Milford chronicle., 1940-11-08
Flash!
DEMOCRATS GAIN
IN kent OFFICE
Soldier Vote From Camp
Upton Elects Hughes
Over Walker, Republi-
can For Comptroller.

The rs votes cast at Camp Upton
by members of Delaware's 19Sth
Regiment proved sufficient late
Thursday to turn victory into de-
feat for Frank p Walker, Republi-
can candidate fOI Kent county comp
troller.
The unofficial count had given
Walker an S53S-to-S519 victory over
Elijah S. Hughes, his Democratic
opponent. Thursday, however. after
dropping six votes to Hughes in the
second election district of the Third
Representative District. Walker lost
out when he received only 26 soldier
votes to 81 for his opponent This
gave Hughes a majority of IL votes.
Would Throw Out Vote
Before the soldier vote was added
to the civilian totals, William J,
Storey, Republican counsel, made a
motion to throw out the votes from
Camp Upton on the grounds that
they were not legal. He based this
motion on the fact that each en-
velope containing the ballot envelope
bore the name of the soldier who
had done the voting.
Storey further supported his mo-
tiOn to throw out the ballots with
the allegation that votes cast at
Camp Upton were unconstitutional
under the court ruling on absentee
ballots. He said he made this sec
ond argument only for what it is
worth
In his reply to Storey, Howard E.
Lynch, representing the Democrats.
said:
"It is incredible that this statute, |
which gives our soldiers the right to !
vote when they are away from home, !
no choice of their own, !
should be attacked"
Results in 16 election districts !
have been contested thus far in the |
count by the Democrats. The Re- !
publicans have called into question
the results in IL election districts. !
These contests will require the /
of every ballot in the dis
tricts in question.
Figures On Electors
Official figures thus far compiled !
gave the Democratic electors a clear !
majority of 1147. The Democratic !
total was 1926. including So soldier |
votes. and the Republicans, who re-
ceived % votes from Camp Upton. !
had a total of S079.
In the contest for U. S. Senator. !
the Democratic nominee, James NJ. /
Tunnel, received S,695 votes, so of /
them from members of the 19Sth. |
Senator Townsend. the Republican |
OG 1e
Upton votes for a total of SAP, |
which gave Mr.. Tunnel plurality |
of 2S3 votes.
DR.. Philip A. TraynOr. Democratic !
received S,6SS votes for U. |
S. Representative. 80 of them from !
Camp Upton. Only 26 votes from the I
l9Sth went to his Republican oppO-
nent, George S. Williams, the in
giving TraynOr a county !
plurality of 251 votes,
Marvel $50 Behind
Josiah Marvel, Jr., Jagged $50 |
votes behind his Republican oppo-
nent, GovernOr-elect Walter w.
Bacon, despite leading in the num-
ber OF Camp Upton votes. Marvel's
total was S,1S9, of which 46 came
from the 19Sth. Mayor Bacon. with
20 soldier votes, piled up a total of
3 1865.
The contest for lieutenant-gover-
nor showed Isaac j. McCOllum trail
ing Earle d. Wiley by 245 votes.
McCollum had S.445, A of them
from Camp Upton, and Wiley was
given $3.50. with 80 from the regi-
nent.
For Auditor
The Democratic nominee also
rallied in the race for state auditor,
where Benjamin l. Shaw ran up a
of 131 over Harrison NJ.