Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1915-12-02
WHITAKER
GAINS VOTES
Had Five More Votes than
Returned.
ONE MORE
Six of the Ten Precincts Counted
With the Result I'm Favor
of the rlayor.

The members of the County Board
of Elections yesterday counted the
ballots in six of the boxes of the pre-
cincts of Bridgeton. The boxes count
ed were the two precincts in the First
ward, the two precincts in the Sec
ond ward and the first two Of the
three precincts in the Third ward.
The result of the counting showed
net gain in the total votes for Viii
taker of four.
| The election boards in these six
precincts returned total of 6O4 votes
for Whitaker. Yesterday the County
Board of Elections discovered that
there had been 500 ballots cast for
the Mayor.
The election boards returned to-
tai of 575 votes for Evans on election
night and yesterday the County Board
of Elections found SIG ballots cast for
Evans. M a
This makes a net gain in total votes
for Mayor Whitaker of four votes.
The mistakes were made in the tally
ing of the votes in the two precincts
of the Second ward. In the first pre-
cinct the election board failed to tai
ly one vote for Evans and tailed one
more vote for Whitaker than he re-
ceived
In the second precinct of the Sec
ond ward the election board failed to
tally five votes cast for Whitaker, and
tailed one more vote for Evans than
was received.
During the day there were no votes
rejected by the County Board Of Elec.
tions. Upon objection of counsel on
either side s12 ballots for Whitaker
and ballots for Evans. were laid
aside and will be considered finally
by the County Board when all of the
ballots are counted. rr
Most Of these ballots laid out will
be counted finally, the objections of
counsel being severely technical.
The recount yesterday was conduct
ed by the County Board in the pres
ence of ]. Hampton Fithian and WAL
ter H. Bacon representing Mayor
Whitaker, and Corporation Counsel F.
A. Stanger, Jr., kept the tally for the
Mayor.
Councilman Evans who Is demand
ing the recount, was not present, be-
ing represented by H. Byron Lore and
]. B. R. Nixon. The tally sheets for
Evans were kept by Robert e. Fifth
ian and Francis D. Potter, the Pro-
gressive party leaders.
In detail the story of the first days
recount follows:
The recount of the vote for Mayor
at the Court House yesterday pro-
ceeded slowly. but all the speed pos
sible was made; there being but one
name to call off on each ballot, gave
expedition.
For instance, Mr.. Ferdinand Jones
would pick up ballot, call Arthur
C. Whitaker, holding the ballot up
so that challengers Mr.. H. Byron Lore
and Mr.. ]. Hampton Fithian could
see the name called, and then pass
the ballot over to Mr.. Kite, who would
string it up. At the call of the name
Mr.. Mckee would mark the tally
mark on prepared sheet, and the
other interested persons would mark
it down in the same manner on their
sheets. All of this would take but a
fraction of minute.
When the first district of the First
Ward was counted off the vote was
exactly like the official vote: Whita-
ker, 119; Burt, AZ; Evans, Is; the
second district showed the same SINH
larity, but one Whitaker vote was
challenged, because the cross mark
opposite the name of Whitaker ex-
tended beneath the bottom line of the
block in which it was marked-yet
the cross was within the block. Tho
ballot was laid aside for determine
tion later.
The count resulted in Burt, 46; Ey-
ans, Sc; Whitaker, II; and the one
vote laid aside would make Whita-
ker's vote, 72-the same as returned
by the election boards