The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-07
POLITICAL NOTES.

shook his head and said nothing, but went
on watching the tally sheet OF Clerh
First and Reed, the two Democratic
clerks.
Mr.. James b. Toman visited the Court
House IN the afternoon in company with
John w. AydOn and John ii. Rodney ard
witnessed the workings OF the two count
ingDhchines manipulated by James T.
Nields and Leslie Pyle. The machines
were introduced at the Court House short.
ly after dinner on Friday afternoon, and
it took them some hours to compute the
total votes of the different candidates.
There were only few attorneys and the
inspectors who witnesses the counting OF
the to ais by the machines.
Mr.. Isaac Baird, who was one OF the Re-
publican tally, clerks was met Oh Market
street by representative OF the REPuEL.'
CAN, who asked him if he was tAr4 u Ii
with his duties He answered not yet buG
he was going home to get II few hours
sleep, having been Oh duty at the Court
House for 3G hours. That he felt very tired
and sleepy as well as hungry. He return
ed to the Court House shortly after 8
o'clock Sheriff elect William r. Finn
was also at tho Court House witnessing 9
the count.
Mr., John A Carswell the Democratic
candidate for Receiver OF Taxes Wa ap,
preached on Tuesday night last and asked
If he would accep, the Office If he was
counted in He replied no that he would
have nothing to do with the Office The had
to get 1t in that manner He felt that he
wa. fairly beaten us elections gos5 and was
perfectly satisfied Wbn. 10 nar reader,
think OF the So.GA.i"d s"a.rt ballet now?
There are mG-e chickering's ana cOntEu'
tions now than ther- Gse tv be under the
old ballot law, when every man could
prepare his ballot a. home and then 81 to
the polls on election day and vote as he
wanted The old way OF voting was
plenty good CROUCH 1or our fathers and
should be god onpash iVs their dude
SONS
As an accountant Robert Adnir showed
himself to be first class one in CCmpH'-
ing the result OF the vote given the d!ler-
cnt candidates at the recent election.
Dr. Evan &. ShOrtlidge was an Interest,"
cd spectator at The counting Of the Cleo
ton returns at the Court llousc
II wits lucky thing that the deputy
Shcriffa were not called upon to take part
in the difficulties at the Court House last
evening" otherwise there might have been
blood shed.
Colonel Henry A. DUPONT was another
one of the interested spectators witnessing
the counting of the returns
The election inspectors had to sign their
names so many times that they numbered
over three thousand when the last olllclal
returns had been completed, and the weary
and tired inspectors took their leave Vi Inc
Court House, after having been IN alton.
d,ncn same fnrtv hours. Whs position of
J,nt Ian insrnrltr is nu sinrrure and the
nav hnr,llv cornunnsnta. them for their
irnuhlr and time last in cuutlIc, ing tho
election
Nr Willard Soulshurv deserves com.
mcndation for thn manner In which lie
acted Yesterday afternoon when the yuto
for Shrritf wuS announced f,e cautioned
ouirt and no yelling 10 he INDUCED in by
ihn:H nrn.rnt in H.. court roam. The
insn sncctnrs rer,ivcd Init - for ali their
trnnhlc anil loss of timr Such lurre
crowds Ind NOT bern seen around tho
Cnnrt House for r,,rur.. ard after tho court
r.nm had bwn cleared of all bat those
win had a ri.rhtrr, br nro,eul. tho crowt.
cur ,royntnI vIt on the pavuIlcnt and
wniInd rronnl nntil th. official count had
been announced which WAS after Il ID
m'rInct when thp crowd dl,usy,,,d for
their hnmr, satisfied thai no stead as at
first concentrated LuI been CulsuIuatGu.
iThia rnI ri nm of thr most exciting SCENES
rynr ,yitnn.,rd in thn court House in
NiIn,inTtnn an ,,nv ntlrr election. return
luy war IA
tTbo Inennctnrs m,t in ti'rnc invs md re.
cniynd hmf nav for one dny, being $3. The
Insnrctnrs hnvr siunrd "A netitton to the
Levy Court, asking for three days pay and
thry shouId rrrpiyo II The position is IL
vrrv nr,nrn,ls one and n .hnnlilcsS lob,
I'he Sheriff Commission from tine Cow
erumrnt cost the sheriff fifty dollars.
surely a nreftv hir nricr to DAY tho chief
executive for Il small piece If official parcr.
We would consiit,r it a swindl Uru Lunco
came hut he has to get it all tho same and
glyc no his good fifty for it.
Mr. John H.. Carswril was approached
and asked if he would acccpt tho position
of Receiver of Taxes if he was COnutcd in,
He refused to have anything to DO wt'h
thr matter, and said if he was not elected
he w0uld not accept the Office
lanes r Fomun came up in the court
room shortly after / OCloCk, i'll company
Win Jnhn II, Rodney and John W,
Avdnu and watched the adding up Of the
liz If tlrnIys Ly the aid Of The two count
ing mnchinrs
Mr Rodney served notice on the Sheriff
that hr intcnled TO protest against lhy u,e
Of the counting machine.
Such scenes was never before witnessed
ot nnv clectjon held in Delaware. Some.
hoIv /, to blame for it, who can it be?
s;urh hvpocrisy rs the Evening journal
h,s indnIr,d in is enough to disgust de.
rnnt law abiding citizens. The securing
of thr senate by tho Republicans will ef.
fartnollv block ali partisan legislation.
Tho Democratic trickstcrs will have their
h anls tied for once, and chcrkmatod by
thn Rrpubljcan body that will be presided
.vnr bv n R-nnbiican,
We viii have a Democratic Hou,e and a
senate.
bnlownre may probably witness two
/, 'risint;vn hoIips in session the same as
IL sEaw .torsrv two yr,rs ago. Both tho
and the Renubliran mem bers
~ .hn canvossino Ronri have maie official
a., ~, ,,,,,,n,,a thn ,nnttrr U,ill nrphnbly be-
\ io+ar,,,innT y, in tho i,nnrt
80 r,ivnn ont thn, Ebe w Tunnel will
not acEnowlpdrc any Of the sound money
~, nn,nnrr,ts in Sa,nworn in making hi, an.
~ "i,,t',n,t,
t. in Lintrd that Ion,os n j'omon will
,,o nt,,er n nosition in the Court House to
,,os,te NJ sa,n bim for his defeat HIS friends
p.t'ni,i SOC that he i, remembered In tAis
administration.
'HI''t' Thc scnln Of Marshal Lannan will be
r,,nnoJ fnr by the RppublicanI for yffuu.
Two n,rt,san hin in Dp}a ware politics
pnetmo.tnr iIyrter of Nav Castle
,bnnl5 also 10 n mnrSnd man.
r. nvnrv Stnrle Tayor in Delaware was
IN suhsrribp FIR Justice. the single Tax
'ynnnnnt thr nanar would have las t,,an
.,',.,,, hunirnd sIIIsrr;hnrs Il, Influenza
ynril rertoinlv te immense, The single
roy thcory /, on the wape in Delaware
rho old woman the Every Evening