Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-13
PRIMARIES OF DEMOCRATS
lThe Ford Men and the Opposition Are
Both Claiming a Majority.
#ORGE W. GRAY FOR SHERIFF
ohn P. Donahoe and John Pyle
Il Defeated.
Full RETURNS OF THE VOTE CAST

FULL RETURNS OF THE VOTE CAST
n At thu Democratic primary election
hioh was held on Saturday afternoon
The following ticket was nominated:
q For Sheriff. George W. Gray of thil
'Sity. '
For Coroner John F. McAvaney O.
Ibis city. 4,
For County Treasurer and Receive,
. Taxes-George Mcintyre of Green
Die. 7'5s
For Comptroller John Boughman o.
n IS CITY. NJ
"a For Levy Court Commissioners
irst distrieS Hervey Walker of Mer
4aid: Second, Andiew w, .Sslak oi
ilmington Third, John j Mealey oil
ilmington Fourth, I. Roseby Nc.
&ullin of Newark; Fifth, Dan M.
pchran Of Middletown.
or State Senators Second district
|M Wilmington, Francis j. McNplty
purth district, William Armstrong oi
arshallton; Sixth, David W. Colpitts
# Mt. Pleasant
For Representatives First district OF
w ilmingtop, j. Prince Ford Second
IA Wilmington, George B. Ward; Third
III Wilmington. Howell S. England
lpurth Of Wilmington, Thomas M.
onaghan; Fifth Of Wilmington, John
Heaty; Sixth. William S. Bird OF
9alleyville; Seventh. Joseph @. Foster
IA Henry Clay; Eighth, Howard H.
4prdan OF Mermaid Ninth, John W
prrison Of Christiana; Tenth, Chaun-
~ T. Holcomb of New Castle; EIey-
A6th, David G. Rose. Jr., of Newark
Relfth, 7. Bayard IIeisel; Thirteenth,
&mes T. Shallcross OF Middletown !;
purteenth, John f. Staats of Town
4pd; Fifteenth. Andrew j. Wright Of
||3Ihckbird.
Fol- Assessors Brandywine hundred,
liam L Barlow Christiana, Robert
cCullough; Mill Creek, Bernard
y pross; White Clay Creek, Eli q.
llpte; New Castle, John +. Sherer /;
&ncader. Harry L. Dayett: Red Lion,
.prbert q. Cannon; ST. Georges, Henry
ellei Apnoaninimink, George Wig.
E1A Blackbird, Harry T. Staats.
or lnspeotors,-Sixth Representative
4j4trict First district. Thomas |. Bird |;
rond district, Curtis L. Talley; Third
4trict, L. Horace Livermore Seventh
4z 4zttrict-First district, Hugh Garrett |;
4epond DISTRICT George I. Vansant !:
Third district, John Deery; Fourth
Ilistriot, John P. MoCollom; Fifth
4trict, Dennis A. Rowe; Eighth dis.
6yfct' First district, Irwin AlIoorn /:
cond district, William Little; Thmd
ttrict, samuel Geary Ninth district
irst district, A fired L. Jones Second
9}ffriot, William II. Smith; Third dis
!f!ct, James R. Marshall; Tenth dis.
1EAft-First district, Joseph LeFeyre; /;
eond district. Owen f. Sheridan |;
LEG district, Lawrence Walls Fourth
31atriot. Caleb v. Steen; Eleventh dis
'Alet-First district, George g. Brown !;
@Nond district, Charles Crompton,
& Twelfth district First district,
8pdward W. Cheairs; Second district,
lily z. Clark; Thirteenth district.
SE}Est district, Franklin j. Pennington |;
$S!pnd district. Samuel B. Bender |;
HnRd district, Edwin.R. Cochran, Sr. I;
xeurth district, Andrew S. EIiason
kHQr teenth disttiot--John r. Carpen
Iek Fifteenth distriot-First district,
lQnn Spicer; Second district, William
Reynolds.
a,:Xhe accompanying tables show the
FS1P for the general county officers and
xp give the details Of the con tests in
various districts. The following
534didates had no opposition and, as a
t4{e, received the full votes of their
1lgfricts: For Levy Court Commits
IkQner of the Second district of will
pgton, Andrew w. Selak; for State
xnator from the Sixth district, David
y& Colniits; for Representative, Howell
Eng land of the Third district ,,f
mington, William s. Bird Of the
{&th district. Howard H. Jordan Of
W. Eighth district and 7. Bayard
h 3sel of the Twelfth district.
7rHE euBERNAToRIAL CONTEST.
I. &3ne OF the most interesting features
.poat the nomination was the contest
'qf State convention delegates, the
lflAnds OF the various candidates for
zffernor and other Offices being un-
84Nally active. A majority of the dele
are said to favor the candidaoy
4! eter j. Ford for governor, and III ia
0lsmed by the Ford people that IA Of
|h84b delegates 10 the city are fayors-
kI4ko their candidate. In the rural
B3x5ticts matters are someW hat differ
n Ford's friends and people opposed
candidacy are both claiming q
ity of the delegates. 1t is be-
the Ford delegates are in the
n tty. The opposition is divided
j.. Wilkins Cooch, DR.. JohnJ.
md Alvin R. Morrison.
FORD DELEGATES.
~ flowing delegates supposed to be
S3. III were elected: Wilmington
representative district, Cornelius
kNxN defeating James McMahor by
$1 ~; Thomas F. Goruiley, defsat.
tohn Dougherty by 1856 to l03;
1nd Representative district, Will
p. Morrow, defeating John Carr
E1B to 53; Levin L. Shockley, de-
3og James W. Gillespie BY 1i2 TO
Uohn L. MoCracken, defeating
: 1fge II. Taylor by 179 to 72; Third
esentative district, William P.
III isson, defeating Andrew T., John
10y no TO Is; Baldwin Springer.
I111e eting Henry D. Hickman by liz to
q ames McVey, defeating Samuel J.
lnan by 1893 to 80; Fourth district,
j. Cassidy, defeating Harry
2ns by 100 to l01 :'Dennis +. Leary,
kting John E. MoNabb and ,,Joseph
urray by 2l3 to lis and 72, re-
H. lively; Matthew d. Murphy, de-
e8f<pg Morris d. Crossan and q. ".
4ine by l32 to 22 and SO, respect
y4{{; Fifth Representative district, p.
alsh, defeating M. I. Conway and
% Dillon by 335 to 2T2 and 30, re-