Evening journal., 1918-11-11
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Sussex County ........ z2i4 800

Totals 1929 2i,5gi
Thompson's majority ............ S,5oz
Dickey Loses Contest.
Although Benjamin L. Dickey, Repub-
aican who contested the election Of Har-
ley T. Strahorn, Democrat, TO the Levy
Court from the Fourth Levy Court Dis
trict. gained two votes in the contested
districts this still left Strahorn elected
by a majority Of one. The unoflcial
vote was: Strahorn S54, Dickey Sol.
Mr.. Dickey through his counsel, phil
lin L. Garrett, fled petitions of contest
An the First. Second and Sixth Districts
OF Christiana hundred and the First and
second Districts OF Mil Creek. All Of
them were based on the ground that bal
lots were rejected by the election on
bers which should have been counted
for Dickey. An examination Of the re-
sected ballots in the First and Sixth OF
Ohristiana and the First and Second OF
Mil Creek made change Of but one
haIlot. that one In favor Of Dickey In
tbe Sixth Of Christiana. When the bal
LOT box for the Second District OF
Chrfstiana hundred was opened the
court found that the rejected ballots
were placed In with the good ballots
without the envelope containing then
heine marked for Identification as Is re
ouired by law When the election ofil'
GERS for this district were called De
fore the court Saturday afternoon the.
stated that the rejected ballots were
nlaced in one envelope but they had ne
elected TO mark that envelope. They
stated however, that they could nno
the envelope il allowed to do so. In
The presence of the court the officers
we're through the ballots and found the
envelope containing the rejected ones.
The court in going over these rejected
ballots there being five Of them, count
Cd one for Dickey. which made the vote
nv the official count Strahorn s54, and
mickey 853 AS each candidate got two
--aldier votes the final count was Stra-
horn $50. Dickey $50, the formers ma
jority being one.
Tie Vote for Inspector.
The soldier. vote made no change
whatever in the results. except in the
Fourth District Of st. Georges hundred
where one soldier vote brought about
a tie for inspector. Before the soldier
vote was counted Michael Kegan, DEM
ocratie candidate for inspector in that
district had IS and Charles s. Ellison,
lr. Republican. 10 Kegan got one sol
der vote causing tie, each candidate
having 10. In cases Of a tie vote for
inspector the governor is empowered
under the law TO make the appointment.
The soldier vote for the head of the
: ticket was for Senator Salisbury n
50. and Ball, R., 20. There was moi a
Socialist vote among the soldiers hal-
lots. The other soldier votes for state
and county Offices were as follows
Representatiye in Congress-Polk. D.
So: Layton, r., 81.
State Treasurer-Soper. D.. 50; Fisher,
r.. 81.
Auditor of Accounts-Anderson D.
I 63: Deriel Thompson, r., 81.
+ Rehfster Of Wills-Buckley D., 81
! brown. r., 81.
Recorder OF Deeds Mccoy, D., so
Cole, r., 81.
SherifF -McMuliin, D.. 81; Grassland
( Icoroner-Hswitt. D.. 81; Bullock. r.
50.
flrst name in each instance being the
Democrat. was as follows: State Sem
stor. First District. Lay1eld II, Robert