The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-11
RECOUNTS TODAY,
Registrars Will Act
on Wards 3 and
5 Petitions.
WORK BEGINS AT 2 O'CLOCK.
Each Candidate viii Be
Allowed Four Repre-
sentatives.
WORK BEGINS AT 2 O'CLOCK.

At a meeting of the registrars of
voters yesterday afternoon it was de-
cided to hold a recount of the ballots
cast for representatives in wards and
5 in the Office of the registrars at p.
m. today. The recount of ward 8 ballots
will begin at 2 o'clock, and the ward 8
vote will be taken up directly after
wards.
James F. Ryan and Peter F. Sullivan,
who were defeated in their respective
wards last Tuesday, filed their petitions
for recount with the city clerk yester-
day forenoon. A meeting of the regis
trars was called in the afternoon when
/ it was decided to settle the matter at
once and an early date was fixed
The count will be conducted at four
tables Each of the candidates will be
allowed one representative at each
table. All others will be kept outside the
rail. Here are the petitions and the
names of men who signed them:
To the Registrars of Voters of the City
of Worcester
conference.-the undersigned qualified
voters of the seventeenth Worcester dis
trict to wit, ward in the city of Wor-
cester, have reason to believe that the
records or returns of the election Off
GERS of said seventeenth Worcester dis
trict to wit, ward 8, to the city clerk
relative to the election of representa-
tive to the general court for the seven
teenth Worcester district, to wit ward
3, on Nov current We're erroneous for
the reasons:
First-That said record or returns
show more voters counted for William
l. Mclaughlin than were cast for said
William 1. Mclaughlin.
Second-That there were more votes
cast for Peter f. Sullivan than were
counted for said Peter F. Sullivan.
Wherefore-Your petitioners respect
fully request you, the registrars of vot-
ers of the city of Worcester, to recount
the votes cast at said election for said
William I. Mclaughlin and said Peter
F. Sullivan.
Peter Koran, % Suffolk street; Dennis
j. Sullivan, 273 Grafton street; Michael
L. Hoar, 3 Ascension street; jeremiah
Cahill, 20 Bartlett place; Joseph p
Crowley, Bartlett place; James T.
Duffy, POI Front street; John Donnelly
9 Milk street; Charles E. Holland, 80
Lake avenue; Robert Harrigan, IA
Spring street; James T. Ryan, Brown
street: James P. Shea, 81 Spring street;
Timothy ]. Leary, 10 Harrison street;
Roger P. Green, IS Mechanic street;
Michael Jackson, 8 Mechanic street;
Patrick Sharry 10 fremont street
Mr.. Ryan's petition reads:
We, the undersigned qualified voters
of ward 5, nineteenth Worcester repre-
sentative district, have reason to be-
lieve and do believe that the records or
copies of the records, as made by the
election officers of the first second.
third. and fourth precincts of said ward
and district of the ballots cast in the
election of Nov Z, 1899 for representa-
tive for said district, are erroneous, in
that their return of votes as cast for
John G. Hagberg exceeds the actual
number of votes cast for said Hagberg;
and in that the record of votes as cast
for James F. Ryan is less than the num-
Der Of votes cast for said Ryan. And we
believe that a recount of all the votes
cast in said district for representative
will affect the election of John G. Hag-
berg, voted for at said election.
Wherefore, they pray that a recount
of the ballots cast in precincts one, two,
three and four of said nineteenth rep
resentative district may be had
Nicholas J. Mooney, 81 Washington
street. Thomas F. Lee Portland
street; Thomas E. McEvoy, NJ. D., As
Park street; Henry w. Cronin, NJ. D.,
81 Park street; Michael Shannahan, 600
Southbridge street; Michael J. Cronin,
10 Cotton street: William O'Brien, 104
Lafayette street; James Mccarthy, 81
Orange street; John f. II. Mooney. 70
Madison street; J. ]. Powers Riley
street; John E. Cashen, SO Lewis street.