The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-03
JAMES R. MAHAFFY
Declared to Be the Winner in the
Gold Watch Contest
THE RESULT UNSATISFACTORY.
Defeated Contestants Crentoa Disorder on
Techuiceisties-Tho Vote and Count
Fair to Ali-Kesuit of the Vote.


The most popular foot ball contest.
which was inaugurated by the REPUBLICAN
on August ist. came TO close last night.
and the REPUBLICAN regrets exceedingly,
that 1t ended as II did.
From the time the first count was made
until the iinai one IL was our intention TO
conduct the same with equal fairness to
nll oonteatants. This was done tn tho
presence OF friond of or the contestant.
who corrected counters whenever they
believed a rniscount had been made.
Last night the friends of each contes.
: tnnt wero on hand TO witness the final
counting. which was done by four en-
ployas OF the REPUBLICAN. whose reputa.
tlons have always been above reproach.
I All had progressed satiSfactory until the
y vote OF James Il. Mahaffy OF the Y. III. q.
I A. was counted. This popular young
4 man had been the dark horse for several
weeks, bat his friends rallied to his sup
port the last few days. and succeeded In
running his vote up to big total.
! II was go large In fact. that 1t was I'm.
I .cssihle to asnsesl; |. a taa boy. provided
for tho purpIs5. |. .sfso s0le OF liarvey's
< wna handled in exactly the same way and
carried to the place OF counting by one OF
the counters.
4 The REPUBLICAN had anticipated n lurge
count and therefore had requested oon,
itestants to deposit their coup In pack.
ages OF 100 securely tiod and bearing the
Z name. Inns Cu6tpm was ~ Reu0Tul OH6
among the contestants but 1t was Lost
sight of last evening because Of animosity
toward the young mRnswho had won fair.
ly and on an honest Count.
L The vote OF Harvsy's was first counted.
and 1t reached tho total OF IL. R0. fren-
tise followed. mud his amounted TO - 363.
Anhaffys was third. and reached 22.317,
There was an oversight In the count OF
Ellison, which was satifactorily rectihed
ond hla vote reached 10 o47.
In the box were many bupdles OF oatlots.
as had been requested. and at the count
those for Prentis5. Ellison and MahaHy
were counted So Those OF Harvay's were
mot. because the contestants et iirst paa
Insisted on zone by ous" count. Ma
.halIy's votes were with tho exception OF
about 400 securely tied aud stamped with
his narle and the club TO which he belongs.
The ADO that were not had been Just pre-.
vions to tho counting OF the vote. hno
'had hsen opened to count because at the
time there was the objection raised tnat
they NIGH. not have been intended Tor
Mahnffy.
Tho counter having the work In charge
was about to Insist but with equal lair.
continued his work. When IL was finished
the rosult was announced but the news
did not fall upon woicome ears. Ellison's
friehds hissed. Harvey's friends Rave vent
to their disappointment by charsing the
HEPuBIIcAN with itickery anu ihieVtny.
aud Prentlas also with dishonssty.
Such accusations were far from pleasant
aud attempts to clear oneself CT any un'
fairness only met with hisses ami yelle
from crowd OF rowdiss. who acted more
like insane young mon than the gentle'
manly sat thsy were supposed TO nave
bean. Tho 6oane was one which the
writer In all his experience as newspaper
writer never saw equaled. a bar-room
brawl or election squabble was not In IT,
Reason was out of tho question, as much
30 as It would have been among crowd
OF maniacs. 0rjer was not restored
until ialo hour.
The RHpUBIIcAN wishes each contestant
to know that they were treated fairly.
Votes 10 packages of 100 and bearing tue
naue of tho contestants we're counted Tor
every contestant and therefore oil were
treated alike in that particular respect.
JAMES n, MABAFFY.
James II. Mabaffy OF tue Y. nj. C. A..
whom the REpUDLIcAN has declared to be
the winner OF Tho handsoms watch. 10 20
yee.s oi.69e Aid pQl Qnis ssino s.s most nonu- :
, Iar foet ball pIsyar in Delaware. but a
young Laa who is popular in social circles
aud in othetl!c work In general.
S il h5s ssiaSf cs 4 M ad dsayt sy prassns ass
O yetsrInaty. STUDENT at The University OF
Pennsylvania from which Institution be