Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-10


way.
Progress Of the Canvass.
At o'clock today. when 80 of the
ia districts in the city had been cam
vassCd. the court took n recess for an
hour. The net result Of the recount
up To- that time was gain of ~ votes
for Mr.. du Pont for the long term
and "a for the short term.
Tho canvass of the vote in the low
er counties. the result OF which is
printed elsewhere in this Issue. has
been completed and sustains the fig
ures and totals originally printed in
Every Evening. In Kent county the
official totals for the full Senatorial
u term were exactly what had already
been printed in Every Evening, ba sed
on the official returns, viz: 1923 for
Mr.. Bayard, and $3.50 for Mr.. du Pont.
Foe. the short term there was diff
ference OF two votes for Mr.. Bayard
being a gain, and a loss of three for
Mr.. du Pont, as compared with the
original totals printed in Every Even
ing This was net gain there of five
for Mr.. Bayard.
Martin V. Farrell, Democratic
First district, defeated by 81 votes on
the face of the returns having asked
for a recount, as stated elsewhere in
this issue. as we'll as in a late edi-
ton of Every Evening yesterday,
some trifling changes resulted, after
the colUt had made a recount in the
Second ward and the Fourth ward
section of the First Representative
district. The result of this is given
elsewhere in Every Evening. The re-
count of those districts gave Senator
du Pont a net gain of three votes for
the long term, while Mr.. Bayard lost
three, a net gain for Senator du Pont
OF six For the short term, however
Mr.. Bayard gained five and Mr.. du
Pont lost six, making a net gain of II
for Mr. Bayard.
Senator du Pont had asked the
court TO recount the vote in number
OF other city districts, alleging i'm
properly rejected ballots. These dis
tricts were not reached until today
Many were surprised that Mr.. du Pont
should personally make :. contest
having conceded Mr.. Bayard's election
and congratulated him.
First Figures Usually Dependable.
Through the cooperation Of the
election officers, the newspaper
usually obtain correct figures on cleo
tion night. All persons Interested
the election officers as well as tho
newspaper people-are actuated by
the one desire. TO give the public a:
nearly correct information as pos.
sible. However, with 204 election dis
tricts in the State. errors are possible
chiefly in transcribins in the news
paper offices The job has 10 be don,
so hastily that this is not 10 he won
dered at. However, the rule has beer
that original figures could be depend
ed upon. On the day following III,
election, and again yesterday, SOM
minor errors We're discovered in tn
original figures, printed in Ever!
Evening Their correction. however
has not changed the original result.
Ii has been found. however, that il
few cases the votes on the mino
tickets were not returned with tn
blanks. This was not material, ex
cept where it affected major part
candidates on those tickets. Accord
Ing TO George II. Hollett OF Claymon
in a communication sent to Ever
Evening. an error was made in re
porting the vote from the Fifth Elec
ton district of the Sixth Representa-
tive district. Correcting this error i
that district Mr.. Bayard gains 81 70
the full Senatorial term and AZ for III
short term, while Mr. du Pont gain
~ for the full term and 50 for th
short term, as compared with the ur
official returns.
Evety Evening has kept close trac
Of all errors as they We're discovers
making the necessary correction
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