Smyrna times., 1922-11-15
DEMOCRATS HAVE VER|TABLE
LANDSLIDE IN DELAWARE
CONTROL. BOTH HOUSES OF LEG
ISLATURE BY SAFE MAJORITY
Elect Bayard and BOyce and Garry
Kent and Sussex Counties-Repub-
licans Save New Castle County

Later reports other than given in
our issue of last week, shows the
Democrats carried the State for the
congressional ticket electing Thomas
F. Bayard for the short and long term
William H.Boyce for Congress; secur-
ed control of both houses of the Della
ware Legislature, and carried all the
County offices in Kent and Sussex.
The Republicans elected three State
offices and the County offices of New
Castle. Never before in the history
of Delaware were there as many split
ballots cast as at Tuesdays election.
This situation caused extra work for
the election officials and caused the
returns to come in late. Election of
all of the county officers, eight of the
ten Representatives in the General As
sembly, two of the three State Sena-
tors and two of the three Levy Court
Commissioners was the total of the
Democratic success in Kent county on
Tuesday. The Superior Court of Kent
county, consisting of Chancellor VOL
colt and Resident Judge William w.
Harrington, convened at Dover at
noon Thursday to canvass the vote of
Tuesdays general election in Kent
county. The court appointed the fol-
lowing assistants to tabulate the re-
turns: George NJ. Jones and John P
| LeFevre as tabulating clerks; E. B
Louderbough and Herman C. Taylor
as reading clerks; Elmer P. Horsey
total clerk, and Benjamin Magee, Jr.
as page. Prothonotary D. M. Ridgely
also assisted the court. Because Of
the failure of the election officers il
many of the districts to designate OF
the blanks the short and long tern
for U. S. Senator, many of the ballo
boxes had to be opened to ascertain
from the tally sheets which term wa
meant. The sheets all corresponds
with the unofficial returns, but fail
ure to state the difference in th
terms caused the delays. There wer
no contests filed. The Court took ad
iournment at noon and also that even
ing. The returns showed the follow
ing majorities: Senator, long term
E Bayard, D., 1868; short term, Bayarc
. 1872; Congress, Boyce, D., 2218; In
surance Commissioner, Collision, ID
1866; State Treasurer, Quillen, d
\ 1882; State Auditor, Harrington, X
1891.
The official totals of the vote i
Kent county for Congressional, Stat
and county offices with majorities flo
each, follows.
United States Senator, full term
Bayard, Democrat, 1923; dupont, RI
publican, $500; Bayard's majorit!
1863.
6 Senator, short term-Bayard, $685.
dupont, $3.50; Bayard's majorit,
1872.
! .Congress-Boyce, Democrat, 733(
Layton, Republican, 5112; Boyce's m;
jority, 2218.
Insurance Commissioner Colliso
Democrat, 6919; Hollis, Republica
5853; Collisions majority, 1866.
: State Treasurer-Quillen, DemOcr
6897; Fouracre, Republican, $50
Quillen's majority, 1892.
Auditor of Accountability, Der
ocrat, 5532; Harrington, Republica
1928; Harrington's majority, 1891.
Clerk of the Peace, Clements, Der
ocrat, 6852; Tubbs, Republican, 592
Clements majority, 932.
Recorder of Deeds-Atkinson, Del
Il ocrat, 1858; Phillips, Republican,571
> Atkinson's majority, 1885.
as Register of Chancery-Burris, De
ocrat, 6756; Simpson, Republics
5991; Burris' majority, 765.
Sheriff Bullock, Democrat, 67'
Saunders, Republican, 6O21; Bulloc
~ majority, 731.
'n' Coroner-Jester, Democrat, 6S
l'e Peterson, Republican, 5878; Jeste
majority, 1910.
Levy Court
First District Boyer, Democl
l 2939; Ransom, Republican, 2837; b
/. er's majority, 102.
-Sheldrake, Democrat, 16
the Shaw, Republican, 1857; Sheldral
majority, 346.
Third-Waldman, Democrat, 2C
Herring, Republican, 2O82; Herir
majority, 62.
. State Senators
First Senatorial District-Harde
" Democrat, 1434; Snow, Republic
1885; Hardesty's majority, 49.
n Third District-Bfown, DemoC
I'LL 1419; Ridgely, Republican, 1914;
gely's majority, 225.
ime Fifth District Belts, DemoC
EY- 1850; Stanton, Republican, 1271;B
majority, 49,
,lse- Representatives
rest First district-Slaughter, Demo-