Evening journal., 1904-09-05
QUIET REIGNED
At THE POLLS
Democrats Held Their Pri-
maries and Named Candi-
dates for Fall Election
CONTEST WAS A BITTER ONE
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
New Castle, Sept. 5.-The Democratic
primary election in this city passed off
quietly on Saturday but rarely has there
been more bitterness of feeling expressed
thaa was evinced on this occasion.
Opponents of certain office seekers
raked and scraped, dug and delved in
their efforts to unearth some particularly
obnoxious piece of filth to use as weap-
ons Of attack. Religious belief, social
standing and private differences, person.
al honesty and integrity together with
political discrepancies were marched out
side by side and arrayed as battering
rams TO overthrow the bulwarks raised
by candidates.
To mention the names Of certain can
didates to certain of their opponents was
like waving the proverbiai red flag in
the face of a tortured bull. Whiskey and
beer were plentiful but beyond the knock
ing senseless OF one New Castle man by
another in front of the Presbyterian
Church in the afternoon, no trouble oc-
CURED throughout the day or night.
The Results.
The results Of the methods employed to
bring about the defeat Of spotted" can
didates by the methods employed speaks
for itself. Andrew NJ. Gallagher was tied
in his own district, the First, and won
out in the hundred by a majority of four
votes. William II. Cooper, Jr., candidate
for state delegate was showed under by
a majority of forty-one. Chauncy p. Ho.
comb. candidate for receiver Of taxes AID
-county treasurer won out in his own
/ F.rts, IrrT f,sfH Iarn Foa q "a
county by 1886 majority by JohnBoughman
Samuel T. Landers, sheriff. though being
defeated in the general result ran ahead
of the combined vote of his two opponents
in .his hundred by 1l9. Better class of
residents are disgusted at the methods
employed in the fight on Saturday.
Vote of the Hundreds.
That almost tht entire vote was gotten
out IS shown by the fact that Of 446 reg
istered Democratic votes 42O deposited
their ballots and this is estimated TO be
about the normal in New Castle hundred.
The vote by districts follows:
Representatives.
Representative-Firs district, Gallagher
g.; Heyd, "a; Second, Gallagher, 54; Heyd
Al; Third. Gallagher. AZ; Heyd, 50; Fourth
Gallagher. 50; Heyd. 45. Total, Gallagher
PIP; Heyd. POS.
County Treasurer.
First district. Holcomb, So; Boughman
s5; Second. Holcomb, 7s; Boughman, q
!, Third, Holcomb. 56; Boughman. S6 Fourt
, Holcomb IS: Boughman. 2S; otal. fou
districts. Holcomb, 29O; Boughman, l27.
Sheriff.
First district. Landers. 50; EIotherall, ?.
, Hurlock. 16; Second, Landers. 60; Moth
! erali, "a; Hurlock. y; Third. Landers s.
Motheral, 10; Hurlock. 15 Fourth. Land
ers. So: MotheraH, 30; Hurlock, y; tota
four districts. ll9; Landers plurality, lis
State Delegates.
First district. Cooper. a; Holschenmak
er. So, Second. Murphy. unopposed, 81
!, Third. Sullivan. 80; Whalen, "a; Fourtf
! Jemison, unopposed, 95.
: County Delegates.
/. James B. Brady Patrick McGrorN
!, Joseph H. Dougherty, James Doris a
. unopposed.
i The indication as a result point to thre
Of the five delegates supporting Peter
G Ford. and the county convention dele
IS gates supporting James B. Toman fc
d clerk Of the peace and John Brady fc
y pro.honotary.
IS Although w II. Cooper. Jr., was bea
II en- by Henry Hoschenmaker his jefei
= came as no surprise to his opponents WI
,s predicted it as soon as Holschenmak'
n decided to stand. To accomplish his d.
= feat workers were brought into the di
trlct from the other three districts WI
l,rfa oh
fall at the polls. His name in connecuo
!. with the winding up the affairs OF a
u New Castle Woollen Mills was used fire.
ly and If no open allegations of miscoi
= duct were made broad hints Of sue
= were thrown out.
Mr.. Cooper-at. first thought Of contes
II ing the election and OF bringing su
y against his alleged maiigners but up'
after consideration concluded to drop Il
tc subject believing that he could ga
r. nothing either politically OF financial
!. ihv such action Among the most jubila
IN over the result OF this contest was A
in bert. the brother. of Henry Holschumakt
-g who threw his entire soul and energi
m into the fight against Mr. Cooper, al
te his influence among the voters of 4
IL first district did much u bring about {
te desired result He has received the hear
ri congratulations Of his many friends up
re his part in the great and what was ;
a. lieved by some to be the almost impo
p sible overthrow of his brothers oppo
rh ent.
~ Possible Outcome.
The bitterness brought out in the p
Ie- maries has given food for thought to
,is local Republicans who now look to
~ ,,a,l-n,er for certain nortions of [