Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-06-06

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he Department of Elections had no
,tficial call to visit any polling place or
o settle any dispute. This Is the first
election that any such record is made.
Every detail d the department worked
sxcellently. Tho Office at Seventh and
Shipley was olen until midnight Satur-
lay. About 800 of the 325 inspectors
ind poll.clerks were paid off
PEOPLES PARTY.
With the head of the Peoples Party |
ticket, the total vote on Saturday was
Ut. The patty voted for mayor,
Charles BeadenSopf, who, as stated, re.
ceived III votess for president of City
Council, GeorgeL Norris, the vote was
143; for city treasurer, Charles b.
Sweeney, the vote was 147 for assessor
and collector Of the Southern district,
Henry j. Care, rs votes. This COM
prised all of the Peoples Party ticket
running officially through the city.
Other names received votes from sup
porters of the party for various offices.
But as these names were not upon the
certificate sent To and published by the
Department of Elections such votes do
not count. For Council there were
Peoples Party votes as follows: Third
ward, Thomas Dougherty, IL; Fifth,
John B. Fisher, 10; Sixth, William Il.
Fountain, 3s; Seventh, Frank Thomp-
son, 8; Eighth, Harry Vollmer, Z; Ninth,
David B. Chambers, IS; Tenth, Patrick
J. Dillon, 81; Eleventh, Walter J. John
son, Z; Twelfth, Harry Hollis, 5. The
feature of the Peoples party vote was
its relatively heavy ballot in the Sixth
ward, where the,fcity treasurer candi-
date received Al votes in the First dis.
trict, with the other party candidates
similarly heavy.
ELECTION NOTES.
The uewly.elected Democratic mayor
is sworn in Monday, July 1st. The new
City Council meets for organization the
same day.
sTAR.wITNEss uoUEs JUMPED.
Star-witness for the Republicans
Louis L. Houes, who was voters as
sistant Saturday in the Third district,
Third ward, and who will be remem-
bered as the parsonage upon whom the
Republican members OF Council de-
pended for their fraudulent turning out
of the Democrat, Griffin, and tie seat.
ing of Maguigan, Republican, as mem
ber of Council for the Third ward, tried
to vote in the Third district of that
ward little after 6 o'clock. He was
promptly challenged by Democratic
Challenger Rowe, who asserted thai
Houes's tax receipt is bogus. The ques
tion was left with the election officers
Inspector Stephen s. Cook investigated
carefully, questioned Houes and then
reject ed the receipt. II am sorry, Mr.
Cook" Houes said, ~ paid for this.
He left without polling his vote.
RECEIVING THE RETURNS.
AT EVERY EVENING office Saturda!
night the City Democratic Executive
Committee was present with Mayor
elect Jefferis and, the other candidates
| The returns came in with the exception
of three or four districts in very goot
time. BY 1890 o'clock the fate of til
Republican party was known from tn
figures already in hand. The Demo
cratic iubilation was UNDERSTANDABLE
Mayor-eect Jefferis, who was present
received an ovation. He was ker
shaking hands for long time. Tn
good results in the Sixth and Twelft
wards were warmly commended o
every hand.
There was but one thing to mar th
evening and that was the misfortune {
having no light on the bulletin board
outside the Office. The immense crow
was all in the dark. Early in the ever
ing word was received from the electr
station that one of the big armaturt
had been broken and that no arc ligh
could be furnished for the bullet
boards. The crowd was informed of Il
fact, but they seemed in sufficient
good humor on account of the eXceller
Democratic news continually coming i
The break at the electric station pr
vented the supply OF arc lights to Unic
Park and other places. The stree
alone could be supplied with arc light
TWO SUGGESTIONS.
A stalwart Republican suggested th
morning that the Young Mems Repu
lican Club and the Business Mems X
publican Club go around with bra
band and gather in those whom thu
read out of the party before the electio
Another Republican suggested that
would be in order now to read the FIJI
district Republican committee out
the party.
THE DETAIL OF CANVASS.
In the detail of the canvass by L
Department of Elections Monday aft(
noon the three commissioners, Mess
Doud, Thomas and Fairy occupied t
city Judges bench. Clerk Lednum
City Council took the desk i'll fro
while an assistant was opposite hi
making another record. None but I
candidates, their counsel and the !
porters representing the city press, we
;, inside the rails. Secretary Frank NJ
Closkey Of the Department OF Electio
aided the commissioners.
The two rival candidates for Ct
! treasurer, Messrs. Fuckei and Adam
were interested spectators. Mess
!. Hilles and Peter L. Cooper, Jr., OF
legal fraternity, representing the T.
parties, and incidentally, Messrs. Ada
9 and Fuekel seyerally, had seats in frc
l. of the commissioners. During the aft
= noon City Solicitor Elliott was a
4 present. Mayor Shortlidge paid vi
" to the board of canvass and was soil
y tous why the commissioners did !
take the upper and cooler chamber
their sitting. Another visitor OF
If afternoon was Mr.. Addicks, who lool
Il cool and comfortable in a fashiona
t. linen suit.
" Mr.. Thomas did the work of bre'
Ie ing the seals of the envelopes enclosi
n the certificates received from the jud!
" of election. The third commission
10 Mr.. Fairy, watched closely eyerythl
st going on and saw that the figures cal
le out by the annunciator, Mr.. Doud, W
10 the same as those on the certificate. !
to wards were called out in order, ct
r. district coming in its numerical tu
IN The totals were read and then placed
IN the record kept by Clerk Lednum