Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-04
KENT DEMOCRATS
REJOICING OVER
GREAT VICTORY
Secure Levy Court, Despite Kip
per Scheme" and Nine OF
Ten Representatives.
BIG MAJORITY IN COUNTY
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening

Specinl CORES pondcnce OF Every Evening
Dover, Nov 4.-kent county, true to
it's traditions of many years, at Tuesday 8
general election rolled up its usual sale
majority for the Democratic party IN
both county and district offices, sur
passing, with single exception, its record
of the years since the county was divided
into Representative districts. Tho Demo-
Gratis elected nine out of ten members OF
the lower house of the Gen neral Assembly,
and the two State Senators, one from the
Second Senatorial district, Charles II.
Hopkins and the other from the Fourth
district. Charles ID. Murphey of Har-
rington, a reelection.
The election of nine Representatives. rs
one of the greatest victories OF the con-
test, for the reason that two of the Repre-
sentatives elected are from heretofore
solid Republican districts, the Seventh
and Tonth.
In the Seventh district the Republican
candidate. Edward Todd. WAS defeated by
Willard 5. Brown. Democrat, 10y ma
iority of 50. This district has not In
recent wears elected Democrat to the
Legislature IL had been reported that
notice was served by the party leaders
several weeks ago that II Todd WAS
allowed to remain on the ticket the party
would have to stand the consequences OF
his defeat Further, statement was
made in the Kent County Prohibition
Convention. held here three weeks ago,
by woman delegate from the seventh
district. that she had heard many ke-
publcans say they would not vote for
Todd, hence neither Todd nor Brown was
indorsed by the Prohibitionists.
In the Tenth Representative district
another Republican stronghold, Ben.
iamin +. Davis, Democrat, was elected
over Howard r. Moore, Republican,, by
majority of 81. The issue in Milford was
the School Code and the opposition TO
the code and the alleged favoring oi u
by Moore, is held responsible for his de-
feat
Frank Hall Davis, Dover lawyer and
former auditor at Washington, also un-
successful candidate for attorney-genersl
against Andrew c. Gray, in 1905, was the
only Republican elected 70 the Legislature
in Kent County. His majority over Edgar
H. Atkinson, Democrat, Of Dover, was
only l6.
Perhaps the greatest surprise to the
RepuhIicans was the election by the Dem
ocrats of two of the thr.e new Levy Cour
Commissioners, which body, after Jsnu-
arv |, will be the controlling body of ken'
county affairs. instead Of the ten-membei
Levy Court which has bcen in vogue foi
many years.
Thres Commissioner bin was one of ths
so-called "rippers' passed at the last
special session of the Legislature, by which
the Republicans hoped TO gain control
The first election under the new law dis
closes that the Democrats not only elect
ed two out Of the three, but the one he
publican who was elected barely escap'
ed defeat in two strong Republican dis
tricts in which he was running. The new
Levy Court will have the appointment o.
a receiver of taxes and many minor officers
The Democratic candidates Tor sheriff
coroner, register OF wills, prothonotar,
and county comptroller were all elected by
substantial majorities raining from oOU tS
more than 1000. The State candidates
also ran well in Kent county. receiving
similar maioritles.
The election was one Of the quletest
known in wears Because OF the unusually
large vote in some of the districts, espec
iallv the First of the Fifth, where mor'
than l.400 voted, some trouble had beer
anticipated in handling the entire vote
but people stood in line for two hours be
q
! fore reaching the election booth, and tner'
was not a complaint heard anywhere.
There were suspicious that crooke'
work was going on, late Tuesday after
noon, iu the buying Of votes, this suspiciol
! being strengthened by the fact that a well
! known Dover party who for years is sup
( posed TO have handled the "bOodle, Wa
J seen bv several witnesses conducting me
! to a secluded place not far from one OF IN
/ voting booths, after they had voted.
While an effort was made Ia "es
| Dover hundred to defeat me Democratl
| candidate for the lower House. Robert j
Schneider, by drawing votes from him 10
the candidate on the Prohibition ticket
Schneider won by majority OF more tha
| 40.
| Democrats Of Kent county feel yer
much elated over the results n0twlthstanc
ing the defeat of the State candidates