Smyrna times., 1898-07-27
DELAWARE ITEMS.

The Wilmington Sunday Herald,
which was recently placed in a receiv-
er's hands, issued no edition Sunday.
Charles Welch of Wyoming, bears
the distinction of serving three years
In the United States Navy under
Fighting Bob" Evans.
S. E. Reed of Ellendale, has an
nOunced that he is candidate for the
nomination for State senator, subject
to the rules of the Union Republican
party.
The Wilmington District A. NJ. E.
Conference, before adiourning Friday
took a stand against Sunday desc
Grafton of all kinds, especially traffic at
camp-meetings.
A Coroner's jury at Wilmington yes
terday decided that Arthur G. Ken
ney of Seaford, whose body was found
near the railroad tracks at Edge Moor,
was accidentally killed.
Capt. George Leroy Brown, who
was at one time military instructor at
Delaware College, has been made
colonel of a Tennessee Regiment of
volunteers now at Chickamauga.
Quite an ovation was given Lieu
tenant Richmond P. Hobson, the
Hero of the Merrimac," when he
passed through Wilmington Friday
afternoon, on his way to Washington
by the employees of the Z. w. &. b.
railroad.
Secretary of the State James H.
Hughes, says the new Registration law
has been completed and is in pam
phlet form and that a copy will be sent
to each registrar, or any of them so
desiring, can get copy by calling at
his Office the first of next week.
Alfred Graef and Fred Harris while
driving down Market street in
Bridgeville the other night saw two
burglars trying to enter Wilbur Lay
tons store. Graef fired several shots
at them, the men fleeing, and from the
yells of one of them it is supposed he
was shot.
Walter A. Powell, a Delaware boy
we'll remembered in this county, has
been nominated by the Republicans
of LeavenwOrth County, Kansas, for
the honorable position of Circuit
Judge. The nomination in itself is an
honor to be proud of as showing the
high esteem in which the candidate is
held in the State of his adoption. A
proposition of fusion with the Popu.
lists was rejected.
James B. Toman's friends are con.
sidering the advisability of bringing
him out as a candidate for Sheriff OF
New Castle county. Counting will be
done by a different method than the
Democrats tried last time. No more
arrangements will be in order for the
inspectors who will alter the return
sheets. Should Emmit Stidham secure
the Republican nomination he neeC
not dread being counted out.
The Democratic State Committe,
met at Dover Friday. Resolutions
were adopted denOuncing bribery a.
elections, and instructing the member
of the various county committees to
bring all violations of the election law
to the notice of the Attorney General
1t was decided to hold the State Con
vention on Tuesday, September 13, a
Dover, to nominate candidates for Con
gress, State Treasurer and State Audi
tor, Congressman l.. Irving Hand,
will probably be renominated. No Op
position so far has developed agains
him, and it is a custom of the party tt
give Congressman two nominations
In former years the cry was "yo1
are all right if you belong to the ring.
That was the time when the cOur
house ring reigned supreme and E. r
Cochran was chief mate on the coun
try tug that towed the Democrat
ship. Then the rank and file becam
tired. Cochran was unceremOniousl
squelched and the late Benjamin I
Biggs was nominated and elected Gov
ernor of Delaware. He believed il
the sort of civil service needed to-day
A clean sweep and every Office file
with a man affiliated with the party t
which the appointing power belongs
The ring was broken up and Sauls
bury-LOre men were placed in office
That election was carried by the us
of money and yet, ye gods! on Frida
the Democratic convention at Dove
declared a motion carried pledgin
support to the attorney general to pros
ecute all cases of bribery at the con
ing election. Sunday Star.