The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-28
POLITICAL
r GOSSIP.
W. j. Blakely Has Numer-
GUS Friends in Bran
N. DIVINE Hundred.
DISPUTED WITH POLITICS..
Sheriffality Dispute Not
YetSettled. Will Make
q Bad Precedent.
TAKE THE FACE OF RETURNS.

Said vol known gentleman, q resi-.
dent of Rising Sum- to tho wrltor of these
! notes: :"Wcbster Blakely, the Repub
lican nominee for Senator In Christiana
hundred, Is one OF the best hearted men In
tho world He comes Of good English
stock and is man Of good common sense
and can express his views clearly and fsr.
chilly. He will without doubt defeat the
Democratic nominee, Benjamin Haley,
without any trouble. The voters of 1.-THE
hundred who know the two men will not
hesitate for one instant IN giving Blaksly
their vote in preference to Haley. There
Is no comparison between the two mon"
James McCombs spid he was pleased with
two things: the defeat OF the Union Re
publican candidate in his hundred and the
nomination Of his friend Webster ].
Blakeiy in Christiana hundred. So you
SEQ that mans business does not al ways
measure up to mans abilities in tho
estimation of men who know this man. A
mans a man for oil that. The people who
think they arc going to have II walk over
In defeating Webster Blakely are reck.
oning without their host The friends of
Mr.. Haley need not build any mir castles
and had better stop dreaming.
The editor Of tho Every Evening has
seen fit to make an attack on Mr.. Blukrly
which shows the nnimus Of the writer as
well as the man who Is supposed to own
that paper Pick tho beam out of your
own eye before Attempting to remove tho
moto from that of another.
There Is no good and sufficient reason
yet givon why tho ballot boxes should lie
opened to find out who was nominated for
sheriff OF Now Castle county. Ut will cs-
tablish Il bad precedent and one which will
be a..dangorous one. The wish of every Re.
publican voter is that tho Republican tick.
ct should be successful Mt the coming cleo.
ton. Tho claim Is made by The friends Of
candidate Samuel A. Mcdaniel, that seven
on, and Of course wtre not counted for
him. Tier again an9,her party says that
tw6 sheriff candidates were on tho tickets
all the others being marked 81 and for that
reason the ballots wero not counted for
anybody. Be that MS it may we can not
see how these votes can now be counted.
The friends Of Enmit f Stidham say
that If tho ballot boxes are opened that 1t
will be found that mistakes have occurred
with his vote and thas he has majority Of
the votes cast
There Is one thing certain and that Is
that all three Of the candidates, Taylor,
Mcdaniel and Stidhamshave not ull three
majority Of the votes cast Only one
candidate can DO nominated,
Now that the lawyers have stepped into
the dispute each candidate being repre-
scented by an attorney there is little If
any use for the people to express prefer
ence ut the polls on Saturday last who
they favored for sheriff II tina attorneys
are to decide ii then there is little IL any
use hereafter to hold a nomination cleo
ton.
10 show what capital the Democratic
press is already max ing over the dispute
we publish the following from last nights
Every Evening:
"The Republicans of New Castle county
arc worse divided than ever since Satur-
lays primaries. Before that event thore
were two factions of tho party. Now there
Ire at least four"
This should not be and wo bolove 1t will
lnnlly be settled to the satisfaction of all
PARTIES concerned as we'll Us their friends,
There Ii one thing certain and that il
'nly one candidate can hope TO secure airy
me position Defeated candidates should
axe hope in tho successful nomination OF
Nlfred Vnndcvcr for coroner, who after re.
'eated trials, won on Saturday last. He
FEVER whimpered when he was for years
lefcatcd timo nftor time, but picked his
lint and tried again and this time no has
'oen successful in capturing the nomina-
Ton. He should be elected by large ma
GRITTY rs he deserves the Office. He has q
.ood military record to recommend him
or the Office. There can be nothing said
gainst Alfred y. Vandever
Politics Is not run on tho Sunday school
ian and 1t would be much better il 1t
vas, but 1t never will be that Is one thing
We arc certain Of.
Said u well known ex-Shoriff in sneak.
ng to him of running for office: never in.
end to enter politics again, have had
nough of it. Tho game Is not worth the
andle. am moro disguised than over
ince my retirement from Office over the
manipulation OF this and that thing to
urry favor with people who don't care
'raw for You only what they hope to get
ut OF you or to use you for their especial
eneht have hal enough and am moro
han satisfied with my experience cleaned
'hilo in the shorffs office.
This man made one Of the bJst officials
Now Castle county and was conpll-
hented by the court Oh the expiration Of
Is term.