The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-11
HAYNES TO WAIT
OFFICIAL COUNT
PROSPECTIVE CONTEST DEPENDS
ON THE FINAL FIGURES.
He Says Hell Take His Time in Reach
ing Decision - His Managers, How
ever, Are More Insistent for a Re-
count - Irregularities Will Be Urged
for Haynes Benefit.

There is still uncertainty as to wheth-
er Mayor Haynes will contest the cleo
ton of D. P. Jones and demand a re-
count.
He said this morning: 81 shall not
come to a decision until the returns
have been officially canvassed. Further
more, 1 shall be guided by what I con-
slider to be my duty to the democratic
party rather than by personal inclina-
who are recognized as leaders. From
what l am told, the sentiment seems to
be growing that there should be re-
count in the interest of; accuracy.
understand that have twenty days
from election in which to make con-
test and I am going to take my time
about it, 49,:
George P. Douglas, the mayors ssecre'
Said Sal h he: nv # Certainly think there
should be a recount from reports l am
getting Of careless work in certain pre-
cincts. / have heard Of one precinct in
which the location of the polling place
was changed during the day. This was
on the East Side. In the twelfth pre-
cinct Of the eighth I understand that
the democratic Judge went home and
let a volunteer republican worker take
his place. There is another case about
as fragrant. / am confident that many
mistakes, too, have been made In foot
ings, so I predict that recount viii
be demanded.' .. :,
AT. Williams, the mayor s close per
sonal friend and campaign manager
takes similar view.
"The probability is that we shall ash
for a recount he says. In such {
close election think that both repub
licans and democrats would be better
satisfied if there were absolute accu
racy. If we are beaten, it will be graft
flying to know that it has been done
fairly and not be bothered by the sus
picion that we have been cheated
whether by design or accident.
Didn't Handle City Ticket.
L. H. Cornell, the democratic cleo
ton judge in the twelfth precinct o
the eighth ward, who allowed repub
The Journal today and said EN-
phatically: IT believe MIR. Douglas i
mistaken in thinking that there was
miscount that did the democrats lnJus
tice in our precinct. L was taken slcl
and Emil Ferrant offered to take m.
place. I went home for only two hours
and in the mean time Mr.. Ferrant ha
I am confident that he would hav
counted the vote fairly if he had bee
handling city tickets, but he was not
and his taking my place for shorr
time could not have affected the resul
as to mayor in any way.'
The other judges of the election i
this precinct were A. P. Jones, reput
lican, and a Hamline university stu
dent named Hobart. The clerks wer
w. Earl Pagan, E. H. Conner and "A. L
McKinnon.
An Inaccurate Democrat.
AS an example of how inaccuracie
:: creep into election returns, the. fourt
precinct Of the eighth ward is cited:
this instance two counts Of the city ba
-. lots were made upon demand Of som
present who suspected that somethin
was wrong. This first count gave Jone
IA, HAYNES 40. The corrected coun
l Jones 172, Haynes 100.
Just how the discrepancy crept int
the first count is unknown. A forme
;, democratic offceholder was one Of tt
election judges, and it fell to his Il
to read part of the ballots to the clerk
;, In the first fifty ballots counted, Haynt
9 had 81 and Jones 49,: This arouse
: the suspicion of some bystanders an
j a second count was made, which prove
1 that Jones had a lead of 63 instead OF
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