Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-11
Canvass of Second Precinct Returns
Gives Him a Small Majority
Over Dean.
ONE DISTRICT IN QUESTION.
Plurality Hinges on the Number OF
Votes Received 10 the Fifteenth
Contest Expected.

The canvass or tne returns Oh TUG
Second precinct last evening by the
city council showed that George E.l3ur-
bidge. Democrat, is elected as one of
the short term councllmen over George
d. Dean, Republican. The exact plur-
atty will not be known until tonight,
when the returns from the Fifteenth
district will again be canvassed and the
Judges Of that district will be present
with the other tally sheets so as TO de-
termlne which one is correct. The tai
" sheet submitted TO the council shows
that Burbidge received So votes, while
IL is claimed that the other sheets Will
show that he only received ~
with the vote as canvassed last night
Burbdge has q plurality of II votes, but
should It appear that there is mis-
take as indicated In the Fifteenth dis
trIct his plurality viii only be one vote.
II Is quite certain that Bur0idge's cleo
tIon viii be contested In the courts and
a recount of the ballots viii then be
had. In the Fifteenth district he gain
ed IA votes and in the Nineteenth he
gained 3. Dean made gain Of 10 in
the Twentieth district, thus cutting
down Burbidge's gain to only two
votes.
A STRANGE COINCIDENCE.
II is rather strange coincidence that
Mr.. Dean should be defeated this time
by exactly the same plurality by which
he was defeated for the c1dncll eight
years ago At that time M. j. Chees-
man defeated MIR, Dean by IL votes,
and, as the returns now stand, Bur-
bldge has defeated him by II votes,
ERRORS DISCOVERED.
The first errors discovered in the re-
turns of the Second precinct were in
the first district canyassed, No. IL.
Fisher lost % votes owing to an error
in footing up the returns. On election
night he was reported as having 100
votes while the canvass showed only 10
TO HIS credit Mrs. Johnson, the Social
list candidate for auditor, gained three
votes in that district She should have
been credited with 20 votes instead of
H. The poll book OF the district show
ed that there were 39l votes cast where
as there were only 3S9 names checked
on the register.
In the Thirteenth district there We're
300 names on the poll book, but only
391 were checked on the register. There
We're two challenges in the district,
both parties being sworn in and allow
ed 10 vote. In the Fourteenth district
the returns were correct, the number OF
votes on the poll book and those check
ed on the register being 369.
Burbdge made gain Of IA In the
fifteenth district. the canvass showing
that he should have received So votes
instead Of 6S as first reported. II Ia
claimed that The tally sheet canvassed
last night Is not correct and that Bur-
bidge only received 70 votes. This mat
ter viii be determined by the council
tonight, The pollbool of the district
contained 25l names, but only 2iS were
checked on the official register
There We're no changes In district lG,
neither were there any challenges in the
district. The POLLOCK contained AIS
names while only 42S were checked.
Two challenges were reported IN dis
trct H. one of which was sustained and
one overruled, There were 260 votes
cast and 257 checked,
FREED FOR MAYOR.
A new candidate for mayor was dis
covered in the canvass Of the returns
Of the eighteenth district. one vote was
cast for man named Freed for that
office, The initials Of Mr.. Freed were
not given In the returns so his exact
first scattering vote encountered during
the entire canvass, There were no
challenges I'm the district There were
SA votes cast according TO the register
1853 according TO the report Of the Judges
md 1852 according to the pOllbook.
In the nineteenth district there were
no votes cast for NJ. A. lsaacs, Social
ist candidate for mayor This is the
first instance whore that has occurred
during the canvass. Burbldge made a
gain Of three votes In this district, tho
canvass showing that he received l07
votes Instead Of l0i. There was one
challenge in the district, which was
oyerruled.
A GAIN FOR DEAN.
George D. Dean made a gain Of Is
votes In the Twentieth district, the
correct returns being $50 instead Of l65.
II, c. Badger also gaind one vote In
this district. There were six challenges
In the district, two Of which were over
ruled and the other parties challenged
were sworn In. In the Twenty-first
district there We're 25S votes cast while
1855 were checked on the register There
was one challenge but the voter was
sworn IN,
BIG GAIN FOR MACKNIGHT.
MacKnight, Republican candidate for
treasurer, made gain Of GO votes In
the Twenty district This is the
largest gain yet discovered. The can
vass showed that he was entitled to 1875
votes instead Of 1856 ms first reported,
There were four challenges i'm the dis
trict, two being sustained and two
oVerruled. There were eight challenges
In the Twenty-third district, one was
sustained. six were sworn in and one
refused to be sworn.
NOT cANvAssED.
The council did not canvass the re-
turns OF District "a for the reason that
the tally sheet submitted was not prop
ery carried out, The total result OF
the vote was entered on the sheet
and not the tally OF each ballot count
ed as required. A messenger was sent
to the homes OF the judges of the dis