The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-17
:Vl|IL C0IV|PL ETE CANVASS TO-DAY;
REC0I|NTS WILL BEGIN NOV. q
RECOUNTS ASKED FOR RO6lN-
SON, MILLER AND MOORE
-OTHERS COMING.
County Commissioners Have only SIX
Precincts of Richland District
to Canvass.

Ohio county at the general election
Nov. I, will be completed this morn
ing by the board of county commits
sioners, and Clerk George W. Oldham
will begin at once the big task OF
tntaling the votes for each candidate
national. state, county and district.
The addition Of the vote promises 10
be good half day task.
The vote OF but ono diSlriCt-~Rlch-
ilaud--remainS to be CanvaSSed TO-DAY
There are six precincts in Rchianu'
and the canvass OF the vote OF the dis,
!1rict should be completed In half
hour.
Recounts Begin Nov. 81
The commissioners decided ycStcr-
day that rpcounts Of votes for offices
for which recountS have already been
asked or will be asked, shall begin
Monday morning, Nov. 81. Three re-.
counts have already been asked, and
it is understood that more Will be
asked.
Judge Ira e. Robinson. the Repuh-
lican candidate for governor. through
his attorney, Charles J. Schuck, and
| the chairman of The Ohio county lie
publican committee, last evening filed
!
quest for recount Of the vote FOR
/ governor. John A. Moore, Rcpubli-
! can member of the Richland district
school board, whom the unofficial re-
turns show 10 have been defeated by
&C. j. Smith, Democrat, filed request
: for n recount on the vote for that Of
flee. and Charles ]. Miller, Republican.
through Attorney George {. Beneke,
asked recount Of the vote In Union
district for justice Of the peace.
Tie Vote In Webster.
! Announcement WAS made few
! DAYS ago that rpCounts will be asked
! by the Democrats on the votes for
! presidential electors, United States
senator, and probably sheriff and
county commission. A recount IS
probable on the vote for school COM
missioner in Webster district where
the official canvass developed lie
. vote--607 10 6n7--betwen ]. c. Stein,
Democrat, and l.. r. Crago, Repuoll-
! can.
Ten Days to Ask Recounts.
Under the election laws, candidates
for office have ten days from the date
of the completion Of the official can,
ivasS 10 file requests for recountS. ana
thirty days from the same date 10 IN
;stitute contest proceedings IN the
courts. In determining the day for
beginning the rPCOunts, the commits
sioners decided 10 wait for the tXnir-
iation Of the time in which recounts
may be asked.
Robinson Still Gains.
An additional gain Of five roles for
Judge Robinson in Philadelphia dis
trict, Precinct II, yesterday afternoon
/ oh nf srIin
1.-THE official canvass to fOrty-SiX votes.
lin that precinct tho tally sheets
showed that Judge Robinson had re-
ceived rs votes while he had been
credited with but IS. No other changes
lin the vote for governor occurred IN
Webster, Ritchie, Triadelphia and Lib
prty district, all Of which were cam
vassed yesterday.
The District Changes.
In Triadclphia district, the canvass
showed Il net loss OF seven votes Tor
President Wilson. Finley, Democratic
candidate for commissioner Of aErlcu-
ture, lost five votes. Emsley, Repuh,
lican state delegate-elect, gained 43
votes in Triadclphia, Precinct D. where
d transportation Of figures had credited
him with only the nine votes cast Tor
il Socialist candidate. Hankey. lor
assessor, gained seven III TUE ulSliiCt'
and State Senator-eleCt Elmer HouSh
had 4 net gain of six.
In Webster, President Wilson had Il
net gain Of sixteen, Standardized Suth'
erland gained six. Justice Hughes
gained TWO, Prosecutor Mckee lost
five and Judge Addleman gained five.
In Richie, II. H. Gunthcr, Socialist
candidate Tor the supreme court. lost
20, total OF - instead Of five having
been placed in his total column.
Hughes lost three. Wilson lost five
and Whitaker, leGi$latOr-clrct. lost
one. There were several other IN
stances where the results will not be
materially changed. The Liberty dis
triCt unofficial results we're not
changed by the canvass.
The following table shows the
variance between the number Of bal
lots counted by the commissioners and
the number Of persons shown by The
precinct poll books To have voted in
the districts canvassed Yesterday:
Liberty District.
Ballots Names
Precincts. counted. polleu;
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