Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-05-06
z SCHOOL ELECTION
W ny LlTTLE INTEREST IN
The ELECT ON.
william Kyne Turns Up Again a Mem
Der of the Board only 1,OOi
Votes Polled out of 1900
Noiers-2O Ladio, cast
Their Ballots.


some of the wards, most notably the
Tenth, II was auybOdy's election who
saw proper to put thcmtelvcs forward as
candidates, and the result, with one or
two exceptions, has been the election of
reputable and woll-qualiii Il members.
All the old members OF the board WHO
were candidates were reelected. They
are David II. Coyle In the Third ward,
&. Redmond Smith OF the Filth, Samuel
Y, Belts OF the sixth, Charles Baird OF the
Seventh, DR.. James II, Morgan OF the
Eighth, DR.. 4. G. Shortlidge aud David
K. Smith OF the Ninth, and Joseph Pyle
of the Twelfth
OF these Messrs. Turner, Smith, Belts.
Baird, shortlidge and ID. X. Smith had
no opposition. Mr.. COyle had stiff
little contest in the Third wa'd, but
came out Il votes ahead. DIR. Morgan
was SHARPLY opposed in the Eighth ward,
but he has M sd. such an excellent mem
ber of the board that even Bernard
Donaho, his opponent was 90 votes be-
hind when the 222 votes poltd in the
ward were counted. A little spurt was
made a'nst Joseph Pyle in the Twelfth
! ward, but the white-haired patriarch,
one of the very best members Of the
board, went through with ~ majority
out oil the a votes cast. There is general
regret at the defeat Of eXShor,H John
| Pyle in the First ward. He was an un-
willing candidate and made no effort to
elect himself, while VIII am kyre is said
| to have been busy In the ward for several
days before the election setting things up.
Mr.. Simmons, from the Second ward,
served before in the board AMI made
good member. His return will he warmly
welcomed Peyton &. West, for the one
year ierm In the Third ward, had close
call, as his majority over Daniel w.
Lynch was only H. Mr.. West Is foreman
of the painting department OF the Harlan
& Hollingsn orth CompaHy's Works, is
an Intelligent gentleman and Will make a
useful member.
William Turner, In the Fourth ward,
succeeds John Hanson aud will make an
active and intelligent member. DIR. Johu
NJ. Palmer, Tor the one year term from
| the Seventh wnrd, Is u valuable acquisi-
tion to the board. a queer state OF sflairs
existed in the Ttnth ward. Notwith-
standing the talk Of a rush Of Cand dates,
as usual In that ward, when the polls
opened there was only one candidate,
Thomas +. O'Dcnnell. Quite a larRt
number of voters came to the polls, but
finding that O'Donnell was the on y can.
dldate, they did not think the board
would be benefited by his election and
they went away without voting. About
5 o'clcck in the afternoon John T. Dickey
came to the polls, and seeing the condi
tlon of affairs faid he would be n cnudl
date II he only had tickets, in order X
defeat O'Donnell. Mr.. l.. II. Jones
secretary and treasurer of the board
being present at that time, betbough
| Al hos ha IN 81 LII.
ut home, which he had when he was
candidate, and Fastening home the,
were brought to the polls aud made to dc
duty by scratching out Jones name and
inserting Dlckey's.
It was too late then, however, to over
come O'DoDnells vote, the ugh nearly all
| who came TO the polls after that vo Ell for
Dickey, and O'Donnell slipped in with u
majority oil 3 out of 10 votes pollcl for
both
The election of Patrick Msgshty from
the Eleventh ward secures au active
member and strong friend OF the pub.
lie schools. For the frat time ladies
voted IN the City of Wilmington, but
they were taxpayers on property, Enl
there were only twenty OF them out oi
about 1000 who had the right to do so.
They were treated with the utmost
pollteness at the polls and in some in
stances were chtered by tine by-standers.
In the Eighth ward come doubt existed
In the minds Of the election officers iI
regard to the law giving ladies the right
to vote, and there were none voted ID
that ward though some presented them.
selves for that purpose. The poiut a
issue seems to have been In regard to 4
County poll tax being required to bt
paid as we'll as q city tax. As 1t will b,
interesting to know who tho ladies wer,
who first oted In Wilmington their name
are hereby appended
First ward-Miss Martha Bringhurst
and Mrs Sarah Williamson.
Third ward-Mrs. James ID. German
Mira. A. L. Conant.
Fifth ward-MIs. Elizabeth W. Smith
Mrs 0ulielma Howell, Mrs. Edith Cav
throp, Mrs. Sarah J. Mode.
Seventh ward-Nrs Job II. Jackson
Mrs. Francis Mather, Mrs. Caroline Oak
ford.
Ninth ward--Mrs. Sylvester Solomon
Eleventh wRrd-Mrs. Alice Tucker, MIS-
Bridget Dunn.
Twelfth ward-Miss Rebecca Brown
Mrs. Hannah Anderson, Mrs. Thoma
samworth, Miss Ellen Samworth.
These are the 20 whoEe names will G
down to postehty as having been the ir'
in thls city to march to the polls an
vote.
TIE full returns Of the election are u
follows:
FIRsT WARN