Evening journal., 1898-11-11

certificates Of election officers by the
court-one in the First district, nine in
the Third. and thirty-fve in the Fourth
district, all of the First representative ]
district.
The canvass of the rural vote was
taken up Immediately at the conclusion
Of the city canvass, beginning at the
Sixth representative district, compris-
ing Brandywine hundred, and contin-
used in the regular order no contests
coming in until the First district Of
the Tenth was reached. In a number
of cases the two certificates presented
by the majority and minority judg IS
did not agree. and it was necessary to
eend for the ballot-box to compare the
certificate in it with the ones presented.
A NEW CASTLE MIX-UP.
When the Tenth representative DIS
trict was reached, the officers of which
were George Morris as Inspector James
Doris and James Miller, judgs;
George Rennie and j. Harvey Stewart,
clerks, Walter II. Hayes, appearing for
John E. Taylor, read the certificate al
READY filed, alleging that 19 ballots
were illegally rejected, being nrlther
defaced or mutlated in any way, thus
depriving Taylor of that number and
asked that the court opsn the ballcc-
box and correct the certificate accord
ingly.
Justice Lore ordered the box pro-
duced and opened, but found no reject
ed ballots contained therein.
/, Mr.. Hayes stated THAT he had reason
to believe that the ballots were not in
the box, and if such was the case the
logical conclusion was that they wens
, still in the possession Of the election
officers. He asked that the court is
q sue a summary vote, as is provided for
by the Constitution in such cases, re-
quiring the officers to produce the GER
r tifcates in court.
Before such action was taken Judge
= Spruance suggested that all the votes
g in the box should be counted in order
T that the court might Determine withOu
e doubt whether all the ballots record
p ed on the certificate, including thos'
= alleged to have been rejected, were il
the box, andif the count tallied with th'
e certificate The court began the count
e but upon reaching the eighty-third-bal
e lot they lost track of the number, jus
n tice Lore affirming it was 81 and Judg
e Spruance declaring the number to b
le SO. Upon a recount, however Tn
3 number. proved to be 50. This inciden
le caused much amusement in the coul
he room. When the count was complete
but 27O ballots were in the box. upo
A. suggestion of Judge Spruance tn
cf qualified voters list was gone owe
is and PSI names were found records
I'd among them. leaving a difference OF
40 votes from the voters list. After tn
IT count had been concluded Judge Lor
k. addressing Mr. Hayes, said he did nj.
be suppose that he (AIr. Hayes meant
ly aver that the ballots were in the po'
be sessions of the election officers; that
be fact. every presumption of the law
IL that they are not, as if they had bee
n. they would be found in the box. !
MT did not consider that he would be wa
5s- ranted in issuing writ for the pr
Al duction of the ballots. William S. H
ed les. representing the contestant, re.
We, from the Constitution upon the dwti
ey, of election officers and urged upon [
81 court that a fraud had been commit
90, somewhere, and that surely the COZ
er, would not contemplate fraud ON {
dc- part OF its officials.
YER In reply Judge Spruance stated tn
the court showed that there were @
Ins tainly II ballots missing, but the cor
md was. to a certain extent, powerless
on act in the matter. He said that the
I'M was undoubted evidence Of fraud
mistake. but supposing the election
fcers wer ordered to produce the b
hi lots in court, ne WOulu hOI uSSl
posed to count them, as men "
-, would deliberately withhold ball
- would bring fictitious ballots into
- court. declaring them to be the origi
- ballots. He thought the court
~. gone as far as it could in the mat
- and that there was another place
hear charges of like kind, and it \
!. the duty of the attorneys to carry
c. matter before the proper authorit
The ballot was then recorded as IL
., Gated by the certificate.
IT Upon taking up the Second dist
:, OF the Tenth, Walter Hayes, reDres'
- ing John e. Taylor, read compl'
eoS - alleging that 294 votes were caet
:. - which number AZ were rejected. TV
=. ty-four of these. he claimed, were
H1~ publicans, thereby causing lcss
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