Evening journal., 1904-08-31
CANDIDATES
ARE HUSTL|NG
Democratic Office Seekers
Working for Success at
Primary Election
REPUBLICANS AWAITING HARMONY
Special to The Evening Journal.

the Democratic party, have done deal |
of hustling on the quiet but no definite /
forecast as to the result Of the pri- |
maries can be made.
Samuel T. Landers. candidate
for sheriff, says he is satisfied
with the inroads he has made
Chauncey p. Holcomb has a strong op-
ponents and feels assured of his nomi-
nation. Andrew NJ. Gallagher is say
ing nothing but working hard and his
friends predict that he will receive
the nomination for representative from
the Tenth district. although David
Heyd. his opponent, is by no means
asleep.
In John Boughman of Wilmington
Chauncey p. Halcomb has strong op-
ponent for the Office of county treas
urer and receiver of taxes. That Mr..
Holcomb will carry his own hundred is
undoubted but what his strength in
other hundreds will be cannot be de-
termined at present. Mr.. Boughman
has the undoubted advantage of an
nouncing his candidacy before Mr..
Holcomb allowed his name to be used
James B. Toman is making a strong
and aggressive fight for the nomination
for the Office Of Prothonotary with good
prospects of winning out. He has
host of friends not only in this hun
dred but throughout the county who
have already openly expressed. their
intention of supporting him at the pri-
maries. These argue that Mr.. Toman
has been hard and faithful worker
! in the Democratic ranks for years and
as reward has received practically
nothing, having held no Office save
those in connection with local affairs.
He is well-known from one section
of the county to the other and has
prominent politicians working in his
behalf.
Lesser Lights.
! The scramble for nomination for
minor offices is not attracting great at
tention although each Office seeker is
putting forth his best efforts to reach
the desired goal. After consideration
on the subject of the two aspirants for
delegate honors, and empty honors they
are said to be. who were not indOrsed
at the hundred meeting, has led many
to believe that their contest will be
found to have amounted to naught
when the sheets are Tailed up on Sat
lurday night next.
In the mix-up some bitterness OF
feeling has been engendered but it is
believed that it will be quieted in ample
time. In speaking Of his position il
the premises William II. Cooper, Jr.
lis accredited with the following:
Had Mr.. Holschmaker or anyone
for him entered a protest or filed a
dissenting voice at the hundred meeting
lagainst me and in favor of Mr.. Holsch-
lmaker I would have withdrawn in his
favor, but inasmuch as he was present
at the meeting and approved the action
of the caucus by his silence he should
abide by their decision"
But no matter who may be nomi-
mated the question which is giving
Democratic leaders and Office seekers
1.-THE greatest concern is the action that
will be taken by the factions of the
Republican party toward adjusting
their difficulties and uniting on one
ticket for county and State Offices II
lis an undisputable fact that should
1.-THE Regular and Union Republicans
bury the hatchet the hopes of the
lmost sanguine Office seeker on the
Democratic side would be shaken tc
their very foundations and the chances
lof election would be next to nothing.
Beyond a general discussion OF the
possibilities of the two factions of the
lparty uniting upon a common basi;
Republican politicians and would-bt
loffice holders are not displaying the
Interest in the election that their Dem
locratic brethren are. This may be
attributed to several reasons. In the
FIRST place the Republican factions Of
this hundred at least have not display
ed the greed for Office that the Demo
Gratis of the hundred have evinced
For the county offices New Castle hun.
ldred has but few Republican aspirants
The forced retirement OF Levy Cour
Commissioner Charles II. Megginson il
greatly regretted by his many friends
who appreciate the good work he hai
laccomplished while a member OF tina
body.
Many of the Republicans Of thii
hundred have become disguised at th'
continuous dissension in the ranks o
the party and realize that in unity onl!
lies the hope of victory. This feelinl
was shown especially at the registra
ltion when a number declined to plac
. their names upon the registration list
believing that such action would b.
. useless under the existing state of af
fairs. If the two factions of the part.
come together this class of voters sa,
they will he satisfied with and vii
Support nominees made at common pri
. lmaries but at present it is up to tn
leaders to say what will be done in tha
ldirection. In the face of these fact
Republican politics in this hundre
L have not reached the point that ha
lbeen attained by the Democrats.
Republicans of both factions poin
with pride that the party in this hun
. dred has not attained the state
dissolution that exists i'm almost ever
other section of the State and VIII Il
all probability pursue the same cours
as of former years, that OF holdin
/ common primaries and attending TO IN
situation in their own hundred, leavin
others to do likewise.
iii Another feature i'm the Republican
party here is considered also, whic
is the fact that the primaries are he'll
at a later day than the Democrats hol
theirs and as a consequence their be
ling a possibility OF unison.
III New Castle hundred Republican
appear to have a faculty Of being con
tented to fight the common foe withou
entering into any controversy With
their own ranks. It must not b
thought, however. that candidates an
party men are apathetic to the stu
alton as on the contrary they are aliv
to every phase in the game. but tn
| lack of local candidates and the feel
ling for common primaries has cause
lthem to be less active than the Demo