Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-25

Claimed That Forty Ballots in
Ocean County May be
Rejected.
MARKED BALLOTS, is CLAIM
Similar Condition Found to Ex-
ist in Fourth District
of Lakewood.
SCULLY GAIN IN MONMOUTH
Carson Loses One - Rapid
Progress is Made in Mid
dIesex County.

Results In the recount of the vote
IT the third congressional district yes
terday favored Thomas j. Scully and
there came practical assurance from
his friends that the new count would
show his election over Robert Carson
Republican, of New Brunswick. 1,
Is claimed that about forty ballots
from the Island Heights district in
Ocean county, most of them bearing
votes for Carson, will probably be re-
Jected as marked ballots. Upon them
were written in handwriting the
name of a member of an election
board as candidate for constable, 1t
is declared. A similar condition was
yesterday found to exist in the fourth
district of Lakewood. Here some one,
believed to have been an election offic-
er, had written in the name of John
Martin as candidate for coroner. Such
ballots were voted with or without
marks before the name. The act was
taken by Congressman Scully's repre-
sentatives to indicate that the ballots
were marked. The returns of the re-
count. in Monmouth county yesterday
showed an indicated gain of one vote
for Scully and a loss of one for Car
son. Rapid progress was made in the
recounting of ballots in Middiesex yes
terday, despite the fact that the Mid
dlesex County Board of Elections had
to recount the councilmanic vote for
the third ward of Woodbridge town.
ship. More Scully and Carson ballots
were referred from that district than
any other recounted yesterday.
Progress in Middlesex.
In the first poll of the third ward.
In Woodbridge Carson received f22
and Scully 1S3 votes. Eight Carson
and thirteen Scully xotes were re-
ferred. In the second poll s0f the third
ward in Woodbridge, Carson received
hfty-three and Scullyj fifty-two votes.
Eight Scully and six Carson ballots
were referred TO the court. In the
drst district of the first ward in Me-
ttfchen Carson was given f1fty-seven
and Scully thirty-five votes. One ball
lot bearing vote for Scully was re-
ferred. The recount for Middlesex|
Borough showed 107 votes for Carson
and thirty-nine for Scully, with fivet
Carson ballots and three Scully ballots
referred to the court.
Ocean County Recount.
A condition in Ocean county similar
to that existing In Island Heights vot-
ing district. was discovered by the
Ocean County Board of Election in |
examining the ballots today In the |
third district recount, which is In pro-
gress here. At Island Heights It Is |
alleged some member of the election
DOard TOOK 1t upon himself to write In I
the name of J. Edward johnson, a
member of the election board, for con-
stable, upon about forty ballots.
When this was discovered, the Demo-
cratic members of the election board,
and Mr. Scully's attorneys Immediately
demanded that all the ballots thus
marked be referred to Justice Kalisch,
and many of the following ballots
were so referred.
In the Lakewood fourth district to-
day the discovery was made that some
one, from a comparison of handwrit-
ngs In the poll book, it was board
had written the name of
John Martin on the ballot for coroner,
and the ballots had been voted with
Ind without marks before the name.
When this discovery was made the
election board went up In the air, and
he Democratic members expected q
errif1c blast from the Republican
members. But in sharp contrast to
he attitude assumed by the Demo-
rats on the discovery of the Island
Heights episode. the Republican mem- 6
'ers took the matter very cody and 9
that as in their opinion the 9
'allots had been honestly prepared q
nd cast, there was no apparent rea-
on to have them referred Much toI
ne surprise of every one present, y
udge Berry and former Prosecutor !,
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