The sun., 1898-11-11
COUNT IN kent COUNTY
Official Canvass Shows That the
Republicans Carried the
County by 399.
HAWKINS PROTESTED A POINT
The Court Gave Decision Directly
Opposite to the One Given in New
Castle by Judge spruance.
The Result in
Detail.
HAWKINS PROTESTED A POINT

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DOVER, DEL, Nov. 10.-The official
count Of Kent county was commenced
and completed here to-day, Chancellor
Nicholson and Resident Judge Penne-
will presiding.
During the session John D. Hawkins
filed a protest against the action of In
spector William Hardesty for throwing
out II ballots in the Second district Of
the Eighth Representative district which
should have counted for the Democratic
candidate Killen.
The Court decided entirely different
from the opinion Of Judge Spruance, of
New Castle county, and said that the in
spector was his own Judge i'll such mat
ters, and ordered the count to 20 on de-
spite the protests of Mr.. Hawkins.
The official vote by Representative dis.
tricts is as follows:
First District-Congress-Handy 4S4;
aofiecke, aaofaieckker, 500; ass, Ssecond-Handy, se5,
Handy, 348; Hoffecker, 3l2. Fourth
Handy, 226; Hofecker, 223. Fifth
Handy, 1858; Hoffecker, 42O. Sixth
Handy, 1888; Hoffecker, 1872. Seventh
Handy, 222; Hofecker, 3O3. Eighth -
Handy, 1854; Hoffecker, 1894. Ninth
Handy, 203; Hofecker, 344. Tenth
Handy, 256; Hofecker, 5O4.
Total-Handy, $3.50; Hoffecker, 1858.
Hoffecker's plurality, 800.
Brosius received s votes in the county.
First District-State Treasurer-Ross,
435: Ball, 49l. Second-Ross, 1868; Ball,
1854. Third-Ross, 345: Ball, 3l3.
Fourth-Ross, 252; Ball, 2OS. Fifth
Ross, 1858; Ball, 4l7. sixth-Ross, 1927:
Ball, 1872. Seventh-Ross, 22l; Bali,
3Ol. Eight-Ross, 365; Bali, 39l.
Ninth-Ross, 286; Ball, 357. Ienth-
Ross, 257; Ball, 5N. Totals-Ross, {, 200;
Ball, 3,53s.
Balls plurality is 329; Hutton received
l vote and Swain 4.
State Auditor-First District-Bishop,
435; Lingo, 49l. Second--Bishop, 364;
Lingo, 1858. Third-Bishop, 345; Lingo,
3l2. Fourth-Bishop, 253, Lingo, 222.
Fifth-Bishop, 364; Lingo, 4l5. Sixth
Bishop, 1928; Lingo, 1872. Seventh
Bishop, 220; Lingo, 303. Eighth Bishop,
367; Lingo, 800. Ninth-Bishop, 2SS;
Lingo, 1852. Tenth-Bishop, PSF; Lingo,
504. Total, Bishop, 3,21l; Lingo, 1857.
one vote and Brown four.
The Senatorial vote was as follows:
First District-Slaughter, D., sos;
Moore, r., 796; King, P, II. Slaughter's
plurality, 10.
Second District-Lewis, D., 597; Gar
rison, r., 542. Lewis majority, 81.
Third District Gildersleeve, D., 500;
Alice, R., 660. Allee's majority, 81.
Fifth District - Abbott, r., sos;
ID. ,640. Abbott majority, I75
Folio wing are the Representatives
elected:
First District-Pierce, D., 440; FAIRIES,
r., 456; Dick, p, 5. Faries' plurality, l6.
Second O'Day, d., 36s; Smithers, r.,
}35. O'Day's majority, 33.
Third-Taylor, d., 34l; Mills, R.,
80. Taylor's majority, 90.
Fourth-Clark, D., 252; Downcs, R.,
'07: Clark's majority, As.
Fifth-Fulton, d., $50; Satterfeld, R.,
'S5, satterfeld's majority, 25.
Sixth District-Jester, d., 320; Bas-
ian, R., 1913. TESTERS majority, 1856.
Seventh District-Flute, d., 2l9; Jen-
lins, r., $50. Jenkins majority, 81.
Eighth District-Herring, R., 376;
iillen, d., $40. Herring's majority, 6.
Ninth District-Vineyard, D., 1872;
rharp, r., 347. Tharp's majority, 50.
Tenth District-Bennett, d., 258;
frazier, R., 467. Frazier's majority, 209.
Sherif-First District-Emory, 438;
Wharton, 400. Second-Emory 1894;
Wharton, 3S4. Third-Emory, 34S;
Wharton, 3l3. Fourth-Emory, 251;
Wharton, 223. Fifth-Emory, $50:
Nharton d91 Sixth-Ennr,, QQ1 [