Milford chronicle., 1956-11-09
State COP Candidates
Have Wide Margins
In Victory
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years ago. he carried the state by
6,744 votes, trailing IT, S. Senator
John j. Williams margin of 1886
and Governor Boggs' plurality OF
7,205.
The returns from rural New cae-
lie County, traditionally Republi-
can, tipped the scales in favor al
The Republican candidates.
President Eisenhower's plurali-
~ over Adlai Stevenson in the ru-
raj sections Of the county was 49,
SOS votes. Other Republican eandi-
dates recorded margins of between
1000 and 10000 there.
Democratic margins In the par
tvs Wilmington stronghold ran un-
der 5000 votes in most cases. Kent
and Sussex Counties came out in
a near-standoff, with the result
that Democrats never made up the
ground they lost in rural New Cas-
tie County.
: The tally is still unofficial, but
IL is based on complete returns
from all 1886 election districts.
Judges of the Superior Court
started their canvass OF the vote
Thursday noon. They have allotted
the rest of the week to this Job,
after which the official results will
be announced
The size OF President EisenhOw-
er's plurality Is all the more stun
ming in view of state registration
figures, which indicate a DemOcra-
tic margin of 70,901 to 67,491-or
3.4l0 votes
president Eisenhower picked up
10000 more votes-many of them
apparently from the 48,808 voters
who declined to list party affiiia-
tion when they registered. The
President appears to have garner
ed at least two out of every three
"decliner" votes.
The returns indicate a substan-
tial amount of ticket, splitting and
cutting, which is surprising to
some observers sinasmuch as this
was the first presidential election
In which voting machines were
used in Delaware
Evidence of cutting turns up in
the fact that, while more than I80,-
900 votes were recorded In the pres
idential race, the state contests
brought out only 10000 as a
rough maximum total
Most of the cutting apparently
took place in rural New Castle
County where nearly $4,000 votes
cast in the presidential contest and
only $4,000 or so for state offices.
Splitting was heavy in. the city,
where President Eisenhower cut
MIR. Stevenson plurality to 3,079
but the other COP candidates ran
5000 or so behind their Democra-
tic opponents.
Eisenhower took Kent Cosnty
by 9S9 votes, but other Republican
candidates lost that county by mar
gins ranging from less than so to
more than 500.
Jubilant about the state victory.
although unhappy about the results
In Wilmington to the Republican
municipal ticket, c. Edward Duffy,
Republican state chairman, said:
THE tremendous majority of
President Eisenhower and the ma
jorities given the state ticket prove
what / have consistently main
tanned, namely. that the people of
Delaware want honesty and integ-
rity in the administrator of their
public affairs.
They know that in President
Eisenhower they have man with
experience, ability and strong Lead
ership to carry us through the
delicate and possibly perilous
times that lie ahead
THE great confidence that the
voters from Delaware have always
dIgPiayed in Governor Boggs is
agaifl evident and richly deserved.
Without singing out any particular
candidate, l want to extend TO all
of them my sincere congratula-
tions. They all waged vigorous
and forth-right campaign and the
people realize it.
1.-The election of Mr.. Haskell
could we'll mean the difference in
control of the next House of Rep
resentatives in Washington.
II especially want to thank all
the workers who gave so much of
their time and energy to bring
about this Republican victory.
From the ton of the organization
TO every single district worker they
gave their last ounce Of energy and
effort that was necessary for vic
tory"
Democratic State Chairman FL
bert N. Carvel had no comment on
the election outcome.