The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-16
ROBINSON Has
/ CAIN OF fl
CANVASS OF FIVE STRlCT S
MAKES CHANGES OF SOME
IMPORTANCE IN COUNTY.
Possession of Affidavits Subject of
Controversy-Tally Sheets
Show Variance
Completion OF the official canya

I Completion OF the official canvass
of the vote in Union and Center dis
triCts up to noon yesterday, in addi
! ton TO the canvass Of Washington
! Madison and Clay districts on Monday
I and Tuesday, gave Judge Ira L. Rob
! inSon net gain OF II votes in the
! five districts; Senator Chiffon a net
gain OF 80; John S. DarSt a net gain
! Of 10; President Wilson a loss OF Ii:
! Henry Steck for county commissioner,
gain Of I: Gala Mitchell for coroner.
gain of 8, and slight changes OF less
: than half dozen votes in The ma
/ jorities of several other candidates.
i The board Of commissioners worked
only until noon in the canvass yester-
: day, other matters requiring their at
tention yesterday afternoon. 1t WAS
expected yesterday, with the canvass
! of the larger districts finished, that
the rest of the district vote will have
! been canvassed by Friday evening.
Variance in Tally Sheets.
/ The canvass Of the vote in Union
and Center districts continued 10 re-
! veal Yarimces between The number Of
votes cast as shown by the precinct
! poll books and the number OF ballots
counted by the commissioners. One
! Of the gravest variunces occurs in
L
poll books show that 200 men voted.
The tally sheet shows that pos votes
were cast for president while ballots
counted by the commissioners number
/ only 173. Ballots in some instances,
however, were folded five in one and
counted as one by the commissioners.
The charge is made by Republicans
who kept tab on the recount of the
Union and Center district votes that
! in some precincts the tally sheet kept
by one precinct clerk shows more
votes for the Democratic candidates
! in that precinct than does the tally
sheet kept by the other clerk, and
there are said TO have ben variancrs
! between the certificates returned by
the precinct officers and the returns
tabulated by the clerks.
There had been no new develop.
ments last night in the controversy
between Attorney Charles j. Schuck,
who is representing judge Robinson
and other Republicans in watching The
canvass, and the Democratic members
Of the board OF commissioners over
possession of affidavils returned from
the voting places.
Clash Over Aftidavts.
Mr. SchuCk and Dr.. George ". Otto,
chairman of the county Republican
committee, yesterday demanded that
these affidavits be turned over 10 Cir
cult Clerk John l.. kinghorn. Mr..
Schuck charged that George ". Old
ham, clerk of the board Of commits.
soners, has no right 10 be in posses
sion Of the afiidavits, and that he is
examining them at will. President
Lou +. Haller ruled Mr.. Schuck's re-
quest out of order, holding that while
he agreed that the affi0ayitS should
go 10 the circuit clerk. but that The
time to make the demand is when the
recount is taken up. Charles o. Eph.
lin. the minority member of the board,
moved that the Hffidavits be turned
lover 10 the circuit clerk. The motion
was not seconded and President Halter
declared il lost. Sharp words followed
between Mr.. Schuck and Clerk Old
ham.