The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-05

The work of making the official count
of the vote cast In Tuesdays election
was begun yesterday afternoon at l.3O
o'clock.
Judge Edwards is presiding and is
assisted by ID. j. Davis, T. =. Duffy,
A. V. Bower and ], K. Burnett record
ing clerks. B +. Tinkham NJ. ]. Ruddy
and Joseph j. Jeffreys, file clerks; j.
T.. Watkins and L. f. Timlin, reading
clerks.
Major Everett Warren, Fred w.
Fleitz, James II. Torrey, John F.
Scragg, Hon. c. =. O'Malley, Milton w.
Lowry, John IL. Thomas, ID. w. Powell
and Emil Bonn, Republicans, and T. F.
Wells, Hon. NJ. Il. Mcdonald, O'Brien IL
Kelly, Hon. M. F. Sando, w. A. Wilcox.
r. ]. Murray, G. c. Donovan ID. ].
Reedy and M. ]. McAndrew, Democrats,
sit about the tables carefully scanning
the returns and making critical eX-
animation of the afIidavits.
Mr.. Copeland and Mr.. Norton were
both present during the entire after
noon and with their attorneys eagerly
watched the close vote on prothonotary.
RETURNS COUNTED THUS FAR.
At i.30 o'clock when adjournment was
made for the day the returns from 30
districts had been read and recorded.
Comparing with The Tribune table of
yesterday the official table so far COM
piled shows very few changes. Lang
staff gained one vote in the Third ward
of Archibald and Norton and Warnke
each lost two. In the First ward Of
BlGkely Daniels vote should be 145 in
stead of a.. In the First ward, First
district of Cdrbondale Kclly's vote
should be "a instead of SO.
In The Tribumes table Langstaff's
vote in the Fourth district of the Third
ward Of Carbondale was a. 1t should
he ia. This however does not affect
the total as the compilations were
made from the copy before it went to
the printer, where the error was made.
Horn gained five over the open re-
turns in the First district of the Fourth
ward, CarbOndale. Pryor's vote in the
First district of the Fifth ward, Car
bcnd2le should read 1S1 instead of 1lS.
Horn made a gain Of 8 in the First
district of the Second ward of Dun
more, which lessons the difference be-
tween him and Jones by eight.
Mr.. Wilcox. attorney for George $.
Horn, claims that Jones' majority is
now only 225. According to their fig
ureS the lead yesterday was 2G9 and the
returns so far cut that number down
by IA.
RUMORS OF CONTESTS.
There were some rumors of contests,
and friends of Mr.. Horn freely admit
ted that if the official count warrant
ed it there would be a contest for dis
trict attorney. In view of the possi-
bility of such, the attorneys for both
sides are giving the closest scrutiny to
the tally sheets and afIidavits and die
tating extensive notes of apparent er-
rOrs to their stenOgraphers.
a ballot with a cross in the Repub-
lican ring and another after the name
of DR.. Swallow was sent in with the
returns of the election board of the
Third district of the Fourth ward of
Carbondale. They evidently had had a
dispute as to how the vote should be
counted, and so referred the matter,
in this way, to the court. Judge Ed
wards said a vote should be tailed
for all the Republican candidates, ex-
cepting Beacon, and that DR.. Swallow
should get the vote for state treas
urer.
The vote was not recorded, and will
not be until the judge Of election is in
terviewed and it is learned whether or