Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-27
TREACHIROUS WORK IN KENT
venal Democrats Try to Upset
a Democratic District.
TO HELP MAKE ADDICKS SENATOR
Real Reason of the Deadlock
in the Sixth.


special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal.
Dover, Sept. 2O.-The failure of the
Democratic voters of the Sixth Repre-
sentative district of Kent county, in
Guiding the towns of Willow Grove,
Petersburg, Woodside and Masten's
Corner, to decide upon candidate for
Representative In the General Assem-
bly,, at their primaries and later at the
Democratic County Convention held
here last week, together with the re-
fusal Of the County Executive Com
mittee, which met here Tuesday, to
settle the matter, has caused no little
talk among the Democratic leaders OF
Kent county. The deep concern Of the
Democrats in carrying this district,
which has always been strong Demo-
cratic district, Is all the more import
ant this year from the fact that IN ad-
dition to Representative to be
elected, the district also Is part of
the Fourth Senatorial district. from
which a Senator will be elected and a
Levy Court Commissioner.
In years past there has been no cues.
tion as to the honesty and character oil
the men in the district, as every thing
in the political line has passed of
without murmur. This year, how
ever, the situation is very much
/ changed and unless something is don,
to put stop to the wrangling, which
it ia strongly intimated, is caused b.
prominent Democrats in the district
who are seeking for personal gain, tn
Democratic party will suffer greatly
Their desire, it is said, is to let the dis
trict 60 by default to the Republicans
thus electing two members of the Legis
: lature, who undoubtedly would vote 70
J. Edward Addieks for United Ste tie
Senator. These men have in the pas
been beneficiaries of the Democratic
party, by holding profitable offices i
both State and county.
The actual state of affairs now exist
ing Ia the Sixth district, so far as ca
he ascertained, Is as follows:
On Saturday, September Sth, the da
set for the Democratic primaries ]
Kent county, there was division fo
delegates to the County Convention
one part of the voters favoring job
@. Dill and the other part j. HERNIA
Gooden, both OF Willow Grove. Neithe
side being able to decide upon cand
date, the matter was left for the cor
vention to decide, but nothing wa
done. When the list OF nominations fc
Representatives were read out in tn
convention here last Thursday, th
Sixth district was reported as bein
referred to the committee for decision
The committee, consequently, referre
the matter back to the district, askin
the voters to settle it, if possible, with
week, if not, the County Commute
will then take the responsibility {
choosing candidate for the distric
1t has been suggested that il no choit
can be made between the candidate
named, most excellent plan would
the denomination of RepresentatI'
William T.. Jester.
The party leaders are of the opinic
that majority of the voters in the di
irict are totally ignorant of the re
meaning of the dissensions, thinkir
them to be only fight between ii
friends of the two candidates, while
reality, as has, been known in Dow
fer the past month or more. it is
plan to sell the district to the Uni,
Republicans ard to help elect Addic
Senator.
A prominent Democrat of Suss
county, who was in Dover yesterda
in speaking of the dissatisfaction
the Sixth district in this county, /
marked that a similar state Of affai
exists in some portions of Suss
county and the same reason is give
namely, to break up the district
order to let in Republican.