Evening journal., 1916-11-13
OFFICIAL CANVASS SHOWS
NO CHANGE In MEN ELECTED
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NNOnUnOeO ALOu IiAcN II dhNf
refused the motion 20 reject the returns
IN the First district of the Eleventh
ward. The ballots and envelopes had
been improperly marked unintentionaiiy
by the election officers. Inc court
counted the ballots 80 marked
When peucader hundred was reached
William G.. Jones and Frank j. Speak
man, representing Warren o. Armstrong
candidate for Representative, asked that
the election officers be called to explain
regarding two envelopes which con-
tained two ballots each and which were
in the ballot box of the First district.
zachariah T. Harris. William II. Hug
gins and John Sartin were called to the
stand. They testified that on the
morning of election they placed blank
ballot in an envelope and gave II TO each
voter. When two envelopes were re-
turned hy voters IL was found difficult 20
get such into the box owing to the
thickness.
It was agreed then TO count the voted
ballot when the envelopes were reached.
But when the FIRST envelope with two
ballots was reached the crowd objected
and the ballots were returned to the
envelope.
The count found the envelopes con-
tanned voted ballot and a blank one.
other rejected ballots were scruti-
nized and the result was again az fol-
lows:
Thomas w. Miller, 3; Polk, 81 Green,
g. and Armstrong, T.
This gave Green 207 and Armstrong
2O6 for Representatives
Armstrong said that the two soldier
boys from Pencuder hundred had prom
ised TO vote for him and hc hoped 60 b'
elected by one majority when their bal
lots arrived Bat he was doomed 20 dis
appointment. for the two soldier votes
were FOR his political opponent, anc
Green was elected by a majority OF three
votes. II was after II o'clock on Satur
dav night when the canvass was com
pletcd and court adjourned until this
morning 10 comulcic me canvass
Soldiers Give Democratic Majority.
Delaware soldiers now encamped
at Demng. ~ NJ. voted with the
spirit OF the west on election day.
giving Q6 votes for Wilson 10 Sc for
Hughes. Wilson. the candidate on
the Democratic ticket for Insurance
commissioner. polled 105 votes to 40
for Watson. the Republican candidate.
Early on Saturday afternoon Pro
thonotary Joseph Wigglesworth re-
soived a telegram that the messen-
gers expected to arrive with the Dem.
Ing vote When Prothonotary Wig
ellsworth, Deputy Prothonotary Har-
yey Hofiecker and Mark ]. McKenna
met the train az French street sta
lion the special messengers Colonel
Theodore Townsend and Theodore
Ferguson, expressed their pleasure at
being home They were tired OF rid.
ing on a train for four days. The seal
ed pouch was rushed to the court
house where the Board OF Canvass
was waiting for the soldier vote. as
the count in New Castle county had
been completed a short time be-
lore. The ballots were In seal.
I'd envelopes from the eight compa'
aies and were the west pocket single
tickets of the kind voted before the
Introduction of the Australian balloi
system In this State. There were
several cut ballots where complimen
arY votes were given In one pack
age was an ahldatit signed by Lieu
tenant William Bcrl of Wilmington
, that he was a registered voter OF the
Seventh ward A. ballot accompanied
he anldavit and Il was counted as
well as another ballot which was In
sealed envelope from another sol
iier.
The vote in Deming was as fol
tnupa.