Evening journal., 1900-11-09
|NONAGHARS A
VOTE CUT DOWN
Count Of Returns Resumes Its
Work To-day
mo MORE CONTESTS In CITY
Count Goes on Smoothly Court
viii Finish It's Work TO-mOr-
row Night
NO MORE CONTESTS in CITY

When the court convened this morn
ing at $40 o'clock, there were few per-
sons present. Representing the Re-
s publicans were Harry p. Joslyn, Wal
3 ter II. Hayes, William II. Heald, Col
+ onel Benjamin Nields, David j. Rein
hardt. Francis NJ. Walker, Charles w.
Smith, George A. Elliott, Frank l..
Speakman. Herbert I. Rice and James
I w. Lattomus.
The Democratic attorneys were For
mer Judge David T. Marvel, Charles
B. Evans. Edward w. Cooch, L. Irving
Handy. Thomas Davis. Francis Dell.
Janvier and j. Frank Biggs.
The count went on rapidly and
smoothly, an average of eight districts
an hour being counted At this rate
tho canvass will be completed to-mor-
row. 1t is probable that the sixty
five districts in this city will be COM
pleted to-day.
The court began with the Seven
teenth election district of this city. In
the Nineteenth district there was a
difference CT ten votes in favor OF
Harry P. Joslyn for representative.
His vote was 1l9 and Thomas Mona
ghans los. Mr.. MOnaghan's vote had
been previously reported as 115.
The count of the Twenty-fourth
election completed the returns from
the Fourth representative district, Snd
show Mr.. Monaghan's election from
that district by a plurality of 3S. Mr.,
Kitchens plurality in the First repre-
sentative district is Al.
AS result of the examination, the
Republicans made a net gain of five
votes. or fifteen votes during the af-
ternoon. Before the next district was
called Mr. Davis, for the Democrats
and Mr.. Reinhardt, for the Republi-
cans, announced to the court that they
had agreed to enter no more contests
in districts in the city. This was a
surprise to the persons in the court
room.
During the afternoon and evening.
sixteen districts were counted.
Mir. Ross will take the contest for
his scat as a member of the State SEN
ate before that body when it meets in
Dover.
BY the completion of the Thirty
seventh election district the vote for
the Levy Court commissioner for the
Third district is complete. The Off
cial figiwes are: Mealey, 3,712; Kersey.
306i. Mealey's majority, 651.
The vote complete in the Second
senatorial district is: McNulty, .4.552;
Ross. 4,42S. McNulty's plurality, 129.
In the Fifth representative district
the official figures Of the vote are:
Healy, 1887; File, 1878; Healy's
plurality, 259.
In the thirty-seyen districts of the
city counted at 1890 the vote for gov
ernor was: Ford, 1855; HUM, 1920
For acknowledgements, Hoey, 4,629;
Cannon. 4,32S.
For Congress, long term. DAILY. A.
654; Ball, 4,321.
For Congress. short term, Fowler
4,6l4; Hoffecker, 4,S4O.
For attorney-general, Cooper, 4.636;
Fer insurance commissioner, Bald.
win, 4,63S; aMrshall, 4,312.
For state treasurer, Sirman, 4,6G5
Burris, 1929.
For auditor Of accounts, Donoho
4,617; Norman, 4,34O.
For prothonotary of New Castl,
county, Woolley, AGA; Speakman, A.
3O9. @q&t12a
Clerk of the peace, Toman, 4,539
Quigley, 4,394.
Receiver Of taxes, Mcintyre, 4,643
Rettaw, 4,309.
Comptroller, Boughman. 4,62e; Kel
ley, 4,334.
Sheriff. Gray, Abs; Mcdaniel. Abs
Coroner. McAvaney, 4,641; Frick, 4,
3l1.
The electors: Rodney. 1856; Pos
Ties. 1856; Cannon. 1867; Pusey, 4
$50; Hayes, 1855; Layton, 4,SS7.