Evening journal., 1900-11-13
I. F. CLARK
is ELECTED
Republican Candidate De-
feated 7. Bayard HeiSeI
NEW CASTLE CANVASS OVER
Legislature Is Republican by a Ma
jOrity Of Six Totes on The
Joint Ballot

November was completed by the Su-
periOr Court, which Chief Justice Lore
and Judge Spruance have been con-
ducting since Thursday last.
The canvas has definitely settled
that the next Legislature will be Re
publican by a safe majority. The re-
turns show the election of the follow
ing assemblymen:
Senate-Second district, Francis j..
McNultyr D.; Fourth district, Benja-
min A. Groves, R.; Sixth district, Harry
@. Ellison, r.
House cf Representatives, dis
trict, James Kitchen, r.. Second, Sam
uel II. Baynard, R.; Third, James W.
Robertson, r.; Fcurth, Thos. M. Mona
CHAN, d.; Fifth, John e. Healy, d.;
Sixth, Frank p. Ewing, r.; Seventh.
William r. Finn. R.; Eighth, Richard
7. Pillihg, Jr., r. Ninth, William
Chandler, R.; Tenth, Chauncey p. Hol-
comb, D.: Eleventh, John W. Dayett,
R.; Twelfth, Theodore f. Clark, r.;
Thirteenth, James r. Shallcross, d.;
Fourteenth, Richard Hodgson, r.;
Fifteenth, Andrew J. Wright, d.
New Castle county will thus be rep
resented in the Legislature by three
hOld-Over Republican senators, Blake
ley, Knox and McFarlin. and one Demo
cratic hold-over, Hart, making a to-
tai, including those just elected, Re
publicans, 8; Democrats 2. Represen-
tatives, Republicans, 10; Democrats, 6.
The Legislature on a joint ballot viii
be composed of twenty-nine Republi-
cans and twenty-three Democrats.
The contests that were brought be-
fore the courts attention gained one
representative, Theodore +. Clark, for
the Republicans, who, on the face Of
the returns, was tied with T. Bayard
Heisel. On the count of the votes by
the court Clark gained ten votes. The
plurality OF Dayett was reduced, and
| the returns increased the pluralities OF
| Chandler, the result Of the contests.
Chancellor Nicholson and Judge
Grubb occupied the bench for a time
this morning
THE COURT THIS MORNING.
In the count by the Superior Court
of the ballots cast in the First election
district of the Twelfth representative
district yesterday afternoon, eleven
Democratic ballots and six Republican
ballots were rejected. The tie which
existed between r. Bayard Heisel
Democrat, and Theodore F. Clark, Re
publican, the candidates for represen-
tative, was broken and Mr. Clark gain
ed five votes.
The ballot-box of the Second district
of the Twelfth representative district
against the returns from which com
plant had been fled, was opened. II
was found that there were no rejected
ballots within, although the tally
sheet recorded that five ballots hac
been rejected.
Thomas H. Swan, the Republican
Judge, was present, and. was sworn by
direction of the caurt He said that
after they had been rejected the in
spector Of election placed the ballots
in his pocket. The inspector was
Frank Cleaver, of KirkwOod Mr.
Swan, in response to further queries
informed the court that Mr.. Cleavel
said he intended to burn the rejectet
ballots. On receiving this information
the judges had forthwith summons is
sued for Mr.. Cleaver, William Car
nagy, a judge, and the two clerks o
election in the district.
In the First district Of st. George
hundred seventeen Democratic ballot
and thirteen Republican ballots tina
had been counted were rejected. Thi
made a gain Of four votes for Harry
Ellison over David w. Colpitts, the op
, posing candidate for senator Nh
: lColpitts had filed a complaint agains
, the returns from this district. Fifteel
ballots were rejected in the Secon
D district Seven were Republicans an
FIVE Democrats, and three were nike
and cut ballots.
j. Harvey Whiteman withdrew tn
complaints filed against the return
q from the Third and Fourth district
: The official vote in the Sixth senator
A ial district was: Ellison, SOC; Colpitt
! $50. Ellison's plurality, 26.
r When the court convened this morr
ing, J.. Frank Biggs, on behalf of tn
Democrats, withdrew the complaint
filed in the First and Second district
of the Fourteenth representative di
1t trict. These complaints had been file
Is in behalf of John Boughman. the cal
e. didate for county comptroller, ar
e. then the allegation was made that Sc
r. enty ballots in either district we
counted for the Republicans tn
should not have been counted.
these twenty we're not properly STAN
n ed; ten were marked in two or mo
IL places; seven were marked with in
u and the remainder were marked co
es trary to law. The count in these di
te tricts did not change the results
announced.
ELECTION OFFICERS CENSURE
Frank Cleaver inpector, and w
N. liam G. L. Carnagy. the majority jud
"a in the Second district of the Tweli
st- election district. who were subpoena
yesterday, were in the court and tes