Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-22
THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTION
Decided Victory For The Mu-
nicipal League Ticket.
TWO STRAIGHT DEMOCRATS WON
Pluralties of the Republicans
... Greatly Reduced.
II is Claimed That Thousands Of votss
We're Given to the Regular Democrats py
the Republican Organization In tho Efiors
to Defeat the Municipal League,

Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires,
Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 2i.-Returns
Of yesterdays election in this city did
not come in from some of the outlying
wards until almost daylight today.
Sixteen magistrates we've voted for,
and the result shows a decided victory
for the candidates nominated by the
Municipal League In opposition to the
regular Republican and Democratic
nominees. While the Republicans
elected by reduced pluralities the 10
candidates they wers entitled to under
the law, only two of the six Demo-
cratic candidates were successful, the
Municipal League electing the other
four. There was probably never SO
much cutting of tickets in this city.
and for this reason the returns were
unusually late. The four men elected
HI. Ladner, William Eisenbrown, j. M.
r. Jermon and John NJ. O'Brien. All
are present magistrates, Ladner and
Eisenbrown having been refused re-
nomination by the Democrats, and
Jermon. before whom former Senator
Quay was first arraigned, being denied
support by the Republicans. The latter
claims that be was turned down by the
Republicans because Of his action in
the Quay case. Eisenbrown IL the
magistrate before whom all of the
ballot-box suffers were arraigned and
held in heavy bail. O'Brien was
nominated by tho Democrats, and he
pulled through by reason Of his en-
dorsement by the Municipal League.
The straight Democrats excited are:
James Fl. Touahill and Richard c.
Lloyd, who ran only few hundred
votes above their colleagues on the
ticket.
The highest vote cast for a Republic
can was 100. 1877, and the highest indie.
pendent vote was 45, 534. The Demo.
Gratis averaged about $1,000 votes. and
the straight Municipal League candi-
dates averaged 26, 500 votes. 1t Is
claimed that thousands Of votes were
given to the regular Democrats by the
to defeat the Municipal League ticket.
Some surprising changes were made in
the two divisions in which the election
officers were either convicted of fraud
or compelled to flee the city. The
biggest change occurred In the Twelfth
division of the Fifth ward. Last No
vsmber, the returns for which three
men were sent to jail showed 247 for
Barnett, Republican, and A for Greasy,
Democrat. Tine result yesterday was
81 for each of the Republican msgis,
trates 1he Democratic candidates
were each given two votes, while the
Municipal League vote ranged from
to 10. In theiThirteenth division of the
Seventh ward, fol the fraudulent
manipulation of whose vote seven men
are now fugitives from Justice, the
vote last year was: Barnett, 332;
Greasy, g. Yesterday, 100 less Repub-
lican votes were cast. The Quay cam
didates on the Republican ticket re-.
ceived 2l6 votes, while the anti
Quayites got an average of only 81.
The Democrats said to be favored by
the Republican organization received
votes ranging from TIA to 1874. This
same evidence of effort to aid the regu-
lar Democratic ticket was shown in
many other precincts of the city.