Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-05-28 | Page 1 | Hearst Gains in Recount Contest

HEARST GAINS IN RECOUNT CONTEST CONTESTi iI i i I First Two Ballot Boxes coxes Opened I II Decrease McClellan's j I Lead by 27 I j I I New York Y May 1 a 7 T se en e ballots counted rl Illegally and j I for fOI election of mayor marOl in the Jast JAS j municipal election electon in November o embe r. r 1 1905 O were found today In the first two ballot balot boxes boxe opened in tho time recount proceedings s before Justice Lambert In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Supreme narrow nu plurality ctt r 34 4 1 rr d I o. o a- a aft r r- r fn l Y nr af thiu reduced rt llO to to withIn n it u few lew c I hours after a fair fall Judicial count t cO was wag begun with Wi l 1 il it G other boxes boxe still to tobe tobe tl be he opened While hU tho the examination of the t ballots bal bal- al- al lots hots In th the nr first l box opened which W was u used ell in the tho second election district of tho the sixth bah I assembly district di dl 11 closed a n discrepancy of oC twelve Ym votes closel in McClellan's total it I was as not the second box hox used in the se election district of or the eighth I assembly district was as opened that the full ful extent extent ex- ex tent of or tan tlC frauds practiced to chang Change j I the lie result lesul in McClellan's McClelan's favor or or fa was 1 revea Ie eal revealed I ed d. d In Jin this district only omy loC 16 lil votes tor Hll 01 McClellan McClelan were found against Counted for him him by th the inspectors of election electon in their official return while votes voies for William llam R n. Hearst were 17 found instead of 1 fj credited to him in inthe time the r returns turns This meant that hat the tho inspectors had counted seven even more mor votes for tOl McClellan than there therl welin were wel McClellan with in the box crediting Jan wih fifteen ott votes vote eight of which had been cast ciSt fm for fil Mr I Heal t t. t