The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-19
HIS LEAD Is INCREASED 81 BY
PARTIAL OFFICIAL CANVASS
OF BALLOTS
BOARD PUTS IN A VERY
STRENUOUS 16-HOUR DAY
One Change in the Fifth Ward Helps
o'ReilIy Greatly, and He Says He
Expects to Wipe Out Wagener's PIu-
raIity When Vote of Remaining
Three Wards Is Counted.

The officia canvass of the election
returns yesterday increased John Wag-
ener's lead over George A. OReilly by
81 votes. The count is not yet COM
pleted.
Mayor Smith, County Auditor john
son, Attorney ]. w. Pinch and the 9TH
er members and clerks of the county
canvassing board decided to pay no at
tention to the eight-hour law, so ear
nestly advocated by them at all times.
The members of the board put In
sixteen hours good hard work yes
terday. This was because the primary
, election law provides that the canvass
shall be completed within forty-eigh
hours after the count of the judges of
election has been returned.
The board went to work yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock, with Mayor
Smith presiding. County Auditor
Johnson had relays of clerks at hand
and at 1:45 this morning recess
was taken until 8 o'clock this morn
ing. The board took only an hour for
the three meals during it's session.
o'ReilIy Gains in the Fifth.
George O,Reilly and John Wagner,
candidates for clerk of courts on the
Democratic ticket, are keeping close
watch of the canvass. On the face of
the unofficial returns WAGNER had a
plurality of 126 votes. Yesterday
morning O'Reilly gained two votes by
the official canvass, reducing Wagener's
lead to 124. Last evening the official
returns from the Fifth ward showed
that O'Reilly had received 367 votes in
the ward, instead of 26S, as given in
the unofficial returns, and Wagner 2S7
instead of 259.
at is impossible to tell ust where
one is at" was the way Mr.. O'Re1lly
put it when this change was made in
the figures. Nothing definite will be
known until the entire vote Is can
vassed. / have information that the
official returns from the tenth pre-
cinct of the Eighth ward will show
that 1 received SO votes and WAGNER
e.
"The unofficial returns in the pre-
cinct gave me but and Wagner SO.
If this is correct, then according to
the official figures already tabulated in
the first six wards and the unofficial
figures for the remaining five wards,
] have secured the nomination. AS
said before, however, it is all guess,
and until all the returns are canvaSsed
1t is no certainty"
Schneider Leads Kelly.
The fourth place on the Democratic
ticket for county commissioner is still
in doubt. Adding the official returns
in six wards to the figures of the I'M
official returns in the other five wards,
Schneider leads Frank Kelly 63 votes.
Attorney Arnold, of the firm of Law
Ter & Arnold, was present during the
canvass, as representing O'Reilly, and
B. H. Schriber appeared as the legal
representative of Wagner.
Wagner Gains Thirty-seven.
The board, adjourned at 1:45 O'clock
this morning until 8 o'clock, after hav-
ing completed the canvass Of eight
wards. Up to and including the
Eighth ward Wagner gained 140 votes
over the figures shown by. the unoffi-
cial count and O'Reilly gained 103,
leaving a balance of 81 more to the
good for the contestee.
O'Reilly is standing by his guns,
however, and hopes yet to show above
his opponent.