Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-18
REPUBLICANS ARE
NOT HARMONIOUS
IN KENT COUNTY

IN KENT COUNTY
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In tho Second Representative dis
trict OF Kent county, In which two
years ago there was night for the Of
fec OF Representative and finally a
settlement on one who was defeated by
$50 majority at the general elections.
the Republicans have decided not to
present q candidate this year, leaving
the selection to the First Election dis
trtct, Including part OF Cheswold, Leip-
sic and rural sections: There will be.
in addition to Representative from
this district this year, Senator also
to be selected. Whether this selection
will be from the Smyrna end OF the
Senatorial district or the Leipsic or
Dover end has not yet been determin-
ed. PATERSON Cooper, residing up the
State road, near Cheswold, has been
most prominently sDoken OF for this
position.
That everything IL not as hnrmoni-
Gus In the Second district as the lead
ers would have 1t, is evidenced by
''murmurings' among some OF the
tried and true" Of the district, who
charge that at recent meeting some
OF the favored few" delegates were
selected for the State convention and
county committeeman selected with
out even being invited or given look
in at the meeting.
In another district In the county,
with Dover as the centre of attraction
| there promises to be something
doing" at the county primaries. AL
ready the ball has began to roll >
This district is the wellknown Fifth
including the greater part OF Dover
which is of particular significance this
year because Of the creation OF an ad'
ditional district, known as the Thirt
Election district, the greater part oil
the voters OF the new district beins
Negroes The appointment OF coloret
registration officer In this district ha.
proven most distasteful to the white
Republicans and the Democrats anC
the light registration in the district
a total OF 41s out OF over 500. for tn,
three days registration, seems to b.
responsible for this fact. "A chang
In the registration place for the re
increase the registration for the gen
eral election. II Is rumored that be
cause Of the large colored vote In Thu
bdistrict that Negro inspector o
: election may be asked for. said ap
pointment being made by the COVER
nor.
In this district there Is also con
y test for the Office OF Representative 1
the General Assembly. With a vot
OF over 1900 in this district two year
ago, the Representative elected ,thei
Frank Hall Davis. had tho slim ma
jority of is votes. Many Of the voter
In the district feel that Davis shout
] be returned to the Legislature an
i he may be prevailed upon yet to ents
3 the race. He will, however, have OK
position, as already one name he
been announced, that OF Caldwell "
d Johnson. a Dover barber and gunne
who would like to see some legisls
ton along cunning lines. Capital
. James Henry Hazel OF the Fifth,
= also being spoken Of rs n possib
:, candidate, while others mention II
u name of Walker l.. Mifflin, memb'
of the State Board of Agriculture.
There is also likely to be furthe
: trouble in the Fifth Representatiy
District, for there are two membe,
:, of the Republican County Commute
: n. A. Hopkins Of the First Electio
e district and DIR. Fl. VI. Berman of ii
Second Election district. who will prol
, ably have to walk the plank" at II
. looming selection OF County Committee
=, men, as already sothers have bee
placed on the ticket in their respecti'
E, districts.
Ie Hopkins was asked few weeks az
v TO resign from the Office of secretal
Of the county committee and on h
1f refusal to do so he was ousted al
Is State Senator Wallace Handy W;
re elected in his place.
Berman refused to sign the applic
h ton Of candidate for the Dover pos
rs office, and II Is stated for this. he all
3. has been marked as undesirable"
Another element in the Fifth di
d trict 10 be considered is the Alice
ic While they are considered by the a
T. ministration as having little influen
in their district. 1t cannot be deni
Ell that they do have enough pow
70 among their own family. which Is
Is large one, TO WELD sufficient influen
to either aid in the election or defe
~ of district candidates. Aside fro
their own immediate family. 1t is sa
they also have supporters sufficient
10 block the election Of candidates whe
- II has been as close as 1t is In I
Fifth district. especially that of b
Is majority secured by Frank III
Davis two years ago for Represent
tive, when the Republicans were su
es posed to be united.
nd From a Republican point of vi
ed things do not look CHEEKY" in I
ty Fifth for Republican success Il
an year.
W The selection Of a Senatorial can
ty date from this district is also givi
US trouble to the Republicans VIII
as two or three have announced the
selves, the selection this time conf
from the Seventh District will pre-
no closer a solution to the probl
than If II were made from the FIT
James F. Alice. Jr., of Dover, is |
~ ipresent Senator from this diatrict a