Evening journal., 1902-05-22
SUSPENSE PAINFUL In
KENT'S POLITICAL FELL
Leaders Of Both Democratic and
Union Republican Parties Show
Ing Strain Of Hard Work
Special to the Evening Journal.

Dover, May .2.-Suspense is becoming
painful i'm the political field. The Union
Republicans and the Democrats, as we'll.
are engaged in the most intense andl
strenuous kind of a stin hunt Nobody is
talking and everybody is eXpectant. The
leaders are showing signs of hard work
Senator Kenney, in his grasp for the
leadership Of the two lower counties on
the Democratic side is conducting
most remarkable campaign of activity
Nights and days are all the same to him
The former senator is said to have the
promise of outside support. particularly
from those Of his old associates at WASH
ington who found him a congenial friend
His glad hand reaches out to grasp that
OF every farmer who comes into Dover
and John +. Salisbury, the old-time
leader is ready TO grasp the other hand
from the opposite side of the street Ken
ney may have some enemies lurking about
inside the lighting lines. but he has the
fastest friends Of any candidate Of re-
cent years, and, through his adroitness
and neutrality a few years ago, has al
most demoralized the Old Salisbury VOL
colt dividing line.
But systematic political work has its
personificadon i'm State Senator Alice
the Addicks State chairman. He has
business interests i'm New York, but man
ages TO keep in close touch with every in
cident Of the county where he restless
luNIllIlE
around afoot or driving from forty to
fifty miles behind one OF his fast horses.
He will be nominated for State senator
by his own faction and his chief concern.
now is to land all three senators-Moore
from Inc First, Alice. from me Third.
and Abbott, from the Fifth; ahead of the
three men whom the Democrats propose
to bring out. Then all the old legislative
districts must be again controlled and
the Democrats are preparing a hard
fight.
The legislators who are now proposed
to support the Addicks contention are
standing up to be counted. From pres
ent indications the two Dover districts.
the Second and Fifth, will have as their
Addicks candidates William ID. Denney
and Henry Harper respectively for the
lower House. Mr.. Denney is a prominent
young Dover man. secretary Of the Della
ware Insurance Company, and is now
secretary Of the Addicks State Central
Committee. Mr. Harper is a boss cam
maker in the Richardson & Robbins
factory.
II. Elwood Warren. a well-known far
mer and granger living about five miles
south Of Dover is said to be slated for
the Addicks nomination for representa-
tive from the Seventh district (Speaker
McCommons home district which al
most turned Democratic sOmersault
last election and was doubles saved by
the Democratic or independent votes the
Republicans received because of the can
didacy of Governor HUM, from that dis
trict. Either Thomas McGinniss or
Charles Lur, the latter a friend OF Gov
ernor Hum, will try the daring feat of
recapturing the Fourth district. in which
Representative James p. Aaron had
hair S. breadth escape at the last election.
The Sixth district is not worrying the
Addicks men, for it usually rolls in n
Democratic majority equivalent to a
South Carolina vote This IS the old
Sandtown "shoestring deestrict," Of Bob
Reynolds ct al.
The Democratic County Committee is
in session here today. recommending reg
istatiOn officers to the Governors loving
favor. A Democratic rally last night was
addressed by former Congressman w. H.
Berry of Chester who has done some
effective political work in the State I'm the
/ last two campaigns, and was Of material
assistance with his voice and advocacy
| i'm the candidacy of Representative VIII
| liam G. Hardesty at the last election.
when the latter won back a district from
Addicls to the Democrats. Deputy Sher-
IN Marsh, of Sussex county also made a
! brief address.