The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-15
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THE ELECTION
1xy ONO COUNTY 1zsTEnD'lAI.
An rnprsesds ntly Large Vote and Lott, Of
scratching Rstasd tho Work Of Counting
upd Make the Ilstarhs Late and
"a Un.asi,fse.ory : Tbs. 1isurss.
There was never an election held in
Wheeling before which excited such In.
tense interest as that Of yesterday. For
the most part the feeling WIS suppressed,
and with one Of, two tritlipg exceptions,
noted elsewhere, the day passed of quietly
and peaccably at all tho polls. An unpre.
cetcntedly large vote was c.lst at every
polling place, the total vote in the city
districts being 703l, an excess OF over
1000 over the vote cast four years ago.
The long ticket and tho large vote cast
made the work Of counting slow and dit.
result fully and definitely known until u
late hour. The result In the county cdn.
not probably bc reliably ascertaincd before
this afternoon. III
An unusual amount Of challenging was
done, especially by tho Democrats. Every
vote known 10 10 Republican was object
ed 10 II the slightest excuse fora challenge
suggested itself. III some cases the able
challenger ovcrreached himself, for in.
stance, In two cases In he Fourth ward.
Mr.. Anthony Lally was challenged, and
compelled to show his papers. This he
promptly did, and at the same time showed
a scratched ticket which he had intended
voting, but which, changing his mind, he
tore up, substituting n straight Republi-
can ticket. The same thing happened to
4 young German, HERETOFORE u Democrat,
who had announced his intention to vote
the Republican ticket. He had scratched
his ticket, but when challenged substitu.
ted q straight Republican ticket.
TIE RETURNS. .."..
, The returns were slow in coming in
, from tho various precincts last night. The
indications were that the county had gone
Democratic throughout with the cxcep.
, ton, possibly, OF one member OF the Leg.
isiature and one Assessor. THO Rcpubli.
can candidates were disposed to concede
. this at midnight.
In the Second, Filth and Eighth wards
the counts were completed before the
0 ISrELLldEScEn's hour for going to press.
y The results in these precincts will be
: found below so fur as accessible lust night.
In tho other districts the way the vote
i, stood at a late hour is indicated.
!. At ESQ 4. ". the count in Washington
= district was not nearly completed, there
It being about $50 tickets yet 10 count. Max
well then led Wilson 19votes. n
!. MADISON DISTRICT.
Il Island precinct-653 votes were cast
Z! and ut ! o'clock this morning only zoe
i ballots had been counted. At the end o.
the second hundred, the majorities for the
! Republican candidates were rs follows
y Governor, Maxwell, 80. Sheriff. johnson
Q 4l. Clerk OF the Circuit Court, Howell, l.
: Assessor, Roller, 81 Surveyor Laird. 81,
5 Commissioner, Prince, IS. School Com.
missioner, Whally, 80. For Clerk Of the
n County Court Hook, Democrat, had s
!. majority. This ratio through the yote
3 will give Maxwell about $50 majority. :
f Second Ward-G04 votes were cast
. Maxwell's majority on the full vote,
;. which was completed about l A. ~, was
/ 100. Johnsons majority, IS. LinGhs ma
n jority for Clerk Of the County Court, 49,
e Howel's majority, ~. Elson's majority
for Prosecuting Attorney, III. Princes
majority, IO3. Whaily's majority, IS. 1toi.
lcr's majority, Ri, Laird's majority, los
/, Mccoy, Assessor, country district, 100.
: This gives Maxwell q majority In the
district Of about 2755. - II iZ5
For railroad subscription majority Of
y sos was given; and Tor ratification OF the
= constitutional amendment, 298. ,s
: CLAY DISTRICT.
!, At the court house, the canvasscrs
+ cotnted until lO:3o last night, when one o.
# The clerks was taken sick and the work
:. was suspended till $ o'clock this morning
: At this polls, 07G votes were cast, OF which
Q. $40 have been counted, and i27 remain tc
e count. The vote 30 far as counted stand:
rs follows: ~ i5s
q Governor-Maxwell, oo0; Wilson, $50
i SheriiE-Handlan, as; johnson, e07. AS
) SCISSOR. city, district-IhiIlips, 265; Roller
i 2S4. Assessor, country district--Zane,
i PSI; Mccoy, COZ. Clerk OF the Circuit
: tCourt-Mitcheli, 25S; Howell, 2s9. Clerk
/ OF the County Court-Hook, 275; ,Linch,
!, 27G. County Commissioncr-Simpson
249; Peterson, ESQ. School Commissions,
: -Hoge, 25S; Dickey, 2S5. Prosecuting
0 Attorney-Elson, 905; Jordan, 2GiI. :
3 UNION DISTRICT.
0 NAto o'clock this morning, .G25 votes 81
the1 l3S cast in Union district had been
0 counte4 and the majorities we're as fol.
:, lows. wilson is, Morgan IA, Thompson
l Is, DnfeyN22, Caldwell Is, Snyder IS,
:. Woods -, SnmmerYile 8, Hnndlnn 30.
} Howell B,Jortlan IS, Zane 20, Hook 81,
Carr 2, Phillips %, Jacobs 10, White 10,
Myles 10, Robertson o.. =,
,, CENTRE DISTRICT
t The vote in Centre vas counted at 2 A.
/ NJ, and stood as follows, the Republican
candidates being named first:
: Governor-alpxwcll, 2S2; Wilson, Al &.
Superintendent OF schools-kendall, 27S;
Morgan, ~. TreasurerSSturm, PSI !;
,, Thompson, 40. Auditor, Burt, ri; Du1ey,
, 40. Attorney General-Hutchinson, 282;
Caldwell, 4I6. Supreme .Iudges-E'iick,
$50; Brown, 2sl !; Snyder, 4lS; Woods,
, ll9, Scnator-Archer, 20. Summervillc,
:. i20. observation-disclosures, 900; Eboling,
2SS; Barker, PCS; Curtiss, PA Jacobs III;
!, White, 4o0; Alylcs, 4o6; Robertson,
4o3. Prosecuting At.orney-Elson, o75;
Jordan, 400. Suryeyor-Laird, $50; Carr,
4l9. SheriG-Jolnson, 2GG; Handlan,
i3l. Assessor, city district-Roller, go;
Phillips, 40. Assessor, country district
J, Mccoy, 272; Zane, Az Clerk Of the Cir
cult Court-Howell, o72; Mitchell, 423
Clerk Of the County Court-Linch, 27+,
Hook, 400. i#.'
RICHIE DISTRICT. n
II In the Eighth ward a recount became
necessary after the first count was COM
plcted. The results Oh Governor, Super
intentent OF Schools, Assessor, country