Evening journal., 1898-02-21
BALLOTS ARE FALLING
For Weldin, Stewart and
Haughey This Afternoon.
THE HAUGHEY BOOM PUNoTURED

ALL is QUIET ON THE CHRISTI
ANA, AND THERE IS NO DIS
TURBANCE ALONG THE BRAN
DIVINE.
The special election for a successor
to the late State Senator Robert j.
Handy is now on all over the county,
and by or 10 o'clock this evening the
result will be known. The polls open
ed between 10 and IL O'Clock this morn
ing, and will close at z O'Clock this
evening The work of counting the
ballots will be taken up Immediately
afterwards, and with but one name on
a ticket the task will be an easy one,
for the indications are that light
vote will be cast at most of the voting
places.
The three candidates in the field are
Thomas 7. Weldin, of Brandywine
hundred, the regular Democratic nomi-
nee; Peter j. Haughey, of Christiana
hundred, the free silver Democratic
nominee set up in opposition TO Wei
din by the Democratic League of Della
ware, which is seeking to defeat him
despite his declaration that he never
split his ticket in the whole twenty
years Of his political life; and ex-Post-
master Daniel +. Stewart, an Addicks
lte upon whom both the Addicksite.
and regular Republicans agreed.
With hut one Republican in th'
field and two Democrats, the natura
result would be the Republicans elec
ton, but there are many old-line Re
publicans who say that they will no
vote for Stewart because of his Ad
dicks utilization, and this, with tn
probability of a light vote, leaves tn
ground debatable for there is nothing
upon which TO base a calculation.
The voting places in the city are a
follows:
First ward, voting place entire ward
| 207 West Fourth street.
| Second ward, voting place entir
/ ward, southwest corner Third an
| Pine streets.
Third ward, voting place entire wart
southwest corner Second and MOnro
streets.
Fourth ward, voting place entir
ward, 81 East Fourth street.
Fifth ward, voting place entire ware
GIG Madison street.
Sixth ward, voting place entire war;
Bayard building, Ninth and Mark'
streets.
| Seventh ward, voting place, easter
end, Adams street dividing, Malone
| office. Delaware avenue and Jefferso
| street; west of Adams street, Georl
! Gray wigwam, Delaware avenue an
4 Scott street.
UyfrI,tl ri x~rtfvor r,1ooo ems f,
ward, southeast corner Taylor and PHI
streets.
Ninth ward, voting place entire war
Market street and Elliott avenue
Tenth ward, voting place entire war
northwest corner Jackson street al
Lancaster avenue.
Il Eleventh wand, voting place enti
ward, Maryland avenue and Bee
street.
Twelfth ward, voting place enti
ward, Fahey's office, Third and Conn,
streets.
These are the voting places in t
= | rural hundreds:
D Brandywine hundred - Sharple,
schOOl-house.
-Sterling's store.
Mill Creek-Cranston's store, Me
r | shalltOn.
White Clay Creek-Newark.
New Castle-New Castle.
Pencader-Cooch's Bridge.
Red LiOn-Delawar City.
st. George Middletown.
> AppOquinimink- Townsend.
-Blackbird.
Sheriff Finn sent out the ball
! boxes and tally-sheets on Saturds
= The Department of Elections had ma
=, all of its arrangements for the voti
e places in this city. and has full chal
a of the election, but the simplicity
y the arrangement underthe special
1t | passed makes the duties of the co
'r missiOners light compared with
Ie work of a general or municipal el
= ton.
'y At all Of the polling places
u Haughey men are endeavOring to
votes for him and to defeat Weld
but how well they are succeeding
count tonight alone will tell.
VS. There is considerable bitterness