Evening journal., 1897-05-24

GEORGE II. MCALL DEFEATED
AFTER A BRILLIANT FIGHT
At the Republican primaries Satur-
day there was only one contest that
amounted to much. That was over the
nomination for collector of the North |
ern district George II. Mccall, Thomas
s. Lewis and Samuel b. Speakman were
the candidates. and hot fight II was.
Mccall looked to the Eighth and
Ninth wards to aid him, but was dis
appointed. Lewis was nominated by
269 majority over Mccall. Speakman
polled but IA votes.
The contests for Council were not
bitter, but extremely close and in
teresting In the Fifth ward James w.
Robertson was nominated, receiving
over 3O4 majority over Charles II.
Blaine. George c. Whiteman, the third
candidate polled 73 votes.
In the Sixth ward George NJ. Fisher
secured the nomination by a majority
of 1S2 over Thomas Postles. w. G..
Keeys, the third candidate polled o.
votes. In the Seventh ward III. w. Zeb-
ley. present member OF Council; Hamil
ton and Robert Barnett were the can
didates. Zebley's majority over Bar
nett was 1872. Stewart pOlled 2O5 votes
The Eighth ward presented the main
fight for Council. 1t was a contest be-
tween Frank Kendall and j. H. Morris
Kendall was backed by the ring lead
ers" OF the ward and by the Republican
League Morris defeated nlm by 5S ma
jority.
In the Ninth ward there was a tri-
angular fight. Jonathan Roberts, a
staunch Union Republican, wanted to
~. tl.k Nnt hui hn
was left j. L. Hawkins also had his
ewes on the nomination, but Caleb S.
Watson carried off the coveted prize by
majority Of 1913 over Roberts. Haw-
kins received only "a votes.
"Bill" Robinson tried hard to beat
Theodore Brown in the Eleventh ward
but the returns showed that he got only
one vote, Brown polled 63 votes, and
had So majority over Robinson. The
boys in the Eleventh have now great
joke on Robinson.
In,the Twelfth John Mccoy and AT.
thur w. Brierley fought for the coun-
cilmanic nomination prize Mccoy was
victorious by 1S majority.
On the head OF the ticket the vot'
was close William II. Curry. candi
date for the nomination for city treas
urerl received the highest vote. II. G
T.
next Henry G. Conrad, for city solicit
tor was third, and Charles M. Leitch
for president OF City Council wa
fourth. An admirer OF Samuel Bay
nard in the Western district of tn
Fifth ward cast his vote for him 70
mayor. Sans total was one. "A. j
Warner got one vote in the Second dis
frict of the Seventh ward from a felloN
who wants to see him mayor His to
tai was also one.
George T. Brown was not without al
admirer who thinks he should be mayo
of Wilmington. In the Fourth distric
of the Seventh ward, Mr.. Brown re
eeived one vote. His total was also
Harry Whitfman polled a total o
eight votes for the nomination for cit
solicitor.
DIR. II. M. First, who aspired to tn
nomination Of president OF City Coun
ell received 30 votes in his own ware
the Eighth and one in the Sixth. To
taI31.
lc Not one vote was polled against Wi
liam II. Curry, candidate for city treas
urer The scattering votes for mayor
president of Council and city solicitor
gave him the lead on the t0tal vote.
Following is the entire ticket nom
mated by the Republicans yesterday:
m Mayor.
HENRY c. MDEAR.
President of Council
CHARLES M. LEITCH.
City Treasurer.
WILLIAM H. CURRY.
City Solicitor.
HENRY c. CONRAD.
City Council.
First ward-C. o. FUNK.
Second ward-T. w. M'VAY.
Third ward-W. H. GRAHAM.
Fourth ward-C. r. HOLT.
Fifth ward-J. w. ROBERTSON.
Sixth GEORGE NJ. FISHER.
Seventh ward-H W. ZEBLEY.
Eighth ward--J. H. MORRIS.
Ninth ward-CALBB S. WATSON.
Tenth ward EDWARD ABRAHAM
Eleventh ward-THEO. BROWN.
Twelfth ward-JOHN MCOY.
H Collector Northern District.
rt THOMAS S. LEWIS.
Collector Southern District.
JAMES A. MELVIN.
The total vote on the four princip
nominations was:
McLear, for mayor. As
Leitch, for president Council. As
Conrad, for city solicitor. r....... As
Curry, for city treasurer. ......... as
SCATTERING.
S. H. Baynard, for mayor. ............
a, ID. Warner, for mayor. ..........
George T. Brown for mayor. ......
Harry Whiteman, for city solicitor g.
Dr. II. NJ. First, president Council. g..
Total scattering votes. ...........
VOTE BY WARDS.
y The following shows how the vo
stood in the twelve wards
FIRST WARD.
Mayor, McLear. II; president CT
Council, Leitch II; city solicitor, Co
rad. 20; Whiteman. i; city treasur
Curry II. Council c. O. Funk n; CT