Evening journal., 1912-07-24
WEDNESDAY. JULY "a, 1912
CLOsE MARGIN IN KENT.

CLOSE MARGIN IN KENT.
ID THE Of official election figures we already
- have shown by what scant margins many OF the
legislative districts in New Castle county are held by
the Republicans. Those figures and the facts ac-
oompanying them, cited to impress upon Repub-
loans the prime necessity for standing shoulder to
shoulder to prevent Willard Salisbury and his ma
chine obtaining control of State also to block
the plan Of Salisbury to have himself elected United
States Senator. We take il that while Republicans
may disagree on the question whether President Taft
or Colonel Roosevelt should be the next President
that there can be do disagreement among Republi-
cans on the issue whether willard Salisbury the
Democratic boss shall be the next United States SEN
ator and whether he shall be permitted to put his
heel upon the necks of Delawareans
From the legislative point OF view the situation
in Kent county is even worse than it is in New Cas-
tie county and il the Republicans are TO hold CON
troll Of the Legislature they must stand unit in
all the Kent county Senate and Representative dis
tricts Let ms consider hrst the Senate districts in
Kent county.
IN 1906, the First district was carried by the Re
puhosns by the remarkably close margin OF 6 votes.
and in 1910 At carried by the Democrats by aS
votes Surely. that is district in which Repub
leans AFFORD to hesitate In the performance Of
their party duties
The Second Senate District was carried by the
Union Republicans in 1904. by q majority of 49, In
1908. however. the Democrats carried il by ma
Republicans should endeavor to recapure this year.
and which they will recapture II they stand together
and do their duty
In 1904 the Union Republicans carried the Third
Senate District by 2o2. II carried by the Re-
pubcans in 1906 by majority Of 2O7 while in 1908
that Republican majority dwndled to ia.
The Fourth Senate District went 10 Democratic
IN 1904, 1sa Democratic in 1906 and 2aO Demo
cratic in 1905
In 1906 tho Republicans carried the Fifth Senate
District by is0 and they carried II again in 1910 by
only SO majority.
II when II comics 70 the Representative Districts
in Kent county that things become really interest
In 1904 the First District or Duck Creek hundred,
gave the Union Republicans a majority of So. It
carried hy the Republicans in 1906 by majority Of
T. The Democrats upset that in 1908. carrying the
district by 50 majority u redeemed by the
Republicans in 1910 by the close majority Of votes.
The condition in the Second Representative dis
trict or Little Creek hundred illustrates with unusual
force the importance Of Republican unity on the leg
islstiye ticket In 1904 that district carried by
the Union Republicans by maioity Of 1oi votes. Two
years later tho Democrats carried It by majority of
A. In 1908 the Democrats carried it again by ma
tority of 5. and in 1910 the Republicans carried IL by
a majority of 5 Surely It must be clear 10 every Re
publican who is opposed to the domination OF VIII
lard Salisbury and his machine that there must he
no senseess quibbling among Republicans in that dis
trict issue. The only sensible course for them
70 pursue is stand together and defeat the Demo
cratic machine
The Third district Kenton hundred H. too, is a
district in which the Republican voters hght 10y
ally and aggressively 10 hold their II has been
political seesaw for years In 1904 It carried
by the Union Republicans by Ss majority. The Re
publicans carried it in 1906 by 100 Two years later
it swung to the Democratic column by majority Of
40 and in 1910 back to the Republican column
h, majority Of o. Instead of spending their time
quarreling it becomes al Republicans in Kenton hum
dred exert themselves to olinch the hold os their
party on that district
There are two Representative districts in Dover
One the Fourth always is dehatable ground. The
Union Republicans carried il in 1904 by i22 major
ity. That shrank to Republican majority of 66 In
1906. and converted into Democratic majority
of in 1905. The Republicans redeemed it in 1910
but their majority Of 40 in that year only by
heroic EFFORT This year the Republicans in that dis
trict should do their utmost 10 hold H.
Things have been in better shape in the other Do
district. Fifth. the Republicans nave sue
ceeded in holding Il since 1904 The Republican ma
iority there SUCH however. as will warrant
diligence in factional dsputstion. The Union Repub
lcans carried the Fifth district 1904 by 1903 In
1905 the Republican majority s4 It dropped tc
IS in 1908. and 10 50 in 1910. In other words
shift OF S5 Republican votes might deliver that dis
trct TO the Democrats.
With fierce tactonai fight raging in Kent county