Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-11
North and Hooker Have
!, Received Same Number
of County Ballots.
MAY HOLD A SPECIAL
ELECTION TO DECIDE
9wenty Votes Counted Yes
terday but Six of These
Were Invalid.
THE race for county assessor was

II II II. ld'f lbI tOuuty dSStSScT was
L tied by the mail vote which was
counted by the election board yester-
day afternoon. When the voting
within the county was counted
Wednc sday T.. NJ. North. Republican
nominee for assessor. had 3.e92 votes
and w. s. Hooker, Democratic candi-
date. had 1891, giving North a plu-
rality of ono vote. In the votes sent
by mail North received two and
Hooker three, bringing the total of
each to 1894 votes.
Just how the situation will be re-
lieved is uncertain. In former years
candidates who were tied for par
ticular office settled the question by
tossing "A coin. But this now is in
violation of the state gambling law
and candidate taking office through
such procedure would do so illegally.
A special election seems the only
method of naming an assessor for
Tulsa county unless additional votes
are received by mail. This Is consid-
cred unlikely as all the mail votes
We're cast in some part of Oklahoma
and have had plenty of time to reach
Tulsa if they were mailed "Wednesday.
Votes Were Important.
demons trated by the deadlock i'm the
contest for county assessor One ad-
dilional vote for either candidate
would have swung the election.
Many voters who were- out of the
city On election day and who were
within the state neglected to vote.
Their ballots might-have prevented "A
tie for county assessor.
Just what action will be taken re-
gerding the county treasurer's race
also remains problematical. Through
an or in printing the ballots the
nan es of candidates for this office
were omitted. In part of the pre-
cincts the names Of Ed Dalton. Demo-
cratic naminee, and Claude Sample,
Republican nominee. were written OH
the ballots. But it is certain that hun
dreds of votes were lost by each can
didatc through this error and the re-
suit is unsatisfactory. Dalton had
plurality of the votes cast but Dalton
Is considering contestinc the election.
Twenty by Mail.
Twenty votes in all we're received
by mail in this county The voters
cast their ballots FOR the presidential
electors and state officers in the recu-
lar way and had the privilege OF sub
stitut!ng the names of their home
county candidates for congressman.
representative in the legislature. coun-
ty and township offices. These were
forwarded by the election officials in
the precinct where they voted to the
county election board here. Voters
ballotinC in this way must be fully
qualified and cast their vote within
the state of oklahoma.
Six ballots were rejected by the
election board Three Of these were
declared void because they were not
accompanied by the voters affijavits.
and three others were not opened as
they were not sent by registered mail
The state election law makes these re-
quirements of persons voting away
from home
Increases HIS Lead.
Ed Warren increased his lead of ono
vote over ID. O. Powell for justice OF
the peace to two when le received one
vote In the mailed ballots yesterday.
Warren was running on the Democrat-
ic ticket and Powell on the Republican.
John G.. Slack, another Democratic
candidate for justice Of the peace who
was only two ahead of Warren
Wednesday. also received one more
vote in the mail votes.
T.. A. Parkinson, Republican nomi-
nee for corporation com missioner. was
given eight votes. and Campbell Rus
sell his opponent. received four in
the mail count. Parkinson's plurality
in Tulsa county over Russell was thus
increased by. four and is now 1,595.
Tho Democratic presidential eiec
tors received 10 mail votes and The
Republicans 4, making Wilson'S plu-
rality in this county sos.
Matthew j. Kane, Democratic cam
didaie for supreme court in the Third
district, received Z mail votes, and
Horace Speed. Republican nominee, 3.
This reduced Speeds plurality over
Kane to i45.
Charles NJ. Thacker, Democratic
nominee for supreme court in the
Fifth district received more votes,
and Henry ]. Sturges, Republican. 4.
thus increasing rhacker's plurality in
this county to 80
Thomas J. Doyle Democratic candi-
date for the criminal court of APP
pea,s, received 3 votes and his oppo-
nent. Henry NJ Gray, 4, making
Doyle's plurality 1871.
W. II. Humphrey, Democratic call
didate for .he unexpired term of cor
poration commissioner, received 3
votes by mail and his opponent 4,
making Humphreys plurality in this
county 262.
Plurality Now sos.
James s Davenport. Democratic
nominee for congressman from this
district. received mail votes, and
Bert Chandler. Republican nomtnee.
8. This reduced Chambers plurality
In Tulsa county to sos.
In the race for representative in the
legislature, James ii. Sykes, Demo-
crat. received 1 vote; Kelley r, Glib
son, also Democrat, received votes;
Glenn Condor. Republican candidate
for representative, received mail
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