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Show Whitman Wants , . Ballot Inspection NEW YORK, Nov. 11 Governor Whitman will tomorrow make application appli-cation for an inspection of the ballots cast nt the rocent state election "that there may never be any doubt as to tho result" of the gubernatorial con-tost, con-tost, according to an announcement made tonight after a conference "at the headquarters of the Republican state committee. Among those attending the conference wore Governor Whitman Whit-man and George A. Glynn, chairman qf tho committee. On returning here today from Chicago, Chi-cago, Governor Whitman made public a letter from Mr. Glynn, In which the latter asserted "figures unofficially reported re-ported to us "exclusivo of the soldiers' vote yet to be canvassed, would indicate in-dicate a plurality In favor of Alfred B. Smith of only "about 7,000 votes, or about one third, of ono per cent of the total vote of approximately .2,000,000. "Tho vote Is so close, and so many peoplo aro unconvinced as to the accuracy ac-curacy of. the reported result, that we feel It our duty to rhIc you to make application for an examination of the ballotfl." Replying lo Mr. Glynn's letter, Mr. Whitman said In part: "Jn Buch a large vote tho posBiblli- ty of mistakes is apparent, particularly particu-larly in view of the somewhat complicated com-plicated nature of tho ballot and of the new system of canvassing which was In effect for the first time this year. ' "1 feol therefore, that I am bound H to disregard my personal inclinations H and that I owe the duty to tho poo- H pie of the state, Irrespective of party, H to comply with your request." j H Il |