Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-11
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Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal
NEWARK April 1D.---fhs town passed
over very exciting election yesterday
and Yves stirred from centre to circum.
ference by m excitement aud rivalry that
are seldom hqualed even in q Presidential
contest. Men aud even women yottd as
they had neyex voted before and with Oh
much aarneHtuess as though their lives
depended upon the result. The REASON
of this unusual commotion was the fact
that the election more or less affected the
purses OF voters. Besides tho election of
thee councilmen, one from each ward,
md president also, which in itself pre-
cipitated spirited contest, the property
holders voted upon two economic issues.
The first was the authorizing Of council
to borrow by bonds upon the town W, QUO
to paw the existing deficiency in the
accounts Of the council water commits
sion, that amount being expended in
erecting the water works over and above
the $4,000 which council was en-
powered to expend There has been o
good deal OF dissatisfaction expreBged
over the course Of council and this
demonstrated itself yesterday in the large
vote recorded against alios wing this extra
amount. In fact It looked at one time
during the election as il the town or
council would be involved in endless
litigation by reason of unpaid water
| works bills. By q vote of 904 to 303 the
payment of the deficiency WAS carried.
The most exciting feature OF the cleo
tion was the project OF erecting an 81, 0OU
electric light plant to be owned and oper-
ated by the town and to be paid for by
bonding the town for that amount. This
question has been very thoroughly dis.
oussed pro and con on oyery street COR
ner and by every citizen for several weeks
and il Is said that several hundred dollars
were Yagered on the contest. Oneimsn,
James a. Wilson of the Washington
House, was so opposed to the project 81
present that he placed 10 teams at the
disposal of the anti-electric light com
mittee. Aa result four carriages and
coupes were kept busy carrying voters
to and from the polls all the afternoon
and the improvement WAS defeated by 0
vote Of 676 to 523. The project was
probably defeated because majority oil
voters deemed Il inadvissble at the
present time on account of the large an
nual deficiency that would inevitably re-
suit to incur further debt. 1t is MOI
killed for all time, however, but wi,
probably come up again in year or two
On these two questions only propert,
holders voted, OF the rate OF one vote fo
: each dollar of town tax paid. The eoun
ciimanic election resulted as follows
For President of Councillor. h. G. M
Kollock. 1l8; DR.. l.. M. Whisler, 73
Councilman East ward--J. B. Luton
SO; II. A. MoKinsie, 20; Middle ward
Alfred A. Curtis, So; DIR. Z W. Haines
Is; West ward-Rankin Armstrong, So
: John Il. Lewis, O..
The election was held from 1 o'clocl
, till 8 O'Clock OF the office Of Alderman
I McKeowan. There are three over-hold
, ing members of council and the new
. body is rs follows: President, DR.. a. g
NJ. Kollook, s. III. Donnell, G.. Fader
: Rankin Armstrong, Alfred A. Curtis
: Joseph B. Sutton and s. j. Wright. TIL
retiring members are General Theodor
, +. Armstrong, III. Il. Barton md Geore
T W. Williams. The political complexion
! of the council is Democratic by i've {
: two, bat politics hardly enter into th
/, town elections ut all.