Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-10-09
THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES
Result of Nomination Election
Held on Saturday.
LIVELY FIGHTS IN SOME PLACES
Board of Canvass May Have
Some Contests.

Friends of George w. Sparks, Charles A.
Rudolph and Charles Il. Sparks, DR., Talk
of Asking for Recount in Their Dis
triots-The Result in Detail,
The Republicans of New Castle county
held their primary election on Saturday
afternoon and nominated the following
ticket to be voted for at the general election
on November 4th:.
FOR STATE SENATORS.
First district 1.-THE upper district of viii
mington, comprising the Second and Third
Representative districts--James w. Robert-
son.
Third comprising Brandywine hundred
and the upper end of Christiana hundred)-
Thomas ]. Stirling.
and Red. Lion hundreds I-Robert Mcfarlin.
Seventh comprising Appoquinimink and
Blackbird hundreds )-Benjamin G. Locker
man, unoppcsed.
REPRESENTATIVES,
Wilmington First district, james Hitchen
Second, Erwin +. Phillips; Third, John
Bancroft; Fourth, William Lawton; Fifth,
James @. Wrightington.
| Blandywine hundred--Abram L. Tyre.
INSTRUMENTATION X. Finn, unopposed.
| Mill Creek-William M. Eastburn, unop-
| posed.
Whlte Oiay Oreek-Jonn VI. Jonlson, un-
| opposed.
| New Castle-John E. Taylor.
| Pencader-John w. Dayett, unopposed.
! Red Lion-William O. Price.
| st. Georges-Leonard v. Aspril, Jr., un-
Appoauinimink-wi William @. Money, pn-
Blackbird- Samuel O. Derrickson, unop-
posed
! GENERAL COUNTY OFFICERS.
| Recorder of Deeds--James s, Moore.
| Register of Wills-Fred E. Bach.
Clerk of the Orphans Court and Register
1 in Chancery--Joseph O. Jolls.
/ Sheriff-Emmet Il. Stidham.
Coroner--Samuel Mccormick.
Levy Court Commissioner for the district,
comprising Brandywine, Christiana and
Mill Greek hundreds--Caleb o. Hopkins.
ASSESSORS.
Wilmington-First district, Victor Gael; /;
Second, Robert L. Chadwick; Third, Har-
vey Hoffecker; Fourth, Charles +. Bowers;
Fifth, Harry p. Lawrence.
Brandywine hundred -Elwood Talley.
Christiana-Jame5 Ball.
Mill Creek-Samuel Worrall.
White Clay Creek-Lawrence NJ. White
man.
/, New Castle-J. Harry Stewart.
Pencader--B BENJAMIN Lee.
Red Lion-Miles Clark.
st. Georges--George w. Ingram.
Appoquinimink-Fran I. Daniels.
Blackbird- Wheeler.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Christiana-W Winfield s. Talley.
Mill Creek-John Taylor.
White Clay Creek-Joseph H. Chambers.
New Castle-Edward Burris.
Pencader-Henry Russell.
Red Lion-Theodore Jones.
J st. Georges-John Cowgirl Aston.
Appoquinimink-Lewi Fennimore.
J INSPECTORS.
Brandywine hundred-First district, Jos.
} W. P. Casey; Second, John ]. Harris
J Third, Harry A. Sedgwick.
, Christana-Second district, Harvey Will
liams; Fourth, George j. Chandler; Fifth,
| John Andrews.
Mill Creek-First district, William A.
Mullen; Second, Hiram Pierson; Third,
, Thomas Jacquette.
, White Clay Creek-First district, Elmer
, M. Thomson Second, Howard NJ. Leak
Third, Harry II. Tomlin.
New Castle-First district, John M. Lister,
Second, Lewis Hushebeck; Third, George
w. Appleby; Fourth, William e. Rothwell.
Pencader- First district, Frank Kamether
Second, George S. Butterworth.
} Red Lion-Second district, Lewis Frank
] Eliason.
Poole; Second. Harry Nelson Third, Joseph
A. Suydam; Fourth, John M. Rothwell.
Appoquinimink = First district, Lee
Sparks; Second. James McCarter.
Blackbird First district, James A,
. Money; Second Abram s. Reeder.
j: The result, so far as the Legislative candi
+ dates are concerned-that Is, in districts
where the Republicans have show OF win
, ning-is about the same as two years ago
On the face of the returns James w. Robert
y son appears to have been nominated TO
J Senator from the First Senatorial! district o
: the city. Robertson is an Addicks man ant
: he succeeds Samuel M. Knox, Regular
a However, John Bancroft, who is also an un
4 compromising Regular, has been electet
: from the Third Representative district
!. which was formerly represented by Robert
I son.
Q But the result may be changed, SO far a
y Robertson is concerned. 1t has been init
9 mated that the nomination of Robertson
who defeated George w. Sparks by only 3
votes, will be contested on the ground tina
an error is suspected in the returns from tn
A Eleventh district, beyond Eleventh stree
q bridge, which gave Robertson 22S an
. Sparks S5 votes. A recount may be asked for
!, Thomas j. Stirling, who was nominate
:, for Senator from the Third district, to sue
J, ceed Webster Blakely, an Addicks man
i BENJAMIN q. Lockerman, the Senatoria
4: nominee from the Seventh district, and tn
n following nominees for Representatives ar
= Regulars: John Bancroft of the Third dis
: trict, this city; Abram l.. Tyre of Brandy
= wine hundred, William r. Finn of Chris
. tiaha, William M. Eastburn of Mill Greek
i John G. johnson of White Clay Creek, WI
liam O. Price of Red Lion, Leonard
Aspril, Jr., of St. Georges and Samuel
DerTickson of Blackbird, while the Addick
q people claim the following, in addition I
!. Robertson: Robert McFarlin of the Fift
= Senatorial district. James Kitchen of til
y First Representative district, Erwin i
u Phillips of the Second, William Lawton 9
10 the Fourth, James O. Wrightington of th
% Fifth, John Z. Taylor of New Castle hun
d dred, John w. Dayett of Pencader and Wi
4 liam @. Money of Appoquinimink.
: In reviewing the situation prominen
% Regular Republican said he thought the Re
. publicans were pretty sure of carrying th
!. First and Third Senatorial and the Second
G Third, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Repre-
a sentative districts. while the remainder
which are not surely Democratic, are doub
full. He pointed out that the First. Nintt
Tenth, Eleventh. Twelfth and Thirteent
~ were carried by small maiorities last tim
!. and either party. has fighting chanee |
= any of them, and there is a pretty generi
u opinion that either party has fghtin
;. Most of the Republicans are conceding tht
N torial district and the Fourth, Fifth, Foui
= teenth and Fifteenth Representative di
"a tricts, while they would not be very muc
surprised to see the Fifth Senatorial distri,
in the Democratic column.
Emmett Il. Stidham had no trouble in di
y feating the other candidates for sheriff
!, while for coroner Samuel Mccormick ha
10 things pretty much his own way. The col
N test for recorder of deeds surprised Il
= friends OF State Detective James 7. Ra
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