Evening journal., 1898-09-24
FIGHTING FOR PLACE
Republican Primaries Being
Held To-day.
IT SEEMS TO BE AEYBODY's FIGHT
BRADLEY BELIEVED TO BE IN
THE LEAD FOR SHERIFF..
SPRING orr VANDEVER FOR
CORONER-7lSAAlElS OF THE VA
RIOUS CANDIDATES.

The Republican primaries are being
held in this county this afternoon. The
polls opened at o'clock and will close
at z. Greatest interest centres in the
fight for the nominations for sheriff,
coroner and recorder of deeds. There
being a multiplicity of candidates and
a light registration, makes the fight all
the more interesting and uncertain
The candidates for the several places
on the ticket are as follows:
FOR SENATOR.
First district, Robert Adair, Stephen
Downey and Samuel NJ. Knox; Second,
no election he'd this time Third, Web
ster Blakely, William Wilson, Jr,
George w. Webster; Fourth, James M
Shakespeare; Fifth, George b. Money,
Robert Mcfarland; Sixth, Merritt n.
Willitts; Seventh, Isaac R. Staats.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,.
First district, James Kitchen, Will
liam Turner; Second, William Aaron,
Robert NJ. Burns, Elmer L. Pierce;
Third, George w. Roberts, James w.
Robertson and w. S. Vernon; Fourth,
William J. Conner, James d. Carter;
Fifth, no candidates announced; Sixth,
Frank P. Ewing, Godfrey r. Handy.
William A. Talley; Seventh, George
Frzzell; Eighth, John w. Dennison,
Ellis p. Hicks; Ninth, John T. John
son, John Pilling; Tenth, Harry w.
Hushebeck, James B. Hancs, Eleventh,
Charlts Walton; Twelfth, John B. Bur-
ris, Theodore f. Clark, Frank r.
Householder; Thirteenth, Joshua Clay
ton, Boyd R. Cleayer; Fourteenth,
Thomas II. Enos, Francis H. Latta-
mus; Fifteenth, Harry S. WoOdbeeper.
For Sheriff-Francis S. Bradley,
James e. Megilligan, Samuel A. Nc
Daniel, Emmitt F. Shdham, John E
Taylor.
For Coroner-James II. Galloway,
Alexander Guthrie, Samuel Mccormick,
Levi T. Mann, Samuel III. Ridgway,
John T. Spring, Alfred D. Yandever.
Recorder Of Deeds-Richard G. Buck
ingham, w. Candy Brown, Delaware
Clark, Samuel C. Dixon, Hiram w.
Moore, George w. w. Naudain, Will
liam H. Pierson, William F. Robin
son, George NJ. D. Watson, Henry
Clayton White.
Candidates for assessor are: First
district, Wilmington: Alexander Bur-
leigh, John C. McCaulley; Second dis
trict, James w. Agnew; George l..
Cameron, William H. Hanna; Third,
Philemma Chandler, Harvey HoffeclHer,
Charles Whann; Fourth, Isaac w
Brown; Fifth, William R. Jones; Sixth
representative district, Samuel W.
Handy; Sevensh, John E. Whann;
Eighth, Lemuel w. Eaves, William B.
johnson; Ninth, John H. Clark; Tenth,
Arthur NJ. Wise; Eleventh, John Bar
ber; Twelfth, Theodore Jones; Thir-
teenth, Samuel Carpenter; Fourteenth,
Joseph C. Hutchinson; Fifteenth.
James c. Reynolds.
Road commissioners, First district of
Sixth representative district, Alfred j.
Banks. Harvey c. Talley; Seventh repre-
sentative district, Benjamin f. Dill
worth. Edwin Myers, Winfield S. Tai
ley. George w. Walker; Eighth repre-
sentative district, Thomas Ball, Abram
B. Dennison, Robert Hanna, William
H. Highfield, Joseph M. Hanna, John
T. Hendrickson, John L. Talley, John
Taylor; Ninth representative district
William T. Colmery, Nathan H. Dayetti
John G. Hamilton; Tenth, George e.
Davis, Thomas Grier, Arthur r. Kee;
Eleventh, Thomas NJ. Lindel; Twelfth,
Henry Lester, John w. Moore, Frank
Pordham; Thirteenth, John c. Allston
Hiram NJ. PleasantOn, Winfield S. Vail;
Fourteenth Lewis FennimOre, Richard
HOdgson; Fifteenth, James H. McCol-
lum.
inspectors, Sixth representative dis
trict, First district, Lot c. Casey, w. T.
Lytle; Second, Thomas A. Beatty, w. ]
Husbands; Third. A. S. Walton; Sew
enth representative district, First dis
trict, ]. Perkins Groome; Second, Eu-
gene Williams; Third, Frank W
Fisher; Fourth, Frank E. Chandler;
fifth, John H. Peoples; Eighth repre-
sentative district, First district, w. T
Deighton; Second, John T. Pierson;
Third, John c. Johnson; Ninth repre-
sentative district, First, Thomas S
Smith; Second, Hugh B. Wright;
Third, Oliver Rothwell; Tenth repre-
sentative district, First district. w. H
Bradley; Second, James NcIvor; Third
Alexander Baxter, Robert Miller,
Fourth. Walter Burris, w. E. Roth
well; Eleventh, First district, John w
Davis; Second. Eugene Paxon
Twelfth, First district. John Keane
Second. Thomas H. Swan; Thirteenth
First district, Alexander Corbit; Sec
ond, John w. Spicer; Third, Joseph A
Suydam; Fourth, John w. Dickinson
Fourteenth, First district, Winfield
Lattamus; Second, Israel A. Harman
Fifteenth. First district, Charles w
Farrell; Second, Henry J. Smith.
Samuel Mcdaniel, one Of the Repub
lican candidates for sheriff. denies tha
he has formed a combine with candi
dates for other offices.
The general opinion is that Franci.