The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-12
Mr.. Davies Will CONTEST
Believes That He Has Good Legal
Grounds to Warrant Such Action.
RESULT OF OFFICIAL COUNT
Shows That Clemons and Schndt Received
More Votes Than Their Competitors.
Footings of the Vote for All Can.
didates Not Yet MAIDS,

The work of compiling the election
returns was completed Saturday morn
ing, but all of the footings have not
yet been made. That task will be com
pleted today.
For the offices of sheriff and treasurer
the votes have been added together
and the result is that Frank II. Glenn
ons, the Republican candidate for
sheriff is elected and Charles II.
Schadt Democrat, is found to have
more votes than his Republican oppon-
ent, Thomas d. Davies.
The latter was seen last night by a
Tribune reporter and he declared most
emphatically that he would contest Mr..
Schadt's right to hold the office of treas
urer.
Il have reasonable and legal grounds
for doing So" he said. II cannot enter
into details, but you are at liberty to
state that am firmly resolved to con-
test the matter and that have ample
grounds for doing So"
EX-Congressman Lemuel Amerman,
attorney for James A. Bailey, said last
night when interviewed that he had no
instruction from his client to begin a
contest, but of course could not say
what the future might develop, His
remarks were of a character which
showed that personally he was opposed
to the idea Of contest.
Completing the Count.
At noon Saturday court completed
the official count of the vote, but the
recording clerks, after working assidu-
ously until 1890 at night, had not
finished footing up the totals. They
will resume this morning, and 1t is eX-
pected that their work will be ended by
noon. The table published elsewhere in
The Tribune gives the official plurali-
ties so far as they have been completed.
Frank II. Clemons is elected to the
office Of sheriff by plurality of forty
six votes, and Thomas d. Davies falls
only twenty votes short of his success
full competitor, Charles II. Schadt for
treasurer.
The plurality of General Daniel H.
Hastings for governor Is 3,3S7. Joseph
A. Scranton for congress has 2,O77,
James C. Vaughan for senator has
II
district M. f. Mcdonald has plural
ity of 15l votes, making Senator-elect
Vaughan's plurality 1888. Prothono-
tary Pryor was carried to victory on
the tremendous avalanche of 4,627 plu-
rality John r. Jones for district at
torney has plurality of 1911, r. W.
Archibald for judge 1,572, John II.
Thomas 1,13l, Charles Huester 1,647,
and William S. Hopkins 1853 T. j.
Mathews, jury commissioner, wins by
2,l05.
The pluralities of the legislative can
didates, as published in Saturdays Tri-
bune, do not differ in the official count.
Discrepancy Was Examined.
The discrepancy of the figures in the
documents returned by the election
board of the Third district of the Elev-
enth ward had buoyed up the adherents
of Mr.. Davies that something to his
credit would result from an investiga-
ton. The tangle was explained by
one of the election officers who stated
that the list of voters was one issued
at the late municipal election. and that
it got mixed some way with the proper
list of Tuesdays election. In the bal
lot box the correct list was found and
1t compared with the returns. The
vote was, therefore, allowed to stand
as at first recorded.
The attorneys for Mr.. Davies were
sure that there We're Irregularities in
the Fifth district of the Second ward,
and felt that if the ballot box was
opened evidence of Jugglery with the
vote would result and 1t would be in
favor of Mr.. Davies. But the election
laws require that afiidavlts must be
presented from citizens of the district
before the box can be opened. No OBJ
lection was therefore presented against
the returns from the district
The proposition to introduce gas and
water into Winton borough was de-
feated by three votes. In the special
election for councilman In the Third
ward of Carbondale, Charles A. Kane.
Republican, won by a handsome ma
jority.