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were cancelled. These ballots were al
found in the ballot box when IL was
onened for the count. The other cleo
ton officers concurred In this ssate'
ment. ,oo
In Precinct No. 6, Washington, 100
ballots were called for, while but 100
were on the string. Commissioner Gun
ningham said the four missing oaliots
had been considered illegal, apd hao
! been DESTROYED. One of them hao
| line drawn between two OF the tickets
and the others had lines between eacn
of the tickets. The ballots were not
counted.
The other precinct officers concurred
In this. a..
In the sth precinct Of Madison, 2l5
ballots were called for and but FOG
found on the string. Commissioner
Hammond said there were ten oaiiots
which had not been counted. Four nao
none OF the tickets cancelled, two were
cancelled with pencil, and others hao
been blotted in folding so that all the tic
kets were cancelled. Mr.. Hammond was
asked as to the three sampl ballots found
in the box belonging to this precinct,
and said they were voted the first thing
in the morning, they being on top OF
the pile. They had been signed by the
clerks and given to the voters before
the officers knew there were more than
one color in the pile, and the error was
not discovered until the three yellow
ballots had been voted and they had
come down to the white ones. The yell
low ballots had been handed to the poll
clerks by Commissioner Prince and the
clerks had signed them.
In Precinct No. Of Union, Commits
sioner Richard Robertson was asked to
explain the discrepancy between 256
ballots called for and the 236 on the
string. He said thirteen ballots thought
to be illegal had been sealed up with the
affidavits.
Q.-WhY were they put there? A
We'll, there was controversy between
the Commissioners as to what to do with
them, and two of them decided that the
ballots were OF no account, and it was
no use to challenge them, IL they were
not put with the affidavits. They were
put ia the boxes with the affidavit pin
ned to them, in each case, and when
they came to them in counting they
were counted because they had been
sworn to, and were then kept separate
and sealed up for future reference.
The witness thought the other dis
crepancy of three ballots, could be &C.
counted for through discrepancy be-
tween the clerks in putting down the
names. There seemed to have been
some confusion at this precinct at the
opening, there being big rush OF
voters. while the clerks were not quite
ready for them, and the witness stated
that another ballot might be accounted
for from the fact that an attorney who
lived in Clay came there to vote, ana
made out his ticket. When he came up
TO have it put in the box, he was ques-
toned as to his residence, became con-
WINGED he lived in Clay, and his ballot,
already prepared, was destroyed. Fur
Their evidence showed that when the
voting was over there was discrepancy
between the clerks OF one name, and
that they "evened up" and also that
three ballots had been voted without be:
ing cancelled " 'Tng IlcKets. the naInes
so written were counted, but no other
names. There was sgood deal OF funny
testimony regarding this poll.
In Union No. 100 ballots were called
for. and but 1SS found on the string,
and Mr.. Addison Israel was asked TO
explain. He said one ballot, marked
with pencil, had not been counted, and
nm comparing the ballots with the
names, before commencing the count,
thew thought there was one ballot TOO
manv. and one was taken out or the
box and destroyed by burning. That
made the shortage.
In No. 4 Union 172 ballots wore called
,or and but 10 found. Commissioner
Little said there were nineteen ballots
which the officers did not know how to
count. and they had been sealed up.
Six or eight Of them were not cancelled
at all. two or three had been cancelled
with a pencil, two had names signed to
them. and one had the State tickets
cancelled, but none OF the National
tickets.
This concluded the evidence before
the Board. Mr.. McGregor then offered
a resolution, written by Mr.: Hugus,
asking the Board to request the Clerk
Of the Circuit Court, the Judge thereof,
and the grand jury, to place In the
hands OF the Board the ballots regarding
which testimony had been given and
which were in the possession OF Clerk
Mitchell. Mr.. Russell interposed an
objection and quoted the 6Sth section
of the election law, which indicated
that the Board had no business with
sucb ballots. Mr.. Hugus thought Mr..
Pnssell was ''too technical" and the
President ruled the motion out OF order
at that time. The Board then took a
recess until Monday morning at nine
! o'clock.