Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-20
por1 No IN PpNNsYLvANIA.


Kelley. mt Tarisf Reform Gains
Many Votes = Surprising Demo.
cratic Victories Thronghout the
State-saisrock'sS Scrap an New York
| The few rotutAs of Tuesdays election
In Philadelphia received up to midnight
indicated Republican vote Of So 600 to
Democratic vote Of 5000 to 10000.
The vote for magistrates is much cut, but
| the IA Republican candidates and the Z
regular Democrats are apparently elected.
( Eagar, the holting Democrat, received
strong Republican support, but the other
boilers got on y a few votes. No detailed
returns have been received from the
Fourth congressional district. Reyburn,
Republican, hRa been elected, but by
reduced majority.
There was even lsHs interest taken In
the election than had been expected, the
vote being very light and the Democrats
suffering from the apathy OF voters more
than tho Republicans. The magistrates
tickets were badly gut.
THE TARIFF REroBM FIGHT.
The greatest interest centred in the
Fourth dietTict congregational election,
where William III. Ayre6 was the Demo.
cratic candidate on tariff reform plat
TO m against John E Reyburn. Al the
election in 1888 Mr.. Ayres opposed Judge
Kelley and was defeated by 8 63a votes.
The retrrn then was for Kelley so Sil,
for Ayres %, 202. The dissriet has not
been changed since, but some OF the
wards composing it have been div ed,
so that 1mpRrisons cannot bs made until
the full vote is received. The only issue
WINS that OF the platforms. Reyburn had
full party support aud was NOT person.
ally sssgilod. The vote, therefore,
though short, may be considered vote
on the question OF tariff reform ire
speotive OF individuals, Tue district ia
full OF manufactures and bAs heretofore
been represented by typical protection
lat Of such radical school that he was
known al "Pig Iron Kelley"
AT midnight the incomplete returns
indicated about 1000 majority for Mr..
Raybgrn over &r. Ayres, whilo Captain
, Taylor, the Republican nominee for re-
1 ceiver of taxes, had an estimated ma
i jority OF over $500 in the district. Tho
tight for tariff reform pulled Reyburn's
, majority down about 2 $50.
, Taken altogether, says the Philadelphia
, Record, Mr.. Ayres' friends consider that
he has achieved good victory in having
succeeded in reducing MIR. leyburn's ma
jority fully 2,610 below that received by
Judge Kelley whom he ran against MIR.
Ayres In 1888. In the big mill district
in Manyunk Avres ran the majority down
from 739 for Kelley to 335 for Reyburn.
This shows that tariff reform has taken o
: deep root among the textile workers Of
industrial Manaynnk.
9 II tho same percentage Of gain is kept
t up In the other wards comprising the dis
: triot, the usual majority will be out down
between 1000 aud 5000.
!, Both chambers OF the city council re
main largely Republican.
{ ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
;. InPittsburg, Henry l. Gourley, Rspub
lican, was elected mayor by majority o
). about 1000 over ex-Judge john FL. Bailey
= Democrat. This Is o Republican gain o
about 8 900 as compared with the mayor
/. atty vote of three years ago. The cam
V paign was the most bitterly contested il
the history Of Pittsburg. One remark
u able feature was that 1t was fought al
y most entirely through the newspapers
X For fortnight every paper in the tow
II has had Its pages crowded With column
Z. upon column of "paid looals,n in whioi
Gourley was accused of dishonesty snt
Il, of expressing widows and orphans, Will
u Judge Bailey was larnpooned for callini
Abraham Lincoln "a horse" accused o
70 aristocratio tendencies, and charged Will
:. sacrificing million dollar property il
70 his keeping as assignee for $75, 900 Il
!. this way the two city committees ex
y pended about $4,000. keeping sffi5avi
y Inakera and literary bureaus going da.
= aud night
=. In Allegheny City James G. Wyman
ela faa II
" Il. Stayton, Democrat, by Az estimates
70 mNiority of 1900. This is loss thai
70 usual. He was unable to hold the part,
10 vote on account of his weak administra
Il ton when mayor three years ago.
|. At the city election in Erie CHARLES s
y Clarke, Democrat, the prehent mayor
!, was reelected over the Republican nomi
\ nee, Wellington Downey by maiorit
y y OF / 300. The council Is Democratic.
~ In Johnstown the eleotion Of the Who'll
Democratic city tioke, Is conceded al
though the margin for controller ia yer
narrow. w. Horace Rose, the mayor
10 elect OF the new city, il an anti corpor
alton lawyer, and hia election IN spite Q
40 the vigorous efforts of the Cambria Iro
., Company to defeat him, il o victory &c
u the people. MIR. Rose some of tho attoi
IS. neys employed by the people Of john
m town TO bring suit against the South For
Il Fishing Club. The Democrats also elet
y majority Of councilmen and sohoC
~ controllers.
40 The Democracy made q clean sweep il
% Harrisburg and carried everything bsfor
i'd them with the exception of city treasurer
Beth branches of councils will be largel
Democratic.
r. Downingtown was carried by the Dem
!, ocrRts.
= In Pottstown the Democrats had
!, whlk-0ver.
" Bethlehem was also carried by III
4, Democrats.
y In Media, tho boms Of Collector Of th
- Port phomss V. Cooper, Terence Riley,
A. popular Democrat, was elected chief bul
ma CESS over Henry Green, Republican, b
~ II majority. This Is the FIRST Democrat
,S victory in Media for rs years.
~ Reading elected as mayor, Thomas T
4 Merritt, Democrat, over Mayor Kennay
40 Republican, by about 500 majority. TIL
50 Democrats also re elect j. Lawrence Ge'
50 city controller and John r. 0boId treat
urer and all three city assessors by ms
a. iorities ranging from 800 to l 200, an
ri. will control both branches of COUNCILS.
A. Thomas d. Evans, Democrat, Wa
ee elected burgess in Norristown.
n Robert CLARK, Democrat, was electe
no mayor of Lancaster, Pa. by 2l6 majority
ct The Democrats carried the election
in Allentown, securing the mayor and cour
m oils.
nd Fourteen Of the Is precincts in Chaate
X give Coates, Republican, 500 msjorit
$50 for mayor.