The sun., 1901-08-15
DEMOCRATS
AGITATED
The Suns Expose Has Stirred
Them Up.
ALL SORTS OF CLAIMS MADE
Notwithstanding Democratic Asser-
tions, There is But One Board of
Elections, the Present One
of Five Members.

The Suns expose Of the attempt 0f
Democrats To organiza th. Board of
Elections has created il good deal Of
Iagitati0n in the Democratic talks and lll
sorts Of claims are being made On til"
Democratic side of the question. Re
pnbicans also have things to say aud
rc beating the Democrats at their OWN
tahe.
Democrats say that Martin Il. Fairy
and arlnon d. Chaytor, Democrats, and
Robert l.. Edwards. Republican,, wao
thry claim are the members of the origi-
mai board. will be paid every year while
Jacob Ill. Lewis and Thomas \. -.
Hutson will receive salaries only in the
Years IN which general elections are held
they also assert that Mir. Lewis and
Mi Hntson VIII have no jurisdiction in
..ity elections.
In effect tha Democratic claim is as
follows:
There are practically two Depart
mcnts of Elections, city hoard and Il
State board. The city board is made np
| Of M,sSrs. Fairy and Ghaytor, Demo
rrats, and MIR. Edwards, Republican,.
while tie State board comprises the
.love n;lned. together with Mrssrs.
Lewis ana Hutson, both Republicans.
| fEat being the ease the City Department
| III Elections is Il Democratic body, 2 Il,
| /. and the State Department of Elections,
| is il Republican body, 3 10 2. Each has
| its own officers, Martin +. Farry. a Dem
| ,ctat b,ing president and Frank A. No
| G'lnSkry. also Il Democrat, secretary OF
,llc city board. and Jacob H. Lewis, l'c
publican. president and Charles f. 'fhoni.
las. Republicans. secretary of the State
board Heretofore the two bodies have
ncnn one. That is. tie same Department
II Elections held the city and general
elections
| On tie subject Of election commission
"rS Republicans refer their Democratic
| opponents f. the revised code Of Dela-
ware. There Is but one Board Of Flee
| tionS. that is the State board Of ike
n"mlrrS ana II has jurisdiction over MI
elections, as will be shown. An act to
proyide for the registration of voters III
| he city Of Wilmington as passed at
| bower. May 49, 1891. and to be fourd
IN volume 10, chapter 80 Of the code, gave
he governor power to appoiht three
election commissioners for the city OF
Wilmington. To make sure that they
we're State officers they We're prevented
from Incoming candidates for State ol
| uHntA ollHtS.
This board was given authority in State
nectionS to provide for registration
Then there were two sets Of election
commissioners. one for municipal elcc-
tions. the other for State elections.
On April 6. 1898. the Department oI
elections created by m act passed nj
| Dover. April p. 1887, MS found in vol
tlmc Is, chapter 1874 Of the code. was re-
nenled and NIL authority was given ia
The State board rs created by the act
nroNidng for the registration Of voters
\ in the rlty Of Wilmington, and giving
The board authority in State elections
passed MAY Il, 1891.
Tho board of election commissioners
is AT present constituted. is merely th.
i,eard rs created by the act PASSED ut
| Dover. May IS. 1891. Since the pass
ing Of the new constitution this board
nvaS continued by IN net passed at Dover
January 1. 1895 which is to he found
u volume Il. chapter 40 Of the code
The last Legislature provided for the
Increase Of the hoard from three f.
i've members, the two additional mem
hrrS 10 be appointed by the governor.