The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-14

EFsdynce Of a bold ard deliberate attempt To steal the
ssa lass spring for John Ripnger the republican eandi
~ - uaayor was uuearshed hy reporter Tor he Star
r,, OF the ballots cast IA che Sixth precinct
i shs First ward
% pfeucss 81 that ward ceounied yesterday under
4, sseon Of Court Commissioner Edgar & Raine m the
uasn contest A. the commissioner and his clerks
- crsr tho ballots the recount on councuanat
s s reporter iof The Star them and ecounted
r. recount in both eases developed gross irregularities
i u sounl made BY the election Judges.
What Ballots Show.
re ballots showed thar there been 80 for
In Raagsr for mayor The election Judges had returned
~ sia eauvassng board 1855 votes, q IS more than
n ballots showed tha, TO votes had been for Viii
M kman Moore Tor mayor. The election board had re.
arasd him bat g.
he socialist candidate tor mayor The election board had
nturnxd BIN bur
TIC result Of hi. apparently deliberate falsication Of
AZ rsnus was 10 change real majority Of 10 IN the precinct
r. Js1x Moore 10 apparent majority Of s. for Rpluge
Near Danger Point.
taags Moore elected Rpinger by the meager
rs i Had the Judges N the sixth precinct OF
gFHngsr b eight and decreased The Moore
s y an equal number what they did decrease T. the
from ne city whole would have shown the eec
'nn n Rplmgsr
The court on the vote for mayor made by the reporter for
The Star verified hy the result Of che recount made Off
daHy By he commissioner OF the vote for councilman
stlargr
Dealt Kindly With Mullen.
The for councilman atarge shows that Council
nn Nau received - votes The election Judges returned
- D or q in excess Of what he received Councilman
l received 10 votes The election board returned BIN
zs q g ~ excess 81 what he received.
Matthew Dow municipal ownership candidate for coun-
'nnd BIN but This IS q less than he received The
fnaH does not include three republican votes ireguary
as and set aside b. the commissioner to be passed upon
b he
Election Officials.
The contest in last springs municipal election be-
ssh TIC republican ticket and ticket nominated by The
independent municipal ownership party The election o
cas- selected by the republican city council and the
dscoa boards
In tie Sixth precinct Of the First ward the municipal
ownership ehaengers and watchers harrsssed al day
ne election officials and even, at times refused peris
n 70 Be in the polling place On account 81 The Irregular
s which occurred there the municipal ownership campaign
nangers have long suspected that fraud pracced there
20 ne evidence disclosed yesterday tends 20 subsianate
nat theory.
Six Precincts Counted.
~ precincts oi the FIRST ward the First Second. Third
rum Sixth and Seventh recounted by the commits
sns ~ the Dow yesterday In all the precincts, cN
~ ne Seventh minor irregularities in the count were dis
'4sisd bot only such irregularities might be due to error
In the First precinct where the election officials returned
votes the gives him g with two held up by
eonussoncf be first passed by the court before
Eng eouned In the Second precinct they returned Dow 70
ass and the recount gives him SO with held up by the
.anssoner In the Third precinct Dow was returned 81
w and the gives him equal number IN addition
- heid up irregular. Tn the Fifth precinct Dow was
~ 81 votes bnt the recount shows that he received o.
- nesc Of four. In the Seventh precinct he was returnd
votes which the recount shows to have been correct
hg the ballots cast for Dow which are held up to be
1850 on BY the court BOWS gain in yesterdays recount
Mullen's Big Loss.
me First precinct Mullen gained in the recount
we second lie held his own three ballots. held up for
ssantes, IN The Third ne gained two in the Fifth he lost
WIN two ballots held up in the Sixth he lost as with
nm e. Il ~ I.M 60 a. lac
sen By the court all the ballots held mp irregular his net
~ = me SIX precincts will be g. This makes total rednc
an 81 Aullens majority Dow by the count in six pre-