The sun., 1900-11-09

liidt DeiH'llN uHAl IL IlSui W It I1INSt!ll
ut the count.
Judge Spruance arquicsccd but added
that those present at Il count had no
right to handle the ballots or to par
tcipate iii the decision of the election
! officers.
| 1t was about 2 O'Clock when the First
Election district of the First Representa-
tive district was taken up. David Rein
har'lt, in behalf OF Howard ID. Ross.
claimed that in the Third election dis
trict A marked ballots had been re-
iected. The box was opened and the
ballots inspected by the court, after
which 10 We're accepted. eight Demo-
crafts and eleven Republicans making IL
total gain Of three votes for Ross and
eight for Kitchen.
| Tho certificates of the second election
district did not agree. showing but SO
votes for the Mckinley electors when
there should have been 60. The box was
ordered to hc opened hy the court and
50 votes fer Mckinley electors were
! found to be the right numher. Frank
! H. IilmakInan in behalf Of Howard Ross.
claimed that 16 hallO,s taa, were not
lTa"ied OF driuc"G in ANY way were re-
+! ieetrd in The Third election tGitrict. The
cWnt decided % count rey,n 'ut nf the
sixteen EHiiots rcje;tc5t til:"r Demo-
c"at. a'.d i4at Republicans. Ross made
Il gaiG II : yG;Sa in u 'i'liid district
iuia! Kitchen l. Mr.. lrss vii make 10
contest hi til" 'i'hrd election district il
regard 10 the mAHy voies that wc;,'
prevented itum voting il at district,
~ the Collgt has no iu:.sCli ton IN such
4 raSe. The case buwpvC' Nili Ia taken
ierolp the state Senate on the charge
that ovr 200 Republicans were prevented
from voting in til. Third Gle tion dis
tiict OF the First Representative dis
trict.
David Iirinhardt filed Il protest in the
Fourth election district i behalf OF
Howard ID. Ross, claiming that IL
ballots which were Sme red. drInced
SOiled and torn We're counted and two
ballots rejected which should have beer
counted. Thomas Davis in behalf of the
Democrats stated that Mr.. Reinhardt
in his complaint had put no particularly
stating how the ballots We're defaced ol
how soiled and asked that the ballots
be not counted. The court however
ordered the ballot box to be opened ant
counted the ballots. The count on eX
amning the ballots, counted ont thre,
that We're dcfaccd and counted in the
two which had been rejected. maxim,
, a gain of five votes in the district for Mr.
, Ross.
At this point Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Rein
lhardt informed the court that it had beer
decided that there should be no NOR
/ complaints in the city districts. l.. lrv
ing Handy filed complaint in the Firs
and Second election StrictS of tn
Ninth Representative district, which
! the district where William Chandler
: Republican had II plurality of four vote
over John w. Morrison. After the cert
ficatcs Of the Fifth election district wcr
compared and found to be correct, til
court took recess until 40 o'clock.
At the evening session eleven district
y were officially counted. making siXtec
in all. thirteen il the Frst Represents
tive district and three in the FourtI
r In tAc SiNth, seventh ana Eighth cle
. tion districts the official count with III
\ deception or Il few votes followed cloSrl
a vita the returns previoual; laIbIishrt
F. III tho Ninth election di ti,ict the coul
showed Il los, Of fodr Votes for For
<. aud II Gain Of ten for HUM. Ross Gail
: ed one vote in the Ttatl, seven III III
d, Twelfth. five in t!lp Thirteenth an
seven in the Sixteenth districts. Hun
. and liitchcn also made small gains
;, thc lust foui Or five districts which wpi
>. counted. In the SXte il districts couH
cd by the court y,st stsrday. Ross had
gain OF about 81 votes. The court az
iuprncd 1T $40 O'Clock to meet again I;
$50 O'Clock this morning.