The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-01
REDO NC ELECTION
 CONTEST IN DOUBI
Judge Gager Holds 91 Ballots Under Advisement, But Pink ney Seems Not Elected
Suit Against Representative Elect Peck For Damages AL Ieged to Have Been Caused by Dog Bite

Bedding, Dec. 1-To the disappoint- ment of officials and others who jour neyed to Danbury on Tuesday in the
 expectation of a final result in the recount case Judge .Gager announc- ed that he wished more time to con- sider the question which he took un- der advisement last week and would notify the parties in interest through Attorney Ives. when he was prepar- ed to give his decision. The petition asking that the votes cast for select men at the October election be re- viewed under the direction of the court was granted on Tuesday of last week, there being no opposition, and the recount was proceeded with on the following day. At once there arose the question Of the legal status of the ballots which bore a cross against the name of, one of the selectmen candidates, this cross being set in the column other than the one which was marked in the circle at the top. It was plain that the voter intended to vote for the candidate he had designat- ed with the cross, but which one of the other three candidates was his choice? The town counters acted on the assumption that this choice was the candidate in the column marked at the top who had not been killed" by the designation mark in the other column. Judge Gager said, however that he was undecided whether to adopt that view Or to scard these ballots altogether in accordance with one or more decisions rendered by judges of the same Jurisdiction. He postponed the matter for one week and then further deferred judgment. There are altogether 91 of these ques- tionable ballots. With these eliminat- ed the court count gave the following rac oyIn inf nr1 oy1I No1t IT
 Rowland 63 each; E. M. Sanford, 60; E. A. Pinllney 56.
 If this count stands as it will if the 91 held up ballots are finally rejected Mir. Pinkney will still remain low man among the four candidates as the town count made him out to be and the suit will fail of it's object. Further more should the court count as it now stands be detern native it will not show whether the town counters did or did not make a mistake in reaching the figures which became the official declaration. Should Judge Gag CT. however. order that the 91 ballots be counted the question of whether there was actually mistake in ac- cordance with the assumption of the petition will be settled. On the basis of the town count MT. Pinkney must gain seven votes to secure place on the board.
 It is expected that by the end of the week Accountant soule's abridged version of the report which he sub mtted at the annual town meeting in October will be published in pamphlet form for distribution among the cit izens MT. Soule informs First Se- lectman Sanford that in fgur ng out the indebtedness of ex-Tax Collector Gorham to the town he discarded al- together the $500 purporting to repre- sent credits entered in the rate books for payments made to Treasurer Hill this $500 coming from three figure "ones'' prefxed to sums paid Mr Hill on three occasions and set down by the treasurer. MT. Soule finds that of the total collections made by MT. Gorham he owes the town s19s.
 As the town owes him his salary at the rate of s1n0 per year for three even if he admits the correctness Of the experts computations and this he has not vet done.
 Several of those who lately receiv- ed bills for back taxes were before the selectmen Saturday with protests receipts showing payment of two years taxes now charged against him. Another was willing to pay the tax on a piece of property which he tried to pay several years ago when 1t was due but could not because the ella m did not appear on the Collectors rate book. In this case the protest is a gainst the interest charge. There are so many of these disputed claims that the selectrnen will appoint a date for hearin9 the protesting parties and af- forwards decide in regard to abate- ments.
 Probably the largest of the family gatherings in town was that at the home of Town Clerk J. B. Sanford in the Center. Thirty two were at the table, the host and hostess with their nine children form ing quite .sizable nucleus of the as- semblaGe. Among the guests were Rev. w B. Hayne of North Water ford Me. his wife and two of the'r children Mrs. Hayne being sis ter of Mr. Sanford. Others were H. S. Osborn. wife and children, and Mrs. Woolsey Randall and children. On