The sun., 1898-11-10
MANY CONTESTS IN sussex
Dr.. Hiram R. Burton Will Con-
test the Election Of
Franklin G. Maull.
VOTES WERE THROWN OUT
A Number of Representative districts
Will Also be Contested by the Re-
publicans..Saulsbur Democrats
Blamed For knitting
the Ticket.
VOTES WERE THROWN OUT
From q staff Correspondent.

From q Staff Correspondent
GEORGETOWN, DEL, Nov. 9.-Senatorial
candidate in the Fifth Senatorial district
Of Sussex county, DR.. Hiram R. Burton,
will contest the election of Democratic
candidate Maull on account of a number
Of votes that were thrown out in Broad
kiln and Lewis and Rehoboth hundreds.
There will also be an effort made by
the Republicans to have recount of the
votes in Broad Creek hundred.
The cases will be heard by Judge
Boyce tomorrow. ,
The Democrats Of Sussex county are
not at all jubilant at the apparent 1893
Republican majority in the county.
They claim that the existing state of
affairs was caused by the knife of the
Salisbury Democrats, as the comparison
with the vote of six and eight years ago
will show that the knife was used vigor-
ously.
Hoffecker and the whole State and
county ticket were elected by 1888 ma
jority, and the Republicans claim three
OF the Senators, with contest on hand
for the fourth, and seven Representa-.
tives, making, in all about il represent
atives in the General Assembly from
Sussex county.
In the county ticket Robert Short vas
elected Sheriff with as strong majority
as the State ticket gave Hoffecker.
George r. Walls was elected Coroner
and ran we'll in county.
Robert T. Spicer was elected County
Treasurer, running well up with the
ticket.
In the First Senatorial district Simeon
S. Pennewill was elected over Joseph r.
Holland for the Senate by $40 in the
First Representative district and 275 in
the Second district.
The same Senatorial district elected
Davis and Buell. Republican Representa-
tives.
In, the Second Senatorial district Cot
tingham, Democrat Representative, was
elected for the Third Representative dis
trict, and +. r. Prettyman, Republican,
was elected in the Fourth by small ma
iority, probably 5. There is miscount
claimed in this district by the Republi-
cans.
The Democrats carried the Fifth Rep
resentative district by 1856 majority, elect
ing William F. King, but the Republi-
cans made such a heavy vote in the Sixth
that it is claimed Ellis is elected to the
Senate and Short as Representative.
In the Fourth Senatorial district }. j..
Basure was elected Senator and George
H. West and Joseph Fl. Hunter Repre-
sentatives.
There is contest in the Fifth Sena-
torial district, and it is claimed by the
Republicans that enough votes were con-
demned to elect DR.. Hiram r. Burton
Senator, and one of the two Representa-
tives.
The Democrats claim to have elected
all in the district, but Mr. Maull will not
receive the election without a sharp
fight as to his right to occupy a seat in
the Senate.
The official returns are not yet in con-
dition to give the tabu.ated vote of the
county, but will be tomorrow. A few
districts have been given out as cast, but
! not as official.
It is said that the wholesale arrest
, made by Democrats for bribery,in which
cases the men arrested were all colored,
only served to cement the colored vote
together and they voted in blocks for
, the Republican party.