Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-02-07

arrange the nrel1minaries, but on election |
day the election officers and the people of
the election district are supreme In authority.
Messrs, Reinhardt and Hiies challenged MIR.
Whiteman's assertion and said II had been
the custom of members of the Department
OF Elections 10 exercise authority over the
election officers and elections. The ques-
tlon was admitted and MIR. Lewis said he
thought he saw Election Commissioner
Fairy there. Mr.. Lewis demanded that the
polls be opened, but his request was not
Needed. The people waiting were very inn
patient.
On cross examination, Mr.. Lweis said he
thought no ballots were cast during the
morning. He did not know who caused
the disturbance and could not tell who par
ticipated IN II. He saw DuRan leave the
room about . O'Clock, but did not see him
return.
Frank r. Jones OF No, 1907 b street.
South Wilmington, testified that he was a
challenger at the polling place. John p
Welsh was the Democratic challenger. Wit
ness arrived about O'Clock and found all
OF the election officers there. Shortly after
he arrived Dugan left the room. Driver
Dougherty of the Liberty Fire Co. had told
him that there was message at the engine
house for him. Dugan WIS gone about 20
OF % minutes. There were people waiting
to vote when witness arrived. Witness
understood that the election could not pro-
coed until Dugan arrived, as the law re-
quired that the judge should break the seals
on the packages. Several times people went
to the door aud looking inside asked when
the polls would open and they were told by
Dugan that II they did not get outside he
would call an officer ana have them put ont.
Finally demand was made' to vote and
| when 1t WIS not complied with trouble fol-
lowed, during which Biggans and Welsh
| went upstairs and took the ballots and ballot
| boxes with them. Witness sBid after Welsh
\ and Biggans returned he saw the ballots
under bookcase in an upper room and
| took them to the eectionroom. He did
not know what became of the books.
At this juncture Clerk OF the Peace
| Quigley said one of the books had never
/ been returned TO him. He should haye had
/ four but Ind only three.
Jones said there were only two books at
the polls in the morning. Asked how long 1t
took to vote person in the morning, wit
| ness said us result of controversies 1t took
| a long time to find the names. In the after
noon Election Commissioner Chaytor In
| structed the men to use the books with the
names arranged IN alphabetical order, and
there was much less delay. Witness thought
there we're about six or seven people voted
In the morning; only thuse iaside; he did
not see any come in from the curb. After
the disturbances Mr.. Hennis went after
members of the department of Elections
and at about O'Clock they arrived. When
the polls closed in the evening about &c
On cToss-examination. witness said the
first ballots we're cast at 9.25 in the morn.
ing. The disturbance begun In the neigh
borhood of 10 O'Clock and resulted from q
demand to vote being refused. Dugan was
hurt in the struggle. Men named McHugt
and Porter, neither election officers, votec
in the morning. Dugan ana Biggans lef
the room soon after O'Clock and returned
, about 8. He alleged that Biggans took tn,
ballots out immediately after. the trouble
Witness was knocked down. He understood
that McHugh got his ballot stamped bu
! did not deposit 1t.
} Hyland Gaynur, Republican. who live
at No. 405 Head street, where the election
} was held, said after the disturbance HI
! found the ballots in the second story bacl
OF box and some curtains had been place(
over them. He found John Welsh and Franz
Jones in the room. Biggans was not Their
at the time That was about half an hcu
Q after the trouble. He was shown the ballot
, by the hndady ana he showed them I,
Jones, and the latter took them downstairs
{ Voting was not resumed until about
D O'Clock, when the white and colored peopl
3 were in separate lines. He thought Their
Q were between 70 and 100 men waiting whei
the polls closed. Most of them were colored
: Witness did not attempt until about D. IN
t having seen no opportunity before tina
: time.
8 Street Supervisor John Fl. Goodwin, Jr.
r of No. 1905 B street lives in the Fourth dis
II trict He was at the Third district polls
+ arriving about O'Clock in the morning
+ He saw Dugan leave the room about S.46. Ii
" did not see anybody else go out with him
y Demands were made to vote. About go
: O'Clock witness requested that the polls b
u opened and he was informed by Messrs
y Dugan aud BIgRans that they were no
ready and could not get ready right away
At about $40 there was a disturbance re
9 shifting from the dalpy. Witness does no
o vote in the district, but was there most @
the time. Witness said after the trouble h
o took one OF the election books into nearb
IS grocery store. Between IL and l o'cloc
o election commissioners arrived He be
o lieved they had been summoned by Mi
Lewis. The voting began about O'Clock
y There were two lines, witness alleging thu
i was the usual way of voting there. Befor
: the polls opened be heard Election Com
q formed the election could proceed.
On cross examination, witness said h
a was in the Third district to look after tn
y interests Of the Republican party, of whic
d he is an active member. He admitted tbs
d he took great interest in the party affair
:, and had been active in Mr.. Ross contest
q Witness had seen affidnvits taken in his hous
e and at the time there were present Mi
d Ross, Notary Scott, John W. Thompso
10 and himself. About Is or 20 OF % affidavit
l. were made at his house. including those {
N Cant. Kersey, and others he could not REGAL
s. Witness had recently talked TO friends abor
Is the contest, including Mr.. Ross, Mr.. Hile.
)r Mr.. Reinhardt, John w. Thompson an
others. Witness claimed that he could nc
g remember all the people who had mad
D affidavit at his house or the people to whor
"a he had talked on the subject. Among thos
s. who took affidavits he remembered MI
ID Keets.
g. MIR. Whiteman said he believed Mr.. Coo
win was a hostile Witness to which al
Is sertion counsel for Mr.. Ross took exception
n At MIR. Whlteman s request Goodwin too
the book of registered voters aud scanne
it to refresh his memory, but after lookin
" come time he made no reply ard Mr.. Whit,
s. man began to address Goodwin by saying
:, mir. Goodwin, you may think don't kno
y anything about this" At this iunctul
y counsel for the contestant objected to MI
" Whitelnnn finishing the sentence and IL VIZ
" not finished.
d Mr.. Whiteman then asked whether an
Il affidavits we're made at Goodwin g house /
IN persons representing themselves as othe
IN than those whose names were signed to ii
l. affidavits After some delay and with n
s, luctance witness replied in the affirmativ,
ii after which Mr.. Whiteman asked who's
ID name was signed. to which he reptile
nj Robert Fl. Davis.'' Asked who signe
rs Davis name witness said it was a colore
he man named Whortenbury. whose first nam
IN he did not know, but they call hil
10 "Cooney." Mr.. Whiteman said be believe
"a the notary had been imposed upon. Aske
"a for another name signed by another person
ii witness asked whether one was not enough
@. Mr.. Whiteman said witness should be NIB
Of to think of two or three aud asked whetht
al the name Henry Carter" was not signe
ID by another person, to which Goodwin reptile
IA that he thought SO but did not know WI
m signed II. He made similar reply wit
to, fbe. Nf Is,l Ne -