Middletown transcript., 1908-11-07
rnP ELECTION


Tuesday last gave Taft surely
s11 and probably 327 votes in the
Electoral College against 156
from She Southern States, Ne
yada and Nebraska. Where local
issues did not largely enter into
the contest the popular plurali-
ties nearly equalled those Of the
Roosevelt landslide of 1904. The
House of Representatives is
safely Republican and the tariff
will be revised by the friends OF
protection.
In Delaware, owing to certain
weak nominations, and the open
rebellion of ex-senator Alice and
others. while the State National
Ticket won by a reduced majority
and all of the Senate ticket ex-
cept the Attorney General were
successful, at this writing it ap-
pears that the House of Repre-
sentatives is Democratic. The
official count may change this as
contests are being made in sew,
eral Districts.
The defeat of Mr.. Davis for At
torney- General was not unex-
pected. Nearly every member
of the bar of the State was op,
posed to his candidacy, and in
matters legal, this is a strong in
fluence. The cutting was not
local. While it was particularly
heavy in the Seventh Ward OF
of Wilmington, where nearly BOZ
Republicans voted for Gray,
there is hardly an Election Dis
trict in the State that does not
show at least five Republicans re-
fusing to vote for him. In this
Hundred at least 40 did SO. In
Kent County the cutting was
deep. Then Taft carried the
county and Gray had a majority
of nearly 400. We do not believe
that many Republicans who voted
for Gray did so as a personal at
tack upon Davis but rather as a
protest against the nomination.
These 1900 or more ''insurgents'
will have to be considered in the
future. They have shown their
strength which probably sur
prised them more than it did
some of the organization leaders.
What they will do in the future
will depend upon the class of
nomination made and the general
course of the leaders.
Locally, the Republicans have
but one regret and that is the de-
feat of George W. Ingram for
Assessor. AS THE TRANSCRIPT
has claimed all through the cam
paign, the Democrats revolted
against W. A. Comegys and
turned in for Alex. P. Corbit,
giving him the comfortable ma
jority of 112. While 40 or more
Republicans voted for Dan M.
Cochran, for personal reasons,
more than that many Democrats
thought John w. Dayett better
qualified for Levy Court Com
missioner. For Representative,
the choice was between two good
men and H. W. PLaro's election
was due to the personal votes of
those Democrats who recognize
that he is, by reason of his being
in closer touch with affairs,
rather better qualified than his
opponent.
We are glad to say that, to
the best of our knowlegde, the
election was free from taint
of bribery. No complaint has
been made by the Democrats and
that is pretty good evidence that
Republicans we're guiltless. In
Middletown we. saw no signs Of
money. The election was quiet,
the vote was cast early and every
one seemed in good humor. For
twelve years the Democratic
press has claimed that without
the euse of money the Republicans
would be in a decided minority.
This year, with a fairly strong
ticket, with thousands of men out
of work or working on short
time, after a campaign Of hard
work and with a united party,
the election is held without
money. As the Republicans
carried the state under these
conditions by approximately
1000 majority, 1t is apparent that
their claims have been wide of
the truth or of the same class as
the usual Democratic buncombe. |
Had the Republican Party been
thoroughly aroused and had a
satisfactory ticket that all could
have supported and worked for, |
the maiorities would have been |