The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-12
The New and Old Way of
Holding Nomination
Elections.
PEOPLE WANT THE CHANGE.
A Small Vote. The Corn.
paris0n With Vote 1892.
These We're the
Good Old Days
OF DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES

The nomination election hold on satur-
day by the Democrats shows plainly tho
manner In which former nomination,
Weto conducted in our city for years past,
Tho totni number Of votes did not oxcssd
! 1000 which out of total OF $3.50 vote,
| registered does not not show up yerv biz
| for the Democrats
With two more days to register the Re-
| publicans should have at least 5000 mn.
| jorityin the city.
The Democratic silver league did not
elect single candidate. and the George
tray men are on top thus for until he cleo
ton IL held when they will find they have
made their nominations for nothing. Still
the nomination election held on Saturday
show one thing and hat Is that the Gold
Democrats are on top.
Pat Neary thus far is conducting the
camnalgn as mapped out for him by Sena.
tor Gray Pat Is only the figure head
while che Senator Ia tho hand that guides
the moves OF the party machine.
The returns show that more gold than
silver Democrats have taken the trouble
to got registered.
We think the single tax rats will show
up loss this coming election than since its
propaganda In delaware politics.
The showing will surprise even the most
ardent single taxer and they will ask
where are we at
Inc candidates to be voted for in the
third representative district are James W,
Robertson, George W. Roberts, Geo.
Thompson and W. Scott Vernon Thu
district comprises all Of the Fifth ward
north Of Eighth street, from Market 10
the Highlands, oil of the Seventh ward
and part Of the Ninth ward.
The nomination election being held on
Saturday September 10th, 1892, the num-
Der OF votes polled for representative md
Levy Court Commissioners reached 1914.
-. Harvey Sprnance and William B.
kurlz wore the candidates for the General
Assembly s Spruanoe won by 347 majority
=, For Levy Court Commissioners John NJ.
Newell, John McaleY, John Murray and
Or. Hertel were tho candidates. Newell
was elected by ~ majority.
From the flies OF the REPUBLICAN, Of
pember l2th. 1899, we copy tho follow
ing from an editorial: 1.-The Democrats
hold an old time nomination for candi-
dates In the Southern district of Whining
ton on Saturday afternoon" reminding
us OF the year when William H. Lambson
and Robert Chambers were candidates for
sheriff; when the Third ward was able to
urn out some 800 Democratic votes and
the Tenth If wo mistake not, polled some
1900, including then what Is now the
Twelfth ward The Eleventh ward then
as now did some tall voting, but we do not
recoilect that it then poled more votes
than there were voters in the ward ofall
parties as 1t did last Saturday The third
ward, however, which on Saturday only
polled S55 Democratic vote, fell somo 400
to 800 short OF the number poled in the
memorable Lambson. Chambers contest,
and the Tenth ward which polled 72O votes
even vii h Screwdriver Lapan's efforts fell
behind the Lambson Chambers vote some
700.
The Eleventh ward Sc ans to be the ban
ner Democratic ward, 1t having polled
more votes than there are voters in the
ward. 1t was only in the Tenth, Third
md Eleventh wards where the pure I'M
sullied Democracy was III high voting
metal.
Contrast the vote polled at the abova
nomination election when the ballot boxes
were used like packing, boxos. the ballots
being placed In them before the polls open
ID and things fixed up, cut and dried for
she candidates whom the gang backed and
L begins 10 look as if the elections held In
Delaware for the past thirty years. wore
only farce. The results were arranged
before the polls opened and all that was re-
luired was to await until the polls closed
yhen the result was ready to be an.
Tine favorite methods In those good old
lays was to hold back the returns from tho
Tenth and Eleventh wards and whatever
lunbor OF votes were required to overcome
he vote in the Republican wards WINS
eadily given. The elections were as much
i farce us wore the Democratic nomina.
Ions. Think OF three wards polling over
hree thousand votes when In the whole
lily less than 1000 votes were voted on
saturday last.
George. you can try 1t again as you ere A.
Dung man. The Colonel has not forgot.
en- now to manipulate the boys when he
rants anything.
lon Of the post Office on Sunday. Colonel
.noch Moore said on Saturday, showing "
~ check drawn to his order, that that
'as his last pay from Uncle Sam.
Tomorrow promises to be lively day at
lover when tho Democratic convention
leets.