The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-21
A coUNT-oUr Ar ANCoRrEs.
Council Reverses Result Of Election
An Outburst Of Indignation.

The council OF Auacortes on Saturday even
ing made g recount OF the vote cast il the recon:
city election. and By throwing out sixty-tour
alleged illegal votes reversed the result.
u having been resolved by the council 70 can
vass the vote. the clerk read sfEdavits By Will
lam Lovett, engineer of The fire department, end
l. VI. Ramsey that on some tickets eight Instead
Of six councllmen had been voted for, and tha.
recount would change the result. Clerk Mac
kinnou and Mr.. Barker. who acted during his
suspension, stated that the ballots had not been
tempered with while Ia their charge A re-
count was then ordered, in spite OF the protest
Of Judge F0wie that the council had 10 right TO
make recouE. except in case OF contest
The ballots were then taken from the safe.
where they lay unsesled and without even a
psper wrapper around them. The recount
showed sixty-four ballots On which eight
coUncilnen had been voted for, on each of
which q majority OF those voted for were Citi-
Gems candidates. These ballots were thrown
out and papers showing the result of the re-
count were passed around among the mem
bers. The result is that Eve supporters OF the
present city government and one Citizens
candidate are elected, instead of FIVE Citizens
and one old council candidate. as shown by
the official count. J. II. Young. a Citizens
candidate, had been elected councilman at
large and was not affected by the recount.
The council finally ordered another recount
to De held next Wednesday and that the officers
be invited TO be present.
This action OF the council was announced IN
Especial edition OF the American yesterday, from
which this account is condensed. Mr.. Boyuton.
editor of the paper, in sending q copy TO the
PosT-lSTELLIGENCER, writes:
Since this was printed all OF the officer. of the
late election have been consulted and joiu with
citizens OF all classes in declaring the proceed
ings OF the council lsst night the greatest out
rage OF the many perpetrated BY the present
council on the city in order 10 retain control of
the city government The election judges both
declare that altogether there were only four
votes on which eight counciImen vera voted
Tor, while in the count OF last night nearly sew
enty were thrown out, thereby counting ont five
OF the councilmen elected on the Citizens
ticket, and counting in in their places FIVE not
elected on the Union ticket. The whole city is
indignant, and, if the flaud is persisted in by
the ring. the latter will undoubtedly be sum
marily dealt with.
A. p. Sharpstein, the mayor-e.eet, who is at
the Arlington hotel said to a PosT-ISTELLI-
eEscER reporter last night:
No contest had been filed and John Gearin has
given Us q legal opinion that the law does not
authorize recount except in case of contest
The council had held three meetings since the
election before that OF Saturday and said
nothing about the election. | think, IL the
people don't take action beforehand, we shall
Bile. We shall also probably begin criminal
proceedings against some OF the parties The
people are very hot and are liable to drive soma
OF these people into the bay. Mr. English of
the firm OF Cloihisr & English, one of the lead
Ing nrms OF Skagit county. has telegrs phei his
firm 70 oppose the count-out, and other leading
citizens condemn IT, Captain Hogan resigned
the mayoralty a few days before the election,
saying that he was never in such asgang OF ras-
Gals In his life and could not stand il any longer
The council then elected one OF their own
crowd, W. II. Johnson, to succeed him, and
claim that he will hold over for another year,
thus crowding me out