Evening journal., 1906-09-20
DEMOCRATS TEMPT
PROhIBITIONISTS
And Down State Cold Water
Men Bite Eagerly at
the Bait
REPUBLICANS NOT WORRIED
Special to The nvenlng Journal

Special TO The Evening Journal
DOVER. Sept 2O.-The Democrats of
Kent county will tonight begin their
Legislative fights in town meetings held
in all the districts, and, besides the sena-
torial contest between Salisbury and
Handy which is exercising many OF the
Legislative asplranls and their friends,
a far heavier issue will be involved at to-
nights meeting and at Saturdays pri-
maries
The local option question is confronting
the Democrats squarely In the face
In the first and second representative
districts, which embrace the First sem
atorlal district, the fight will be cleanly
drawn between the local option and the
anti-submisslon Democrats, the local op-
tion men being particularly active In
these districts because they believe they
win get tho church vote as against Sem
ator Thomas c. Moore. whom the Re
publlcans propose to nominate again as
floor leader Of the State Senate Moorc's
district is very close and the local option
Democrats have, therefore. been working
day and night TO get Alexander NJ. DAILY.
late congressional nominee. OF the Demo-
Gratis, to stand for State Senator and
make nhe run against Moore.
Has Prohibitionist Support.
There is no doubt now that Daily Will
consent and make the run. He has been
assured of the support Of the Prohibition
lists. headed by Presiding Elder S. NJ. Nor
gan, of Dover and former Presiding Elder
Robert Watt. Of Smyrna and Dr. Morgan
has gone so far as 70 offer 20 go on
hustling for DAILY as against Moore u
DAILY gains the nomination.
The thought Of a combination Of local
option men in this doubtful senatorial and
two doubtful representative districts has
caused the anti-submission Democrats 60
hustle and some lively doings may be ex.
pected by Saturdays voting time. Charles
II, Paradee, as an opponent to Daily. may
be run FOR the Senate.
The local option and antl-submission
Democrats, IN their fight against each
other are facing another complication ia
the First Representative district smyrna).
This is the former home of Levin Irving
Handy. who with willard Salisbury, is
a senatorial aspirant at the hands Of the
coming Democratic caucus in the Legisla-
ture There is powerful local option SEN
timent in this district and both the sauls-
bury candidate, Charles r. Massey. and
the Handy candidate, j. Harvey Han. are
pronounced local opuonists. The anti
submission Democrats are hunting up two
other candidates. one favoring Salisbury
and another Handy for senator. Before
Et.str l,ff
bury-Handy men may reach a compro
mise on delegates.
The local option men in the Second dis
trict will probably agree upon II. c
Taylor for representative. the candidatN
Of the DAILY men. The Third district locd
option candidate will be Robert Darrop
who is expected TO swing this Republican
district back TO the Democrats. Tn
Fourth district will probably again offc
! Henry Williams, a popular Democrat Th'
Fifth is Senator Kenney's district and th'
candidate Of the Daily local option men Ia
James V. Carson. member of City Coun
I Gil and a merchant at Division and Gov
ernors avenue. Dover The Kenney mel
have. however, lost no time in bringins
out Judge Charles Denney another poplr
/ lar man and persistent Democratic work
er in the Second precinct Of the Fifii
representative district. The Sixth distric
is expected to renominate Former As
semblyman S. Carl Hughes. a brother o.
Democratic State Committeeman Jane!
II. Hughes. and strong for local option
The Eighth may re-nominate Frank c
Hardesty. an anti-submission Democrat
ITO succeed Assemblyman r. c. Stevenson
Democrat, deceased. Albert Harrington
viii probably be agreed upon for tn
Ninth. adding another to the local optioi
forces.
IT'S good thing we have this loca
option row in our party" said a Demo
cratic worker last night. "for IL we al,
not, there would be no getting the vot
out, Everybody practically admits 'we'r
licked in advance.
Republicans Not Worried.
"The Democrats are wasting a terribl
amount Of energy and stirring up ba
blood all for nothing" said a Repubiica
leader on the opposite side Of the street
They can take it from me. the Repub,i
cans are standing on terra hrma an
looking over clear field. There ar,
twenty-seven legislators TO elect in Ken
and Sussex counties this year. maiorit
of the Legislature. OF that number tn
Republicans will get twenty. Good night.