The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-08
Clerical Errors in Certifying
Returns Give Green Ben.
nett and George Ingram
Small Majorities.

Although in each instance the Re
publican candidate seems to have re-
ceived a majority of the votes, cleri-
cal errors in computing the election
returns on the back of the stub books
may result in the Republicans losing
control of the fiscal court and giving
the Democrats control of the board
of aldermen. This morning the cleo
ton commissioners found an error I'm
Young's precinct which gives George
Ingram small majority over George
Oehlschlaeger for alderman, giving
the board five Democratic members
and three Republicans. In the Massac
precinct ten more votes were given
Green Bennett over w. Waltmon for
magistrate. giving Bennett the Office
by four votes. Both cases may be
taken TO the courts so that the cleri-
cal errors may not deprive the sue
cessful candidates for the office.
Two ballot boxes mad not been
opened at noon, as the commission
ers had failed to get the election Off
GERS to the court house to open Che
boxes from Schmidt's and Farley's
precincts, and the onicial count had
not been concluded in the race for
alderman, but the unofficial returns
from Schmidt and Farley precincts
give Ingram a majority of six votes
over Oehischlaeger.
In Youngs precinct on the back OF
the stub book 20 votes are credited
to Ingram and rs votes to Oehl-
schlaeger. Certified copies of the re-
turns show that Ingram received only
20 votes. but on the stub book the
figures are written too plain for the
election commissioners to call them
anything but 90" That II is a
clerical error in crediting Ingram
with 10 votes is borne out by a COM
parison with the vote received by
other Democratic candidates. George
w. Walters, a precinct election Off
GER. this morning said that II was a
clerical error and that he would make
oath thar Ingram received only 20
votes. as shown by the certified
copies. Even Democratic nominees
assented that Il was a clerical error,
but the election commissioners were
powerless to do anything except take
the figures in the pack of the stub
book. -
Oficia returns from the Farley
and Schmidt precincts had not been
reached nj noon because il has been
impossible TO get the election officers
at the court house to unlock the bal
lot boxes. The unofficial returns from
the two precincts and the clerical
error give Ingram the Office of alder
man by six votes. The election OF
ingram to the board of aldermen will
give the Democrats control of the
board by five to three.
viii Contest Offices.
II Is certain that il will be taken
INTO the courts and the ballots from
Young's precinct counted. The bal
lots are sealed and can not be opened
unless by orders of the court.
A similar error was discovered in
the official returns from the Massac
precinct, and the error elects Green
Bennett magistrate from the Seventh
district over Wsltmon by four votes.
In the Massae precinct only 1873
votes were polled, and on the certi-
fed copies of the returns were held
by the four election officers, Bennett
is accredited with SIS votes and Walt
mon with 20 votes However, on the
back of the stub book Bennett IL