The sun., 1898-11-11
TABULAT|NG OFFICIAL VOTE
Chief Justice Lore and Assistant
Justice Spruance Presiding
Over the Canvass.
TO COUNT DEFACED BALLOTS
Judge Spruance Decides That the
Court Has Right TO Correct the
Mistakes Made by the Elec-
tion Officers. ..Hushe-
beck Case To-day.
TO COUNT DEFACED BALLOTS

tion Officers...Hushe-
beck Case To-day.
In the Superior Court at the Cour,
House yesterday at noon Chief Justice
Charles B. Lore and Associate Justice
William G. Spruance commenced to can.
vass the vote of New Castle county.
Chief Justice Lore had the Court
opened at 1910 o'clock and stated thai
the Superior Court was opened to per.
form the duty prescribed by the Consti.
tution--that of ascertaining the official
vote Of New Castle county.
"We want to say" continued the
Chief Justice, "that absolute order must
be preserved in this Court, at the peril
of any party disturbing that order"
He then directed the minority judges
Of the election to 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 one hundred men were present
at the opening of the proceedings.
Before the court opened 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.
"Ameng the attorneys within the bar
were J. Harvey Whiteman, Charles B.
Evans, James w. Ponder, William T.
Lyman, I. B. Heisel, Walter H. Hayes,
Philip @. Churchman, John p. Nields,
George A. Elliott, Sylvester D. Town
send, Jr., Frank Speakman, John Lynn
and Fl. p. Joslyn. A number OF the Re-
publican attorneys had protests to be
presented to the court with relation to
some Of the districts. The principal com
plant is that OF Harry W. Hushebeck,
Republican candidate for Representative
in the Tenth district, who claims that
ballots were unlawfully thrown out in
the Second election district there,
which, if counted, would have elected
him. There may also be a dispute over
the alleged action Of Democratic election
officers in the First election district of
the Tenth Representative district in
burning 10 spoiled ballots, which should
have been preserved by them.
At the opening of the court Chief
Justice Lore qualified the six young men
who had been selected to act as assist
ants to the Court. They are Frank A.
McCloskey, William Butz, L. B. T.
Springer, Robert Adair, Edward G. Hall
and Frederick +. Stone. Mr.. McCloskey
is the clerk of the Department of Elec-
lions; Mr.. Butz is in the Union National
Bank; Messrs. Adair and Springer are at
torneys; Mr.. Hall is in the First Ma
tional Bank and Mr.. Stone is connected
with the Delaware Electric and Supply
Company. The first five took the oath
and the last.named affirmed, each that
he would support the Constitution of the
United States and the State of Delaware,
md that he would faithfully discharge
he office OF assistant to the Superior
Court in ascertaining the state OF the
election throughout the county to the
)est of his ability.
The oath was then administered to
he clerks, after which Prothonotary
Noolley stated that all the ballot boxes
lad been received and the Court then
allied for the minority judges.
In administering the oath it was over
ooked that the clerks did not have their
lands on the Bible and as consequence
he oath had to be repeated.
The tally sheets to be used comprise
ne Get for the general and another Get
Or the district ticket.
Prothonotary Woolley reported that
II the ballot boxes had been received.
lie Court then called for the minority
ldges. To deliver the certificates which
hey had retained for presentation to the
'ourt. Commencing with Wilmington
undred the election districts were called
nd the inspectors handed in the certif-
ates.
When the Third election district ''of
he First Representative district was
allied Robert 7. Davis, the minority
ldge, did not respond. Chief Justice
ore remarked that it would be neces.
ary to issue writs for the production of
Kissing certificates. Mr.. Davis, how
YER, appeared in few minutes and de-
vered his certificate.
Other certificates were missing from
,e Fifth Of the First, Henry w. Sasse,
ldge; Ninth Of the First, Thomas
eardon, Judge; Sixtieth OF the Third,
ames J. Monaghan, judge. As soon as
le Wilmington districts had been called
I'D the missing certificates noted, war g
'nts were issued for them and placed
| the hands Of the Sheriff for service. l
efore the warrant for the Ninth district S
the First Representative district had 6
me out Mr.. Reardon appeared and de-
vered the certificate.
As oil of the Wilmington certificates Il
ere in but two, the certificates we're call
for from the rural districts. When the 8
rst district Of the Ninth was called for a
g Court was informed that Richard M. O
mis-, Of Newark, had refused to sign
e certificate, and it was not pro- 8
iced. =
The trouble at Newark, in the First a a
strict OF the Ninth, was due to the fact h
at some OF the voters had been using q
e wrong. end of the stamp. About 8 f.
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