The Detroit times., 1908-09-04
WARMERS LEAD IN
PRIMARIES TO
Be PRObEO
BRADLEY LEADERS ADMIT zoo
PLURALITY FOR GOVERNOR on
FACE OF RETURNS. BUT WILL.
ASK FOR RECOUNT.

With almost everything In, we
ADMIT plurality for Warner of
about 200 on the face of the re-
turns" said j. w. McCausev.
6radleys local representative.
Friday noon. 1T will take the
or'cial canvass Of The vote to de.
termine the result"
me uncertainty is due to the
TACT that varying reports have
come In from many counties. Re-
ports supposed to come from the
county clerks varied by many
Vo'es. In some cases, county
clerks gave out three different re-
suits within a few hours.
What our facts are with re-
gard to a recount, we are not
ready to tell yet" added Mr.. Nc
Catsey. That would give away
our case. We have reports from
number of counties to 40 on.
While the face OF the complete re-
turns from Tuesdays primary vote
shows a slight plurality for Warner
over DR.. Bradley. there Is to be re-
count and the Bradley men are con-
vinced that their man will win.
They expect to show a wide-reach-
ing plan TO hold back returns. alter
them and TO gain the nomination of
Warner by fraudulent methods.
How much basis there Is for these
suspicious is evident when 1t is re-
called that the utmost efforts were
not sufficient To get absolutely com
plete returns more than two days aft
er tho primary election was over.
The counties which were held back
were all Warner counties and the plur-
alitios in these increased more than
proportionately as the precincts con-
tinueG to come In.
Several counties in the Thumb dis.
trict. where Warner made his biggest
run, with the exception OF the iron
country in the upper peninsula, show.
ed bigger Republican vote In the
primary than was shown by all par
ties in the regular elections of 1904
and 1906. Sanilac county alone came
in Thursday. SO hours late, with 1000
plurality for Warner.
Bradley men have been dispatched
to investigate conditions in every one
OF the suspicious districts. Taken In
connection with the wholesale voting OF
Democrats for Warner In the cities.
the Bradley men feel that they have q
right to claim that attempts are be-
ing made to steal the nomination
Huron, Sanlac and Ogemaw are
the counties whose vote will be par
dcularly Investigated.
THE returns were held back ard
altered to give Warner a plurality"
was the blunt statement from one Of
the Bradley managers Friday morn
Ing.
The recount OF votes will not DO
asked until after reports have come in
from the suspected counties.
Some OF the Warner men contend
that Bradley cannot get a recount.
but must take the result OF the off,
cial canvass. and the matter may have
to be settled by the supreme court.
DR.. K. w. Haass, Warmers Wayne
county manager, attributes the ex-
tremely heavy vote In the Thumb dis.
trict TO the many speeches made
there by Warner and the fact that
there Is but one enrolment In the
country districts instead OF two as IL
the city.
II understood that the country was
fully enrolled" he says. Warmers
plurality will be at least 1000 when
the full vote Is In"
When asked why the vote had not
been proportionately as heavy in the
western portion OF the state In the
country districts, Dr. Haas stated
that he Is not sufficiently conversant
with general state politics to give
The reason.