Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-09-09
TINE CITY FL ECTI0N.
The Republicans Victorious in IA
Majority OF the Wards The Domi-
nant Party Defeated IN Six wards
Ont OF Fen. and Retains its Major
lily in Council only Through Its
Holding Over Members.

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lily in Council Only Through Its
Holding over Members.
With tie exception of row in the
Eighth ward the election Tuesday after
noon passed oil quietly, Considering the
apathy of the campaign growing out of
the conviction that there was little u9e of
trying 10 wrest back any of the Demo-
cratic wards there was very fair vote
polied, and at some OF the voting places
an unexpected amount of interest WAS
manifested.
One of the features OF the day was that
many votes were cast, or alleged to have
been cast, by persons, mostly negroes,
whose names were placed upon the assoss-
ment list by the Levy Court subsequent to
March Sih, and who consequently had no
legal right to vote at this election. But
as the Levy Court placed about 100 rames
on the lists previous to March Slh, aud as
there was no means nj hand of telling
those who had been assessed ubsequentlv
from those who had been assessed pre-
viously TO that date, nothing could ha
done 10 prevent the polling of such votes
At the FIRST ward polls the election
passed off quietly, with the exception of
lutte altercatioh between white man aud
colored man, i'll which only one blow
WAS passed.
At tue ST cond ward considerable interest
was manifested. A large, though gen
orally orderly crowd, surrounded the polls
and remained there and III unusually
large vote was cast, about TO ahead of the
city election Of 1879. About 3 30 the
challenging of vote led to great deal of
puliing aud hauling ami IA lively fight
seemed imminent, wuop soma one sht ed
''polce" and Officers Legg AID Thulnas
quelled the disturbance by pulling the
noisest man away from the window
Everything vert very quietly in the
Third ward though, Notwithstanding the
lack OF excitement, the vote was quite
heavy. Two Republicans were prevented
from voting lu this SHrd, Que coiured aud
one Whit, both of whom hnd tex receipts,
the latter name being Edward Mitchell,
but spelled Edwin on his r ceipt OaiS
one repeater uGragnd to get III vote aud
his name has BEEN put down tor reference.
lust before the polls closed in the
S 'v-nth ward, East, there WINS n rumpns
started by drunken white man, WIN
interfered with Il uunbrr of d4rkies sew
eral Of whom pitched into MN, but were
pre-, uted IRON Banning h!n by the
policemen nhd Olurrs During this brush
several pistols were drawn, bu, 90 shots
were fired OSlng to the fact that no tux
receipts wera required IN inis ward. the
Democratic inspector declared point blar k
that he would moi sgI the return, mud
| he kept his WORT.
IL the Eighth ward inrre waa u heavy
vote and large crowd present all the
,rhfl., ia, I'D
| with frequent rows Ia about tine middle
of the afternoon there was disturbance
kicked up by "B!ubber" Davis. who was
working for the Republic,n ticket, but
before auyone was hurt "Bnbber" had
been uaob,d aud locked up by Officer
Bostrr Shortly afterwards DAVIS reap
peartd, having hetn bailed out by Abner
| p. Bailey, the Il +puhlicau candidate for
Council. Davis did not create any .4ors
trouble, nut about : O'Clock y colored man
came up 10 vote aud was refused This
caused considerable wranglng GU both
sides, in the midst Of which the
police were called on to take
the negro away. This was the signal
for clash of arms, in which
couple dozen participated, knocking
right and left. This continued for half
an hour, the police separating the com
batants, who Immediately sought some
other antagonist. In all this melee one
mans nose was bloodled, which is about
the extent of the damage, with the excep-
tion that considerable clothing was torn
and several hats were lost No arrests
were made in this last affair Wrangling
and small sguabbles were kept up through.
out the day, but no further damage was
DONE During the s o'clock fight not a
vote was polled for half an hour as nc
one could reach the window, and MIR.
Daley, the Democratic candidate, con.
siders that he lost number of votes by
the operation. Before the polls closed the
vote Of the negro over whom the dispute
occurred was accepted. From O'Clock
up to the time the window was shut the
mauiing and iamming was greater thar
has ever before been experienced in the
Eighth ward, but no one was arrested.
Shortly before the polls closed in The
Ninth ward there was skirmish, caused
by an alteration between two brothers o.
opposite political compilations. A coloret
man got mixed up in the affair, and can't
near being badly punished. The storm
was quelled, luckily, before any flesh wa
bruised.
At some of the polling places the cleo
ton officers insisted upon the production
Of tax receipts, and well known citizen
were sent homo after them. This wa