Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-14
SCULLY GAINS I
MORE BALLOTS
Congressman Gets Six More
Votes in MiddIesex County
While Carson Loses One
No Change in Monmouth.

Further indicated gains of seven
votes for Congressman Thomas >.
ScuIly resulted in the recount of ballots
In Middlesex county yesterday and To-
day There was evidence that Scuny
actually gained six votes, lnclualhs
the referred ballots, and that hoper.
Carson, his Republican opponent, losI
one. The recount of the Monmouth
county ballots yesterday and today IN.
dfcated no change in the standing OIL
the candidates.
The second district of Sayrevllie
township in Middlesex county original
ly gave Scully ninety-two and carson
1928 The recount gave Scuily seven
ty-eight with fourteen ballots reIerre9
and Carson 112 with eleven reterreu;
Scully gained one in the third district
of that township. The original returns
showed 143 votes for him and 152 tor
Carson. The recount showed 113 1or
Sc,lly with eleven referred, ana loo
for Carson with fourteen referred.
South Brunswick township original
ly gave Scully 107 and Carson l33. Inc
recount gave Scully 103 with -FOUR re-
ferred and Carson 122 with eleVeh re-
ferred.
There came an indicated gain OF
four votes for Scully and loss or
one for Carson in the second district
of South Brunswick. The original
returns there had given Scully ninety
two and Carson 107. The recount IN
dicated eighty y-nine for Scully with
seven referred, and 102 for carson
with four referred.
Spotswood borough origlnaily
showed seventy-one for Scully and
ffty-five for Carson. The recount IN
dicated sixty-nine for Scully with two
referred, and fifty-three for carson
with two referred.
The congressman made another evil
dent gain of one vote in the first Waru
of the city of South Amboy. 1t hao
originally given him 226 ana Earsoi.
1eS. The recount showed 2lS Ior
Scully with eight referred, and lo4 ior
Carson with four referred.
Members of the Middlesex- County
BOARD of Elections and those who nave
been following their work on the re-
count posed for picture today Inc
board members are making arrange
ments for a dinner to be held In the
near future. Among those VINO poseu
today were Leo J. Coakley. Thomas D.
Broden, John Hanson, william .; .;
Banker. Chester r. Holman, Howard
Brown, Judge Daniel Dugan OF orahee e
and Frank Nelson.
No Change in Monmouth.
No change was made in the relatlVe
positions of the two candidates as q
result of the recount of the congress
ionaI ballots in Monmouth yesterday,
though clerical errors on the part OF
fhe seIection board of the first distrlct
~ MiddIetown township, resulted IN
both candidates gaining one vote. Tne
original returns from the second ols-
frict OF Marlboro were found correct
hut. as in the first district. large
number of ballo.s were referred 70
Justice Kalisch because voters mao
failed to mark cross in the square
ouposite the names of local candidates
whose names they had written in. the
result of the recount in these TWO ols-
triets follow:
Marlboro, second district-Original
returns: Carson 63. Scully &c. Recount,
Carson So and IL referred; Scully ~
and 10 referred.
Middletown, first district-Orlglna'
returns: Carson TT, Scully So. Re-
count: Carson 1873 and 10 reterreo'
Scully 95 and referred.
Carson made an apparent gain OF
one vote in the recount for the nrst
district Of Middletown Township ~, IN 4
Monmouth county late today. The
original count there gave Carson nine
weight and Scully 1913. The recount
gave Carson eighty-nlne with eleven
referred, and Scully 129 with nine re-
ferred.
The results Of the recount for the
third district of Middletown Town
ship showed no change over the orig
inal count, which showed 135 for Car
son and seventy for sScully. The re-
count there gave Carson 121 with
fourteen ballots referred, and Scully
sixty-four with six referred.