Smyrna times., 1908-09-30
SMYRNA DEMOCRATS INVITED.

Effort to Nominate W. Denney HazelI
For Treasurer Brings Rebuke from
KenneY on Duck Creeks Record
Smyrna Democrats pulled off a
number of hOnors at the Democratic
County and District Convention at
Dover on Thursday. Charles Howell
LeFevre, ESQ.,, Smyrna's lawyer was
the unanimous nomination for
prothonotary on the County Ticket.
In the district nominations Hervey
P. Hall was put UP again for Duck
Creeks representative to the General
Assembly; James T. Truax for Levy
Court and Matthew V. Ford for
Assessor. An interesting discussion
was aroused at one time in the
convention when former U. S. Sena-
tor R. R. Kenney, sitting on the
proxy of William Murphy, of Adams
vile, moved to set aside the order of
business, which was the nomination
of county treasurer and proceed to
the nomination of prothonotary, after
James c. Robinson of Smyrna, had
placed in nomination William Denney
Hazel, of Smyrna, for county
treasurer.
kenneY Twits Smyrna Democrats
''There are some other hundreds
in this county besides Duck Creek
shouted Mr.. Kenney, ''and l under
stand that Mr.. LeFevre has no
opposition for prothonotary. She
has already been given by the State
convention the nomination for
insurance commissioner. Why not
give some of these offices to those
districts which roll up Democratic
majOrities and not do as Duck Creek
has done for the past ten years 2"
Mr.. Robinson refused to Withdraw
his candidate for county treasurer
and declared that the insinuations
that Duck Creek went Republican
would not apply to the case of Mr..
Hazel, for he, while a candidate on
the Democratic ticket for register
in chancery had carried that hundred
two years ago for the Democrats,
so far as his name was concerned.
Chairman James A. Smith upheld
Mr.. Robinson that it was out of
order to depart from a nomination
while in the midst of taking the
names for that office. He was about
to appeal to the convention to uphold
him when Mr.. Kenney withdrew his
motion. When a vote was taken on
the names presented, however, Mr..
Hazel was defeated, the successful
nominee being Jonothan Jacobs of
Kenton.
j. Herman Anderson For Senator
The ticket, in full, follows: For
State Senator's. Herman Ander-
son, of Cheswold, and John w.
Sheldrake, of Harrington. For
Representatives in the General Assem-
bly,: First District, Hervey P.
Hall; Second District, James F.
Lafferty; Third District, Frank in
Brockson; Fourth District. Charles
Hopkins; Fifth District, Maurice A.
Hartnett; Sixth District, William
M. Minner; Seventh District, Frank
c. Bancroft; Eighth District, Fran
els M. SOper; Ninth District, Clinton
l.. Williamson; Tenth District,
Thomas A. Kirby; For Sheriff,
William E. Maloney, of Lebanon t;
For Coroner, William A. Willis,
near Dover; For County Treasurer,
Jonathan Jacobs, of Kenton; For
Register of Wills, Thomas Meredith,
of Willow Grove; For Prothonotary,
Charles Howell LeFevre, of Smyrna /;
For Levy Court Commissioners :
First District, James T. Truax !;
Third District, Charles L. Sherwood,
Fifth District, Benjamin Donohoe {;
Sixth District, William M. Hughes ;
Seventh District, George H. Gooden A.;
For Assessor, First District,
Matthew V. Ford; For Inspectors,
First District, Andrew D. Cole
and Frank Armstrong. Over in
Kenton Hunderd ]. Price Hurlock
was put up for Assessor and Charles
c. Coverdale and E. Y. Williams for
inspectors.