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Show 000 ELECT! SHEET MAY WIN FOR 'WETS' Unsigned by Judges, It Is Discovered by Murray City Council. REDUCES 'DRY' VOTE Mayor George Huslier Refuses Re-fuses to Comment on the Possible Outcome. An election tally sheet unsigned by the judges, discovered at the regular meeting of the Murray city council last night, may throw the majority in the recent Murray election to the 'wets. " A recount of the ballots was made by the members of the council- last night and the "dry" majority was reduced from fourteen to twelve votes, an error having been made in the original count, according to Mayor George Husher. The only means of identifying the unsigned tally sheet was the envelope, in which it was iucloeed, which bore the district number. An investigation was ordered by the council ami Mayor Husher refused to comment on the possible pos-sible outcome or its effect on the election elec-tion until the investigation shall have been completed. y Insisting that illegal tactics had been pursued by the "drvs" to carry the election, the ' wets ' f have been exerting exert-ing every effort to have the election annulled." Among other contentions the "wets" have declared that unregistered unregis-tered voters had been allowed to vote without the formalities required by law and that in some instances the judges had marked the ballots for voters vot-ers who said they were not familiar with the method of voting. Sufficient evidence has been collected by the "wets" to warraut.au investigation by the city council, and it was begun last night. In the meantime the "wets" are canvassing the different election districts in au effort to unearth further irregularities. It sufficient evidence can be produced pro-duced to have the election annulled another election can be called for next June, the town remaining "dry" in the meantime. In ease the election is declared legal and the vote remains in favor of the "drys, " the town will remain "dry" for two years, or until the next regular election. It is to gain the one year's time that the wets ' 1 are making such a desperate effort to overthrow the result of the recent election. |