Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-13

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The UNOFFICIAL returns had shown McDon-
aid to have a lead OF eleven, but in the
Fifth precinct OF the Ninth ward he los,
ten votes, the unofficial table having given
him 116 instead OF 106, while In the i'lftl
ward Lobeck gained two votes and in the
Ninth lost one, or made a net gain OF one,
which, with the ten Mcdonald lost, re-
moved the latter's lead.
Lobeck lie dissatisfied with the count be-
cause Mcdonald was, he says, allowed The
benefit Of a very grave doubt about a tally
mark in the returns FROM the Ninth precinct
of the Sixth ward, the decision II the cam
vassing board being reversed after ATTORNEY
Burbank, on behalf of Mcdonald, had sue
ceeded in having the board reopen a poll
book after 1t had been sealed and was be-
ing wrapped, and inspect the mark an I
change its decision to give dcDonal1 the
doubtful credit.
Ballots May BE Opened.
1t is understood that the contestants
Will have the ballots unwrapped and
counted In county court by agreement
before any certificate Of election is issued.
Should this plan be abandoned then it
would be up to the county clerk, as the
compiled statutes 1895. sec. 49l read;
When there is a tie between two persons
Tor an ONCE TO be filled by. the county alone,
or by any precinct therein, the clerk shall
notify them to appear at his office at a
given time to determine the same by lot
before the canvassing board, and the GER
tiicate of election is to be given accord
inPly. II either party fail to appear or to
take part in the lot, the county clerk shall
draw for him.
The statutes also provide that such
course shall be taken in the event of a
contest which results in leaving the candi-
dates still tied.
Judge Read OF the district bench, a
chance visitor at the tax department
shortly after the vote was announced. in
formed an inquirer that either contestant
could allow the matter 20 be decided by
the county clerk drawing lots without
prejudice to his case should he get the
wrong straw and desire afterward to con-
test. Such contest would begin in county
court and could go up on appeal.
The McDonald-Lobeck race became such
a close one yesterday that all other can
didates were dropped practically from no
tice and no accurate tab kept OF the slight
and as yet immaterial changes in the vote
on the legislative ticket. The Official board
will not do its totaIing until the whole
county vote has been canvassed and en-
tered. which probably will be by Thursday
night,
Jefferis and English. candidates for county
attorney, each had tallsmen present. how
ever, and a comparison Of their tables at
noon showed that in Omaha proper and
East Omaha Jefferis has a plurality, ON
ciaily, of 24S over English. In the Third
precinct of the Eighth ward the canvass
resulted in Jefferis' credit being raised from
g. to 116 and English's credit from so to
lO3. or a net gain for Jefferis of 20.
In the afternoon the canvassing board
went through the books from all the wards
OF South Omaha and those from Benson.
Chicago, Clontarf. Douglas and Dundee pre-
cincts, with still no material changes. In
the Second precinct of the Second ward OF
South Omaha English gained one, making
his total for that city 1888, as against
Jeneris' 1.134. or a plurality Of 79s. This
Is eleven less than Hitchcoek's plurality
for the same city, as he received 1885
votes, as against D.. II. MERGERS 1,175.