Smyrna times., 1908-10-14
TICKETS FILED AT DOVER
Five Tickets Will go on The Official
Ballot For The Coming Election
Next neutrality-suspicious. Withdraw

Hdhot ror ne Coming Election
Next neutrality-suspicious. Withdraw
Acting on belief that yesterday
was the last day for filing tickets
to go upon the official ballot of the
State of Delaware, it was a memor-
able day in the Office of Clerk of the
Peace, S. W. Darby. Five tickets
IN all were filed and they will be
printed on ballots for thirtv-eight
districts. They are the Republican
ticket, Democratic, Prohibitionist.
Independent Republican and Indepen-
dence Party. The design of the
Republican Party is a five-pointed
star on the expOsd breast of an eagle
with out-stretched wings. That of
the Democratic party is a plow. The
Prohlbitionists have a cottage and
the Independent Republicans have
an open book. The emblem for the
Independence Party is the scales of
justice uplifted by a hand. No cut
Of an open book except that of
Bible, could be located, so as the
Bible would not have been accepted.
new cut had to be "rustled. -
Independent Republicans File Ticket
Twenty-seven Republicans of Kent
County yesterday made affidavit
before Clerk of the Peace S. w.
Darby that there are 100 or more
persons in the county who are mem
bers of the Independent Republican
Party, which declines to support
Frank Hall Davis for attorney-gene-
raj, David Frank Marshall for sher
iff, William T. Cullen for General
Assembly and James H. Jones for
Levy Court, supporting Democrats
instead. The twenty-seven making
the certificate are Charles G..
Wright, w. G. Boone, William M.
Hope, j. H. Harper, William P.
Satterfeld, ]. Colby Smith, Luther
S. Conwell. ]. Frank Alice, Robert
P. Collins, H. H. Wright, Harvey
Farow, W. G. Abbott, James Hook,
Samuel H. Baker, George M. Fisher,
Remsen c. Barnard, George W..
Walheater, w. X. Knight, George
C.Hering, Thomas c. Roe, George
E. Coffin, William B. Uhlig, Victor
E. Danner, Ebert G. Packard,
Charles E. Fem, John M. Roe, and
Thomas L. Mason. The committee
offered to file list of seventy other
signers, but Clerk of the Peace
Darby announced that he recognized
the signers as bona fide citizens and
accepted their written certificate
that there were 100 supporters of the
movement. He, therefore, filed the
ticket. The ticket includes the Taft
electors and the Republican COVER
nor.
Republicans Withdraw From Ticket
1t was stated freely that all nomi-
nees of the Republican party for
State and county officers will resign
from the Independent Republican
ticket as soon as their names are
filed. officers of the Independent
Republican, party however, said if
the Republican nominees resign other
men will be placed on the ticket, and
for every man who gets off a new
name will be substituted in order to
maintain a complete ticket. The
withdrawal of Republican nominees
from the Independent Republican
ticket began to come in at o'clock
Tuesday. Meantime the Independent
Republican Committee was sitting in
continuous session on the job. County
Treasurer John T. Buckson renomi-
natd by the Republicans and endorsed
by the Independent Republicans was
the first to withdraw from the latter
ticket. The Independent Republicans
Immediately substituted William K.
Knight, of the Second district. Jona-
than Muncey withdrew as nominee
for the representative against Will
liam T. Cullen, Regular Republican
in the Second district. John Rich
ardson was substituted as the candi-
date of the Independent Republicans.
Practically all the regular nominees,
county and legislative, will withdraw
during the afternoon and other names
will be substituted.
Hearst Ticket Held Up by Clerk.
The independence League ticket,
better known as the Hearst ticket,
was presented to the clerk of the
peace early yesterday morning by
Chairman ]. A. Smith and Secreatry
MA. Dolling, neither of whom, it is
said, are residents of this county. The
twenty five men who made affidavit
that there were 100 men in Kent
county who are members of this
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