Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-08
State Board Decides Local Bodies
Are Proper Agents for Work in A,-
cordance with-Court Decisions.
GOVERNORS REQUEST DENIED
Shallenberger's Demand Disposed Of
So Far as State is Concerned.
M'COWIN DECLARED WINNER
Populist Senatorial Nomination is
Settled by Lot in Twenty-Ninth.
EACH RECEIVED BUT ONE VOTE
Request of W. j. Taylor to Delay An
nouncinE Result of Democratic
Race in sixth District
Is Granted.
MCOwIN DECLARED WINNER
EACH RECEIVED BUT ONE VOTE
lrrom a SAD correspondent.)

LINCOLN, Sept T,-(Speclai Telegram)-
The state Canvassing board decided this
morning that any candidate for office
whose votes are canvassed Dy this board
may secure a recount in any county ne
desires by filing a request with the state
board within three days after the flnal
canvass The recounting is to be done BY
the county boards The state board de-
cided this because of the holding BY at
least two courts that the county canvass
ing boards are the proper boards TO DO
tho recounting: The action disposes Of the
governors request for a recount of the
state so far as the state board is con-
cerned.
w. II. McCowin Of Frontier county was
declared the winner of the 'popullst sena-
torial nomination in the Twenty-nlnth as
trict This selection was made by lot, -four
candidates having received one vote each
their names being written In.
George d. Sayer. who received sixteen
votes as a populst. did not push his case
ais his name has been printed on the DEM
ocratic ballot and under the law it could
not be legally written on any other ballot
So the attorney for Mr.. Sayer sent word
10 the board that instead of going into the
courts he would endeavor to get the popu-
list nominee to withdraw.
w. ]. Taylor, democratic candidate for
congress in the Sixth district asked that
the board declare no candidate winneE
until he had tried out his mandamus suit
in the courts Taylor is asking that sew
eral ballots which were thrown out by the
county canvassing board of Custer county
be counted for him. For technical reasons
the board refused to count about half a
dozen ballots The majority of Judge Dean
in the district is only three votes, he hav-
ing lost two by the recount in Custer and
Buffalo counties. The request was granted
The board took a recess indefinitely.
TnyIor's Affidavit.
W. J. Taylor, In hts affidavit filed with
the board, set out that he intends to petit
ton the courts for a Inandafius TO com
pei the canyassin& board of Custer county
to reconvene and count several ballots fer
him. which were thrown out He alleges
that he was defeated by five votes for
the democratic nomination for congress In
the sixth district, but that the recount
in Custer and Buffalo counties had re-
duced the majority of ]. r. Dean, his
competitor to three votes. In Custer
county he sets out that two parties voted
the straight democratic ticket except on the
proposed constitutional amendment. on
| this question the voters marked IN Ine re-
publican column. Another ballot he said
was not counted because the voter had
marked a cross after his name In both
the democratic and peoples independent
columns Another ballot was thrown out
because the voter had marked cross af'
ter the name of Walker, a candidate or
both the populist and democratic
! tickets in both columns In all these
cases the voters Mr.. Taylor said, have con-
| fined themselves to the democratic ballot
! except as indicated. One ballot was thrown
out because the voter had marked the
cross after the name of Dean and after
davt said, that the voter intended and tried
to erase the mark after the name of Dean
First Harmonious Session.
| The board decided that inasmuch as the
| Douglas county district court had held
| in favor of the recount by the county
board, this action should govern the
board. Consequently the board decided
that IL the application is filed within three
days after 1t makes its canvass, then q
recount will be granted, but the work will
be done by the county board The state
board holds that no candidate running ir
more than one county can have know
| ledge of his vote until the state board
acts, so under the law as interpreted, the
application IL made three days after the
state board completes its work is withir
| the law.
For the>first time the board held a har,
monious meeting and every vote wa,
/ unanimous