Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-17
Five Contested Election Cases
Before the Judicial Board
Of Canvass in Sussex.
OTHER DISTRICTS COMPLETED
The Vote Practically the Same
as That Printed in Wednes- r
days Every Evening -
Republicans Cele-
brate T heir M
III Victory.

Georgetown, Dell; Nov. ii. judges
Grubb and Boyce yesterday concluded
the canvass Of the votes in all the
uncontested districts in Sussex county,
the official count showing the vote
practically as given in Wednesdays
Every Evening. 5aA3nsJ u,
The contests are by Elijah j. Ellis,
Republican, against Elisha H. F.
Farlow, Democrat, in the Third Sena-
torial district; Hiram r. Burton, Re-
publican, against Franklin @. Maull,
Democrat in the Fifth Senatorial dis
trict; DeLange Robinson, Democrat,
against William P. Short, Republican,
in the Sixth Representative district;
James G. Conoway, Republican, against
William j. West, Democrat, in the
Fourth Representative district, and
Ebensor W. Warren, Democrat, against
David Hazard. Republican, in the
Fourth Representative district.
The ballot boxes were watched by a
guard of armed mon last night.
REPUBLICANS REJOICING.
The Republicans of this county are
very jubilant over their great victory
at the polls last, Tuesday, and as a
consequence Return Day. to them
was a very great day and they cele-
brated it in royal style. Early this
| morning they began to arrive until by
noon every district in the county, from
Gumboro to Cedar Creek, WAS well rep
resented by a. crowd whose enthusiasm
knew no bounds. The size of the
crowd despite the threatening weather,
was probably 3,000,ia large portion of
| them being negroes. Two bands of
| music, from Laurel and Gumboro,
added very much to the general noise
and hilarity.
Ex-senator Higgins, Postmaster Hugh
1 G. Browne and j. Edward Addicks
were among the visitors, but there was
no speech making. They are probably
busy in making estimates OF the new
General Assembly and figuring on the
probable successor of Mr.. Gray in the
United States Senate. The Regulars
are now claiming majority of this
members of the Republican caucus and
say that they will be able to prevent
the election of AddiclSs.
| Georgetown, Nov. 10. The recount
of the vote of the contested election
districts in this county is still il
progress. Judges Grub and Boyce
kept their assistants at work until pas
o'clock this morning in the recount
of the votes of the Second election dis
trict of the Sixth Representative dis
trict, Dagsboro hundred, but at thi.
time the work has not been completed
and thus far no change has been mad'
in the result in that district.
il Yesterday afternoon the vote of thu
| Fourth Representative district, Broat
Creek hundred, Was recounted in thai
/
for Representative in the General AS
sembly, had been returned by tn,
election board as elected by majority
OF two votes over Conoway, tho Repub
lican nominee. An investigation o
the ballot box showed that the election
officers had refused to count L
marked" Republican ballots ant
seven markell Democratic ballots
After celebrating almost the entir
afternoon, the court ordered 10 of tn
, 81 ballots to be counted -four Demo
cratic and eight Republican, thu
exactly reversing the decision of tn
election board and declaring that Como
way, Republican, was elected by /,
majority of two votes. The distric
nominees of the Republicans wer
/ counted in by the same margin.
The recount Of the vote in the Thir,
Senatorial district, where Ellis, Repub
, 1ican, is contesting the election 9
Farlow, Democrat, is now in progress
!, The count is about half finished an
by it Farlow has made gain Of l
votes over the majority given him b
, the election board.
The contest will fail in that district
and it is generally believed that tn
contest of Burton, Republican, of th
j election of Maui, Democrat, in tn
Fifth Senatorial district, will also fa
| through. -
1t is claimed BY some that DIR.
Rodney Layton of Georgetown, tn
| Union Republican county chairman
, will b. elected to succeed Senate
i [ Gray "A, .A