The sun., 1898-12-21

APRl1
With only two weeks intervening be
tween now and the meeting Of the mex
General Assembly the fifty-two member
who will compose that body are turninI
their attention to the organization of tn
Senate and House.
There are now six out of nine Demo
cratic Senators-elect who are candidate
for Speaker of the State Senate and i
would not be amiss now for the othe
three to get into line and vote for them.
selves for say at least twenty-four hours
The candidates so far in the fight arr
John Pyle, George M. D. Hart ant
Charles H. Salmon of New Castle county
Stephen D. Slaughter and Samuel R
Meredith Of Kent and William T. Moore
of Sussex. Both Meredith and Pyle are
claiming the right for Speakership, but
even if they are hold-over Senators it is
more than probable that a dark horse
will creep in in the shape of Slaughter.
The Senate will also dispose OF the pro.
test of DR.. Hiram r. Burton, Republican,
OF Sussex, who has contested the seat OF
Senator-elect Franklin C. Maull, Demo-
crat.
1t is not believed that DR.. Burton's
protest will carry much weight with it
and the indications are that Mr.. Maull
will be declared entitled to the seat with
out any trouble.
For Clerk of the Senate w. Lindsay
A1cF Farlane, of Smyrna, apparently has
the best chance at this time. The other
candidates are Woodburn Martin, of
Georgetown; e. w. Kenney, of Laurel
and Alexander M. Day, of Dover.
George c. Rothwell, who was defeated
for Coroner in New Castle county by
Alfred Vandever, is mentioned for Ser
geant at Arms.
new candidate in the shape of James
Robertson has gotten in the contest for
Speaker OF the House aud besides there
are James D. Kitchen, John Pilling and
William Tharp, the latter of Kent
county: The probabilities are that Will
liam Tharp will be the man and the
cerkship will in that event come to this
county and W. Scott Vernon will be the
man.
The other candidates for Clerk of the
House are William T. Smithers, A. A.
Watson and Frank L. Davis, of Dover.
The only person in the field for counsel
is Walter Fl. Hayes, Of Wilmington.
AS the time for the meeting of the Leg
islature approaches the Republicans are
getting serious and are counting noses.
The Union Republicans are in the best
OF spirits and claim with much conf
dence that j. Edward Addicks will be
chosen Senator. 1t seems to be the gen.
eral opinion that Addicks will have the
largest following of any one man who is
an aspirant for the Senatorship.
Mr.. Addjcks is leaving the conduct of
his canvass to his able Iieutenants while
he is in New England enjoying his
honeymoon. The Union Republicans
assert that enough Republicans of all
factions will go into caucus to make
an election certain. They say that in
the caucus Mr.. Addicks will be named,
and those who take part in the caucus,
while not all. of them may be for Mr..
Addicks, yet will abide by the caucus
decision.
The Democratic leaders of this CITY
and the Democratic members of the Leg
islature who have expressed themselves
say that if Senator is chosen it will be
Mr.. Addicks. They declare that Addicks
has done much work for the party, and
that the Republicans OF Kent and Sussex
will be for him.
The Regular Republican leaders take
on 70 nf ha MT
held conference in this city last even
ing at which the situation was fully dis
cussed. The Regulars talk but little
about their plans, except to say that Mr..
Addicks will not be chosen. Among the
Regulars the talk is that Colonel du Pont
will have the largest following OF any
one man in opposition to Mr.. Addicks.
They declare that DR.. Hiram r. Burton
and Former Congressman Willis will get
votes for Senator and will be factors in
the election.
1t is understood that ex-senator Hig-
gins will not make an active canvass for
the position, although he could undoubt-
edly get support from some of the New
Castle county members. Mr.. Higgins
will await developments. Wilmington
Correspondent, Philadelphia Record.
The inquiry of correspondent with
respect to the cost of holding the last
election in this State led to an applica-
ton to Clerk OF the Peace Foard who
gave the following approximate figures
for New Castle county:
Registration, salaries of registrars, $75
per district, or total of $7,l25 for the
95 districts comprised in the county;
rent of registration places, SIS each,
81, ,425; stationery, S. per district, $475;
printing and posting lists, $ls per dis
trict, $l,7l0; incidentals, 81 per district,
$665; salaries of election officers, Sis for
each election district and S6 per district
for return day, Sl,995; rent of polling
places, $40 each, $3.50; cost of ballots, SIS
per district, 81, ,425: sheriff's fees Tor dis
tributing ballot boxes and other work,
S. per district, St75; total cost, Sl6,245.
The total cost per district is $l7l. A
like rate for the II districts of Kent
county would make the total cost of the
oIa nj l., bot CO al g.