St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-21
AD0UsLE RECOUNT.
Going Over the Returns for COro-
ner and Register of Deeds-- Gains
for Quinn for Coroner.

Going over the Returns for COro-
ner and Register of Deeds--Gains
for Quinn for Coroner.
An interested party of seven gentlemen
were grouped around the table in 1.-THE
tower" as the room opposite the city
clerks Office is famiiiarly called. from 10 a.
m. to $50 p. m. yesterday. The occasion
was the recount OF the ballots in five pre-
cincts of the city for coroner at the last
election. The recount was ordered by
Judge SimOns on application OF
DIR. j. A. Quinn. who is
contesting the election of DR..
]. c. Markoe. The official canvass of the
returns elected MarkOe by fifteen votes.
At the re count yesterday were City Clerk
Prendergast, the two contestants, Quinn
and Markoe, Henry Johns. attorney fol
Quinn Judge E. st. Julien Cox. attorney
for Markoe. S. j. DOnnelly and Harry
Caldwell. referees appointed by the court
to represent the contestants, and NJ. ID.
Mum, who claimed to be repreSentingQuinn.
But few outsiders put in an appearance
or interrupted the proceedings, and the
greater part of the conversation was III a
strain something like this:
Quinn l, Markoe l, Markoe 2, Quinn 2,
u, D.
Quinn t. Quinn, tally
This was repeated in the neighbOrhOod
of 3 900 times. and toward evening City
Clerk PrendergaSt. who is something OF q
musician himself, had got the all
down so fine that he chewed gum and stuck
needle through each ballot in perfect time
to the sng-s0ng of the tellerS. Only two
of the five precincts to be recOunted were
completed Yesterday. The First precinct
of the First district of the First ward made
no particular difference in the result The
official canvass OF the returns fol
this precinct gave the vote as.
Quinn. CPS; MarkOe, 212. The recount
rave Quinn 623. MarkOe 213, loss of 3 tC
Quinn and gain of l for MarkOe. Of the
tOral number. IS ballots which were cas-
for Quinn without any initial were re-
ferred to the court by MarkOe's attorney tt
decide whether they should be counted. anC
for "AIarkoe' were given the same refer
ence.
A GAIN FOR QUINN.
The recount in the First precinct of the
First district gave Quinn 42S and MarkOe
400 This was a great gain for Quinn, the
official canvass of the returns Civ.
ing Quinn 32S and Markoe 3S7
OF the 42S votes for Quinn, counted
Yesterday. "a of them were referred
to tie court to decide whether the in.
tent of the voters who put their tickets
III with Quinn written on them was Sufii-
GENTLY expressed. Four ballots on which
it was impossible to tell whether the vote
was Tor Markoe or Quinn were also referred
The session adjourned at $50. and the
parties will convene again at 10 O'cIOeE
this morning. The precincts to be counted
to-day are the First precinct
of the Second district of the Second ward
First precinct of the Second district of the
Third ward and the First precinct of the
Second district of the Sixth ward. Boti
Quinn and MarkOe expressed themselves as
well pleased at the result thus far. and each
said c0nfdentally that to days recount
would show s0me surprising figures.
THE BELI.-GIEsEN CONTEST.
NJ. J, Bell. register OF deeds-elect was al
interested spectator of the recount. NJ. d.
Mum. whom Henry Johns said was will
him in the Quinn case, occupied position
at the table and carefully inspected
each ballot as the tellerS handed
Them around. From a close observation
of Mr.. Munn's tally sheet it was evident
that Mum was taking time by the forelOck
as it were. and was checking up the vote
for register of deeds. Mr.. Bell. whom the
official canvass elected by So majority. wheT
asked about the contest which Giesen haC
commenced for the regstryship. said that
he did not apprehend any contest. as re-
count would only increase his majority. As
80 the result of the vote for register in tht
two precincts recOunted yesterday. the
figures could not be obtained. Mr.. Mum
rolled up his tally sheet ard had short tall
with Bell after the session closed, anC
was seemingly not at all anxious to have il
known that he was checking up the Bell
Gejsen vote. GieSens friends claim that {
recount OF the entire city will elect theil
man. and it is probably the intention Of
alr. Bell to make himself reacquainteC
with The contents of at least five of the
boxes before recount in his case is or
dered.