The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-09
Roosevelt Apparently in
Lead, but Legality
Is Questioned.
IRREGULAR COUNT
OPENLY CHARGED
Phelan and Spreckels Offer
$1,000 Reward to ANY One
Supplying Evidence of Elec-
ton Fraud-Los Angeles
County Vote Challenged.
Idaho Again in Doubt.

San francisco, November S.-Tabu>
lation OF corrected returns from vir-
tualiy all Of the states county seats
shows that in California Roosevelt has
a plurality of the popular vote over
Wilson that returns from the seven
ty-nine remote precincts still unre.
ported are not likely to overturn. The
latest figures give: Roosevelt. 7sl.sss:
Wilson. :so.s1s: Roosevelt's plurality
7s1.
1t Is likely that the vote OF many
OF the missing precincts will not be
made.
Not all the Roosevelt electors may
have won The name OF Lieutenant
Governor Albert J. Wallace. which
headed the Roosevelt electoral ticket.
was scratched by many voters. pre-
sumably because OF his course In CON-
mutinS the death sentence of MUIR
derers while acting Governor. In many
instances, 1t Is stated. Wallace's name
was actually penciled Oft the ballots.
Attorney-General Webb has rendered
an opinion that such ballots were
thereby invalidated.
Acting upon this opinion the Demo-
cratic managers have announced that
II the final returns leave Roosevelt
still in the lead they will challenge
the vote OF Los Angeles County, where
the Progressives rolled up their heavi-
est plurality and where Wallace ran
behind the other Roosevelt electors.
Wilson and Roosevelt alternated in
the lead early in the day when the
distant mountain precincts began 70
'straggle In. BY r. n. Roosevelt's
and 1t became almost certain that the
upreported precincts carried by tho
Democrats would not overcome this
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The NM disposition Of C&liforniaa
thirteen electoral votes may be 1e-
cided by the courta Democratic man
ayers. In the announcement of their
determination to challenge the Los
Angeles County vote in the event Of 2
Roosevelt victory. said their action
would be based not only on the al
legged counting of Progressive ballots
invalidated by pencil scratches. but on
alleged errors and Irregularities OF
Republican judges of election In ex-
Guiding valid Democratic votes
James D. Phelan and Rudolph
SpreckeIs to-day authorized the DEM
ocratic committee to offer q reward
Of $1,000 to any one supplying evidence
leading to the conviction Of any per-
son on a charge of perpet.ating cleo
ton frauds. --ccording to the terms
Of the offer. this reward will be paid
for each conviction.
The wide discrepancy in the COM
plete returns from Los Angeles Coun-
ty compared with early returns
change that wiped out an apparent
lead Of 5000 votes for Wilson in the
State-was due in part to q switch
ing In the method Of the tallying OF
the popular vote. At the outset the
record was made up from the vote
cast for the mead Of each electoral
ticket Later, when It became apparent
that many Progressives had not voted
for wallace. the drst Roosevelt cleo
tor. Progressive leaders demanded OF
the county clerk q recount In which Q
vote east for any elector In the Pro.
gressive column was tailed ~ . vote
for Roosevelt
Late returns tonight reversed .
Plurality In the Eleventh Congressional
District and gave the victory to 4
Democrat. increasing the Democratic
representation from CALIFORNIA; 70
three and reducing the Progressives
to four William Kentner. Democrat.
IL shown to have defeated Samuel =.
IVAN. Progressive.
11aho 'Agsan Ds1bafuA.
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