The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09
Daniel f. Storms, Candidate for Sec
rotary of State, Has q Plurality
OF 4,OO7.
THE MANNER OF COMPARISONS
VOTE ON JUDGES AND MEMBERS OF
THE LEGISLATURE.
August NJ. Kuhn I'm q State of Indeci-
sion-An Amendment Suggested
to the Election Law.
Revised Pluralities, state omcer..


For secretary of state, Storms, 4,O07.
For treasurer of state, HILL 5000.
For clerk Of the Supreme Court, Brown,
1884.
For Judge Of the Appellate Court. Wiley.
3,S52.
Mistakes were discovered yesterday fore
noon in the totals on the recapitulation
sheet containing the vote of Marion coun-
ty on the state ticket which affect ma
terially the pluralities of four of the Re-
publican candidates-Danel Z. Storms, Sec
retary of state-elect; Nat U. Hill, state
treasurer-elect; r. A. Brown, clerk-elect
of the Supreme Court, and u. z. Wiley,
judge-elect of the Appellate Court, Second
district. Instead of 1897 Storms's plurality
is 4.OO7; instead of 2.912 Hills is SsOs; instead
of 1854 Browns is 1884, and instead of 1855
Wiley's is 3.s52.
In three instances the mistakes were
made in computing the total vote of the
Republican candidate. In Judge Wileys
case the error was in giving the Demo-
cratic candidate a larger total than he was
entitled to. The mistakes were a result of
the extreme hurry with which the totals
were computed Friday night on the adding
machines. The machines did their work
correctly, but the man who read the figures
to the operators erred in calling ward or
township totals, and as result the grand
total was proportionately wrong.
The mistakes were discovered yesterday
morning when the candidates affected be-
gan skirmishing around to find out why
they ran so far behind the ticket. r. A.
Brown, whose plurality was exactly LOCO
shy Of what 1t should be, could not under
stand why he should have fallen off so in
Marion county, and he was down at the
county clerks Office bright and early to
conduct little investigation all his own.
He went over the figures carefully and dis
covered the error in addition. He called
Deputy Clerk Hares attention to the mis-
take, and the correction was made on the
recapitulation sheet. Then Mr.. Brown did
some figuring for his friend Nat Hill and
discovered that Hills total was also short
almost thousand votes. This correction
was also made. A reporter in going over
the vote for secretary of state found mis-
take of eighty votes in Mr. Storms's favor.
Judge Wiley found that his apparent fall
ing of was due to the mistake in adding
the total vote of Hartford, the Democratic
candidate whose name was opposite his on
the ticket.
so far. but before the returns are certified
to the secretary of state next week the
totals will all be computed again with the
greatest care. 1t is possible that some
small errors will be found, but IL Is thought
that there will be none that will materially
affect the pluralities.
No mistakes have been discovered in the
totals on the county ticket. but several of
the successful candidates have complained
that their pluralities were not correctly
figured. In the race for representative in
the State Legislature each candidates plu-
rality was computed by comparing his vote
with that OF the man whose name stood
opposite his on the ticket. By this method
Muirs plurality was placed lower than that
OF any other of the Republican candidates
because his name was opposite that of Fo-
garty, who received larger vote than any
other Democrat. IL is argued that all the
Republicans were running against the DEM
ocrat who made the largest vote, and that
for this reason in computing pluralities the
comparisons OF all the Republican totals
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