The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-13

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Burtls and Walsh were regular judges,
and HOFFMAN was ballot judge. An ex-
/ animation of the tally sheets failed to
snow that errors had been made in
taliylng the vote, all of the four can
oldates for judge being given the num-
per OF votes accredited to them in the
official returns.
Inc possibility of an error in adding
tne 1aiiies was suggested by remark
1 apie discovery from the tally sheets of
the Inlrd precinct. In carrying over
| the tallles from one sheet to another
1t was found that Bum had been ac-
| credlted with 100 more votes than he
mad received. This could be charged
| 10 clerical error, and therefore was
not subject to criticism from the ref
erees. The manner in which the error
was made apparent. In adding SO
TO l05 the total had been made 293,
when it should have been 1913.
Burtis Has No Explanation
w Burtis, who conducts COM
| Iect1onery store at Selby avenue and
Mackubin street, was not disposed to
dlscuss the Fourth precinct discovery
lie was not apparently concerned or
frightened, and did not give a reason
Tor not making statement.
DID you read the ballots?'' he was
asked.
do not care to say
But there was certificate in the
box that you did so?''
will stand by anything that I
signed"
But why not make statement COW
erlngs your recollection of the occur
rences of the night?'
Th1s is too tough" he asserted with
| much feeling, and continued: Here
i am, Republican precinct committee
1 man, who voted for Hallam myself
/ charged with counting out the man
| whom favored for Office
But some one is responsible for
/ the miscount"
/ acted honestly and have nothing
to fear. 1t would do no good for me to
make statement. The facts are there.
l don't know how it happened, and not
knowing do not intend to attempt an
/ explanation
Mr.. Burtis did say. that the clerks
We're very tired before the work was
/
| relieved. The judges ruled that they
should continue the tallying. And in
saying this Mr.. Burtis wanted to be
distinctly understood as not attempt
ing to put the blame on the clerks. In
! fact he asserted, that he believed that
/ every man on the election board acted
/ fairly and honestly, and that if the dis
| covery was as stated it must have come
from errors. He would not venture an
explanation of the manner in which
| such errors might occur.
Tally Clerk Talks
"The responsibility is clearly up to
| the man who read the ballots and the
clerks who tailed" said M. F. Butler
one of the two clerks. 'I do not want
to blame any man, or charge wrongdo
/ ing, but if we two clerks did not tally
| wrong the ballots must must have been
read wrong. We must face the situa-
/ ton squarely, in my opinion. So far
/ as am concerned put down the
votes just as they were called, to the
/ best of my knowledge and belief.
/ Persons who have witnessed the
tallying of the votes would realize the
| practical impoSsibility of the two
| clerks. tallying the same calls, to work
| together in making wrong figures. Per-.
sonally, j was the Republican clerk,
| voted for Hallam and supported him
! did not wish to bring about his defeat
| This thing viii, of course, be inyesti-
gated. am willing to answer all ques-
tions, go before the grand jury, or 9TH
erwise give all the explanation that is
possible
William Louis Kelly Jr., one Of the
Judges in the precinct, was greatly sur
prised when Informed Of the result Of
the recount He said:
i How in the world could such
thing have occurred. I took no part in
counting the county ballots, but re-
member that previous to the compile
tion of the work the clerks asked that
they be relieved. They said that they
| We're so tired that they could no longer
see the rulings on the paper. But we
ruled that as they had begun the work
1T was necessary for them to complete
| IT, The only other occurrence that at
| tracted attention to the candidates for
judge was when the vote was an
nounced. 1t was a complete surprise,
particularly as the precinct has always
been Republican,"
So far as could see everything
connected with the court was regular"
said S. B. Walsh, the third regular
Judge. 1 was assigned to watch the
count and did so to the best of my abil-
lty The announcement Of the great
change from the returns is a complete
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the election board to obey the law in
| its most minor particulars, and I can
not believe that the nliscount was
made with intent to commit fraud
Having every confidence in the men
who were doing the work it is hard to
believe that any of them acted dis
honestly was the Republican Judge,
and certainly would not have know
1ngiy permitted the miscounting of the
ballots. l am simply unable to offer
any explanation that viii throw light
on the situation. The nliscount has
been discovered and the ordinary on
locker knows as much as to how it oc-
Cured as 1 do
County Attorney Is Silent
County Attorney Kane said that he
did not care to express an opinion or
suggest his probable course in the in
evitable investigation of the develop
ments in the two precincts. In the abb
sence Of absolute information as to the
alleged attempts to defraud he did not
think that he should discuss the mat
ter, particularly as the grand jury is
now in session.
notable feature of the discoveries
IN both the Third and Fourth pre-
cincts is that the seals on the ballot
boxes in both instances We're in per-
feet condition. While many of the
marks on the ballots in the Third pre-
| c1nct We're apparently made with a