Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
5000 REGISTERED
LAST SATURDAY
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qualified in the first election district
and 200 in the second.
In the Seventh Representative
District with three election districts
In Camden, Wyoming and Viola, 20C
qualified in the first election dis.
trict; 164 in the second, and 210 in
the third. In the Eighth Representa-.
tive District, FELTON, and Frederick
208 registered in FELTON,, and about
200 in Frederick, although the latter
figures were an estimate, as none Oi
the registration officers could be To-
Gated after the booths had closed.
In the Ninth Representative Dis
trict, Harrington and Pennington
1896 were qualified in the first cleo
ton district, and 232 in the second
In Milford and Houston, comprising
the Tenth Representative District,
with three election districts, 204
voters had their names placed on
the rolls in the first; 3O4 in the Sec
ond, and 40 in the third.
Many farmers and their helpers
were busy threshing wheat last Sat
urday and could not go to the
booths, otherwise It was estimated
the registration would have been
heavier.
Sussex Figures Incomplete
Figures Obtainable in Sussex coun-
ty were incomplete but those that
we're available indicated the regis
tIation was far above the normal
returns for the first day and may
total 5000. This was especially true
on the western side of the county
where it was said the Republicans
outnumberad the Democrats who had
qualified. This was said to be due to
the activity of the friends of several
men who have indicated they are go
ing to be candidates for office in an
ticipatiOn of contests at the primar-
les.
In the First Representative Dis
trict where there are three election
districts, the first registered 1SO; the
second 1853 and the third, 2S2. In the
Second there were 161 registered in
the first election district, and 263 in
the second election district with |
nothing reported in the third cleo
tion district. In the third RepTesen-
tative District 100 qualified in the
first election district; 1872 in the
second, and 274 in the third. For the |
entire Fourth Representative Dis
trict there were 357 registered.
In the Fifth Representative Dis
trict the first election district re-
ported 3O9 registered, and the third
election district, 1922. Both of these
districts are in Laurel. The second
election district, which is in Delmar,
made no report. In the first election
district of the Sixth Representative
District. 425 voters were placed on
the qualified lists but neither the
second nor the third election dis
tricts made any returns. Nothing
was renorted from the Seventh Rep
resentative District, while the NlnIh
District showed total OF 5z0 reg
istered. -.. nj,
In the Tenth Representative Dis
trict 4O1 were qualified in the hrst
election district; 291 in the second
election district, and 3S2 in the
third election district.
State Vote In 1882
In the presidential election in 1882
a total of 1893 votes was polled IN
Delaware. They were divided: Hoo
YER, Republican. 57,O74; Roosevelt
Democrat, 54,S19. !
In that election the vote in each
of the three counties was as follows:
New Castle, Roosevelt, 32,872; Hoo
YER. 1884; Kent, Roosevelt, S,S29;
Hoover, 6,59S; Sussex, Roosevelt
1858; Hoover, 1882.
These figures show Delaware went
by 2755 although tue
Democrats carried Kent and Sussex
Counties. In Kent county the Dem
Dcratic majority was 22S1, and in
sussex it was 1886, total of 42l7
which. however, was short of the
1919 majority piled up in New Cas-
'Ie county by the Republicans.