Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11
a WILMINGTON DELAWARE. THURSDAY, 1900 n

He defeated James NJ. Shakespeare,
q Regular, who was member OF the
last Legislature. Samuel H. Bay
nard, who Is non .committal, de-
feated Robert M. Burns, Regular,
who. was also q member Of the last
Legislature and was unalterably op-
posed to }. Edward Addicks. The
Sixth Representative district remains
about the same, Ewing being renonli-
mated. In tho Seventh George Frizzell,
q Unionlst, who was in the last Legis
lature, was defeated by William K.
Finn, pronounced Regular.
The numerical strength of the fac
tions, go far rs the Legislative ticket
is concerned, is the same as two years
ago, and 1t will be necessary for the
Unionists to carry every district In
which thay have candidate to carry
tho strength Of two years ago to the
Legislature from this county.
tNIoNIsTs' POOR SHOWING.
judging by the vote for sheriff. the
Unionists made very poor showing,
much worse than two years ago, when
all things are taken into consideration.
ln 1898 a sort of apathy prevailed in
the Regular Republican ranks, owing
chiefly to the party differences and the
total poll Of 10th factions for sheriff was
only 1851, as against 8, 703 last Satur-
day, being 3,742 M re this time than
two years ago. In 1898 John +. Taylor
and Francis S. Bradley, the Union
candidatfs for sheriff, received 1853
votes, whereas last Saturday Bradley,
the Union candidate, received only
2.174, being 10 less than he and Sheriff
Taylor received in 1893. The large
vote of last Saturday is due to the
efforts of the candidates and their
friends, who succeeded in getting out
the full party vote. The interest never
was greater and no stone was left un-
turned to get vote, hence the large
poll, which was about what was ex-
peoted.
HARMONY GETS BLACK EYE.
Some Of the defeated candidates are
accusing people who were thought to
he working for them of treachery, and
the Republican harmony, which is only
q little over week old, IL now stalking
about with badly disfgured ciunten.
ance, which Is liable to remain SO until
election day. Some of the unfortunate
ones are very bitter and not at all in
hunor to attend any lovefeast which
may be PROF osed in the interests OF the
men who defeated them.
This condition of affairs is largely
due to the CRATER element, which was
In evidence up to the time the win
dows CLOSED at O'Clock Saturday
night. They were at work all DYER the
City and county, but, contrary to the
belief of many of the candidates, were
working only for themselves.
NEGROES IN EVIDENCE.
The negro element was out 10 force
and colored men swarmed about nearly
all Of the rollirg plaoess almost con-
trolling matters in the vicinity OF some
OF them. In some cases the voters.
both white and black, were compelled
to pass up to the window between lines
OF colored men 'and under their closest
scrutiny. In one district, where there
were IL negroes qualified to vote, 81
negroes wanted TO be paid to gb after
the II and take them to the polls.
ALMOST REACHED THE LIMIT.
OF tho s. 542 votes cast in the city
for sheriff, it is estimated that over
!, 200 we're cast by colored men, leaving
about 4. 800 white men voting. All Of
the people qualified to vote, not in
Guiding those who voted at the Demo
cratic primaries, voted, except 5i4,
nearly all OF whom, it is believed, are
either ProhibitIonists Single Takers
or people not affiliated with either the
Democratic or Republican parties.
Every Evening pointed out on Friday
that the vote could not exceed G,OsS,
but nearly every Republican included
in that number voted Tho accom- any
ing tables give the details of the con-
test.