Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-12

Second ward, which showed an apparent
gain OF twenty-sIx votes for Elbourn. eigh-
teen ballots had been fixed In his favor.
The original count showed eighty-two
votes for mayor, the head Of the ticket
and only seventy-two for city clerk. The
recount showed only seventy-eght votes
for mayor and eighty-two for clerk APP
pareutly nine or ten ballots were left
blank on clerk and may have been filled
IN"
The board decided to discontinue the
recount on mayor on the strength Of Mr..
Broatch's withdrawal and Attorney Bur
bank attempted 70 have the same pro-
cedure follow with regard to the clerk
ship. Elbourn asked time to consult with
his attorney before agreeing to this and
received it. In the interim, w. T.. Stock
ham Withdrew his application for a recount
on clerk.
Looking for Crooked work.
Il wanted to see IL any crooked work had
been done said Stockham. Certain per-
sons posted rewards Of 500 for discovery
Of frauds. I heard rumOrs Of ballot fixing
and wanted to find out If they were true.
These reports related to precinct in the
First and Second wards and am satisfied
to drop it now"
We have enough evidence now to open
the door Of the penitentiary to one or
any number OF fellows said Burbank.
Mayor Zimman and Attorney Mahoney
wrangled over the propriety Of dropping
the contest. Elbourn, who had abstained
from acting a member of the board on
the recount in which he was interested, at
the direction OF his lawyer. reassumed his
authority and proceeded to act as such.
Mayor Zmman was unwilling to go on
nyfth bo hut 10 L
bourn to open the ballot boxes and go
ahead. Treasurer Fink simplihed matters
by suggesting a recess to get the legal
departments opinion and an akward situa-
ton was solved for Zimman had taken
possession Of the keys OF the boxes Of the
Third precinct OF the Fifth ward, the next
one to be investigated.
Boxes Locked i'm vault.
According to the city clerk and S. X.
Greenleaf one of the clerks of the office,
and both candidates for the nomination at
the primaries the ballot boxes after being
received Tuesday night and the following
morning remained in the Office until
Wednesday evening Elbourn had gone
home to sleep, leaving no directions about
the boxes. Greenleaf says he carried them
into the vault in the main Office and locked
them there. They remained there Wednes-
they remained unguarded in the outer office.
The board of canvassers was at work Thurs
day and Friday and the boxes were in CON
slant use during the day to get at the poll
books which were locked inside. Saturday
morning. under Greenlears supervision the
boxes were removed to the vault in the
basement and the combination lock turned
by Greenleaf.
Hbourn says Greenleaf did not have the
combination to unlock this vault and that
only he and Sam Sinonson, former chief
deputy i'm his Office possessed it.
Greenleaf says he did not know the COM
binutiun. There is no record OF the boxes
having been disturbed up to Tuesday morn
ing, when they were brought up for the
recount. The night Waterman says he is
unable to throw any light on the subject
and noticed nothing wrong. The figures
on the clerk and mayor were totaled and
made semi-ofdcal Friday and published
in the papers that night
City Attorney Breen rendered an opinion
that the board was required to proceed
with the recount Of the ballots on clerk
unless all afidavits demanding It were
withdrawn. At o'clock the recount of
the votes was taken up again, starting
with the Third precinct of the Fifth ward.
f. l.. Robertson, the democrat who. on
the face of the returns, was defeated for
the councimanic nomination i'm the Ninth
ward by Thomas McGovern has filed
written application with the Board of Can
vassers for recount Of the vote on the
alleged grounds of error. McGoverns mar
gin over Robertson, as shown by the re-
turns, just sixty votes. The original
returns even showed Robertson nomi-
mated. Now, since contests appear TO be
quite the fashionable thing anyway, Mr..
Robertson thinks he has been nominated,
and at any rate might just as well have
recount.
The board has taken under advisement
his application and probably will grant it.
Changes Made Icy Recount
In the ballots from the first district of
the Seventh ward six erasures from Green
leaf TO Elbourn were discovered and the
board decided to take away six votes from
Elbourn and leave Greenlears original
count stand. 1t was by no means clear
that fraud had been committed in this pre-
cinct, although the erasing had been clev-
erly done. In the third of the Fifth Ell
buurn lost eleven votes and GreenIeaf ten
and Stockham gained one In the fourth
Of the Fifth, Elbourn and Stockham lost
one each; Greenleaf lost one in the first
of the Sixth, Elbourn lost one in the sec
ond; Of the Sixth Elbourn gained and Stock
holm lost one; in the third OF the Sixth
Elbourn lost two and in the fourth of the
Sixth there was no change In the second
of the Seventh, Stockham gained one.
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