Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-01
peoini corsnondsnco Of livery Rvsnine.

Special Corroauondenco OF hvery Evening
Georgetown, Feb. There Is a grow
ing belief in political circles here that !
the AddiclSs-Allee-L Layton scheme for |
this year s campaign is TO cut loose en- |
tirely from New Castle county Republi- |
canism and concentrate their efforts in a
grand coup to carry evey Senatorial and |
Representative district in Kent and Sus-
sex counties. This would give them
enough members of the next Legislature
10 elect two United States Senators, in
dependent Of any Republican support
from New Castle county, although they
would have some show in that county of
eecting Representatives from the Bran
dywinc, New Castle and st. Georges dis
tricos.
With success attending this scheme,
the next two Senators from Delaware
would be: Addicks and Alice, Addicks
and Layton, or Alice and Layton, ac-
cording 10 Layton's whim. For the latter
may, in consideration Of the collector
ship of internal revenue which he expects
at the hands Of Alice, turn in for the
NAddicks-Allee combination, If II shall
prove true, as many are now fully con-
WINGED, that these two political worthless.
are only making bluff at quarreling and
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/ Joint benefit; or he may decide TO send
! himself 10 the Senate al the expense Of
whichever of the other two members of
the triumvirate. he may prove traitor 10
when IL comes 10 parting company.
The claim of some Union Republicans
that they have a good chance Of making
a clean sweep in Kent and Sussex coun-
ties. despite Democmtic and Regular Re
publican opposition. is not really prepos-
ferrous, considered in the light of recent
elections. Given n large corruption fund,
and the heavy negro registration that is
confidently looked for this year will go
materially towards doing the rest; for
registration officers favorable 90 the
Union Republican cause will not stop 20
examine too closely the applications of
negroes whose migration across the line
from Maryland may be so recent as 10
throw doubts upon their claims 10 citi-
zenship. Gov. Lea may block this scheme
by the exercise of unusual care in the Sc
lection of registrars, but aside from this
the Union Republicans expect 10 have the
registration machinery in their hands
and they viii not lack the determination
TO use IL for all il may be worth.
To start their fight with, the Union
Republicans have holding over Senator
in Kent county, and one IN Sussex
county. There is a State Senator to
elect in the Second district of Kent
county, TO ill the vacancy caused by In,
, recent death of Senator James r. Reed
! and Senators 30 elect for the full term OF
p four years in the First, Third and Fifth
r districts Of that county. A Union Re
publican State Senator holds over in Sus
{ sex county, and there are Senators L
e elect from the First, Third and Fifth dis
G tricts Of that county also. There are ter
Q Representatives 10 elect In Kent county
IT and ten in Sussex. Should the Union Re
L publicans, therefore, make clean SWEEP
g of every Senatorial and Representative
district in Kent and Sussex counties a
y the next election, they would have niu,
" Senators and 20 Representatives, a tota
v OF 20 votes on joint ballot And q vote
d win be sufficient to elect the two Unite,
e States Senators.
As TO the probabilities Of the Unioi
Republicans making a clean sweep OF al
the Senatorial and Representative dis
tricts of the two lower counties at tn
coming election, a good basis for esti
mate win be found in the returns Of tn
4 last election in the districts involved
= Here are the maiorities of the Repre-
;s sentative districts of Kent conuty at th
u election OF 1904;