| Show CO MORE ORE BAlLOTS J dge Ritchie Goes Ahead With Fo Ward Election Contest NOTHING DEFINITE AS YET YEI LEG LITY OF SEVERAL VOTES UNDER ONDER ADVISEMENT ot of the Challenged bat bal i 37 was ws c In the el oton contest cases before Judge Ritchie yesterday At adjournment ot of court Ritchie lUtchie had taken under eleven ballots Of the these nine were ballots for E A Hartenstein and W J that had been d by S P Armstrong and P PT PJ T J Daly attorneys for the contestants were ballots for W WM M F r y and nd P J Anson that had by O 0 W Yo Powers and vt it King attorneys for the con conte te tees Tho other challenged ballots been accepted by the court for one oneide ide other i preliminary count during the the contest ballots were acc accepted ted by attorneys on both sides as a fofi ws Hartenstein The Tuddenham 16 Jerr 87 81 1 Counsel forthe for forthe the contestants challenged f a and d counsel for the seV seven fl Judge RItchie al allowed towed lowed Hartenstein 51 X m H HF 5 F Fehy iry G and Anson 6 of the challenged On additional vote for Mr An Anson Anson son developed In the examination mak makIng lug Ing result ot of the court count for forthe the district 8 clu ive ot of the tho eleven ballots held under advisement nt by the court u as follows Hartenstein 21 Tuddenham Tudd nham m 2 Ferry ForrY 93 9 Anson SL 88 The Th p or of the do not I permit pt rm t the tot total for Ferry Ferley and Anson to be y move than two vot votes or the total for tor Har and Tudd udd nham to he de dec c eased by more than nab votes Tho co nt of the election judges In dIstrI t 27 gave no den ham 30 O Ferry 96 95 Anson sn 89 Armstrong Makes Long Talk TalkS S P r of counsel for the contestants spoke at length on technical cat cal pol points ts yesterday His HID argument In brief was that the ballots should be con J ered ol Iy on what they showed and ot of the voter should not bB b Into consideration Mr Ar 8 consumed all of the forenoon At the conclusion slon sion of Mr Armstrongs argument JUdge Powers remarked privately that it was evident to hIm that Mr Arm Armstrong Armstrong strong favored a sealevel canal The point was argued d briefly by theother the theother other attorneys At the conclusion of at atthe the arguments Judge Ritchie overruled the motIon of the contestants that the intent of the voter be disregarded Pr Proceedings Are Monotonous Tn The proceedings In the case are mo nol the extreme The ballots are according to peculiarities in the marking and the various classes are considered in order As yet It Is to do more than surmise as asto asto to changes changos In the result Nothing will willbe be known definitely definite until Judge announces his rulings on the ballots lie he lienow now bas hes under advisement Six distrIcts remain to be considered which may be taken to indicate that several nore da days s will be consumed before the tho case Is determined Plans othe of the American party |
