Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-11-18
GUENTHER GAINS
THREE IN RECOUNT;
MUST Do BETTER
This Percentage Must Be In
creased to Assure Success
in AIdermanic Contest.

With three districts out OF thirteen
in the Sixth ward recounted by the
County Board Of Elections. George A.
GUenther, Republican, who is con-
testing the election Of Thomas J. Lee.
jr.. as alderman, has gained three
votes and cut Lees plurality from
thirty-seven to thiffy-feur. Lee. how
ever, has nineteen referred ballots to
he passed on h the chief justice,
While Ghenther has only fifteen. so
that Lee has better chance OF gain
ing votes on the rulings Of the court
Lees slump OF three is accounted
for by the fact that his credit Is two
less than the OH sinai count and his
total OF ballots referred and rejected
Is one more than that of Guenther's
cuentller had fifteen rejected and if
teen referred, while Lee had nineteen
referred and twelve rejected. The bal
lots rejected were classified as
s'n1arkedr ballots. this marking cover
ing a wide area. such as q round
mark instead of cross in the
squares. marks in blank squares and
holes punched in the tickets.
The recount began yesterday after
noon at o'clock and lasted till within
d few minutes of midnight. The
Fourth. Firth and Sixth districts OF
the ward win be recounted this after
non and tonight.
The small gain in the three districts
counted last night did not give the
Guenther men much courage. To
win, Guenther must gain on an aver
age of three votes a district, and he
fell far short of this average last
night. OF course there is a chance.
but a very slim one, that the chief
Justice might pass a large part OF
the Guenther referred ballots. while
rejecting a large part of the referred
Lee counters. This chance is small,
and is not being banked on very
strongly by the Guenther adherents.
The referred ballots of each candi-
dates are nearly all alike.
Recount May Be Halted.
If more strength is not shown by
the Guenther cause in the districts
tonight it would not be improbable
that the recount would be discon-
tinued. BY stopping with the ward
half counted the applicant for the re-
count would save good part of his
deposit Of $3.50 to cover the cost of
the recount. If Guenther loses he
pays the expense. and if he wins the
county foots the bill.
When the county board reached
ballot 136 in the Third district it was
found that there were only 124 tickets
on the string already counted. After
a long checking up it was decided
that ballot 120 was missing. the dis
trict board having probably skipped
that number at the time of tallying.
"A Lee ballot on which the voter
had voted both yes and no on all
three referendums was referred to
the chief justice. although Chairman
william c. McTague expressed the
opinion that the ballot was good with
the exception of the referendum. The
law states, he declared, that where
more candidates have been voted for
than there are offices to fill then the
ballot is only ipvalidated as far as
that particular Office is concerned.
He consented to allow the ballot to
60 before the court, TO see if the same
rule applied to the referendums.
The official and recounted figures
are as follows: