The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-22
LOSS FOR PAINTER
IN ST. LOUIS WARDS
FOURTH WARD GIVES CONSIDER.
ABLE LEAD 70 REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE.
LEAD CT 1853 FOR GMEL|CH
Recount Thus Far In st. Louis OF the
Votes for Lieutenant Governor
Shows Cain for Gmelich
Over Painter.

St Louis.-Jacob +. Gmelich, the
Republican nominee and contestant
for the Office of lieutenant governor,
Saturday gained a lead over his Dem.
ocratic opponent, William Il, Painter
Of 1863 votes. This includes a recount,
under the supervision OF q Joint legls.
latiye committee, of the votes cast in
sixty.five precincts, six wards, OF the
city Of St Louis.
II was the Republicans day to smile
and they made the most OF their op.
portunity. The Democrats, naturally
Were chagrincd A. the unexpected
change from Friday, when Mr. Painter
showed a net gain of a. but did not
give up hope. and express confidence
that the inspection Of the ballots in
the twenty-five other wards will en-
able them to have the last laugh.
The force OF clerks engaged in the
recount were permitted to cease their
labors at G o'clock Saturday night
after working without interruption
since 8 o'clock. excepting only an
hours recess for lunch.
Mr.. Gmelich had easy sailing after
the recount of the first ward had been
finished Mr. Painter registered
net gain Of thirty in the first ward,
but II was the only ward recanyassed
IN which he scored. The second,
third, fourth. fifth and part Of the
sixth swelled the Republican candi-
dates total!
Fourth Ward Vote Heavy.
The fourth wGrd produced she
greatest gains for Nj. GmeliCh, the re-
count there unearthng 1872 votes for
the Republican nominee which the
official count had deprived him Of.
The third ward developed net gain
of ffty.hyc for Mr.. Gmelich and the
fifth added a dozen more to the Re
publican nominees column.
Senator F. NJ. McDayid, chairman OF
the Joint committee conducting the
recount, is authority for the state.
ment that the investigation failed to
ward, az the wide difference in the Of
fetal and revised figures would In.
dictate.
On the contrary, he said, the ballots
In the fourth ward precints were
models of regularity, each being pro.
perly signed by the election judges
and numbered to correspond with the
poll books.
The Socialist vote figured In the
discrepancies found in the second,
fourth and fifth wards. Eight votes
cast In the second ward for Sargent.
the Socialist nominee for Lieutenant
governor, were not given to him in the
official figures. Five more Socialist
votes were misplaced in the fourth
ward, while the fifth showed two
Socialist ballots had been left of Mr..
Sargent's total in that ward.
The third ward the recount de-
veloped, gave the Socialist candidate
all that was coming to him, "A votes.
The first ward recount added TO his
string, making 81 votes In all that
were restored to their rightful owner
by the Joint committees scarchlight.
Perfect In Three Precincts.
The recount disclosed discrepancies
In all OF the sixty-iive precincts can
vassed with the exception of the first
and fourteenth in the second ward
and the eighth precinct OF the fifth
ward.
In the first ward the errors ranged
from / TO IL votes; in the second as
high as 10 votes changed hands; 10
was the top miscue In the third, CO
was the hcadllner In the fourth; 30
in the fifth and in the sixth. The lat
ter ward had been but partly recount.
ed when the adjournment was taken.
In all $50 ballots were rejected by
the committee during the day. For
the most part they were thrown out
on the ground OF illegality, either the
Judges having failed to attach their
signatures or numbers corresponding
with the poll books we're omitted.