The sun., 1898-11-12
AUSHEBEck WAS ELECTED
Has . Plurality Of Six Votes Over
Lewis E. Eliason in New
Castle.
INSPECTORS WORK FRUITLESS

the Dast ardly Trick, and States
That They Should be Prose.
cuted.-Road mmissioner
and Inspector Counted In.
Partial justice was meted out in the
Superior Court yesterday afternoon by
Chief Justice Lore and Associate Judge
w. G. SpruaDce, sitting as canvassers
I OF the official count of New Castle
county. r d.
This was when the Court decided that
eighteen OF the forty-two ballots which
had been rejected by the Democratic
inspector, George Morrison, and Judge
James Doris. OF the Second district of
the Tenth Representative district, New
Castle hundred, should be counted.
As was previously published in The
SUN, nineteen out OF the forty.two bal
lots had been burned by order OF in
spector Morrison and Judge Doris de-
spite the protests of the remainder of the
election officers s-James Miller, Republic
can judge; j.. Harry Stewart, Repub-
saljcan clerk, and George Rennie, Demo-
y hattie clerk. aHr.
Y chis, in reality, only left twenty-three
out 6f the forty-two ballots for the Court
to decide upon, and the result was that
the Court over.ruled the decision OF the
inspector and decided that only three
should have been rejected. N
In speaking Of the nineteen ballots
Judge Spruance numerically scored the
actien OF the inspector and stated that
such persons should be punished.
The counting the ballots by the Court
decided who Yves to be representative oi
the district, and this resulted as follows
First District-Harry w. Hushebeck,
R., 1870; Lewis E. Eliassn, d., 12l.
Second District Hushebeck, 1875 Eliasoll,
1876. Third District Hushebeck, n; Ella
son, l04. Fourth Observation-Disclosures,
l47; Eliason, l23.
Total-Hushebeck, 40; Eliason, 473.
!, Hushebeck's plurality, 6.
"IQre the recount in the contested
,y.Ict Mr.. Eliason had 3 plurality over
Sis Republican opponent.
~ In Justice to Mr.. Eliason, it can be
stated that he played an important part
in giving publicity to the dastardly trick
PUstcVtHICu Wy WIG GWO OulClhI6 udtlc1s
Il, was done without his knowledge or
consent, and as soon as he ascertained
the true state of affairs he generously &C.
knowledged to his opponent that he was
defeated, and he would see that the
wrong was riglited
As far as the Court, in its present ca
pacity, is concerned, they could 60 no
further, but it is more than probable that
the men committing the fraud and who
even went so far as to burn ballots, will
be brought before the proper tribunal
| within very short period.
\ tbWhen the Third Representative dis
trict was reached yesterday morning,
the court room was filled with large
number Of interested spectators.
The first district, which was not con.
tested, was counted, and the Second dis
trict called at the noon hour.
Walter H. Hayes, Esq.,, counsel for
Sheriff-e,ect John E. Taylor, read the
complaint Of his client, and asked that
the box be opened, the contentsi exam.
ined and the certificate amended to
agree with the complaint, which alleged
that nineteen ballots had not been
counted, on the certificate, and that Mr..
Eraylor and other Republican candidates
Nad been deprived Of upwards of fifteen
Nes.
he box was examined, and the
II ges being unable to find the rejected
}lots, Judge Spruance asked Mr.. HAYES
whether the ballots would be found in
the box. Mr.. Hayes replied that, accord
ing to his information, the ballots were
not in the box, and he asked the court
to issue summonses for the election Of.
ficers Of the district, and bring them be.
fore the Court, in order to ascertain
I, where the missing ballots are. The off,
lcers in the district are as follows: In
n spector, George Morrison; Judges, James
\ Doris and James Miller; Clerks, J. Harry
Stewart and George Rennie.
4 Before giving any decision on the re-
quest made by Mr.. Hayes, the Judges
Mounted the ballots in order to ascertain
a. Ne total number. H7 f"tt
n tThey found that there were 27O bal
n Is, whereas Mr.. Hayes had alleged that
n R94 cast 10 had not been counted. The
" Ages lost track of the number twice
n Tile they were counting and. started
Kin count three times.
JE0n the first count, when 50 was
ached, the Chief Justice thought the
r. mbsr should be "a, having made a
n stake, Judge Spruance and some of
K E attorneys thought the number was
81 and on the recount another error
o. ns cessitated going back again.
~ The voting books used in the district
:, ere also examined by the Judges in
W ler to ascertain how many names had
pl en- marked as having voted. The books
~ owed 2S7 names marked "yoted,"
= aking II ballots short, according to the
unit.
co Chief Justice Lore disagreed with Mr..
ID ayes, saying the presumption Of law is
Ks at the missing ballots are not in posses
bn OF the election officers. He said 1t
: hs only within the province of the
\ ,urt to take the face OF the records and
rrect the certificates in accordance
ith the records, but could 60 no further.
lt had not been alleged that the ballots
were in the possession of the election
4 ,aHcers, and it was not part OF the re-
that they were in the possession Of
Ulcers. He said, however, that if
"A * 4 Xlots had not been returned prop
b|eriy or were destroyed, there was a