New-York tribune., 1908-05-29
HEARST STILL GAINS
NOW Is 6S VOTES AHEAD.
attorney Generals Office Confident
of Ultimate TictOry.

William Randolph Hearst made net gain OF Il
votes yesterday In a recount of the ballots or SIX
boxes in the quo warranto proceedings TO test the
right Of George B. Mcclellan the Office Of Mayor
now going on before Justice Lambert in the SUI
rrerne Court. This made UP OF loss to NC
C7elian OF % votes and the addition TO the Hearst
total Of 10 votes not counted for him originally
As Hearst gained q votes in the first two boHes
opened Wednesday, he shows a net gain ior
eight bo.es Of es Clarence J. Shearn. counsel
for Mr. Hearst, juhilant last night he sa'o
he had informed Mr.. Hearst by wireless OF the
progress Of the count and would keep In cofnnuhi-
cation with him long possible. Mr. Hearst
told in The Tribune yesterday, sailed on the
Insitana on wednesday, going aboard at o'clock
in the morning order avoid the process servers
OF Eugene Lamb Richards, fr.. counsel for Mayor
Mcclellan.
Justice Lambert allowed to be counted yesterday
e number Of the protested ballots which had been
declared void by Justice Giegerich when he went
over the void and protested ballots in December
1905. Justice Lambert's idea was to give the Voser
the benefit OF the doubt il the intent was clear
Thus. in the Sd Election District of the 24th AS
sembfy District, 81 votes which had been thrown
out void previously counted for Mayor
Mcclellan by direction of Justice Lambert. 1t so
happened that McClean's vote on the previous
Of the ballots in the box had been reduced by
exactly that number, the recount did not result
in any change
amazing carelessness of the election officials in
counting up the ballots. In almost every case the
number of ballots fn the box did not agree exactly
with the number certified to by the election in
speotors One ballot box showed eleven more votes
than had beer accounted for by the inspectors.
Tho pink slip top Of the ballots in the box of
the LIST Election District of the 1st Assembly Dis
trct showed the inspectors certified that 42s ballots
were in the boz. This clearly error, the
returns showed total only 2e7 votes IN the dis
be correct.
Yesterday afternoon the experiment tried of
opening and counting the contents of two boxes ar
the same time. II worked we'll and Justice Lam
bert has indicated that he expects 10 work until
as many boxes being counted simultaneously
the Of the will permit.
The following table shows the figures for Nc
Clellan and Hearst the official count and those
Of the recount of ballot boxes of the six cleo
ton districts opened yesterday:
iath E. D Of 4th A. d 18th E D Of 1st A. D
Mcclellan Hearst. McCIeilan. Hearst
B61 BooS1t 81 % feisiaI Rsca,, Ssa la
Net gain for Hearst. %. Net gain for Hearst. q.
sth z. n. Of sth A D. Sd E. D Of Gath A D.
Mcclellan Hearst Mcclellan. Hearst;
l'sSe9pr Set gain for II Hearst. q R recount
10Th E D. of sh A d. 1st E, D of Isl A d.
Mcclellan. Hearst Mcclellan. Hearst.
Net gain for Hearst s Net gain for Hearst =
BY orders of Justice Lambert all persons except
those who had business there were excluded from
IN. courtroom yesterday. Thus the count could
go under favorable auspices than on
Wednesday. when the room was filed with curios
ity seekers. The jury had little TO do all day.
The first box to be opened from the 18th
Election District of the 4th Assembly District, of
which Borough President Ahearn Tammany
leader in 1905. When the count indicated net
change for Hearst of %, Justice Lambert showed
considerable surprise ordered the production of
the original tally sheets from the County Clerks
crepancy there The tally sheets and the official
returns were found TO agree.
When the box from the 18th Election District Of
the Assembly District was produced Mr. Rich
ards objected TO its being opened the ground
that II had been tampered with. He declared that
the slit in the box had been opened by the paper
paster being cut through and then sealed again
by the pasting it of another piece Of paper.
The jurors looked at the box, but it was opened
and counted.
A somewhat similar objection made 10
other box, but its contents counted.
So confident Assistant Attorney General Dol
that the result of the recount would show that
Hearst had that he started talking 10 his
friends about what would happen in such a case.
He said that Mcclellan would have pay Mr..
Hearst $4,000, the amount of the Mayors salary
for four years, and if he did not do order
for his arrest could be issued