The sun., 1898-11-08
Tuesday, November 8, 1898.

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good counting done to enable the Demo.
Gratis to find a majority. The Democrats
can't realize as yet that the curtain has
dropped on the last act of the party in
Sussex county.
Milford, $50 D. m.-First Representa-
tive District OF Sussex county 800 Repub
lican majority. The election passed of
peacefully and no money was used.
Chairman Marshall believes the Re
publican ticket elected in Sussex county
Milton, 1926 p. m.-Never in the his.
tory of "Old Broadkiln" hundred have
the people witnessed sitter fight than
was put up by the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties to-day and this hundred,
which has been conceded to the Demo.
Gratis by the Republicans ever since the
registration, is now claimed to have gone
Republican by small majority.
Laurel, 7.45 p. m.-The indications
point to Democratic majority in this
hundred of about 20 or 80. The hun
dred is close and there might possibly be
small Republican majority.
There will be little cutting of the State
ticket, and it is claimed by conservative
Republicans that they will defeat L..
Irving Handy and the whole Democratic
State ticket with majority ranging
from 800 to $50.
The fight between Simon S. Pennewil
and Joseph f. Holland, Senatorial can
didates in the First District, will be a
hot one and will result in victory for
Mr. Pennewill by a small majority.
The Republicans also claim that Sena-
torial candidate in the Fourth District, j.
]. Brazure, will be elected in spite of the
fact that the Regulars and Unionists
have failed to agree on the same candi-
date for State Senator. 1t is expected
that many Regular Republicans will
support Mr.. Brazure and cut their own
candidate, Dinnard W. Campbell, for the
district is a stronghold Of Republican
ism
Robert Short, candidate for 81 .criff,
has also a fight on his hands, but will be
elected over Thomas r. Wilson by fair
majority. The balance OF the county
ticket will be elected without doubt.
There will be 6 Republican Repre-
sontatives elected, namely: Two from the
First Senatorial District, two from the
Fourth and one from the Third, also one
from the Fifth District.
This will give the Republicans three
OF the five Sussex county Senators and
six OF the ten Representatives, and if the
same work is done in the other counties
OF tie State the Republicans will have
the Legislature.
The Representatives Who will be elect.
ed are Mark L. Davis, of the FRS r ,p.
resentative District, and George S. Buell.
of the Second Representative Distric,
George.H. West and Joseph w. Hunter
of the Seventh and Eighth Representa-
tive Districts.
William p Short OF the Sixth, and
John Barr, of the Ninth District, will
also be elected.
1t the First Senatorial District there
will be ,S76 votes poIed, of which there
will be probably ,l57 Republican, Sos
Democratic and 20 Prohibition.
In the Second Senatorial District !, 40
votes will probably be polled and SG3 OF
them will be Democratic, Gl3 Republic
can and 20 Prohibition.
The Third Senatorial District will poll
vote of l,G70, of which 972 will be
Democrats, Gs7 Republican and 20 Pro-
hibition.
In the Fourth Senatorial District thele
will be in aN probability little heavier
Prohibition vote than in the other dis.
tricts; the vote polled will be probably
1906, OF which 6S5 will be Republican
400 Democratic and 80 Prohibition.
The Fifth Senatorial District will pol
l,799, of which .OO2 will be Democratic
$50 Republican and 25 Prohibition.
GEORGETOWN, G.15 p. m.-The polls arc
closed and nearly a full vote was police
in this hundred. There is muck specu
lation as to the result and the Republi
cans claim to have reduced the usua
Democratic majority to about 40, which
is onl y about half the usual Democratic
majority in the hundred.
Reports from other hundreds in the
county are indicative of Republican sue
cess, and little doub} is felt by the party
leaders that the county has gone Repub.
lican by fully 800 majority.
Schemes of intimidation were tried on
all sides by the Democrats.
MILFORD, $50 p. m.-The friends o.
Simeon S. Pennewill rallied to his sup
port at the polls to-day and though the
contest was warm one between him and
Joseph f. Holland for State Senator, but
the Republicans think they have slig ghtl,
the better Of the situation. They fee
confident that they have also elected
their State, county and legislative ticket
in the First Senatorial District of Sussex
Lewes, $50 p. m.--The Republicans
feel satisfied that they have carried
Lewes and Rehoboth hundred by 50 ma
jority.
Party leaders claim sweeping victory
on the face Of the large vote that was
polled.
Lincoln City, Gas p. m.--The whole
First Senatorial District has gone Repub.
lican by probably 375 majority. Reports
from North West Fork hundred speak OF
great Republican gains and the leaders
Of the Union Republican party are jubi.
liant.
le'mar 6.55 p. m.--The Democrats
have probably carried Little Creek hun
dred by their usual majorit of 25O if the
foaters voted the way they had pro-