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This Years Election.

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This Years Election.
This years election in Delaware will
b ono Of large importance and unusual
Hnterest
In addition to Representative IN Con-
Igress, two State officers are 10 be chosen,
snlditor and treasurer, each for a term Of
3Wo ycau.
In the counties there are a number Of
court house Offices at stake. Those to
be flled in New Castle county are: Re-
corder Of deeds, register Of wills, clerk of
the Orphans Court sheriff and coroner
FThe occupants Of these Offices, all Repub-
lirsns, arc as follows: Recorder Of Deeds,
Henry II. Bilany, filing by appointment,
tho unexpired term Of James Moore, de-
ceased; register OF Wills Frederick r.. |
Bach; clerk Of the Orphans Court, Joseph |
10 Jolls; sheriff, Harry ellis; coroner
William t. Purl1s.
Tho county Offices at stake in Kent are
Sheriff, coroner. county treasurer, re-
corder Of deeds, clerk Of the peace and |
clerk Of tho Orphans Court. All the In
cumbents arc Union Republicans.
The county Offices 70 be filed in Sussex
arc; Sheriff, cornocr, county treasurer.
clerk or the peace, register Of wills and
recorder Of deeds. All the incumbents
arc Union Republicans.
Some members of the Levy Court arc
TO be chosen in Kent and Sussex counties.
Also assessor and Inspectors in all three
OF tho counties.
Members Of the LegIsiatura will be
elected throughout tho Stato. senatorS
are to be elected in the First, Third,
Fifth and Seventh Senatorial districts
of New Castle county, the First, Third
and Fifth Of Kent, and the First, Third
and Fifth Of Sussex; also, in the Second
district Of Kent county, to All tho vacancy
caused by tho death Of State Senator
James L. Reed. The full membership
of the House Of Representatives will be
chosen-hiteen members in New Castle
county, ten in Kent and ten in Sussex.
The great stake at this election ia the
control Of tho Legislature, as upon that
body will dovolve tho election Of two
United States Senators, one for four
years to hIl the vacancy caused by tho
inability Of the Legislature Of 1905 to
felect successor to Senator L. Heisler
13all, and one for six years, TO succeed
Senator J. Frank Alice, whose term will
expire on March Sd, 1907.
For the control Of this Legislature the
ipoiiiicd parties and political factions
will put forth the most desperate efforts.
Rrhe Union Republicans will endeavor to
snake clean sweep Of all the Senatorial
and Representative districts in Kent and
Sussex counties, which would give them
clear majority in the Legislature and
enable them to elect both Senators. The
Irregular Republicans will endeavor to
elect = sufficient number Of members to
keep the Union Republicans out Of
clear majority, in the event Of tho LeVis
lature being Rcpublcan through the
snited votes Of both factions. The
6iemocfats- Of course, will strive for the
election Of Democratic majority.
Il IL not believed that the Union Re
pubhcsns will succeed in their desire to
alert = majority Of the next Legislature.
The determined movement against vote.
buying Will seriously handicap them. as
without the use Of money for the purchase
Of votes they will lose heavily. With a
Republican majority fsctionally divided.
as has been tho case with every Repub-
lican Legislature since and including
1898, there viii be either . deadlock, with
two vacancies resulting. or the election
Of one Regular Republican and one Union
Republican to the Senate. With a con-
iinlance Of the present factional hostili-
ties, deadlock would be far more prob
able. A Democratic majority would
mean the selection Of two candidates for
the senatonhips in caucus, and their
election by the full Democratic vote in
open session.
Il is too early yet to indulge in specula-
tion as to the result of the election. which
this year viii be held on Tuesday. No
vember 9th. The advantage naturally
lies with the Republicans, by reason Of
their possession Of all the registration and
election machinery and of the existing
State and county administrations. But
20 large portion Of the Republican
maionties At recent elections was due 10
purchased votes that the result of an
election free irom the taint of this crime.
as this years election is sure to be. by
reason Of the anti-bHbcry movement,
may Is Democratic victory, even with