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

This gives the Democratic party eight
votes in Council including the presi-
dent. The Republicans have five mem
bers OF Council and also the assessor and
collector for the Northern district.
The total vote of Saturdays munich
pal election was S,465. This includes
the Peoples party contribution of 177
ballots. At the last municipal election,
that of 1893, the total vote was 1866,
which therefore allows for an increase
of exactly 500 votes cast this year. The
highest individual vote was that cast for
the Democratic mayor-elect, DR.. Charles
h. Jefferis, 1858. In 1898 the Republican
majority for mayor was $50. Adding to
this Saturdays Democratic majority of
PAS, the total reversal of figures is 907,
which represents the tremendous Demo-
cratic victory of Saturday.
There was the greatest interest in re-
gard to the outcome of the ward con-
tests. Compared with 1898, the changes
are; First, a Democratic increase from
| "a to 96; Second, Democratic increased
majority from 21 to 81; Third ward, a
Democratic increased majority from 16
to 50. This is the ward in which the
successful Democratic candidate, James
| III.
his Republican opponent, Francis Ma
guigan, with almost a score OF less votes,
was given the Third ward seat in City
Council by Republican majority vote
OF city councilmcn. 1t is probable that
the distinctly large ballot of Saturday
will do away with any temptation to re.
peat the trickery. In the Fourth ward
the Democratic majority is increased
from IS to the healthy figures of 1873
Fifth, the Republican majority OF 22t
in 1893 made heavy drop to 1855 OF
Saturday; Sixth ward Republicans fel
with a heavier thud still from 1856 tc
only S4 majority; Seventh ward Re
publican majoritles tumbled still mor'
from 511 in the municipal election o
1893 to 201 on Saturday. In the Eight
ward the Democrats seem to have madt
no effort at all, but let their opponent
obtain on increased majority from 52 tC
"a. 1t was almost the same in the Nintl
ward where the increase was from As Il
rs. Elsewhere, however, there wer
good Democratic advances. In tn
, Tenth the Democrats pushed tn
figures on from 217 in 1898 to 322 oi
i Saturday last; Eleventh, from 90 tp "a
J and in the Twelfth ward the Republi
can majority of 81 at the municipa
election of 1898 was reversed on Satur
? day to Democratic majority of 6S.
I The Democratic wards now are th
First, Second, Third, Fourth, Tenth
Eleventh aud Cwelfth--the Republican
: Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth an
= Ninth. 1t will thus be seen that tn
Democratic wards are all south of Sixtl
and the Republican are all north of this
dividing line, in other words range
according to the city assessmeI
: divisions of Northern and Southern ia
= districts.
The historic feature of Saturdays vo
will be recognized in the negro vote.
= is the first time in the political histol
= of Delaware when the colored vot
= acted on definite, compact and precol
certed method. Between 200 and 81
colored voters of the Sixth and Twelf
= wards stayed away from the polls. The
: did it for the purpose of Touching the
= Republican friends that for the futu
= ut all Republican primaries the COLOR
voter must sc: representation wltho
fail. The Afro American Equal Righ
League gave full notice of this previo
= to the last Republican nomination ele
: tions But the Republican First distri
= committee thought the colored voters
: the Sixth ward could be hoodwink
and humbugged in the old way of plen
: full promise, but no realization. Ii
= the man-eating tiger that has once tast
: human blood, the colored Republica
= have felt and proved their power, a
81 now for all future time in Wilmingt
Al the Republican party has no aftermath
- but divide public office with the color
es Republican. Otherwise the negro
90 but simply to organize and overwhe
6S that party in defeat,
Il 1t should be remembered, in this c(
~ - nection, that OF Saturday last, tn
. was an equal number Of Democrs
165 voters, between 300 and 300, 50 the q
mate is. that stayed away from