Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
OLD FIGHT IN THE THlRe DISTRICT


Ticket yiciously.. Republicans Surprised
aud Democrats Disguised at the Extent
of the Fictury---Reformers Failed to
Make show In the Election of Council
inen--Repub!ican successes Generally
Throughout the State-A. j. Cassatt's
Recollection.
Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 20.--It was after 4
o'clock this morning when the count of
the vote cast in this city yesterday was
completed. Not only were there more bal.
lots put in the boxes than ever before, bur
the ticket in every ward was cut up TO such
an extent as to make the work of tabulat-
ing the vote very difficult.
In total vote of 2l4,747 Charles +.
Warwick, the Republican candidate for
mayor. has plurality of GOOSE over ex-
Governor Robert u. Pattison, the Demo-
cratic standard bearer. This is the greatest
plurality every given a candidate in
municipal contest, the previous record
being 30, 065 received by Edwin S. Stuart,
in 1881.
REPUBLICANS SURPRISED.
The result is pleasant surprise to the
Republicans, the most sanguine of whom
did not dare predict more than 10000
plurality for their ticket. The conserva-
tive members of the party before the cleo
tien even expressed, themselves as satisfied
if they got 10000 Consequently there
was unusual rejoicing in the early hours
this morning when the Republicans real
lied that their candidate had won by q
plurality in excess of their widest hopes.
DEMOCRATS DEPRESSED.
The Democrats were correspondingly
depressed. for they had good reason to
anticipate victory at the polls. in view of
the supposed disaffection in the Republic
can ranks believed to exist because of the
manner in which Mr.. Warwick was given
the nomination over Senator Penrose. q
popular candidate The expected reform"
vote for Pattison did not materialize. The
full strength of the Democratic vote was
not even given him, Democratic strong
holds like the Third, Fourth, Sixth,
Eleventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth wards
either going against him or giving him a
very much reduced plurality. All of
these wards are in the Third Congressional
district, formerly represented by the late
Samuel j. Randall, and the result shows
that the factionalstight is still in progress
there.
RoNEY RAN WELL.
William ]. Roney, Mr.. Warwick's com.
panion at the head of the ticket as candi-
tate for receiver Of taxes, ran only 827 be-
hind the ticket. Mr.. Roney is brother
in-law of Lender David Martha and it was
expected that he would be extensively cut
by Republicans opposed to Mr. Martins
leadership.
The Independent and Municipal League
candidates Jared very badly, not one OF
them being elected. In several instances
Municipal League ran ahead OF the ticket
WOMEN FOR SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
Women were voted for as school director:
81 4, 4,,at SIAa l,t.t a,
passed. There were II such candidate.
scattered throughout the city but only one
was elected, the fortunate woman beiul
Anna Longstreth. Republican, in the
Fifteenth ward. who ran 129 votes ahekc
of Warwick and got the highest plurality
on the ticket in that ward. The othel
women candidates were nominated eithe
by the Democrats or Prohibitionists IN
Lopelessly Republican wards and therefor,
| had no chance Of being elected.
THE SAME IN THE STATE.
| In the State the same story is to be told
the city and borough elections in the east
ern half resulting in almost unanimous Re
| publican victories.
Scranton Councils became Democratic
on joint ballot and South Bethlehem wa
| carried by the Democrats. The Republi
cans captured almost everything else il
sight.
One of the most important of the eastern
Pennsylvania elections was that q
Reading. Political parties have been tieC
in councils. Now these bodies will b.
Republican on joint ballot and elect Re
publican city clerk and solicitor. The Re
| publicans carried six of the nine council
manic contests. The city's proposed stree
paving bond scheme for 5000, 900 wa
defeated by 1000 majority.
| oAssATr ELECTED AGAIN.
An interesting feature of the election il
this vicinity was the reelection of A. ]
| Cassatt, President of the New York, Phila
delphia & Norfolk railroad, as road super
wiser of Lower Merfsn township, after
hard fight by reduced majority. Mr.
0assatt has been supervisor for many year
and the township has a national reputation
for its fine roads. The office pays 5000
year and Mr.. Cassatt is credited witt
spending annually about 5000 Of his owl
money on road Improvements. He wa
| opposed because he refused to allow troll
ley line TO take possession of the read
under his supervision.
PATTIsoN HAS NO OPINION TO EXPRESS.
| LANCASTER. fA., Feb. 20.-Ex-Governo
Pattison. whe was here to-day attending
the Buffy-Malone nuptials, declined t
give an expression of his opinion on tn
result of yesterdays election in Philadel
phia. As he was entering cab to catel
train to return home MIR. Pattison said
II have no opinion at all now. hav
had too much pleasure here to think o
anything else" AS he finished Mr.. Patti
son INDUCED in a good-natured laugh, il
which the by-standers heartily joined.
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