Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-12
THE COUNT COMPLETE
Superior Court Finished Can
vass of County Yesterday.
DR.. L. ". BALL LEADS THE TICKET

REPUBLICANS ELECT FIVE SEN
ATORS AND ELEVEN REPRE-
sENTATEVES IN NEW CASTLE
COUNTY-ELIASoN DEFEATED
IN THE TENTH DIsTRTCT-FIG-
URES OF THE COUNT.
The canvass of the vote of New Cas-
tie county was completed by the Su-
periOr Court yesterday afternoon, and
the official figures show the Republa-
cans to have made almost clean
sweep.
The only contest OF interest during
the session of the canvass board yes
terday was in the Second district of
the Tenth representative district, COM
& prasing New Castle hundred. The offi-
5 cial returns presented by electson OFF,
B GERS from the Tenth showed that L. e.
Il Eiiason, Democratic candidate for rep
resentative, had a majority of three
over his Republican opponent, H. W.
n Hushebeck. The returns from the Sec
ond district of the Tenth gave Ehaeon
121 votes to Hushebeck's 112, and it
was in this district tnat the Repub-
leans, through their attorney Walter
s H. Hayes, claimed that AZ ballots had
been rejected either through fraud or
mistake on the part of the election Of
ficers.
IL, fy, lI~f off hoa
besn filed and an inspection OF the
rejected ballots asked for by the attor-
ney, the court ordered the ballot+box
produced and opened that the rejected
votes might be inspected to ascertain
If any had been thrown out without
sufficient reason. After the ballots had
been carefully looked over by the
court, it decided that "a of the votes
had been properly rejected and the re-
manning IS were adjudged to be valid
and were addsd to the certificates of
he officers by the court.
CHANGED THE DISTRICT.
This addition changed the result OF
the vote in the hundred, and gave
aushebeck. Republican, a majority OF
six over EliasOn. The canvass also
affected other candidates On the ticket
giving McIvor. Republican, candidate
or assessor a majority over his Demo-
ratio opponent. Smith; defeating Mil
er, Democrat, candidate for road com
missioner of the hundred, and EXCITING
Srier, Republican, and reducing Truss
Democrat, candidate for assessor, ma
ority from Is to 3.
No further contests were made unit
he Thirteenth representative distric'
vas reached, when Frank L. Speakmar
md Philip O. Churchman, on behalf o
rohm E. Allston. candidate for roa'
commissioner, flied protests against th'
eturrns OF the First, Second anr
Fourth districts of the Thirteenth rep
esentative district. The ballOt-boxe
we're ordered opened in the First dis
rict. The court found nine rejecte
,allots, and after examining then
tated that all had been properly re
ected. In the box OF the Second dis
rict thirteen rejected ballots wer
ound. These were examined, ana
vas ordered that six of them be count
d. In the Third district ten ballot
we're found rejected. The court, afte
xaming them, said that eight had bee
roperly rejected, and ordered that tw
pe counted.
In the Fourth district, it was c,aime
hat nineteen ballots had been rejects
When the box was opened, only eleve
L the rejected ballots we're found, an
he court was informed there were re;
ons to believe that the other eight ha
zen burned. The court examined Il
leven ballots and ordered eight
hem counted By the ballc
yeing counted, Mr.. Allston $
ured small plurality for road con
missioner, but the additional vot
made no other change in the resu
rom the Thirteenth district.
evening session lasted until II.
5clock. during which time the cou
vas engaged in making out certiflcat
f election for the successful canc
ates. In almost every instance c
crtihcates had to be made in trip
ate, ais copies of the senatorial al
representative certificates have to
emit to the prouhonotary Of Kent cou
v, to the Senate and to the House
Representatives. Others have to
lied with the clerk of the peace a
ulothouotary OF New Castle county
Certificates were made in every
tance except in the contest for insp'
or in the Fourth district of the 'Th
eenth representative district,
feorges hundred, where Purnall
jyuch and ]. w. Dickinson each
eived 1O6 votes. Certificates were
ued by the court stating that a :
ancy will exist there for the office
3 s. Inspector. The candidates will have
roceed to decide the contest. The c