The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11
NO NEW VEIN OF BRUCE VOTES
STRUCK YET IN KINGS, AND Of
FICIAL CANVASS AWAITED.

Bruce Thinks His nance Good Courts
I'm All FOUR Counties VIII BE Asked
for Examination % Void and PrOtested
Ballots Returned In Sealed Envelopes.
The men who have been left by Timothy
Il. Woodruff TO TAX care of the Republican
State headquarters while he is away at
his camp in the Adirondscks for a few days
were in a state of turmoil for several hours
yesterday because John E. Smith. the seCre-
tary Of the Kings county Republican cam
paign committee, thought that he had found
m Kings county 5000 votes for NJ. Linn
Bruce which had not been counted
TT was just before noon yesterday when
Mr.. Smith rushed int the State head
quarters at ~ East Thirtieth street and an
nounced to Lafe Gleason, the secretary of
the State committee, and Senator Gardner,
who is helping Mr.. Gleason to tabulste the
State vote. hat he had found a discrepancy
Of about 1000 votes in favor OF Mr.. Bruce
between the returns sent in by the police
and the official returns made by the election
inspectors to the Board of Elections. The
discovery, had 10 been well based, meant
that Mr.. Bruce would be reelected Lieuten-
~ant-Governor The forces at the head
quarters set to work Immediately to try to
verify the discovery, but last night Mr..
Gleason. Mr. Gardner and A. $. Gilbert, the
law partner of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Mayer
and the chairman of the law committee Of
the Republican county comm ittee, sorrow
fully admitted hat so far as they could
Make out Mr.. Smith had been a victim OF
self-hypnotism and had discovered some
thing that they had been unable to find out.
~ "A Ynaftar of fart MIR GIIIRrf after
going TO the trouble TO get a copy Of the
offici al returns sent 10 the board Of Elec-
tons, learned that the returns made by
the district election boards will show that
MIR. Bruce. was defeated in Kings by a plu-
rality larger than WAS indicated in the
police returns. These figures gave i2j, SOP
votes TO Chanler and 40. ,e8 10 Bruce, a
plurality for the democratic candidate of
80, l2G. The reports of the election inspect
orr in the possession Of the Board of Lice
tions are that the vote for ChanlCr was
IN, OS3 and for Hruce ~, I5l, a Chanler plu-
rality Of 3S.aa2.
1t appears that the Kings county Republi-
can organization had "A tally kept on the
vote as at each voting place.
When these reports were examined IL was
found that forty districts were missing.
between these returns and the police re-
turns there are differences In many election
districts and the impression prevailed last
night at the Republican State head uarters
una MI SIllLn VI SbtllC lrICtllbd ~ b1FAc
ciphered out the 5000 discrepancy.
Mr.. Gleason said last night that William
T.. Ward, the State committeeman from
Westchester county, had sent word that the
Official count would give Mr.. Pruce 100 more
votes in that county than had been credited
TO him, and IL was also stated by Mr.. Gleason
that reports had been received IRON Queens
that that county also would give at least
n thousand more votes on the count than
had 40 far been recorded for the Republican
ticket.
IL can he said, however, that the officials
at the Republican State headquarters are
not basing anv false hopes on these report
and are awaiting the official canvass, which
hopeful OF election. He went Yesterday
TO rest for "A few davs at Mr.. Woodruf's
place in the Adirondacks. and before he
left he said that the election was so close
that there would probably have to be a
recount. The pluralities shown q the
unofficial returns he said, indicate a
difference OF less than a thousand votes be-
tween myself and my opponent. That il less
thar one voteto every four district and | Ger
tAinly shall not give UP until / am certain
that I have been defeated
Mr.. Gilbert said last night that the Re-
publican county committee would have
lawyers on hand in all the boroughs when
the canvass Of the vote is begun on Tues
the courts tomorrow for orders to the
boards of -canvassers in all IA" boroughs
to show cause why mandarin -es should
not issue for an examination of the bal
lots returned as protested and void. This
would mean the opening before Supreme
Court Justices Of the sealed envelope, con
tanning these ballots.