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! politician, presumed to b. the party
kSee, 10 going TO trade ID v..JOnes,
lcandidale for Governor on his, party
ticket, for votes for Smith, Jones Or
Brown, candidates on his tickvt for the
General Assembly.
The folly of this kind of talk 10 appar.
! ent. Except In the largest cities, where
sOme men occasionally have absolute
control OF considerable blocks Of voters,
and can, therefore, transfer them II they
wish, such system of trading cannot BE-
accomplished. And even in the few
isolated instances where it IL possible u
| ia decidedly improbable, on account OF
/ the danger attending it. Such political
infamy would So react upon the pro.
moter AZ to deprive him Of political
power thereafter. 94 ~
Frequently independent voting by the
people, when one candidate fails to re-
ceive az many woes as his fellows, is
characterized by the losing candidate
and his friends az the result oftrading,
but it is not SO. When the people SO
single out candidate for their dis
pleasure they generally have good rea
sons for their course. The fact lie
we'll known, and there is no trading
about it.
Trading of candidates at elections is a
lelusi,n. No real politician would do it
if he could, and few could do it il they
would.-Erery Eyening.
Congressman L. Irving Handy is cred
tied with saying that the Democrats
would carry every county in the State,
lor the reason that the registration OF last
Saturday was favorable to his party. He
has full confidence that the enthusiasm
aroused by our triumphal registration
will result on election day in even a
larger majority for the Democratic ticket
than appears on the face OF the registra.
ton.
Congressman Handy always was an
enthusiast and could see farther than any
other politician in Delaware. He like all
other far-slgh,ed men saw his election to
Congress in 1896 because of the fact OF
two Republican candidates for that Office
being III the field. But this year the
same exigencies do not exist and the Re-
publican party will sweep the State from
Wilmington to Lewes. Two years ago
this could have taken place, but the Re.
publicans like great many families
were divided and fought each other in.
stead Of the Democrats. He is hugging
himself in ecstacy, and the hope is father
to the wish. But. when alone, the genial
silver.tongued orator is not the same l..
Irving yoA meet and shake by the hand.
His dreams are OF the sort to terrify even
healthier man than he He can see a
majority Of the offices which have been
filled for years in our city filled by Re.
publicans, and this fact is telling on his
robust form.--Daily Republican.
The results OF last S.turday's registra-
tration generally were surprisingly salts.
factory% The apparent singular apathy
and Indifference which seemed up to
that time to possess so large a humber OF
our citizens concerning the electoral
qualification, was completely broken. All
over the State, the very best element
came forward on Saturday and qualified
themselves for active work on election
day.
From purely non-partisan view this
change is most gratifying. When it
comes to pass that large portion OF the
citizens of government like ours cease
to prize their right to participate in that
government, then indeed has the hour oi
danger arrived.
So light was the registration on the
previous days that to many II seemed
that hour had truly come. 1t now trans
pires however, that mere tardlness, and
not lack of interest, had possessed Sc
many of our citizens Dorer Inder.
Postmaster Hugh C. Browne, William
Michael Bvrne, Robert q. Houston and
n race G. Knowles attended the Demo-
cratic mass meeting at the Bjioa Theatre,
and still they say that they are not con.
verted to Jeffersonlan principles.
James D. McVey, Democratic candi-
date for Assessor in the First representa-
tive district, says he will wall all over
J I'm G. McCauley. his Republican op-
ponent. Jim should do it, but will he?
Court, who is Pats $1,000 "bluff''
horse, will be defeated by mole than ii
length by Delaware Clark. And that's
no idiotic dream, "Mr. Would-be Re-
corder of Deeds for Life"
East Side, West Side, all around the
town." does not apply to thn. John r.
Domaine, candidate for preventative
in the Fourth District. He is hustling
in his own barnyard with more majority y
votes in his pocket than James D. Carter
could poll in a month.
Eddie Cochran remains on earth de.
spite the pnlte e. sa. ines OF his swell
companions, and they can't tell the rea-
son.
Will the Democrats listen to Charles
5. Horn when he tells his tale of woe
about only delivering half the goods?
Send in your political gossip to THE
Sun.
Chairmen Brown and Neary both
claim the county and State for their re-.
spective parties. The Republicans con.
cede Estate Of anxiety" to Pat and
nothing else.-Nrw Castle Neus
William J. Bayley, who is running for
Assessor in the Fifth District, has every
thing his own way and is a winner de-