Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-04
DELAWARE DOES HER DUTY
Mr.. Bayard's Return to the
Senate Assured.
ONE THOUSAND FOR HANCOCK
New Castle Gives the Republicans
a Lift, But Kent and Sussex
Safe by Good Majorltiesj
Despite The Corrup-
@-.. ton Fund,
THE STATE VOTE In DETAIL

The election in this city and State Tues
day, passed :off in very quiet and
orderly manner. An unprecedentedly
heavy vote was cast in the city, the poll
reaching as high as 4, 238, an increase over
the vote of the Little Election in Septem-
Der last of | so, aud an increase over the
vote at the Presidential election of 1876 of
1871.
Both parties entered earnestly into the
struggle aud voted their men early, but, It
Ia hoped aud believed, not often. The
entire partisan str myth of the city was
fully developed aud the result was that the
Democrats of Wilmington suffered defeat
by Majority of 1868 In the county the
Republicans were likewise successful, but
by very small majority and the full Re-
publican ticket In New Castle has IN
doubtedly been elected. or the county
hundreds the Democrats carry White Clay
Greek, Pencader, st. Georges, Blsckbird
Appoquinimink and New Castle by an
aggregate majority of about 900, which,
however, is insufficient to overcome the
combined Republican majorities in the
other hundreds and in the city.
The probabilities arc that Kent county
has given Democratic majority Of about
900.
The most Trustworthy returns from
Sussex indicate that the county has gone
Democratic by 400 votes. The election
all over the State appears to have been one
of the quietest ever held. No disturbance
of any kind is reported from any quarter
outside this city and the one or two diff.
culties that took place here were of very
trivial nature and resulted chiefly from the
attempted illegal voting of negroes in the
Tenth and Third wards, and similar
attempt by white man in the First ward.
AL of these cases were reported in late
editions of yesterdays EVERY EVENING.
After the closing of the polls the excel
lent order that had prevailed throughout
the day continued in all the wards with the
exception of the Eighth, at the polls of
which an excitement grew up that, at
one time, threatened serious results.
The ballots were not counted in this
ward until shortly before 3 O'Clock.
A large crowd was congregsted about the
polls from an early hour of the evening
until the vote was announced and at times
there was considerable excitement. At a
little before 2 o'clock the crowd was
worked up by the appearance of a detach-
.ment of 60 deputy marshals. The crowd
could 500 no reason for this sudden APP
pearance of the Federal officers and at
once gave the alarm that the deputies in
tended to steal the ballot boxes. A promi-
nent Democrat Of the ward asked the
deputy who seemed to be in command why
he had brought the officers into the ward,
but received no other answer than "We
have to preserve the peace"
The Democrat failing to understand the
sudden and unexpected appearance of the
deputies, Immediately procured aid in the
form of a force of special police, which
mustered around the polls aud had the
effect of neutraliz;ng the deputies, and the
count went on unmolested, the crowd
cheering for the various candidates OF their
choice.
1t was the general report about 2 o'clock
that the boxes had been taken and large
numbers Of citizens flocked down to
Eighth and Pine to tnd the rumor prema-
ture. The Marshal heard that the Demo
Gratis contemplated the assault on the box
and that the plan was concocted in the
Tenth ward and he therefore sent down
his deputies to preserve the ballots. The
Democrats had not heard of such an
attempt and considered the appearance of
the marshals as a scheme to seizs the box
L.
that the Democrats purposed an attack on
the inspectors with clubs, nearly cleaned out
the Republican headquarters, some 800 men
rushing down Eighth street for the polls
shouting one thing and another, and
waking up the people between King and
Walnut streets with the fear that there
was going to be another row between
whites and blacks. From early evening
until the count was completed there was
continued running and riding to and fro
between the polls and the various head
quarters. When the count was completed
the inspector, Benjamin b. Cummings,
and the ballot box were escorted from the
polls to his house, No. 700 Pine street, by
the officers on hand, both State and
federal
The following is the vote of the State in
detail so far ns rae. iv4d:
THE STATE.
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