Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-28
Dem. PRIMARIES
BEING HELD TODAY
IN NEW CASTLE
Contest for Senatorial Nomination
in Second District is the
Chief Fight.
SCRAMBLE FOR DELEGATES
is FRIENDLY TUSSLE

New Castle county Democrats today
are electins delegates and alternates to
the Democratic State Convention, which
will bc held at Dover September IA,
and nominating candidates for Senator's
and Representatives In the General
Assembly and for various county othes
10 be filed at the election to be held
November 2.
A list of Wilmington's polling places
is published in Every Evenings classified
advertising columns today.
The polls will close at O'Clock stand
ard timc) tonight.
For delegates and alternates 10 tne
state convention there are no contests
m the rural part of the county, WI
minpton has but one contest, which Is In
the : Nth ward, where Michael Cannon
~ con. sting Clarence Dickey for delegate
and James Gagan is opposing Jerome
llerley for alternate.
The State convention will nominate
candidates for Presidential electors, KEEP
resrntativc IN Congress, governor, heu
tsnant-goycrnor, State treasurer, ana
auditor of accounts and insurance com
missioner.
There are no contests in the rural part
of the county fnr State senator Edward
4. Murray i unoppOsed IN the Fourth
Senatorial district and James Mcln-
tyrc I'M the sixth Wilmington has but
one contest, which - m the Second SEN
atoriai district, where James W. NC
s,nley and John l.. McNabh are con-
tes,ants The fight ~ hot. II formerly was
triangular with state Senator homas
n. Gormlev competing for denomination,
hut to lessen the spritedness he recently
withdrew. II was suggested a few days
ago that Messrs Mckinley and McNabb
withdrew i'm behalf of Miss Ellen Sam
worth. hu, thcy did not heed the sug-
Cesfion. Mr.. Gormlcy's senatorial term
was crcdItahlc MIR. McNabb creditably
served as Representative IRON the
Fourth Representative district. Mr. MIC
Ginley ~ engaged in the heater and root
ing business.
Tor Representative Wilmington LAS
but ono contest, which Is IN the Fourth
Representative district. where W. Is.
johnson is contesting Thomas Harkins-
Andrew A. Murine is unopposed IN the
First Representative district. The rural
part of the county has four contests,
which arc IN the Tenth, Twelfth, Four
tccn,h and Fifteenth Representative
districts, William j. Hunter IS Opposing
Joseph Ouirlev in the Tenth, William
NJ. Cox is contesting Harry Pratt IN the
Twelfth, Walter Lee is contestinH George
T. Slant in the Fourteenth, and \.
jefferson Stats is opposing "a. Wat
son. Jr.. in the Fifteenth. Messrs. Quigiey
and Stats are seeking renomination
Daniel +. Conner rs unopposcd IN the
Fifth Representative district, Groves
c. Handy in the Sixth, Clarence scar
borough IN The Seventh, Harry Z. lhttlS
an the Eighth, Frank Collins in the Ninth
William ]. Crompton in the Eleventh
and George ID. Crossan In the Ihir
tccnth.
The rural part of the county has two
contests for Levy Court commissioners
In tho Fifth Levy Court district Harry
V. Buckson is contesting Harry Rose
and in the Seventh 5. A. Collins is op
posing Edward Hart. Stonewell Sturtz u
unopposed in the First Levy Court cls
tric. and Wi liam :. Bird in the / hIrd
For other county nominations ther'
are no contests. The unopposed candl
dates are. Harrie B. Smith, for clerk o
the peace: John Nivin, for county comp
trollcr: L. Lawrence Boyce, for pro
thonotary: John b. Morrow, for re
ceiver of taxes and county treasurer
Theodore Ferguson, for clerk OF the Or
phans' Court and register in Chancery
John l.. Dickey, for sheriff; Stepher
H. Kane, for coroner.