Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-30
FINALLY
DECLARED WINNER
HAS 4a VOTES MORE THAN J. &.
ABBOTT AFTER CORRECTIONS
ARE MADE.
MADISON MAN UNFORTUNATE IN
SITUATION IN GREEN AND
sAuK COUNTIES.
Madison. Sept. 26.


The state canyassing board last
night issued certificate of nomina-
ton to George E. Beedle as the re-
publican nominee for commissioner OF
insurance, his majority over James
E. Abbott being finally determined at
4S votes.
The total vote on this nomination
was 143,0S4 of which Mr.. Beedle re-
ceived 1855, and Mr. Abbott 71.487.
The board of canvassers was late
on account of a small railroad wreck
on the Northwestern road near Cal
houn, freight car being derailed and
blocking the track so that all the
state officers, who were on passen-
ger train, were unable to get by the
blockade
The board worked hard through the
supper hour examining returns from
counties in which errors had been
found and corrections made. It was
determined to make corrections in
totals in such cases where the county
clerks had erred merely i'll adding up
vi OhI Al SeAoSo
where precinct returns had been in
correctly reported, the board decided
not to make corrections unless made
under hand and seal by the county
clerks. Henry F. Cochems, and H.
L. Ekern, appearing as attorneys for
Mr. Beedle, formally objected to the
board even making corrections where
the county clerks had merely clerical
ly erred in adding figures.
Gains and Losses.
Abbott gained ten votes in Dane
county. through the clerks error in
footing up.
Beedle gained 2 in Dodge county, l
in Jackson, 100 in Trempealeau, and
one in Pepin The 100 in Trem-
pealeau arose in reporting Beedle's
vote in Ettrick as So when it was in
fact 159.
Abbott gained % in La Fayette
county, lost five in Iowa county,
gained five in Portage, 4 in Outa-
game, and suffered a net loss of s
through two corrections from Wood
Guilty SdlnSu . III w duPuCn anu "
in Price.
In Milwaukee county Abbott gained
IA votes and Beedle gained 143.
Abbott Votes Not Counted.
In Sank county Abbott lost on
technicality The county board Of
canvassers received from the town of
Franklin a report of 10 votes for
Beedle, Is for J. E. Gilbert and none
for ]. E. Abbott, and although it was
doubtless an error of the precinct in
spectors in putting down Gilbert
instead of abbott the state board
of canvassers did not feel empowered
to make that assumption. If Mr.. Alb
bott were to demand a recount he
would probably get those IS votes
The Eau Claire county clerk sent
correction giving Abbott gain OF
one vote. but Mr. Ekern objected be-
cause the clerk failed to place his
seal on the statement, and the board
decided not to consider the correc-
ton. From Monroe county came
similar defective one-vote correction
IaVOflHS bS6ulS, WHICH llhSWlSS was
not considered.
Another Abbott Misfortune.
Mr. Abbott suffered another misfor-
tune in Green county. The third
ward in the city of Monroe had been
reported by the precinct inspectors
as casting no votes on insurance COM
missioner, and although the state
board had before it the affidavit of
the precinct inspectors that Abbott
received there Sc votes and Beedle
Sc. no correction was allowed as the
county clerk refused to ask that the
error he corrected. If a recount
were had, Mr.. Abbott would doubtless
get 13 more votes in Sank county and
gain of 20 net in Green, SO that 33
votes would be taken from Beedle's
majority of As He still would have
majority of Is Mr.. Abbott says he
will drop the matter now and sup
port the republican ticket from Taft
to Beedle,