Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-12

the Republicans elected six and the
Democrats one. In the Fifteenth rep
restnative districts the Republican
parity was successful in eleven and the
Democrats i'm four.
In New Castle hundred but one
Democrat was elEcted, Truss, for as
SCISSOR, but in Blackbird hundred the
Democrats elected all candidates.
DIR. L. Heisler Ball, for state treas
urer, leads the Republican column by
9.749 votes, and his plurality over Will
liam M. Ross, his Democratic oppo-
nent, is 1.4S9.
John E. Taylor, the Republican
sheriff-elect, follows with total in the
county Of 9,7SS. The Democrat candi-
date, Robert 7. Moody, had S,SO7 VOTES,
thus making Taylors plurality 1,426.
John A. Lingo, state auditor-elect, lis
fourth on the list, with 1861 votes TO
his credit. His plurality is 1886, his
Democratic opponent, Lemuel A. H.
Bishop, having S,325 votes.
Although Hon. John H. Hoffecl1er,
congressman-elect. had the third larg-
est number of votes to his credit, 9,726,
he has next to the lowest plurality on
the list. Hon. L. Irving Handy re-
ceived S,4S6 votes, leading the Demo
cratic ticket in the county. Mr. Hof-
feclNer's plurality is 1,204.
After Lingo. Alfred Vandever, coro-
ner-elect, has the largest plurality or
1901 votes. Mr.. andever's vote was
9,642, whilst his Democratic opponent,
George c. Rothwell, had S,341.
Delaware Clark, recorder of deeds, is
the lowest man on the Republican
county ticket with a plurality of 1856.
Mr.. Clark received 9,517 votes to Court
land G. Montgomery's S,461.
OPINION OF ATTORNEYS.
Many prominent attorneys of the
New Castle county bar are at variance
with Justice Lore and Associate Judge
Spruance as to the manner in which
they construe those sections of the new
= Constitution relating to the canvass Of
votes by the Superior Court.
The attorneys base their opinion OF
claim OF the new Constitution, which
reads as follows;
I In case the certificates OF election o.
Q any hundred or election district shall
Z not be produced, OF in case the certdfl
o Gates produced do not agree, or il
:, case of complaint under oath OF frau'
e or mistake in any such certificate, o.
- i'm case fraud or mistake is apparent ol
= the face Of amy such certificate, IN
+ court shall have power to issue sum
& mary process against the election Off
. GERS or any other persons to brin
l. them forthwith into courtwith the eleI
ton papers in their possession or con
Il troll. and to open the ballot-boxes an
u take tharefrom any paper containe
n therein and to make re
u count of the ballots containe
q therein, and TO correct any fraud q
Ie mistake i'm any certificate or paper re
VI lating to such election.
This act, they claim, does not Civ
the court power to alter or change cel
> tiacates Of election officers where frau
= is not apparent on the face of the cel
. tifcates.
i'm the recent election the decisions
- Chief Justice Lore and Judge Spruan'
- Go not materially alter the result
= shown by election certificates, but IL
+s president established may, in tutw
~ elections. have a grave bearing upc
A. the result as certified to by the eie
yo ton officers.
Many lawyers are of the opinion th'
ed the power, as construed by the coui
n eiven to the canvassing board by Il
en- new Constitution, takes away all a.
nd thority from the election officers al
a. leaves them unauthorized to judge Il
ad legality of any ballots cast.
he CONGRESS.
q John H. Hoffecker, R.......'''''''oo %, .,
rs L. Irving Handy, D..........'''''oaa %
Sc Lewis w. Brosius, P.......'.''''' z
m
+es Hoffecker's plurality ......''''Az
ult STATE TREASURER.
L. Heisler Ball, R.............'''SStl
so Willie NJ. Ross, D..........''.'''e O.
lrt John Hutton, P..........'.'''''''
.or Samuel Swain, S. T.........''.'''
III Balls plurality ..........'.'''''F
,M STATE AUDITOR.