The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-03

The DemOCratlC majority on lily
Council tickets, throughout the city, is
613. On the the Inspectors tickets, from
which the party strength is generally es-
timated, the Democratic majority is 567.
The total vote of the city, on the head
of the ticket, Is 3,788. Last year the total
vote was 1926, and the average Demo-
cratic majority 592. q.r-et.I ,
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
The election tables printed in to-day 8
paper are strictly official, excepting the
Ninth and the west end of the Seventh
Wards. here, the Inspectors sealed both
their tally lists in the boxes containing
the ballots, and the boxes cannot be
opened except by order Of Council.
SIGNED UNDER PROTEST
John N. Huntley, Republican sAssis-
tant Inspector, and e .& Logan, Repub-
hcan Clerk, OF the West Precinct of the
Third Ward, signed their certificates un-
er protest, alleging as a reason illegal
action on the part of the election officers.
THE NEW COUNCIL. .
The new Council will be composed of
the following gentlemen, those marked
with star being the holding-over mem-
bers. -l.-te e
President-Harry Sharpley, d,
Second Ward--.B. F. Townsend, D,
Robert H. Taylor, D.
Third Ward-'James McGlinchey, d,
VIM. H. Blake, D. &C.
Fourth Ward-Lewis Paynter, D,
Geo. Adele, D. Ha
Fifth Ward-James Carmichael, D,
and q tie on the vote for the other men,
ber. ,.. III
sixth Ward-'Henry W. Downing,
R, Joseph X. Adams, R. >.
Seventh Ward-'Phllemma Chandler,
r, Caesar A. Rodney, r. ....
Eighth Ward-'Peter Wood, r, Will
liam McMenamin, D.. - .tI
Ninth Ward-George T. Darnhill, D,
David r. Smith, r. = ~. e..-..
Tenth Ward Dennis j. Mention, D,
VIM. Hanna, d. f't'
Total, IA Democrats and @ Republi-
cans. The settlement of the tie in the
Fifth ward will make the Council stand
| Is to 6. ...,y i, .L.--.,
Of those elected yesterday, Messrs.
Robert H. Taylor, Paynter and Adams
were members of the last Council, while
Messrs. McMenamin and Mention were
members of the previous Councils.
The new Council will meet this even
ing for organization.
AFTER THE BATTLE. Dbl.
In the evening, after the polls closed,
many people left the voting places and
crowded the centre of the town, where
they exhibited the greatest interest In
ID he returns as they came In. The Re-
publioans met in their headquarters in
the Lincoln Club room, whore they gave
forth great exultation whom ssthe Sixth
Ward and certain precincts of other
Wards were heard from. But when the
returns came in and they saw they had
suffered an ingIofious .defest they grew
silent, and at an early hour put out the
lights and retired to their homes. With
the Democrats this was different; few
gathered in the sheadqurters at the
Friendship Engine house, but the ma
iority grouped themselves In front of the
City Hall or crowded about the different
newspaper offices, when the greatest en-
thusiasm was INDUCED in as each Ward
) The last ward to be heard. from was
the Eighth, where the count was COM
pleted shortly after 10 O'clock. At Just
fifteen minutes past 10 O'Clock, the GA
zKTrE "Extra" was on the street with
full tabulated returns, containing the
vote in every precinct in the city and
the ward major ties Of all candidates.
The other paper were fully half an hour
later. The only mistake In the GAzETTE