The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-19
POLITICAL
GOSSIP.
Rumors Why Hugh c.
Browne Did Not Get
the Appointment of
Postmaster.
THE DEMOCRATS ALARMED
At the Lack of Interest
that Their Voters are
Displaying in the
Coming Election.
THREE DAYS TO REGISTER.

think that from the present outlook that
MIR. Enoch Moore Is to be continued on as
| postmaster. The delay in filing this po
| stion isnot gaining any voters for theRe.
| publican party. The appointment should
be sol tied without any further quibbling.
| 1t Ia essential that Delaware should be rep
| resented in the U. S. Senate the coming
yoar with n Republican SENATOR. Good
capable. intelligent men who have execu-
tive ability only should be chosen for rep
| resentaSivo to tho next Legislature.
tits worry important that the Republicans
| should have majority in tho next Legs-
| lature and it will require full rcgistra-
tion TO accomplish this Therefore 1t Is
exprdent that every Republican voter,
| black and white, should get registered on
| Saturday or The two Saturdays following.
| Tho differences which have played such
havoc with the Republican party in the
past have been sAtClel and tho idea Is 10
turn in and elect tho whole ticket at the
coming election.
We are pleased to see the angry attitude
in which the Democratic voters regard the
registration fe,. 1, Is not popular with
tho voters of hat party and they arc not
slow to let you understand it cil her.
Tho primary elections In Wilmington
arc conducted Ivy election officers chosen
from among tho officers who conducted
tho registration In the County outside
o! Wilmington the primary elections are
a.. ,I,,,p pl thnp
date for Inspector defeated ard the judges
appointed by the governing authority Of
the party,
Any party except the two principal po'
li.ical parties, which are the Republican
ami Democratic parties, can select these
primary election officers from among the
members of thslr organizations. irresDec.
tive Of whe her they arc selected from
among registration or election officers.
Primary e'ection officers must DO ap
pointed a. least two weeks before snch
election is held.
The governing authority Of any political
party holding such prim"ry election shall
at any time within ton days Of tie day on
which the first primary election is held,
appoint one person for each Levy Court
district as "qualifler" for primary cleo
lion officer; VIII" shalt administer to the
Inspectors and judges Of the primary olec-
ton held in their respective districts. an
oath or affirmation prescribed by law.
The oatls must be delivered to the
chairman Of tho county committee or
other governing authority of the party be-
fore l2 ocock noon on the day preceding
the primary election. Before opening an
election each Of tho judges shall choose
one clerk who is sworn by one Of the
judges, or The inspector Before entering
upon his duties each of the qualifiers must
bo sworn by the chairman Of the county
committee of the party holding tho elec-
that he will perform his duties faithfully
and impartially.
On neyt Saturday the officers Of each
election district must copy, subscribe and
certify the oath printed in the front of the
hook of registered voters for primary cleo.
tions. and return the voting Looks to tie
Department of Elections in Wilming,o on
anil tho sheriff outside of Wilmington.
In order to vote at any of the primary
elections voter must register on Sa'ur-
day next. Otherwise they can not vote at |
the primary elections Of any of he parties.
The pool books u'od at each primary |
election have numbered lines beginning |
with one and continuing serially, which |
will enable both voter and election officers
to tell at glance how many men have
voted
Tho compensation of tho officers and
clerks for holding IL primary election Is
s. 50 and for an inspector So Il day. This
applies to primary election throughout
tho county, and the money is paid by tho
Levy Court For delegates to State Con.
ventinn the primary election officers are
to be paid by the party holding the cleo
,ion.
A person who desires to bo n candidate
for any office at n primary election must
notify the governing authority of the party
at loast ten days before the primary cleo.
tion is held.
Tho ballots for a primary election must
be printed and ready for distribution at
Innrt or, d,vs ber,ro tbo o,octio,
,,,,I, novo,,,os ara rrov;d.a for nj, vio.
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MIN 1r,,or Ronub,icons oro e,or.ino into
linz n,d sav that th,v nro o,rtilv in t,uch
..;.,, ,b, ,vho,o Ro,rh,io,r tioko. ,,d,h
:. ,,,i,l ,o aI,ct,a with n ,,od ,,ornir r.
,.au,
Th, ,,,,,,stovr 1rorscr,rt sovs.
Thcr,i, An impression abrond among
no,,t,cians and o,bors that as n comrro-
mia, candidate for tho Wlmingto, most.
oaioo Mr. Uupb C. Browne NAV be man,
oil Mr. Brownies hosts of friends in Mid.
dlctown, and we think elsewhere, will
heartily congratulate him If the mcclure
proves to 10 true, yot the fact remains that
in Justice toMr. Quigley andMr. Hastings
thu candidates before tho people, one of
them should DO IL ,mel. Mr.. Brownies