Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-09-17

Pyles majority ..lUS9
Estimated.
In the Secopd Levy Court district
there was no nomination. This district
includes the upper portion of the city,
which is the Republican stronghold.
In the Third district, which is mado
up of tho First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth
wards, John j. Mealey, the present in
cumbent, being the only candidate, re-
ceived all of the votes cast for the
pf1ice, 4, 124 ...
The returns from some of the polling
places were ridiculous, and the entire
vote of the city in thel senatorial con-
test was much larger than IT should
have neen. In all there were 6,476
ballots reported to have been polled,
and, while it is estimated that fully
., 800 Democrats remained away from
the polls, the inference is that at the
election in November S,97G Democrats
should cast their ballots. This seems
odd, when it is taken into con-
sidoration that at the election in 1884
there were but 6,516 Democratic votes
east for the Office of Governor. One OF
y the most noticeable cases of an ap-
paronty inflated ballot is in the
Eleventh ward, where 1926 votes are
alleged to have been cast. There must
be something wrong in connection with
that result, as but 297 Democrats voted
there at the election in 1894. Two
hundred Republicans voted, making a
total of 497 voters in the ward, at
against 726 Democratic votes at Satur-
days nomination. Several other caseE
Uf the same kind are noticed, but il
some cases people outside of the win
dows got at the ballot boxes and doc
t0red them.
Tho returns were received at the
business office of Every Evening
where they were accounted for oiliciall,
by the county committee. The vote o.
the eastern end of tho Fourth ware
was brought in uncounted, thu officers
giving as reason that there had beer
trouble at the voting place. There wore
two boxes. One contained few more
than 100 ballots, and when counted il
was ascortained that a majority hat
been cast for Pyle for Senator. Tht
second box contained about 800 ballots
and when they were taken out it wal
found that nearly all were for Staytor
and Dickey, scarcely dozen being
Pyle votes
One of tho election officers in thii
district stated that when the Pyle
forces found that there were two ballo
boxes they made cbjection,\ and whel
Officer Kelley entered the room to quel
the disorder which had arissn, his re
volver was taken away from him b.
one of the men in the room Who fret
II oil several times, the bulletA lodginl
IN the ceiling. 1t is ALLEGED tina
Officer Kelley was about to be SIT upol
when officer Murphy came to tn
rescue.
In the Second ward, at the pills a
Second and Walnut streets, theballo
box was extracted out of the wndo'
and demolished while the elctio
officers we're wrangIing over ma
whose vote had been challenged. Thi
incident occurred early in the atel
noon and it was some time bSoi
voting was resumed.
Election Officer Morrow of the SiSi
ward had the ballot box stolen fro
him by some unknown person, and
Whereabouts are unknown. A wa
worker, who appeared at Every Eve
ing office during tho evening, made t
romark that the Sixth ward retur
never would be found. A citizen
the ward. who watched closely, ga
an estimate OF the vote, which
probably about correct.
Many people gathered at Every Eve
ins office TO hear the returns read
they came in, and about 10. 30 o'clo
disordurly person started to ma
trouble and as he was being elected
capt Kane several persons were push
against one of the doors, breaking &
glass Several persons were cut By t
glass, but none seriously.
Some of Stayton's friends d
charging treachery. They allege ;h
Dickey played them false. 1t W
supposed that Stayton and Didx
wore running mates, yet tho foru
was defeated, and it was conceded b
ryie and johnson were als, RUM
mates, yet johnson was defeated.
RESULT IN THE COUNTY
Tho returns from the rural hundr