Smyrna times., 1898-08-10

The Venezulan press is now doo;a
edly ro-Amerlcan in tone, and ;ts 'S
dominant sentiment appears ~ Pre-
fairly reflected in the utterance of n pe
leading journal of Caracas. n Due sne
gonerO, which discerns in our v;o4l re
les no menace of the absorption tII- of fT
South American Republics. bnt ratiie ile
the drawing of a new internot;o,eI
doctrine that will lhenceforth safe9nanaII
us against European invasion y 7'"'"
South Murderkill hundred in Kan.
county has raised big crop of DEM
cratic candidates for sheriff this vaao
80 lar, J. W. Belts, r. G.. SteveEsoT
j.. w. Emory, b. f. Taylor. and WI
liam Hardesty have been announced
Others are expected to be announcoj
later. The Republicans are talkinr oS
running Frank Reedy, who was elen.
ted sheriff at the last election bn+
never secured his office because tLa
democratic board of canvass counted
him out, and the suit to give him t6a
place has not yet been decided. ~
The registration in AppoquiniminL
hundred on Saturday was 13 for Wast
ern district, and q for the Easterr,
district. The candidates for the non
nation for representatives from tba+
hundred are William H. DuhadwoU
Democrat, and Francis H. LattomIs
and William H. Money, Republican,
In Blackbird Hundred, but four mon
paid the fee. In St. Georges 10; West
st. Georges, 81; North Mill Greek. d
FIRST DELAWARE WILL Go.-Not.
wlthstandlng the seemingly official
statement detaching the First Delo-
ware Regiment from General Wade's
Porto Rico Army, Senator GRAY has
received a letter from Washington in.
forming him that the Delaware Rpoi-
ment will go to Porto Rico, and prep9r.
atiOns are now about made for the
transportation for troops. An effort is
being made to have the regiment na.
rade in Wilmington before going away.
Sin in haste, repent at leisure, is NOT
the wording of the maxim, but it will
answer the purpose III this case. Ben.
| jamin Hopkins of Christiana. at.
tempted to pass some worthless or nm
bankable paper. He was arrested and
put in Jail. RemOrse overcame him
and he concluded that he did not want
to live to face the disgrace Of his act
He tried to eat his spectacles, but was
only partially successful. Now he is
suffering with hemmorrhages and is
not expected to live. His sin has
surely found him out HIlluinQf0n
Republican.
HANDY's EYE ON THE SENATE. .-
A letter from Dover Friday to the Phil
adelphia Record said: "Congressman
L. 1. Handy will not be candidate
for reelection, but will be a quiet as
pirant for the United States Senator to
succeed George Gray. This decision
on the part of Mr.. Handy and his
friends was reached yesterday, after
the harmOnizing of the Republican
factions in Wilmington. Mr. Handv's
= extreme silver friends may nominate
him for Congress, but he will decline.
The withdrawal of Mr.. Handy from
the Congressional fight is very graft
flying to the conservative members OF
the party in the State, and paves the
e way for United Democracy il
1 the coming campaign. His with
= drawal simplifes matters very much
and it is hardly likely there will be any
t trouble in nominating a conservativ,
man who will command the support o
/ both the sound money and the silve
n men.
e THE LIGHT REGISTRATION. vii
mington politicians, says the Re cord
n were rubbing their eyes and stirring
Q their brains to explain the very ligh
q registration of Saturday. Everyon
!: expected a small registration, but al
s estimated total of over 800 is fewe
than they bargained for. At the reg
iStratiOn in 1896 on the first dav owe
l. 5000 qualified. 1t is estimated tina
T. not more than % colored men regis
). tered in the entire city. There ar
Il four more days of registration, which
IS of course, will bring the figures up t
n something like normal, but it has bee
customary for the leaders to bring on
-e a big vote on the first day.
= Under the new constitution an al
n plicant for registration can be cha
, lenged and made to swear then it is h
m own dollar that is being paid. Unles
ar he so swears that he cannot be quail
fed. Infringement of this feature
the constitution, makes the persO
g liable to arrest and trial Or
TO of the Democratic said: "This dOlla
j., business is the toughest propOsitio
VI that the Delaware politicians have "
ID had to consider. We don't know no
IN it will land us. The boys do not lii
re to pay it. The question is whethe
the Republicans will lose more vote
in than the Democrats by the failure
ar qualify.