Evening journal., 1904-10-01
accepts the Ticket As
TabuIated From Re
turns Despite Charges
of Fraud That Have
Be enMade =
Isaac S. Elliott Will Not
Drop the Contest He
Has Made in Brandy
wine Hundred for Levy
Court

Despite the protests and the fact that
over seventy men have made affidavit
that the votes cast by them were not
recorded in the returns of the Republi
can primary election held last Saturday
the Board of Canvass composed Of the
New Castle County Committees today
decided that the ticket as tabulatec
should be the ticket filed with the clerk
Of the peace. This action to shut Off
all contests even when there were al
legations of fraud was not unanimous,
George Frizzell and a few others op-
posed it.
The Ticket.
Prothonotary- Frank L. Speakman.
Clerk of the Peace-Winfeld S.
Quigley.
Sheriff-Harry l. Gillis.
Receiver of Taxes and County Treas
urer. Robert NJ Burns.
County Comptroller Philemma
Chandler.
Senators.
Second District-J. Radley Lewis,
Fourth District-John NJ. Mendinhall.
Sixth District-Edwin S. Armstrong.
Representatives.
First District-Henry Stafford.
Second District-David II. Megill.
Third District-M. Howard Jester.
Fourth District-Thomas d. Wilkin-
son.
Fifth District-Frederick L. Buck
master.
sixth District-Dr. F. Harvey Day.
Seventh District-Wnliam II. Miller.
Eighth District-William NJ. East
burn.
Ninth District-John P. Armstrong.
Tenth District-Elwood I. Wilson.
Eleventh District-William II. Evans
Twelfth District-Thomas 7. Vail.
Thirteenth District-Jacob II. Emer-
son.
Fourteenth Distrlct-Elias n. Moore
Fifteenth District-John Beth.
Levy Court Commissioners.
First District-James H. Morris.
Second District-ThOmas Holt.
Third District-William ]. Brown.
Fourth District-C. Candy Hopkins.
Fifth District-Robert McFarlin.
sixth District Merritt n. Willitts.
Seventh District-Abram Stats.
In accordance with a call members o
the Republican County Committee me
and sat as a Board of Canvass this morn
ing at 1910 o'clock in the rooms of tn
East Side Republican Association, No
9Oi King street, for the purpose Of can
vassing the vote cast at the primaries o.
Saturday last.
Owing to some misunderstanding Il
sending out notices several members O
the committee were late in arriving an
as result the meeting was not called {
order by Chairman Merritt N. Willis a
the above named hour. The misunder
standing, ii is understood was due to tn
fact that postals were sent out under
title of the Young Mems Republican Clul
No. $40 King street and called for a meet
ing at o'clock. In consequence severt
members were late.
The first business transacted was th
presentation of a resolution by George W
Cox TO the effect that the tally sheets a
prepared by Messrs. Pearson and Rice o
Saturday evening, September "a. and r.
turned by them be accepted as the ol
fetal returns and that candidates shoul
abide by the results of the same.
This lead to the assertion by NJ. n. Wi
Its that returns from a portion of eigl
districts were missing. in as much q
there were no sheets showing the vote
cast for road commissioners nor il
spectors. The districts were as follows
One in Brandywine, two, in Christians
one in Mil Creek. one in White Cla
Creek and two in New Castle hundreds.
motion was then presented to the e