Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
State Chairman Graham Believes
Party Will Win in Della
ware Today.
REPU- -L|CANS ALSO
HOPE FOR SUCCESS
Vote Will be So Close That Dcfl-
mite Predictions Are
Impossible.
EARLY POLL WAS HEAVY

y
couraging results from Sussex, sad
Harry I Graham. chairman OF the Demo
cratic State Committee, when asked to-
dav as to his opinion regarding the re-
suit of todav's election IN Delaware. lie
expressed the belief that the Democrats
would elect the Congressional and State
tickets; also the Legislature and the
county tickets as we'll.
Daniel J. Layton Of Georgetown,
chairman OF the Republican State com
mittee, looks for Republican victory all
slong The line. with majority OF 900
on the State and Congressional tickets
He also predicts that the Republicans
will cut down the Democratic majority
in Kent
Following are The estimates OF the re-
spective State chairman
ypEMoCRATlC Sure. SAYS DEMOCRATIC
STATE CHAIRMAN GRAHAM
Harry T. Graham, Democratic State
chairman. makes the following prediction
concerning today election.
Faithful service of the public by
Democrats will have its reward by at
tracing the votes of liberal minded he
plhlcans Rural New Castle and sussex
will be close Kent county safely Demo
cratic. Wilmington Democratic by 50 big
q majority III Will SUI ki AS1 eAtS f~Stsse~
salisbury and Polk will have great sup
port from Republicans who believe the
President should not be ham-strung by
4;nfrlendlv critics but should he helped
10 win the war Some of our rnslorities
may be only hundreds. some will run into
the thousands
Daniel ] Layton Of Georgetown. Re
publican state chairman, makes the ioi-
lowing prediction
We will carry the State by l.0Ol ma
I.rit. As TO Sussex county. with which
am rnore familiar, can say II Is in good
shape and will give majority Of 5D.
ri course much depends on Wilmington,
but the Republicans Of th.t city, really
know the condition. there better than !.
Kent county y in better shape than IN
lalh. and VIC will cut down the Demo
cratic palority.
vxCFRrarGrT IN TIE AIR.
senator salisbury told an Every Even
ing reporter that ne expected 70 be re
e!ec,cd. and, like Mr Graham. he looked
+or a general Democratic victory n tie
state
Notwithstanding the apparent con
f,jorce ot the State chairman ;1s shown
above. there vas 8 Feeling o; uncertainty
N the ar. particularly q. The part of
Republican and Independent voters Tine
Republican. who usually has hls ear 10
The ground sad. Its . toss Of q com
as 10 which side will VIII this year
From an apparently unbiased source
ne prediction was made that the Demo
rats will re-elect Salisbury and Polk,
while the Republicans will elect their
state ticket the major portion OF the
New Castle county ticket and part OF
that in Sussex Kent seemed 10 be
conceded Ia the Democrats by ri least
800 ma jority. The Legislature Is IN COURT,
because of the large number OF close
districts down the State and rumors oil
trading for county and other Offices.
Il Was an open secret that number
Of prominent "old line Republicans
throughout the State were working for
the Democratic Congressional ticket.
Most OF this work was desire 10 uphold
he hands Il the President. while some
were actuated also by desire to re
pudiate al forms of 'Addiclcsism,
which has crept into the Republican
party in the attempted Feiuve2 alton.
This anti-Addlrks fight Is said 70 be
particularly strong IN the lower par q
the State. while some of Il vas 10 evidence
IN this county
"rLU' DELAYED oP..E EI>,f5 o. Polls.
Because Of sickness some Of the elec14of
officers being Ill with influenza and kindred
4tiiirtionS. some ol tho polling place. in
Wilmington were DELAYED IN opening Tins
morning until they could be fully manned
They should have opened retween 30
ard S O'Clock By 9 o clock eveTyt hIrg
was reported 10 be open and working
smoothly
in view of the fact that many manu-
fycturing establishments were closed To-
dav. the early poll was unusually heavy.
as shown b. a canvass o. a rGn30fT of
polling places.
g. canvass of the polling places III Inc
business district al 10 O'Clock this morn
ing showed total votes IN each ranging
rom IS TO 81, up TO that time The
average was about 35. The vote was com
ing IN regularly and was swelled to even
larger proportions by noon
In IN effort TO AID the Reput llCan
candidates in their fight fer election. the
Voters Non Partisan I.eague had workers
at the polls. as did also the Rcpu' lican
and Democratic parties Suffrage litera-
lure uas being distributed by advocate
Of that cause
The members OF the Department Of
Elections and Secretary, Fo,dk were on
d,,fy an day at their headquartcrs in tie
Public Building ready 70 answer calis
end erraiehten out tangles Al the polling
placcS
Tnc Ponce Department was also Oh
nc Job, With officers at all of the polling
places 70 preserve order. in case there
should be trouble
Harry T Graham. state Democratic
chairman received word from the down
rtate counties. this afternoon, that the
voting was proceeding quietly. there
being much evidence Of the use oil a cor
ruption fund round aDou1 Milford. Faou-
ious price. il Vas goasiped. were being
offered for votes Dv the & d p followers.
Secret Service meu working for rhe
Burns agencN. &ere posted ~ cCTtJin of
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