The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-21
POLITICAL
GOSSIP.
Elwood Pyle Withdraws
as a Candidate For
Representative.
MCDANIEL DENIESTHERUM0R
Of a Deal Being Made
By Him or His
Friends.

| After only few days canvass for repre-
sentative 10 the fifth Legislative district,
Mr.. Elwood h. Pyle has withdrawn the
use Of his name and Il. out In a card to-day
absolutely declining to allow the use fhis
| name, as his business affairs will not per-
IN 1t him to run at this time.
= The district Ia supposed to DO Democratic
and as MIR. Pyle Is very popular young
man he would undoubtedly have made q
good run and II nominated stood good
show OF being elected.
This leaves tho field clear for Senator
Daniel +. Stewart, who reports say. will
| be II candidate.
Candidate for sheriff Samuel A. Mo.
Daniel Is also out III e card over his sigma
ture In which he pronounce' the rum0r Of
Il reported deal by him and his friends
whereby he wns to trade off tho candidates
for Recorder of Deeds for votes for him for
sheriff
All kids Of rumors are afioat and the
latest Of these is that Archie s. Reed has
withdrawn his name in the third legisla-
tive district for represen tative, thus leav-
ing James W. Robertson. George w. Rob-
erts and w. Scott Vernon in the fsld.
The constitution of the State Of Delaware
says plainly that no member of the Lcgis.
lature shall hold any other state office dur
ing his term Of Office. In other words TO
man holding public position In the city
government eau hold both positions at the
same time. The law 10 explicit on this
point and It does not require lawyer to
Interpret the law.
The official ballot Is now in the hands of
the printer and thoy will DO ready to-day.
The candidates II we are informed Alright
will be unable to procure any quantity of
the ballots until Saturday and then only at
the several voting places in the different
districts,
Owing to the large number Of candidates
It would take several times tho number of
ballots ordered by the county executive
committee to go around.
The why to vote for tho candidates of
your choice will be to cross off of the bal.
lot the names of the mon whom you do
not wish to cast your vote for
Tbs ticket thus completed comprises tho
following candidates:
FOR SHERIFF..
+. S. Bradley. j. e. Megligan, Samuel
A Mcdaniel. Emnit F. Stidham. John e.
Taylor.
FOR CORONER
James II. Galloway. Alexander Guthrie.
Samuel Mccormick Levi L. Mann, Sam
uol Il. Ridgway, John T. Spring. Alfred
ID. Vundever.
FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS.
Richard g. Buckingham, w. Candy
Brown, d CLARK, Samuel Z Dixon Hiram
w. Moore, George ". w. Nnutain. Will
liam II. Plerson, William #. Robinson,
George NJ D. Watson. Henry Clayton
White.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,.
First district, James Hutchens; second,
William Al OH, Robert NJ, Burns, Elmor
l. Pierce; third. James w, Robertson, ".
5. Vernon; Fourth, William J Conner,
James ID. Garter; fifth. no registration;
sixth, Frank Ewing, G. h. Handy, VIII
liam A. Ta!iey; seventh, George Frizz'c;
eighth, J. w. Dennison Ellis p. Hicks
tenth. II. W Hushebeck, j. B Hance;
eleventh, Charles Wal on; twelfth, John
Burris, i. +. Clark, + X. Householder;
thirteenth Joshua Clayton, Boyd H.
Cleaver; fourteenth, Thomas A. Euos; u.
H. Lattnmus; fifteenth. II. 5. Woodkecper
The following arc the candidates for
State senator First district, Robert F.
Adair, Stephen Downey and Samuel NJ.
Knox; third, Webster Blakely William
Wilson and George w. Webster; fourth,
James NJ. Shakespeare: fifth. George B.
Money Robert McFarand; sixth, Morrt
N. Willitts; sev,nth. I,aac h Staats.
Candidates for assessor are: First dis
Jno. G. McCaulley; second district james
W. Agnew George l.. Cameron. William
H. Hanna; third Phlsmma Chandler
Harvey Hoffecker, Charlos Whann;
fourth, Isaac w. Brown; fiftl, William r..
Jones; sixth representative district, Sam
eighth. I.emuel w. Eaves, William B.
Johnson; ninth, John H. Clark tenth,
Arthur N, Wise; eleventh, John Barber:
twelfth, Theodore Jones; thirteenth Sam
uel Carpenter; fourteenth. Joseph &C.
Hutchinson; fifteenth. James c. Reynolds
Road Commissioners first district Of
sixth representative district. Alfred ].
Banks, Henry c. 1allcy; seventh repre-.
sentative district. Benjamin b. Dilworth,
Edwin Meyers. Winfield s. Talley. George
w. Walkor; eighth representative district,
Thomas Ball, Abram B, Dsnnison, Robt.
Hanna William H. Hightleld. Joseph M.
Hanna. John 4. Hendrlckson. John Il.
district, William I. Colmery, Nathan fl.
Dayett, John G. Hami ION; tenth, George
II. Davis, Thomas Grier, Arthur r. Keo;
eleventh, Thomas NJ Lindel; twelfth,
Henry Lester, John W. Moore, Frank
Pordhaln; thirteenth. John C. Allston,
Hiram pleaS@nton. Whitfield $. Vail;
fourteenth. Lewis Fennimore, Richard
Hodgson, tfteenth. james H. McColum.
Inspectors, Sixth representati district:
first district, Lot q. Casey, w ~ Lytle; SEQ
ond, Thomas A. Beatty, W. J. Husbands;
third A S. Walton; seventh representative
district, first district. ]. Perkins Groone;
second, Eugene Williams; third, Frank
". Fisher; fourth, Frank E. Chandler;
fifth. John II. Peoples; eight representa-.
tive district, first district, ". r. Deigh.
ton; second John 7. Pierson; third, John Z
G. johnson ninth representative district,
first Thomas 5. smith; second, Hugh Is.
Wright; third, Oliver Rothwsll tenth
representa- alive district, first district, w.
H. Bradley; second, James Mclvor; third,
Alexander Baxtsr1 Robert Miller; fourth,
Walter Burris. w. Il. Rothweli eleventh,
fir, district, John w. Davis, second Flu
gene Puxon; twolfth, first district, John
Keane; second, Thomas H. Swan; thir-
lsenth, first district. Alexander Corbit;
second; John w. Spicer; third, Joseph A.
Suydam; fourth, ]. w. Dickinson four
teentb first district, Winfield Lattalnus:
second, Israel A. Hartman; fifteenth, first
district, Charles W. Farrell; second, Hon.
ryJ. Smith.
John b. Moore the shoemaker at SCOTT
street and Pennsylvania avenue says thai
his district will give Emlnit f. Stldham
for sheriff over fifty votes, That out Of
eighty Republicans registered In this dis
trict will be a very tattering vote and
shows what influence Mr. Moore wields in
the same for the candidate Of his choice.
The Republicans of Maryland arc lubi-
liant over the fact that II 10 said that Pres.
tdent Mckinley will IN oil probability re-
lax the civil service rules. Should the
rules be relaxed there will DO several fod-
eral positions in this city within the gilt
of the dispensers OF federal patronage
Old Woman Buried.
Tho funeral of Temperance Hollis col.
ored, of Cheswold, took place yesterday.
Sha ,vau horn in 1T73 and therefore WQs l26