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respective candidates on the state and
county ticket and the registration of
Saturday next will practically decide
whether or not the Democrats will retain
control Of New Castle county.
At present the Republicans, including
both Regulars and Unionists, have about
$500 persons registered, whilst the fol-
lowers of Jefferson, it is said. have 500.
This taking into consideration the in
dependent vote, which the Republicans
lose through the issuing Of the caucus
circular letter of the Union Republicans,
will still leave the again reunited party
majority of about 500 votes.
Both the Union and Regulars claim
that they will carry the county by about
1000 majority and predict the election of
John E. Taylor for sheriff; Alfred D.
Vandever for coroner, and Delaware
Clark for recorder of deeds.
On the other hand the Democrats
claim that the caucus circular letter, al
though withdrawn, has doomed the Re-
publican party to defeat and they at
present are claiming the election o.
Robert T. Moody for sheriff, George C.
Rothwell for coroner and CORTLAND c.
Montgomery for recorder of deeds by
majority of from 400 to 500 votes.
AS has been previously stated, the
registration of next Saturday will be an
important factor and fully demon
strate which party will win out on No
vember 8.
In the First Senatorial district Samuel
M. Knox, Republican, has as his oppo-
nent Andrew L. johnson, Democrat.
The district is overwhelmingly Repub-
lcan but through the dissatisfaction ex-
listing over the nomination of Mr.. Knox,
the Democrats claim that they may over
come the usual lead through the assist
ance Of the Single Tax vote and elect Mr..
johnson by small majority.
The Sc ,ond Senatorial district IS hold
over and in the Third, Benjamin Haley
will be defeated by Webster Blakeley,
Republican.
In the Fourtl. senatorial district, James
NJ. Shakespeare, Republican, appears to
have an advantage over Howard H. Jor
dan, Democrat.
The vote in the Fifth senatorial dis
trict is very close and from present indi-
cations Albert n. Luton, Democrat, will
defeat Robert NJ. McFarIin, Republican.
The Sixth and Seventh senatorial dis
tricts are Democratic and both parties
agree tnat Charles II. Salmon in the
former district and George NJ. ID. Hart
in the latter will have no trouble in kill
ing the aspirations of Merritt N. Willett's S
and Isaac X. Staats Republicans.
For representative in the First district
it is conceded that Thomas F. Gornley,
Democrat, will be elected over James
Kitchen, Republican, by a small ma
jority.
In the Second, Robert NJ. Burns, Re-
publican, has the call OH John 7. Ahrens,
Democrat, and similar condition OF
affairs exists in the Third district, where
James W. Robertson, Republican, will
have the advantage over William F..
KurZ.
There is hardly a doubt expressed in
the result III the Fourth district and it is
conceded that General John p. Dunahoe,
the old Democratic war horse, will win
over James ID. Carter.
In the Fifth district, whicl is a close
one, it is stated that ex-State Senator
Daniel F. Stewart, Republican, will have
troubles of his own and he is likely to be
beaten by Francis J. McNuIty.
sentative districts are regarded as Repub-
lican strongholds and in consequence of
this Frank p. Ewing has the advantage
over William 5. Bird, Democrat, in the
Sixth; George Frizzle over Frank Nevin,
Democrat, in the Seventh, and John W.
Dennison over John Melvin in the
Eighth.
The Ninth representative district is
Democratic and Nathanial Motherall will,
no doubt, defeat John Pilling. The
Tenth also Democratic will result in
Lewis +. Eliason being elected over
Henry w. Hushebeck.
In the Eleventh it is toss up between
David G. Rose, Jr., Democrat, and
Charles Walton, Republican, as there is
only small majority either one way or
the other.
The Twelfth is Republican and here it
is claimed Theodore +. Clark will be
elected over W. &. /. Carnagy, Demo.
crat.
The Thirteenth and Fourteenth dis
tricts are strongly Democrats and here
James T. Shallcross will have the advan-
tage over Boyd r. Cleaver, Republican,
in the Thirteenth and George Wiggin,
Democrat, over Frank II. Lattamus in
the Fourteenth.
The Fifteenth district is considered
doubtful but it is claimed that the Demo-
Gratis have slight lead and therefore
their chances of electing J I'M r. Dono-
van over Harry S. Woodkeeper, Repubi-
can, are good.
We are in receipt of a number OF
queries as to what effect the counting of
the vote of Kent county at the last cleo
tion by the Inspectors under order of the
court last Tuesday, will have upon the
officers who took their seats under the
old count. In reply to such, we would
say that this last count has really no
practical effect whatever upon those Of
fcers. The Levy Court is body which
has the right Of passing upon the quail
fications of its members, and when it
did seat the officers under the old count,
it passed upon their qualifications and
settled all disputes as to their right OF
office. The same thing was true Of the
members of the Constitutional Conven-
tion, and therefore the new count will
have absolutely no effect upon that body