The daily gazette., 1883-06-04
REpRlNTED FROM s4+ne
THE ELEoTloN
The Voting In Quiet p,o
dioationa of a I,ss' With In


Ahe voting In Quiet Progr.
tn. n,,n,ss 1ons of Light pon win In
between II and IL O'Clock tb,a a,s city opened
up 70 O'Clock this afternoonn' Sn'9 q morning. and
10 very quiet and ordinarv nad progressed
polled. very light vote win "
Thus far there are but few
usnts attendant upon the ~, unusual inc.
Ihird ward, however, A vor, votlhg' In ths
soue occurred, which creota1a amusing ep.
at the expense Of Charles Gp p p. quite laugh
great eiSate csra ia for City Council AePq6 3,l
Democrat,c 40 nag, hsu counterfeited the roh with
nlsce ~ NJ. usket, with his namo regular
nee Tha WI: ,,:,, ,b,lake's, the Democrat On in
bo"rs Ie hos young bad been propress rss lGmi.
o ho@ns teiore .,S he discovered w.. tss Three
csnS,5 ASNeSs announced him "a1 bis
tna1a"S 'e ior Council from the Secon, as
% nhlIe,od - ~ tne Third. This fap fatsI ward
Sitogetbsr s 70 withdraw his deceptive 'al, clrot
In the Tenth ward there Wa.
w slon On lne part of the RepubIicsNs oPposi-
sn,s,tsnaS' a. gVse' caused the voting to hs winch,
Throughout the lower d,str,o.
posed on very quietly up to a., 5a .Ie elec.
Wnicn nour the count of vo,oo CLOCK, at
First ward, south, 7e; north 40.
wa war9, 10; Third, ~; Fourth, west second
In the Fifth ward the contes, I.
hehry +. Pickels and James Cs,uOeen 20 oeIween
although David Lemon Ia also ~,iucpee, ye,
an independent candidate in tb,s INNING as
mas large hand made poster tao,, "Srd and
one of the shutters callino 'aoheu upon
voters as follows: 0WorL, upon the
Ionane onesS men and tax payers vote for n1via e
~ ,5uht, !, VINO VIII stand by the peonIo,i
rigns. lie has also bis wagon s,sOS's psUPe !
alongside the curb, gaily decorated te,dUuiag uilE
nags ana evergreens. The wagon has ,.o,U9 %l'1
upon IL call worded similar to the orn SaoAau AZ
tne shutter The poles open ed at /, SIe as OG
up 10 O'Clock but 76 votes had been no,1I OJ ana
Every lining is passing along as nniatIa pIiru' y
could be wished. 4u'eey IS
A visit TO the Eastern nrec,no, :, =,
seventh ward shows things to he in II, Iir.',l me
condition. The vote is steady and ",ellef :,
O'Clock, was 154 votes. Three u fnu.,s! a. que J;
which were Republican. 'Ou''n' ol
AT the Western precinct of the Siytb ~, J,
everything is quiet and small vote 4. hoII "Ilu
polied, only 65 votes having been cast T,'u NM =
l o'clock. 'e'N cast up 70
The voting at the Western prqcinc, =, -.
Fourth ward is progressing SLOWLY y an, W,
quietly, only 40 votes votes having Sa". aua
dropped In the box up to l O'Clock O''u
A noticeable feature at all the nolls vt.l
ted was the total absence or ',I', ~,
police a thing which has not occu,,sS i
lately Whether this state of sa,I,.
Will continue all day or not It is baTS '' u
say, but 1t is hoped that the blue coats win N
Keep respectful distance from the noI. an,
and attend strictly to their duty az ndIics gD,''
men and leave the politicians to do Ii,st. tbsi,
own work. w 'HeH
The city was flooded this MORNING with
thousands OF hand bills containing he nj.
lowing: Home rule and local selfgoye,n
ment. All who are In favor of these min.
ciples. All who are in favor of the cl.
zens OF Wilmington governi themseyp,
and who are opposed to this city being go,.
erned from Dover, will vote the Repuplic,D
ticket to-day. Rebuke the attempt Of 4
few men to rob the taxpayers of Whining.
ton for their own advantage.