Evening journal., 1922-09-11
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ination for Sheriff was nominated
on Saturday. his plurality being 545
over Thomas X. Parker. his nearest
opponent.
The feature of the fight for Legis-
lative honors was that between
State Senator James w. Robertson
and Captain William A. Simonton
for the nomination for Senator from
the First district of Wilmington.
Captain SimontOn won the nomina-
tion with a majority of 3O2.
In some quarters opinion was eX-
pressed that the defeat of Senator
attitude ON the city charter bill at
the last session of the legislature.
J. Gilpin Highfleld. State Senator
who was elected at a special cleo
ton to succeed Senator Webster,
who died during his term OF office.
defeated Willard S. Gregg, a for
mer Representative, by a majority Of
532. in the Third Senatorial District
(Brandywine and part of Christiana
hundreds). John F. 2. Clayton, of
New Castle, whose wife is
chairman of the Republican Wo-
mems County Committee, won the /
nomination for Senator from the |
fifth district with a plurality of 476. !
This district includes New Castle. I
Red Lion and White Clay Creek /
hundreds.
Harry II. Marr. representative
from the First Representative Dis |
trict, was renominated by a plural
ity of 3ss. In the Third Represent
ative District Charles S. Lednum de-
feated James keenan, for Represen-
tative by a majority of 294. william
Virden, Representative from the
fourth district, was nominated over
Sumner Jones by a majority of 37S
for Representative.
Representative William Lord, of
defeated Henry Clayton
White for the nomination for Rep
from the Seventh dis
-rict (Christiana hundred) by a ma
Iority of 306. In the Eighth district
(Mill Creek) Charles p. Dickey de-
'eated Mathew Roser Jr., for Rep
-esentative by a majority of 257.
In the Ninth district CWhite Clay)
Robert S. Gallagher was unopposed
or Representative.
Edward S. Megginson defeated
Jesse A. Mckay for Representative
n the Tenth district (New Castle)
~ a majority of 152.
James b. McManus. chairman of
he finance committee of City Coun-
II q
ion for Representative from the ,
second district and John p. Griffith
r.. was nominated from the Fifth .
district without opposition. Henry !,
!. Little was nominated from the /,
sixth district (Brandywine hun .
lred) he not being opposed.
There were no contests for repre-
entatives in the Eleventh, Twelfth.
Fourteenth and Fif-
eenth districts. the nominees being:
Eleventh district-John L. Dep
ity.
Twelfth District-w. U. Reybold a
Thirteenth district-Henry D.
Howell.
Fourteenth district-Harry o. t
Teatherly. 7
tlLteentH OlStrlct-Geter Is. fretZ.
In the contests for the nomination e
or Levy Court Commissioner, Ham Il
ton Stewart was unopposed in the b
econd district. Wilmington. In the
'ourth district Benjamin L. Dickey, d
rho was defeated at the election two a
ears ago, received 654 votes while
delaware S. Wright, who was de- ?
aated for nomination at the last Re C
ublican primary, received 1877
otes, Wright's majority was 533. S
In the Sixth district the four-cor- r,
cred fight resulted in the nomina- o
on of Philip E. Pleasanton by a Ii
of 10.
In the Seventh district, John D. a
eybold was unopposed. r
The Republican County Commit c,
e will meet Wednesday afternoon b,
4.