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Show FRAUD IH FOURTH I STARTSCONTEST I Hartenstein's Alleged Election Is Denied and Vote Must j Be Investigated. ILLEGAL VOTES CAST, OTHERS THROWN OUT Suspicion First Attaches Where '! Returns Were (om ealed Until Late Hour. "Even Hewlett ' defeat In the ?lrt can hardlv- compenente us for Haften-I Haften-I stein's election In the Fourth ward. ' re- marked a prominent citizen Wednesday This sentiment v.as almost general knroughout the Fourth ward, and in bust- le8 and political circles generally the dav after election. Interest had centered on the Councilman!'.- ticket in the Fourth. and each place In the city Tuesday night where the election returns were received J was crowded, until late waiting for the news about th race between Ferry and Hartcnsteln. Tho closeness of the race, the slow manner in which the returns came In and many other circumstances combined to make Hartenstein's victory generallv discredited, and after the man- agcro of the American partjy had he-; he-; come sufficiently advised It was deter- mined to have a thorough investigation . Sufficient Fraud Discovered. eeci iMtii v nnuiiruiig or me .vmrncui h City committee, was. asked Wednesday night whether or not there would be a contest In the Fourth ward. Mr. Arm-strong Arm-strong said ' We learn of sufficient fraud in the Fourth m i Iclpal ward to Justify a recount and contest on Hartcnsteln and Tuddenham." Public opinion de-mands de-mands that the vote for these two can- dldates be thoroughly Inspected by the authorities, and it Is aparent that the Americans will leave no stone unturned to secure substantial Justice In the Fourth ward. Returns Were Held Back. It was reported on the streets thnt enough illegal votes had been discovered and votes thrown out In addition, in the Fourth, to shift the victory by a substan-tlal substan-tlal majority, while latest figures very nearly do this anyhow. It was said on Wednesday that Hartenstein's plurality had been cut down to as low as four. then two votes, by reason of a mistake In the count !n tho Thirty-seventh dis-trlct. dis-trlct. Suspicion first attached to the Thirty-ninth district because the returns were held back until all the other dis-trlctl dis-trlctl in tho ward had been heard from. and the demand has become so general from all over the city that a contest uromt tho only way In which the matter can be satisfactorily adjusted. IwH |