 7
Dlckey and George B Ward have bsen
mentioned 10 connection with the House
Of Representatives. 'Mr Sprnancs has
declared that be is not candidate; Mr.
Dickey has not yet publicly declared him.
self q candidate, while Mr.. Ward had
bsen brought out by friends who think
that he should be compensated for the
i suHmetui manner IN WulCn ne was
treated by Mayor Jeffslss la the Bard
of Health matter
Under the new order OF things there
will be no assessors to hs elected Ia Viii
mington this year, thsir terms having
been extended from two to four yesrs.
Republicans will elect Levy Court
Commissioners from the First and Secobd
districts R Lewis Armstrong aud John
j Gallagher having the field practically
to themselves, although there are ether
sspirants ia the districts
The Third district being all that part
OF Wilmington south of Sixth street is
Democratic and has three candidates
They are John j. Mssley the present
incumbent; Michael Newell and Harry
Piz1r.
Henry NJ. White ard William d. Scott.
of the Third and Fourth districts, re
lspsctively, will have TO 6ght fellow
Democrats for the nomination, and af-
terwaids set up stiff fight against the
Republicans who hope TO secure control
OF the Levy Court by carrying one Of the
Democratic districts
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Buried Yesterday Morning
The funeral OF Edward Dixon, the
colored boy vino was drowned In the
| BrandyWine on Sunday fook nlaca from