The sun., 1898-11-07

to the new Constitution? JEFF Blakely's

to the new Constitution? JEFF Blakely's
friends say 60.
Ex-senator Anthony Higgins implored
the Republicans to vote for Hon. John
H. Hofecker while Mayor H. G. McLear
was q passive listener.
The Administration has demanded the
return Of United States Senator George
Gray. From present indications the de-
mand will materialize.
Rev. Jonathan S. Willis did not lift up
his voice in behalf of Mr.. Hoffecker at
that meeting at Milford, but he presided
at the evening session.
Will those desperate Democratic lead
ers insist on doing the dirty work after
their dastardly schemes have been ex-
pected? We think not.
That's nice scheme Of the corpora
ton IN Kent county to knife Thomas G.
Moore for State Senator and Hon. John
H. Hoffecker for Congress.
Walter H. Hayes, Esq, showed upthe
Kent county steal in its true light at the
Milford meeting. His address was fre'
quently interrupted by applause.
Charles II. Salmon, candidate for State
Senator in the Sixth district, and George
NJ. Hart in the Seventh, will carry their
respective districts by handsome ma
jorities. |t.
Postmaster Hugh G. Browne and Sec
retary William Heald, William Michael
Byrne, Horace G.. Knowles and other
prominent Regulars do not think that
there will be much cutting.
The Democrats will hold mass meet
ing tonight at Milford in front of the
Central Hotel. The speakers will be
Hon. l.. Irving Handy, John D. Haw-
kins and William +. Causey.
The Bayard Legion have had West
ern Union telegraph line run into their
rooms, 6l7 Shipley street, and will re-
ceive the returns on election night.
Robert M. Burns, candidate for repre-
sentative in the Second District, has
been hustIing hard, and, las the district is
Republican, will have no trouble in de-
ieating his Democratic opponent, John
7. Ahrens.
John S. Crosby, of New York, will ad-
dress Single Tax mass-meeting this
evening at Turn Hall, from 8 to 8 O o'clock,
after which he will address an outdoor
meeting from to 10 o'clock at Fifth and
Market streets.
The Democrats are making y stiff
fight for Courtland G. Montgomery can
didate for Recorder of Deeds Court is
already elected in his mind, and there
you are, and there are the hopes of his
constituency.
1t is claimed that David Vineyard,
Democratic nominee for Representative
in the Ninth District of Kent county, is
ineligible. 1t is said that he has not
been resident OF Mispilion hundred
for the space OF time required by law.
The charter for an electric railway in
Smyrna will play an important part in
the politics of Kent county. The claim
is made that prominent resident OF
this State, and a Republican at that, has
sent money in that section to defeat T.
G. Moore for the State Senate and elect
Stephen Slaughter, Democrat.
Some over-zealous friends of Daniel f.
Stewart have been industriously engaged
during the week in circulating predic-
tions that he is going to win in the Fifth
Representative District. As the regis
tration shows that Mr. Stewart is about
300 behind, it is difficult to see where
his majority will come from.-Democratic
Glasses Sunday Star.
Harry W. Hushebeck, Republican
candidate for representative in the Tenth
District, New Castle hundred, thinks
that he may defeat Lewis E. Eliason,
Democrat, by receiving partial support
from the Windlords. The Single Takers
will support their own candidate, Joseph
A. Carlin, and as that means nearly 300
votes, why Whistling Lew will be the
next Assemblyman.
The Republicans claim they elect will
four of their five State Senators in New
Castle county. They are Samuel M.
Knox, in the First; Webster Blakely,
Third; James M. Shakespeare, Fourth,
and Robert NcFarlin, Fifth. Opposed
to them OH the Democratic side are An
drew L. Johnson, First; Benjamin F.
Healey, Third; Howard H. Jordan,
Fourth, and Albert N. Sutton. Fifth.
Oh, Citizen Willie! it's only for one day
more,
Oh, Citizen Willie! you'll be stranded on
the shore;
So they say you will not do,
They have had too much of you,
For, Citizen Willie. you'll be minus you1
billy,
For it's only for one day more.
Thirtieth verse of the second song fo
the First Citizen.