Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-04
KENT DEMOCRATS
IN keen CONTESTS
Say Hughes Leads for Gov.
ernor; Ridgely and Handy
Both Claim Majority
CLASH AT POLLS IN
DISTRICTS OF DOVER

Special TO THF Evening JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del. Sept AT the Demo-
cratic primaries on Saturday through
out Kent county. the lines were close
ly drawn and the majorities were ex-
ceedingly small. In the Third Dis
trict at Clayton. the j. r. Clements
delegates won by nearly one hundred
majority. At Dover Second Election
district. in which live Henry Ridge
ly, DR.. Charles NJ. Wharton and John
f. Salisbury, all candidates for of
fee, fight was put up by Mr.. Sauls-
bury and his friends. With a heavy
vote polled, the Ridgely delegates
we're elected by AZ majority, the high
vote on the Ridgely ticket being 92,
while the high vote on the Salisbury
ticket was 45. The delegates I'm this
district are not pledged to any partic-
ular candidate for Senator or Cover
nor but IL Ia claimed here that Ridgely
will receive the votes for Senator.
In the Fifth district including the
greater part OF Dover. being Mr..
Hughes own home district, he Sc
cured the six delegates.
In the First district the delegates
will be for Benjamin A. Hazel for
Governor and l.. Irving Handy for
Senator.
II is believed here that Mr.. Hughes
will have the largest number OF votes
In the county caucus on the first bal
lot for Governor.
Henry Ridgely. the Dover lawyer.
claims that he will have forty dele
gates on the first ballot in the caucus
for Senator, while friends Of L. Irving
Handy claim AZ out OF So Kent dele
gates will be for Handy.
The selections for other State Off
GERS other than Senator and Governor,
as far as Kent is concerned. have been
given but little concern.
Following are the delegates elected
throughout the county on Saturday:
First Representative Dlstrict-Rob.
ert Y. Wallen. w. h. King, Charles ".
LeFevre.
Second Election District-W. G..
Roe, John Gooden. Harry Slaughter.
Second Representative District
William Shackell, Walter Green, J.
Ed. Jerman.
Second Election District-W. W
Harrington, James b. Tigner, II. r.
Wilson.
Third Representative District-E.
II. Donovan, W. r. Keys, ]. S. Cobb.
Second Election District-D. Frank
Wilds, Leroy Roberts, J. Herman An.
derson.
Fourth Representative Distriot-Lu-
Their Marvel, William II. Willis, Henry
Williams, J. Seward DAILY, Joshua
Raughley, ]. Wesley Smith.
Fifth Representative District-R.
r. Kenney, A. b. Magee. NJ. A. Hart
nett.
Second Election District-John c.
Hopkins, A. J. Kingsbury, Charles
Smith.
Sixth Representative District-E. B.
Carter, Jacob Kemp. ]. G. Cooper.
Second Election Distrlct-Charles
Wyatt. Emmette Hurd. Charles S.
Warren.
Seventh Representative District
Thomas Irons, Avery Draper, Charles
Brown.
Second Election District--Marshal
Derby. Alex NJ Thomas, Dallas C.
Moore.
Eighth Representative District.
W. Belts, A. J. Minner, John Wesley
Taylor.
Second Election District-Chas. p
Wyatt, w. T, Case, Joseph Steward.
Ninth Representative District-Al-
bert Harrington. Sidney Long, Alfred
Raughley.
Second Election District-A. II. Ca
ball. r. Il. Cahall. G. d. Harrington.
Tenth. Representative District
Roland Davis, Walter Dill. John Ray
mond Bennett.
Second Election District-George
T. Hill, ]. Harry Latchum, Frank
Mills.