Middletown transcript., 1904-11-19
TIE IN
ST. GEORGES
Official Count Makes Emer-
SON. Pennington Contest a Tie
LEVY COURT IS REPUBLICAN,

The Levy Court of New Castle Count,
will continue Republican for at least fou
years. The Democrats failed to gain con
troll Of the county affairs by a tie vote
| Just one more vote for the Democratic
candidate in the Fifth Levy Court district
would have given the Democrats the
majority in the new court which goes
in on January lst.
AS it stands now the Republicans have
three members, the Democrats three and
there is lie in the Fifth district between
Morrison and McFarlin. In case of tie
the Governor makes the appointment,
so it is only natural to suppose that il
will be, four to three in favor of the
Republicans. Governor HUM will make
the appointment before he goes out of
Office.
BY the face of the returns John Nor
rison, Democrat, was elected to the Levy
Court from the Fifth district over Robert
McFarlin, Republican, by four votes.
McFarlin filed contests in several of the
election districts, claiming that ballots
had been rejected which should have
been improperly counted for Morrison.
Morrison filed counter contests, alleging
practically the same thing, that ballots
had been improperly counted for Nc
Farlin, and others rejected which should
have been counted for him. The boxes
in these districts were opened and the
court threw out some votes that the
judges of the election had counted, and
decided to count several that had been
rejected. This revision of the vote
brought it out tie, each man being
credited with l,235.
In the third district of White Clay
Creek hundred McFarlin asked that up
wards of $50 ballots be thrown out be-
cause stickers were not used. The court
after hearing argument OH the question
by John Biggs and w. f. SmaIley for
the Democrats and David j. Reinhardt
and, William S. Hilles for the Republi-
cans, decided to: throw the ballots out
and ruled that the omission Of stickers |
did not invalidate the ballot.
McFarlin contested all three districts
of White Clay Greek hundred. In the |
First and Third there was no change
whatever in the returns by the recount,
but it was in the Second district OF this
hundred that the tie was made. The
court rejected five votes for. Morrison and
one for McFarlin on the ground they |
were defaced or marked ballots. This
was total gain Of four for the Republic
can candidate. which madea tie.
The contest in the First election dis
trict of New Castle hundred resulted in
two rejected Democratic ballots being
but as one of them was cut for
it did not break the tie. There
were contestsFin two other districts +of
New Castle hundred, but the Tie re-
NAMED.
In the. First of New Castle hundred
Join II. Rodney filed contest alleging
that 200 ballots had been counted which
the nemes of road commission
srs, which ballots should only have been
voted in the rural districts. The court
declined to throw out the Ballots on this
ground. Et
Tie for-Representaiva /
The. canvass also brought about one
'ther tie vote. +. j. Pennington, Demo-
rat, and Jacob II, Emerson, Republican,
ire tied for representative in. St. Georges
the official count giving each
II them 5GS votes. In this case a special
election WILDE held and both candidates
will be voted for again. - F
The returns gave Pennington a majority
# 4. but utseontests were made by Emerson
n thebFirst, Nlird and Fourth districts
fCthe Hundred, which resulted in the
lie. BY the recount in the. First and
'hird districts, Emerson gained five votes
Fhich put him one in the lead, but in
he Fourth district tile judges threw out
even ballots because they were defaced.
our were. Republicans and three Demo-
rats, W hidli made the tie. m
III the Third district of St. Georges
one ballot was found ON which /
he name Of James B. Toman, candidate j
Or Clerk Of the Peace, was scratched and / i
yer the name was written sNo rum, t
lease This ballot had been rejected C