Smyrna times., 1922-11-15
BAYARD WINS BOTH LONG AND
SHORT TERMS FOR us. SENATE
OFFICIAL COUNT REDUCES FIG
URES BUT NO CHANGE RESULTS
Cause of Upheavel In Delaware Told
By Correspondent of Public Ledg-
er-"Drys" Hold Their Power

By Correspondent of Public Ledg-
er-"Drys" Hold Their Power
Thomas F. Bayard, Democrat, will
be the next United States Senator
from Delaware, having won both the
short and long terms at Tuesdays
election. With the official count of
the votes cast in New Castle county
completed by Chief Justice Pennewill
anG Resident Judge Rice, sitting as a
Board of Canvass, the result shows
Bayard to have beaten Senator 7.
Coleman dupont, the Republican cam
didate for the short term, by 60. For
the long term Bayard has majority
of 325. with hope that DUPONT would
win the short term, says the CORES
pondent to The Public Ledger, the
leaders contested many returns to OBJ
tain the necessary votes. The final
result on the short term, however,
showed dupont with majority OF
1863 votes in New Castle County.
Bayard's majority in Kent and Sussex
Counties of 1928, however, gave him
a majority of 60 votes. Bayard's ma
iority for the long term was cut down
considerably by the official count and
left him with a majority of 325.
Delaware's next Legislature will be
"dryer' than ever, was the announce
ment made by f. c. Prettyman,
secretary of the State Anti-Saloon
League. He said there would be a
"dry" majority of six in the House
and two in the Senate.
Some Causes of Upheaval In Delaware
'To the close political observer, the
upheaval in Delaware, bringing about
the defeat of Senator DUPONT, Repre-
sentative Layton and the election of a
Democratic Legislature, was no sur
prise.
The following contributed to the result:
Refusal of the Republicans to spend large
sums of money in the campaign to buy votes
Opposition TO the growing domination OF
the duPonts in political affairs.
The opposition of the Negroes to Represen-
tative Layton because of his failure to vote
for the Anti-Lynching Bill.
High taxes for schools and municipal pur-
poses.
Expensive schools built for the colored chill
dren in the lower part of the State.
The low price of wheat and corn.
Du POnt Refused To Buy Votes
ever since the days of ]. Edward
Addcks a large part of the vote of
Sussex County has been purchasable,
continues the Ledger correspondent.
"The county is normally Republican,
but such a large percentage of the
voters got used to being paid for vot-
ing that whenever a rich man is on
the ticket they hold out to be paid for
voting for him. This year the great
wealth of Senator du Pont led many
to think he would be willing to pay
/ for the votes to elect him to the Sen
ate. The night before the election the
situation was laid before him by the
leaders. He was told there were thou
sands of votes that could be bought
and that if he did not "come across
with the money the election would
probably be lost. Mr.. DUPONT refused
to contribute a cent to buy votes. He
said if the people of Delaware did moi
want him to go to the Senate he would
not buy his way in. An analysis Of
the vote in Sussex County shows that
normally Republican districts were
thrown to the Democrats. They coulC
have been Mr.. duPont's if he had pur-
chased them.
AntagOnism To the Women Shown
Another peculiar thing about the
election Tuesday was the fact thai
both of the women put up were de
feated. The Democrats nominated
Mrs. Mable S. Derby for Auditor o.
Accounts. In her home county, Kent
the Democrats who are of the ole
style and believe the conduct of politi
cal affairs should be left to the men
threatened to defeat her when she wa!
nominated by the State convention
They did. In Sussex County, Repub
licans nominated Mrs. Lena Anderson
for Recorder of Deeds. To use a slang
phrase, "what the voters did to he
was aplentV"