The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-11
Examining Board to Canvass Re-
turns Of the Election.
,ueae MAY BE TWO CONTESTS.
-. and White Reported to he
dissatisfied With the Result BE-
~..se of Alleged Gross DtserIm-
...stous of Fnsi0nist Election
nsards-TabIs Of Totals Showing
vste for Each of the Candidates.

The sealed official returns and ballot
.,,ss from all the voting precincts Of the
.n.x are nov IN the hands Of County Aii-
e., Evens1n. those from the more re-
-. pyec:g,cts having arrived early In the
s~.-noou II IS probable that the canvass
49, sozra. composed Of County Commits
..s,.rs Boyce and Nickerson and one Of
~ .,p4r.or Judges. vii, meet and can
v,.. the returns today. The law requires
rs. they shall be canvassed within ten
Avs aftsr the election.
.as,or Evenson would be one O! the can
~sx..ng board. but is disqualified by rea-
A., az his interest In the election. One OF
as Judges will :ake his place.
Returns from Dunlap. Durham and Me-
,,san precincts ard also the First Of the
r1,. ward complete, were received by the
po.;-Inteiii9encer yesterday leaving The en-
,,,. vote OF Eagle Gorge. StosseI, Wabash
.sd Webster lacking IN the country and
carton Of vashon only reported. The city
!. complete. A typographical error credited
wiltshire. senator-elect from the Twenty
.vsnth district. with having received but
"a votes, when he got 1868.
May he COntests.
The very close vote on prosecuting attor-
rev and clerk together with the open and
.he Republican candidates by the fusion
election boards, has had the effect OF caus-
,ns the circulation Of a rumor that a con-
tsS. IL 10 be made by Mr.. Potts, the defeat
A candidate for clerk, and Mr. White the
Republican candidate for prosecuting at
,orney II has been quietly talked a. Re
publican county headquarters for the past
day or two that recount would probably
be demanded by these. II not other defeat
Hat no ~
ticket.
a. far az can be ascertained neither the
Republican ccenty committee nor any OF
The defeated candidates on the Republican
ticket have announced that contest would
ts made There has been no dispute how
ever. that many evidences are at hand
showing thar In many precincts great ir-
reguari,ies were practiced by the fusion
election officials and that wherever there
was any question raised as to the voters
intention or the legality OF the ballot. the
question was in every instance decided
against the Republican candidates.
II II claimed by Republican workers
that there Is proof that In many instances
the fusion Judges refused TO count votes
for the Republican county candidates
when the ticket was marked so as To
plainly Indicate the intention OF the voter
10 cast his ballot for every Republican
upon the ticket. For instance. Ii is
known that in several precincts In the
First ward in one or two I'm the Eighth
and In several country precincts ballots
we're found marked with cross after
The word Republican and just before
The name OF Wesley l.. Jones, the head OF
the ticket In many such instances on
record no other marks were found on the
ballot clearly indicating the intention OF
the voter. II is claimed by Republicans.
10 cast his ballot for every Republican on
the ticket.
The Republican county committee has
positive evidence that In such instances
the ballots were counted for the Repub-
lean congressional candidate alone. and
we're not recorded for the remainder Of
the ticket. In some precincts where the
veters marked their ballots in the man
ner indicated, but just before the name
Of Congressman Lewis the fusion judges
counted the ballots for every fusion nom
inee on the ticket, thus working the rule
In an opposite way from that applied 10
the Republicans.
In the Fourth and Fifth precincts Of
The First ward complaint has been made
by Republican workers that the fusion
election boards Disseminated against the
Republican candidates in wholesale
manner and without any Justification
whatever. 1t is claimed that many Re
publican Votes were not counted in these
precincts. In the First precinct Of the
First ward the fusion election officials
followed similar tactics.
Count May Make n difference
II a contest IL made In behalf OF Mr.
White and Mr., Potts. IT is believed that
Il viii be upon these grounds Republican
party workers believe that a fair count
VIII make a great difference in the vote.
oh these candidates. While neither Mr.
White nor MIR Potts have given indica-
non Of their disposition 10 file contest
against their opponents. there IS a strong
disposition among the Republicans to
nave the matter thoroughly aired i'm the
courts. 50 that ii may become known To
maj extent the fusion election boards
We're guilty ~ unfair practices and irres-
tarites In the count
According - the election returns as
'aeY stood last night Ne Etroy Is les votes
ahead - White. while Holloway leads
Potts by only III
The following figures show the total
'V" ~ each candidate in King county.
WIN hut four precincts lacking. The
computations have been revised with thu
greatest care. and are as correct as IL is
possible - tet. The eSt-tnt.llieencar
=" nei publish thu table Of returns again
uh'i they are officially counted
,F9r coNerossmen--
s.