The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-26
THE NEWPORT ELECTION.
The Democrats Elect Their Candidate
for Mayor,
BY A MAJORITY OF ONLY ss.
The Republicans Have . Majority OF Four
ON joint Ballot In the City Council
City Treasurer Coggeshali Has Mar
row Escape From Defeat.
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS.

sfECIAL TO THE NEWS
NEWPORT, October 26.-Honors were
dividei In the election yesterday, the
Democrats electing their candidate for
mayor and The Republicans securing a
majority OF four on joint ballot in the
city council. The total vote for mayor
was; Fearing. Democrat, 1863; Sanborn,
Republican. 1872; scattering, g. Fearing's
majority. So. The total vols . was 93 less
than at tue state election.
Close Work In Some Cases.
The greatest surprise of the day was
the result la Ward 4. the returns showing
instead of the expected Democratic
majority Of 20 to 81, one OF 147 for mayor.
about twice the AVERAGE majority on a
council ticket, while Cash, the strongest
R-pu blican candidate. is defeated by only
six.
City Treasurer John S. CoRReshall, son
of the recently deceased treasurer, and re-
Gently elec d for the Vi expired term, has
the narrow margin of four votes. For
school committee King. nominated on
both tickets. runs far ahead Of any other
candidate. Cozzens, Republican.
Slocum. Democrat, and Taylor.
nominated by the latter party, but an
uouncing his Independence. are probably
elected. although the latter has hut two
more votes than the remaining Demo
cratic candidate, Curley, and the latter is
closely pressed by Sheffield and Mcleod.
Republ cans. The Official count by board
of aldermen was commenced this morn
ing.
10 the Second ward contest for alder
men Sayer. Republican councilman last
year aud running this year as an inde-
pendent, with no Democratic opponent.
having been dropped by his old party as
sociater, was beaten by the entirely un-
expected majority Of 1l6, his chances for
reelection having been supposed to have
been good.
Aldermen and CounciimeB.
The vote for councilmen was as follows:
Ward 1-First Davenport 210. Stoddard 33l.
scattering /. Second. Carr 342. CLARK 1877. Third.
Hamilton $685. Young 229.
Ward s-FIrst. CoAstock 344, Ward 2sl. scatter
ing 2. second Tanner $50. sullivan 1877 scattering
2. Third. Barker 500 Clarke 207, scaltering3.
Ward 3-Flrst. N. J. Debois 2o1, w. Q. Town.
send s57. Second. Godfrey Monitt 375. Howard
Smith s4s. Taird. J. H. Wilbur 372. Joseph Gra-
ham $50.
Ward 4-First. r. j. Sweeney ESQ. r. s. Cash 2oa.
Second. w. A. Cottrell 2 s. Robert Gardiner 224.
Third, w. II. Young 3Os. s. II. Coates eo7.
Ward b-First j. r.. ONE ii 4l3 James McLeish
l2a Second. F. Hughes 1913. w. w. Marvel 1856.
Third, NJ. p Vaughan 800. q. 4. Taylor, Jr., 1877.
The vote for aldermen follows:
First ward--stevens. $50; Albro. 200; Steven s.
S cond Ward "A. A. Tiiley. slo A. B. sayer. 200
Third Ward~f. H. Hammett. se4; Edward
Newton, s4s; Hammett's majority. l16.
Fourth Ward-James Openshsw. 500; w. o.
Greene. zee; Openshaw's majority, 7s.
Firth ward-P. j. Boyle. Ans; A. T. Anthony
1S7; Boyles majority. 276.
The vote for city treasurer was; Cog
peshall, 1878; Atkinson, 1874.
For scho l committee one Republican
and three Democrats were cho-en. one of
the latter being on both tickets aud
another announcing his independence.