Evening journal., 1897-05-21
THE EVE OF BATTLE.
Citizens May Now Take Their
Choice.
FRAUD CANNOT BE PERMITTED

PENALTY FOR DISHON-
ESTY AT PRIMARIES THAN AT
THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.
NOW FOR THE VOTING AND
COUNTING.
All Wilmington will be astir to-mor-
row. 1t will be one OF the biggest po-
litical days ever known.
Both Democratic and Republicans will
hold primaries for the choice OF city
tickets to be voted for at the coming
June election. Beside all this, the De-
partment of Elections will conduct
registration.
All the inspectors-and they are now
being chosen by the various ward
chairmen-must be in their places by
o'clock tomorrow morning.
For the registration the polls open
between II and u o'clock and do busi-
ness until z O'clock
Any citizen who has resided in the
state one year, in the city three months
and in khe district thirty days, II he
didn't vote at last election must be re-
registered and cannot vote at in an
other district unless he goes and re-
registers.
According to Judge Whiteley. where
a man sleeps and pays rent Is his home,
and he must vote in that district or not
at all.
The penalty for fraud at primary
elections is far more severe than at
general elections. And Il is noteworthy
Just here that New Castle county juries
canvict election offenders.
The polls for the primary elections
open between II and u and remain
open until Z o'clock.
The Republicans may pull through
their force ticket, but they will have a
hard fight.
SOME OF THE CANDIDATES..
Among the Democrats there Is the
pr6ttiest kind of a contest for three of
the four principal offices at large. Even
most sanguine politicians refuse TO
gamble on nominees for mayor, solici-
tor and treasurer.
THE FIGHT FOR TAX COLLECTOR
The Republican struggle for collector
of the Northern district has become a
Kilkenney fight 1t lies between George
| II. Mccall and Thomas Lewis, with tbs
/ chances in favor OF the former Frank
| Mitchell is McCall's manager, and as
manager he made a great strike on
Wednesday night, when he induced
George w. Phillips to draw off in Nc
| Calls interest. There is no doub
/ about this. The deal was made a
Mitchells house on Van Buren stree.
and tomorrow morning the word vii
be passed all along the Phillips line 81
get in" for Mccall. The considerable
was the payment OF the bills incurrc
by Phillips, which is placed at $500.
is said that there was no doubt abou
Phillips eligibility for the office shoul'
he have been nominated and elected
The realty qualification for the office !
exacting. A rumOr got afloat this morn
ing that Mccall himself has had, or vii
have trouble about the qualification.
was traced later to the business mis-
fortunes OF the Mccall Company
which. IL is alleged, were made a sub
J iect of conference at the Young Men
Democratic Club last night. COunc
fills the office by caucus election, II tn
candidate elected by the people cannc
: qualify. A curious outcome of the Re
publican muddel is that all the follow
ers of j. Edward Addicks, exceptin
First Lieutenant Kittinger and Sci
geant John McCaulley, of the Eight
, ward, are opposed to Mccall McCa
and his hacker, Mitchell, IL will be rec
objected were the first recruits that Oh
lClaymont claimant made in this cit,
! For full five years, from the Summs
, OF 1889 till 1894, they we're his lead
ers" here, when Mitchell suddenly II
- turned TO his old love. Mccall hun
out a year later and expected 10 mai
fight for New Mitchells place undo
the Addicks banner in 1895. For son
reason taht did not work. When he, to-
4 become cool Since then the Addict
4 people say ne has blown hot and col
in times, and they prefer a 'straigh
out" to man who tries to ride 2"
v horses.
/. A WORD FOR HARMAN.
!, To the Editor OF the Evening Journal.
9 Sir: or the three candidates runnir
e for the Democratic nomination for Gil
y solicitor 1t should not be difficult
make a selection tomorrow. II ever
s man deserved a denomination for az
e office that man is our present city 8
ilicitor. Robert G.. Harman. Witho
disparagement to any Of his predece
sors it can be said that WilmingtC
never had an abler, more efficient
successful solicitor than Mr.. Harma
During the two years he has been in G
fee he has saved the taxpayers, ri'
and poor. from losing suits aggregatil
near $4,000. He has been wonderful
y successful with all of his cases for al
against the city. Only one judgme
t. has been rendered against the city, al
le that for only $675. In this case sever
D. jurors said they agreed on a verdi
in against the city merely to escape co
lr fnement in jury room over Sunday
ct Does not his record, therefore, G
title him TO a second term? Is il not
ri the interest Of every taxpayer TO
d nominate and elect him?
For two years he has worked for
small salary OF 81 200 per year. BY I
50 excellent administration Of his on
and by his own personal efforts,
Legislature has increased the solicito
Y. salary to 81 800, and gives him an I
SIS sistant. Now that the office has Il
in remuneration, an attempt is bel
lel made to drive him out by less efficit