Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-17
CONCLUSION OF THE CANVASS
Result of the Count OF New
Castle County's Vote.
THE TOTALS AND pLuRALITlES
Three Changes. .Allin Favor of
Republicans.
Harry W. Hushebeek Declared to Have
Been Elected Kepresentarive From the
Tenth District, James r. McIvor Iuspsc-
tor and John o. Aiintop Road cemnnis-
sioner-Tis Vote in One Case.

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Chief Justice. Charles B. Lore and
Associate Justice William @. Spruance
sat in Superior Court at the Court
House Thursday to canvass the vote OF
New Castle county. The court thus
takes the place OF the former Board OF
Canvass, which was made up of the
inspectors, with the sheriff as presiding
officer. The Chief Justice raped for
order shortly after II O'Clock and
directed Crier Smith to open Superior
Court He then stated that the court |
was open for the performance of the
duty prescribed by the Constitution, |
Of ascertaining throughout the county |
the state Of the late general election |
and for no other purpose.
1t was then directed that the minority |
judges Of the election take seats within |
the bar of the court, and all others,
with the exception Of the attorneys,
were directed to remain outside the |
bar. About 100 men were present at
the opening proceedings. Before the
converting Of the court, Prothonotary
Victor B. Woolley, who had received
the certificates OF the various polling
places from the. respective presiding
election officers, had arranged them in
districts on the desk in front of the
bench. The ballot boxes were retained
In his office. Among the attorneys
within the bar were j. Harvey White
man, Charles B. Evans, James W.
Ponder, William T. Lyman, T. B.
Heisel. Walter II. Hayes. Philip @.
Churchman, John p. Nields, George A.
Elliott, Sylvester d. Townsend, Dr.,
Frank Speakman, John Lynn and H.
p. Joslyn. Several Of the Republican
attorneys had protests to be presented
to the court with relation to some Of
the districts. One Of the complaints was
that Of Harry W. Hushebeck, Republic
can candidate for Representative in
the Tenth district, who claimed that
ballots were unlawfully thrown out in
the Second election district there,
which, il counted, would have elected
him.
After the court had been duly opened,
Chief Justice Lore qualified the six
young men who had been selected to
act Is assistants to the court. They
Butt, E. B. 7. Springer, Robert Adair,
Edward @. Hail and Frederick E.
Stone. Ft
Prothonotary wooIley reported that
all the ballot boxes had been received.
The court then called for the minority
judges to deliver the certificates which
they had retained for presentation to
the court Beginning with Wilmington
hundred the election districts were
called and the inspectors handed in
the certificates.
When the Third election district of
the First Representative district was
called, Robert T. Davis, the minority
judge did not respond, Chief Justice
Lore remarked that it would be neces.
gary to issue writs for the production
of missing certificates. Mr.. Davis,
however, appeared In q few minutes
and delivered his certificate.
Other certificates were missing from
the Fifth Of the First, Henry W. Sasse,
4 Judge; Ninth of the First, Thomas
Reardon, Judge; Sixtieth of the Third
James J. Monaghan, judge. As soor
as the Wilmington districts had beer
called and the missing certificates
noted, warrants were issued for then
and placed in the hands OF the sheriff
for service. Before the warrant for tn
Ninth district Of the First Representa-
tive district had gone out Mr.. Reardol
appeared and delivered the certificate
With all Of the Wilmington certifi
Gates out but two, the certificates wer
called for from the rural districts
When the First district of the Mint
was called for the court was informe
that Richard NJ. Ennis OF Newark ha
refused to sign the certificate, an
it was not produced.
The trouble at Newark, in the Firs
district of the Ninth, was due to the fas
that some Of the voters had been usin
the wrong end of the stamp. About
o'clock, after the count had been
progress for some time it was agree
to go all over the ballots again and r,
count them. The recount, which W,
not completed until midnight, resulte
in 26 ballots being thrown out and IL
refusal of Mr.. Ennis to sign the ce
tificate. ts
When the First of. the Fourteent
was called for, Philip @. Churchms
reported that the minority judge,
B. Maloney, was attending his mother
funeral, but would be at the Cou
House later. f!i, ~
Before the warrants had gone o
Mr.. Sasse reported with the certifica
from the Fifth Of the First.
After the certificates had been I
ceived, Philip @. Churchman, repi
senting John @. McCaulley, the R
publican candidate for assessor in t
First Representative district, filed
complaint and asked for recount
the First election district allegi
that 10 or 10 ballots had been thro,
out and not counted, because in sol
places all points Of the star on [
stamp did not show up, or that I
star was blurred or appeared defecti'
while it was alleged that on one bal
the stamp was not in the proper pla
Samuel s. Adams represented
SCISSOR Mccoy.
j. P. Nields, representing Mr.. A
Caulley, asked for recount in
Third and Fourth districts of the Fl
alleging similar reasons, saying that
had been rejected In the Third and
in the Fourth. In this connection,
filed affidavits in support of his clai
by Robert T. Davis, Judge, and f.
Stevenson, clerk, in the Third distri
and Of John Goodwin, judge, and v
liam Goodland, representing the
publican party, in the Fourth. 1t
alleged that some Of the ballots
been soiled and some improp'
marked 800
Walter II. Hayes filed compla
from the Second district Of the TIE
Representative district on behalf
H. w. Hushebeck, candidate for +
resentative; John E. Taylor, candle
for sheriff Arthur NJ Wise, candle
for assessor, and james f. Mel
candidate for inspector, alleging
AZ ballots had not been counted, eli
because one or more Of the cleo
officers thought they were improp
marked or soiled, some being soile'
the back. VI S.sga's +,s
Erarl, Snaollfnon apd pb;t;n