Evening journal., 1906-11-07
81 REPUBLICANS
In LEGISLATURE
sneeIal 10 rhe EvenIns Journnl.

special 10 The Evening Journal
DOVER Nov. 0.-1he new Delaware
Legislature will be controlled by the ne.
pubicans maiorltles IN both houses nay-
Ing leen pres rvod by that party.
Tho lower House consists OF IN rty-nee
members. fifteen from New Castle county
which includes Wilmington city; ten from
kent ard ten from Sussex counties.
Tho upper house. the State Senate. 4
majority OF which viii hold over Tor
four years and act upon the appointment
Of the new Governor who win also nave
TO appoint an entire new judiciary o. the
state. consists Of seventeen members-7
from New Castle, from Kent and from
sussez-one Of whom Is elected president
pro tompore, and Is third IN line for gov
ernor but holds office only two years. or
during each session and the recess follow
Ing.
ihe htty-two assemblymcn win stand.
Republican, "a; Democrats. is.
Last year, the Democrats elected nine
representatives from Now Castle county
although thnt county gave = large ke-
publican majority 10 the aggraraia
This year. this IS apparently ch,n,,na
3iametrically opposite and the Reonb1.
cans. apparently have elected II of tho
niteen representatives. and have, TO-
seiher with the hold-oyers. four Of the
seven senotors
Neht county has apparently maintained
her fun Republican strength in the zee.
islatnre, both houses II was Ken, ans
sussex which IN last election. held th,
legislature solidly Republican. bv cl.c,.
ING an unprecedented number OF Rep,,.,
Nohns TO the State House.
io-days election has sent ssv.,
i'epubNcans TO the lower House
rom KEN county and three Democrat,
although there Is some shifting of i,.,..
pcfauc and Republican districts XIV,
county has, also. elected three ot ,,o
'onr state Senators running and has one.
holdingover senator
Fourth district is in doubt and m ~
nave elected John Craig. Democrat. IN
succeed Representative Thomas Moc,n-
MISS Republican. over Howard Rasn.
Sussex County.
Equally apparent Is Il that Sussex coru-
ty has lost two fromthe Republican ou,,a
m tho las. Legislature which went out ,r
office when the polls closed to-day
In Sussex the Republicans have elected
ali three Republican Senators. which w m
their present holding over Senators gives
the county four members in the upper
house They elect eight Of the ten Rep
reesntatives.
Allee's Chances for Re-elsetion.
IL the indications. Therefore after fha
/ yoting has an ceased and nearly al the
returns are in are borne out by the q.
ficial canvass next Thursday the Ds,-
aware Legislature viii stand Republic n.
80, Democrats. Is. on Joint ballot
Right here. it appears TO The politcat
observer that Senator Alice and his no
litical co-partner, Caleb r. Layton. of
4, SUSSEX. who now looms up as candidate
for Governor, have been playing so1is
sharp politics at the primaries
, They let their opponents nominate legls-
lators ant set up county tickets ia dis.
lricts whore the Democrats were strrrg
and overrowered them. while in all ors
/ two districts IN Kent and two in Sussex.
sendng Republicans. the assemblyr.ea
elected are Allee-Layton men.
New Castle County.
II is understood that the nine Reputii-
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