The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-08
Session Held Last Evening Until II
O'Clock and Adjournment Then
Taken Until Next
Thursday.
BALLOTS ALL EXAMINED
One Alderman Went to the Show and
VIII Have to Look Over the
Ballots by Himself
Later.

All Of the disputed ballots in the
election contest have been examined
new by the city council and the court
has adjourned to meet again on Thurs
day evening of next week at which
time some more testimony will be re-
ceived. On Friday evening the argu-
ments will be made and the council,
as tribunal, will vote to to de-
clare Off elected in spite of any testi-
mony produced and the contest will
then be over as far as the council is
concerned, the matter then being APP
pealed to the district court.
IL the council, acting as jury, was
composed of eleven unprecedented men.
instead OF being politically balanced
as it is, Mr.. Off would lose out on the
decision, for enough ballots counted
for him have been clearly shown to
have been improperly marked and
counted, to turn the result of the cleo
ton.
Last Nights Session.
Last evening the contest board met
until II o'clock and during the evening
the disputed ballots of the third,
fourth, fifth and sixth wards were pro-
duced and examined by the council.
The other two wards having been TAX
en- up the night before, this now CON-
pletes the examination Of the ballots.
All aldermen were present, but AL
derman Mccormick slid out of the
room early in the evening and did not
show up again, probably going to the
show. He asked at the opening of
the session that an adjournment be
taken until Monday, but this was not
done. AS he must look at all of the
ballots before he votes, an opportunity
will be given him later to look at the
votes which he missed last evening
At the close of the session at IL
O'Clock, adjournment was taken until
Thursday evening of next week.
TWO Challenged Votes.
At the start of the session, the two
challenged votes from the Second
ward were taken up. Both of these
were for Off and were objected to by
contestant for the reason that they
were voted by Durkin and McGittigen
have been citizens at the time The
poll books were introduced as evidence
to prove that these two votes had
been counted for Off,.
Incumbent objected to all of this
claiming that these two votes had not
been counted, to which contest
ant denied because the total vote
proves that these two votes were
counted.
The Third Ward.
The third ward ballots were then
produced and the proceedings went
ahead as they had with the other
wards. Contestant objected to fifteen
votes which had been counted for
all of which were not marked correctly
and incumbent objected to seventeen
votes which had been conuted for
Sterne.
Contestant offered three votes which
had been returned as spoiled claim.
ing that they should have been count.
ed for Sterne. Incumbent objected to
these being counted.
The Fourth Ward.
In the fourth ward, contestant OBJ
jected to % votes which had been
counted for Off and incumbent object
ed to ID.
Contestant offered one ballot which
had been returned as spoiled and ask
ed that same be counted for Sterne, to
which incumbent objecteda
The Fifth Ward.
In the fifth ward contestant object
ed to IA ballots and incumbent OBJ
jected to "a.
Of the ballots returned as spoiled
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