Evening journal., 1894-08-20
STEWART MEN SHOWED UNDER.
whipped In Every Wilmington ward But
One and In Every Hundred.

One and In Every Hundred.
For the second time in four months ex
Postmaster Daniel +. Stewart and his
friends are in sackcloth and ashes The
election for delegates to the Republican
State convention and members of the
county committee. held on Saturday,
was won by Chairman Bach and bis
friends with hands down.
They carried every ward but one In the
Gil aud every hundred in the county.
Worst Of all, they defeated the ex post.
master in his own ward, the Tenth.
The First District Committee will
meet tonight aud organize. with f..
Eden Bach as chairman. The county
committee will not meet until next Satur-
day.
gsThe Republican State convention will
meet at Dover tomorrow
The nomination of Joshua Marvel, OF
Sussex, for governor Is conceded
The Congressional nominee will doubt
less be Rev. jonathan s. Willis, of
Frederick. with ex Speaker Of the House
John Il. Hoifecher, of Smyrna, as second
choice Most Of the Wilmington dele.
gates will leave here on the 10 train.
Francis 5. Bradley is supremely happy.
He carried the Ninth ward against Bach
by majority Of rs The anti Bach men
had 20 msjority In the East Lake district
and AZ majority over Eleventh street
bridge Bach won the middle district
by A majority. This was not a surprise
to the Bach people, who practically con
ceded the ward TO the Stewart faction.
7 In the Sharpley school-house. end OF
Brandywine hundred ex-Constable
Charlie Green Of sewing g-machine fame,
and the Days, opened the polls twenty
one minutes before the time sci
by the call, and, by
o'clock had thirty-fve votes in ths
box One Of the men tried TO keep tally
In scratch book, but couldn't account
/ for more than seventeen names The
other side refused to vote Ia the sam,
box and opened another, polling City on,
/ votes.
Bach sent an emissary to East Brandy
wine hundred to spring ticket, but
only got Ave votes out OF the forty.on
cast the Forwood ticket winning. South
Brandywine was carried for the For.
wood ticket by vote Of 90 TO 70
Green's story is, that two weeks sgt
the Bach men, to which faction he be
longs, agreed TO accept James Luke, al
anti Bach man, as delegate, provided tha
the old county committee would be con
tiuued. Then The anti Bach men, led b
Robert j. Handy tried to hold "snap
election on Saturday. One of the ant
Bach men gave the scheme away. Tn
county committee concluded TO hold a
election on Saturday when this wa
learned
The polls we're opened In the school
i hnnun ohnrf IU hafara z rfalnah
came to the window and wanted to kno,
why the election was being held Il
asked for the poll list, but it was refuse
him. Then polls were opened at Rnothe
window, at which Democrats and me
from other hundreds voted. The count
committee made ont its certificate declal
ing DR.. f. H. Day aud William Denniso
elected. The anti Bach men declare thu
they will vote the Democrat ticket
Days election is sustained by the count
committee,
"Well, they beat you, remarked a
EVENING JOURNAL reporter to Deput
Sheriff Charles Ewing at the Coul
House this morning
Robbed us, you mean. answere
Charly, who is one Of Baoh's bitterel
foes in the First ward. "Was you dow
in the First ward to see the carryin'a on
mo"
"Well, sir; the FIRST thing the Brown
done was TO lick all our fellers. The
they begun putin in two votes at
time, an at last they wanted to lick the
own inspector because he wern't putti
,, 'em in fast enough. II you call thu
beatin' us don't call 1t robbin' us
Charlie proposes to give the moon
rest, and to allow Saturn to meander
virgo while be turns his telescope on th
First ward TO study the cause Of tn
y ! effect