Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-08
The Municipal Contest.

INCIDENTS OF THE ELEoTIoN-A QUfET DAY
THROUGHOUT THE cITY--A LARGE VOTE f1LLED.
Tho election passed off very quietly, being one
of the most orderly ever held. There were no
disturbances in any of the wards, 20 far as we
can learn, and no arrests were made. In the
Tenth ward the voting was carried on in some-
what bolsterous manner, and colored men Were
ntimidated to some extent, but there were no
rruptions about the polls. A colored man who
WAS refused his vote on a challenge of non
residence was set upon and stoned by Il crowd Of
boys after he had moved away from the voting
place, One stone struck him III the right tenn
pie and knocked him down on Joseph Taylor's
steps, at Front and jackson streets, upon which
the blood flowed freely. He subsequently de-
parted undisturbed.
The polls opened in the several wards prompt
" at noon, and voting began at once, some lit
tie rivalry being noticeable az TO who should
deposit the rst ballot. The Democrats centin-
ued their endearors to Obtain some of the color
ed votes, in accordance with their policy OF tho
past few days, hnt more openly during the af-
ternoon. In the 9Th ward it is reported three
colored mon voted theL Democratic ticket, and at
the 4th ward polls it ia said u Democrat aud II
colored man negotiated for some time concern
ing the latter's vote, in consideration of which
ten dullara was to be given. The colored man
declined to vote on fdiHt, and did not "sell. !"
There is no doubt, however, that few colored
voters cast Democratic tickets.
Daring the afternoon the Republicans were
excited by reports of fraudulent voting in the
lower wards through the conyivance of persons
resident outside the city. This was very de-
pressing at first, but towards five o'clock the
Republicans felt moro feassurod The vote east
was large one.the largest ever cast in "a muni-
cpal election Ill this city.
AFTER THE ELEcTIoN--aoESEs IN THE STREET.
Great interest prevailed throughout the city
in the result. and immense crowds gathered i'll
tho streets about the newspaper offices, from
which extra editions were to he issued contain
ing the returns. Theao were slow in coming IN
from the Sixth Ward, and rs there was pros
pect of some little delay in getting them
complete, the COMMERCIAL put All advance
edition to pI Iess, giving the vote in all the wards
except the 9th, which announced the election of
Whteey aHd II Democratic Council, This was
at 10l5-far III advance of all the other papers.
and the COMMERCIAL advance extra WAS seized
upon with great avidity, az it gave the nam iea-
tures of the result. All around under the lamp
posts, crowds of men could be seen scanning
the figures, and commenting upon them. The
press WAS stopped long enough to put i'll the re-
mander of the returns, and the COMMERCIAL eX-
ira, complete. was ont on tho street in advance
of AL competitors, save one, whose tables were
not fnll. This enterprise on our part was
rewarded by strong demand and We have good
reason to believe that larger edition of tho Conf
NERolAt was sold than any other paper in the
city. The official court shows but little variation
from the figures az first printed in it.