New-York tribune., 1908-05-28
HEARST GAINS 27 VOTES
OPEN TWO BALLOT BOXES.
Used IN Little Tim" and "FtOrr1e
.SuIiUan's 8 Districts.

The attempt Of William Randolph Hearst to
prove that he. and not George b. Mcclellan, was
elected Mayor of New York in 1905 actually got
under way before Justice Lambert and a jury in
the Supreme Court yesterday During the SIX
hours court was In session two ballot boxes were
opened with the result that Hearst gained twenty
votes At this rate it would take about three
years to open the 1913 ballot boxes.
Just before adjcurning court yesterday Justice
Lambert ordered that five more boxes be brought
in, making eight be examined to-day. and he
ntirnated that some more expeditions method would
be devised to hasten the recount. Clarence j.
Shearn counsel for Mr.. Hearst, said he was pleased
with the outcome. and he expected TO finish the
in about six weeks
Although yesterday was the first time the case
made perceptible headway from layman's point
of View, the circumstances were hardly thrilling
BY order of the court five ballot boxes were
brought In from the Manhattan Storage Ware
house. and two examined from the 2d Flee
ton District the 9Th Assembly District and
from the 9TH Election District of the sth Assembly
District The former is the bailiwfck OF Little
Tim" Sullivan and the latter the domain or
"Florrie'' Sullivan. The Hearst gain. or the NC
CIellan loss. by the recount was twelve votes IN
Little Tins district and fifteen votes in
"F1orrie's'
When John T. DooIing president of the Board
Of Elections advanced unlock the first box
Eugene Lamb Richards personal counsel for Mayor
Mcclellan, asked that he be permitted to snow
the jury that the paddock of common sort,
and that it we'll the key could be duplicated
easily The had the box held UP to the view
of the twelve good and true who sat like
martyrs through the long hot session Mr. Rich
ards also pointed out that the slip of paper over
the slot in the box loose, and could be re-
moved and replaced without any trouble The same
course was pursued in the opening of the second
box.
Each side in the contest represented by
clerk who lifted out the ballots These were ex-
amined and if dispute the ballot was shown
to Justice Lambert. who passed on It, The hrst
box had 27e ballots the official count on Elec-
tion Day had 342 for Mcclellan 81 for Hearst
for WINS. and for Lee BY the corrected count
in the standing was changed as follows; NC
C1eIIan 40 as against 3i2 on the official count;
Hearst 81 as on the official count; WINS 4. as
against 5 on the official count: Lee, ]. as on the
official count: one blank for office OF Mayor one
entire blank: eleven void
The second box contained a total OF 3to- accord
ing to the Election Day figuring distributed as fol-
1ops 1s3 for McCeIlan 15s for Hearst 40 for WINS
o for Lee: for the Socialist Labor Party. and 1
blank A note left In the box by the election in
spectors certified that they had put back 3s6 ball
lots of which were void and I protested The
total in the court count yesterday remained AT
SIC distributed among the candidates as follows;
Mcclellan 156 as against fs3 in the official count;
Hearst 167, as against 159 in the official count
WINS IS as against 40 in the official count Ihe
votes of the other candidates remained the same;
the one blank was sustained and there was found
n he one ballot which was declared to be void
II was said after adjournment that Justice LAM
bert hoped to hold sessions on Saturdays