The sun., 1898-11-08
NEW CASTLE COUNTY


| NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Votes for one Congressman
State Treasurer, State Auditor
Recorder of Deeds, Sheriff, Coro
ner, five Senators and fifteel
Representatives.
The Democratic ticket, will
the exception of Handy, will
probably carry the county.
9.O5. The Democrats of St. George
are attempting to steal the ballot boxe
in this hundred, and there is likely Il
be trouble before the night closes.
7.15 p. m.-Prominent Republican,
claim the county by over 200 majority
and say that they have elected four if moi
FIVE State Senators and at least eight out
OF the fifteen Legislative districts. They
also say that Hoffecker will run over thu
vote, ,and that the Democrats have knitted
Handy as promised. They further CLAIM
the election of the county ticket, includ
ing Delaware Clark for Recorder o.
Deeds.
Details sAard to CLEAN at present
and the ID Ifats say that they have
carried the county by from 200 to 800
majority.
In the Seventh Senatorial District the
Democrats claim that they have elected
George M. d. Hart by a plurality of 100.
The Single Tax and Prohibition vote
was very light and did not come up to
expectations. Handy, it is claimed in
this district polled the full vote of the
party.
Republicans say that they will elect
three Of the five Senators outside of Will
mington.
They are Blakely in the Third, Shakes.
peare in the Fourth and McFarlin in the
Fifth.
The Sixth and Seventh are Demo.
cratic strongholds and Salmon and Hart
are sure of election.
The Democrats from present indica-
tions will elect the following Representa-
tives: Eliason in the Tenth, Motherall
in the Ninth, Rose in the Eleventh,
Shallcross fin the Thirteenth, Wiggin in
the Fourteenth and Donovan in the
Fifteenth.
The Republicans claim these Repre-
sentatives: Ewing in the Sixth, Frizzel,
in the Seventh, Dennison in the Eighth
Clark in the Twelfth.
6.10 p. m.-Polls closed and large
vote has been polIed. There was consid-
cradle cutting in the districts outside Of
Wilmington. 1t is believed that the
Democrats have made good their threat
to cruelty Handy on the cross of gold.
All but about ten per cedt. OF the vote
was polled. Montgomery for Recorder
OF Deeds, it is stated, has not polled as
large vote as was expected.
In the Ninth Representative District it
is quite probable that Nathan Motherall
is elected by about 10 majority. The full
vote with the exception of was polled.
The registration was TAI.
Third Senatorial District will probably
elected by over 200 plurality.
In the Sixth Representative District
nearly all of the S47 vote registered was
polled. Republicans claim that Ewing
is elected by so majority.
The Seventh Representative District
will probably elect Frizzel by about 1875
majority. The registered vote is LOIS,
of which 3S4 are Democratic and 643
Republican.
Republicans claim the election of
Dennison, Republican, by 25O majority
in the Eighth District. 1t is reported
that there was considerable cutting in
this district, and Handy, it is said, suff-
cred most.
New Castle, 6.l5 p. m.-Large vote
was polled here and all indication are
that Taylor for Sheriff has carried the
for Districts. Their was considerable
cutting and Moody, Democratic candi-
date for Sheriff got the morst end of the
bargain. Lewis L. Eliason it is claimed
has carried the District for Representa-
live, but by how large majority is un-
ynOWp