New-York tribune., 1905-11-14
RECOUNT FIGHT BEGINS.
HEARST TO FORCE GAME.
Tammany Counsel VII Employ
Fabian Tactics from Start.

The fight of William Randolph Hearst for
a recount, in the hope of being able to prove
that he elected Mayor in place of Mayor
Mcclellan, will begin to-day when the al
derrnen in the separate counties of the greater
city meet as boards of county canvassers and
organize for counting the vote. In New-York
County and in Kings the aldermen probably
will content themselves to-day with organiz-
ing canvassers by electing a chairman to
preside the count but in Queens and
Richmond the actual canvass of votes is ex-
pected to proceed without a days delay.
There will be large number of lawyers on
hand to watch the beginning of the count and
counsel for Mr.. Hearst will be ready to ap-
ply r r court orders on the refusal of the coun-
ty canvasserS to open and examine the ballot
boxes when the question of the accuracy of
the returns of the election officers is raised The
Hearst lawyers expecting to make a fight
to go behind the returns two grounds: First,
the alleged numerical discrepancies / the
turns and second the protested" and void
ballo-s which the election officers did not count
in making up the returns The lawyers will
demand that the protested" and void bal
lots be taken from the envelopes for 1nspec-
ton.
Court orders to compel the inspection of bal
lots rejected by the election officers as pro
tested, or void" would not require the
vassers to count any such ballots without adj
ditional orders from the courts. but with the
information obtained by an inspection of the
ballots the Hearst counsel could go into the
courts and ask for ruling i'll each case. These
appeaIs to the courts are expected to delay the
count of the votes in each county. 1t is pos
sible that there may be appeal 10 this courts
for every district.
1t ia claim of the Hearst lawyers that there
which were rejected protested" and about
two thousand more that rejected
"yoid.'' Such ballots alone. the lawyers say,
might change the result of the election. In ad-
dftion they allege that there were many election
districts in which votes for Mr.. Hearst were
counted as votes for Mayor Mcclellan.
The Oueens aldermen will meet In the office Of
the County Clerk at Jamaica. After selecting
chairman to preside over their deliberations. it is
likely that the work of canvassing the vote will
be started at once.
All interested will have watchers and counsel
on hand -fa X Darrin, who was elected Dis
trict Attorney of Queens on Tuesday last. will
be one of Mr. Hearst's counsel. Mr.. Darrin Will
watch for evidence of any criminality
He said yesterday:
believe that Mr. Hearst. has been elected by
a large plurality, and that there has been
conspiracy to count him out. There have been
election
repeat there have been frauds, repeating, false
registration false voting and frauds in the count
I'm Queens. Prior to the election was an WINS.
man: now l am for MIR. Hearst.
A dozen lawyers. who are to represent Mayor
Mcclellan in the proceedings before the county
held meeting last evening at the
office of ex-Judge Alton b. Parker, at No. b
Nassau-st Mr.. Parker and Corporation Coun-
sol Delanv talked 20 the others for nearly
bour outlining the plan which the motions
of the Hearst lawyers would be opposed Mr..
Parker pointed out various decisions of the
Court of Appeals. of which he had written.
that could be used with effect against a. propo-
sition to open ballot boxes for recount OF votes
and against proposition to count ballots which