Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-24
City Politics.

ONE MORE OF THE NUMEROUS 'NoAIINArIoNs'--
CANDIDATES FOR ASSESSOR AND COUNCIL, PRO-
POSED BY SATURDAYS VOTE.
The Republican nomination election for two
Assessors and Collectors held on Saturday was
very quiet, resulting in the polling of a small
vote. In the Southern district, (South of Sixth
street, there was but one candidate for Asses
sor and Daniel ]. Stewart being the only cand-
date, received all the votes cast 1t is the opin-
ion of many that the vote after ALL may not be
mere compliment, but that there is fair chance
of his election. Candidates for Council, and
other ward officers were also nominated in all
the wards of the district except the Third. In
the First ward there being two candidates for
the nomination for Council, a good vote was
poed. The following is the vote in detail of
the Southern District -
First Wdrd-Assesssor, Daniel J. Stewart,
167 Council Thomas johnson, 14s, Thomas j.
Bennett % Inspector, John L. Riley, 1853 As
sttant Inspector, II. NJ. Mullen, 172.
Second Ward Assessor Daniel j. Stewart,
-; Council, Christian Clayey, 20 ; Inspector,
Z. Z. Wigglesworth, 20 Assistant Inspector,
George Mccall, 20.
Third Ward Assessor, Daniel ]. Stewart. So.
Fourth Wdrd.-Assessor, Daniel j. Stewart
26 Council, Jerman ]. MchIulin 26 Inspect
| or Roland b. Day, 26.
Tenth n nWdrd-Assessor, Daniel j. Stewart,
1877 Council, Pasehal II. Peterson, 1877 In
spector, Andrew j. Thompson 1877 Assistant
Inspector james Reece, 127
| THE NORTHERN DISTRICT.
Owing to the certainty of nomination being
| equivalent to an election for Assessor in the
Northern district, there were four candidates in
the field which had the effect to bring out lar
ger vote than in the southern part of the city
Candidates for Council and inspectors were also
nominated in the Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth
| wards, leaving the Fifth and Eighth wards yet
to be determined upon The only real contest
| for the nomination for Council occurred in the
Sixth ward. where Geo. II. Tinda was nomina-
ted By majority of 10 votes over William Cum
Minis, cut of vote of 27S.
In the Seventh Ward there was no opposition
expressed to the nomination of Jos. II. Phillips
for the two gear term, and on the vote for the
| one year term, NJ. l.. Lichtensten had decided
majority over p. W. Mcdowell and II. f. Dure,
the other Two persons named. The contest be-
tween tho competitors for the Assessorship
brought out falr but not heavy vote, but some
thirtyfive Of those who voted on it avoided par
tlcipatins IN tile nomination for Council, by cut
! ting OIL all but the assessor, from their tickets
There We're 246 votes for Assessor, and only 21l
for Council. (Last year, the vote at the nomi-
uatiOn for Council was 325) OF the 211 votes,
not less than $50 were cast by the colored Re-
publicans.
The following table shows the vote oil Asses-
sor, in the Northern district, consisting of the
five upper wards =
jth 9th 7th sth 9th Total
Edmund Provost 3S 1l3 76 1856 2G 3s9
Cornelius Fipps 80 153 1913 ID IA 34i
Alex. Chandler q . II IS
john w. Griffith 45 80 Sc
From the above it will be seen that Edmund
Provost has majority of 45 votes over Corne.
Illus Fipps, his principal competitor, and is the
nominee Of the party for Assessor and Collector.
The following shows the vote for Council aud
ward officers
.SirM WAgi-Council, George H. Tindall ia
William Cumnlins, 104 ; Inspector, Thomas W
Sayille, 2s3 Assistant Inspector, John Il. Gala
gher, 2S3.
!Ssuenh Ward-Counci two years, Joseph r.
Phillips. 209 one year, NJ. l.. Lichtenstein, 167
Henry H. Dure, 80, p. W. Mcdowell " Inspec
tor, NJ. i. Stotsenburg, 2l2 Assistant Inspector
Samuel Lee, 2l2.
> Ninth Wdrd-Council. Joseph G. File. 46
: Inspector, W. G. Talley, 46 Assistant Inspec
tor, A. w. Guest, 46.
ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS ny THE DEMOCRATS.
On Saturday evening Democratic nomination
for Council, Inspectors, and Assistants wer
made in the Bird and 9th wards There bein,
no opposition the nominations were made b.
acclamatien. The following was the result
Sixth ward For Council William McMena
min Inspector James Davis Assstant Inspect
or, Thomas Murine.
0 Third ward; For Council, August Bickta
Inspector James Clark Assistant, Daniel Mulr