Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23
Boyle Wins OUer BOrie
, BY Thirty-VOte Margin

cock, which shows Town Meeting major
itcs
kSndTIg kSrsG6d $500 1919 %! Ar%y,trons ilSi iiSi
Shoycr ...,s s75 Nicholson 600. 1892
Tho figures show that Sheehan leads
smith now by the narrow margin OF 1917
votes. The contemplated contest may
change the results entirely.
The total vote for the row offices at all
the camps and naval reserve stations at
which philadclphians OF voting age are ON
duty was as follows:
Indefinite and somewhat mysterious re-
turns from Camp Meade which were
brought to light will be investigated by
the Town Meeting party. II was shown on
resumption OF the official count that the
Town Meeting candidates would have won
at Camp Meade If It had not been for the
vote returned ny the negro troops.
In several Instances entire companies
voted sulidy for the three Ware row candi-
dates. In another case two units which
were not designated in any way whatso-
over gave lSS votes TO kcndrick, Sheehan
and Shoycr.
The supplv company of the 36sth In-
fantry. negro soldiers, gave fifteen votes to
each Of tho Republican candidates. Com-
pany T. OF the 36Sth Regiment (uegrocs)
gave q solid vote of scvcnty-scven votes TO
each Of the Republican candidates. The
machine gun company of this regiment gave
lGl votes to each of these candidates.
The two units which were not designated
gave 1913 votes to the Ware candidates An
other unit gave the same candidates NIFTY
tive votes These units did not give single
vote TO the Town Meeting mcn Argument
on petitions to open all the ballot boxes
will be made by counsel for the Town
Meeting party tomorrow
The Town Meeting men say that the
| S'mith-Narc ticket viii be shown to have
been defeated by 10000 majority without
| the usual recourse to contest in the Court
! Of Quarter Sessions
The official count has made a consider
able cut in the lead OF the "hrty-hfty'
/ ticket
| lndcrcndcnt lawyers already are making
| rlans for an investigation of the soldiers
! vote at the camps.
! Arguments on the opening of the ballot
| boxes in all divisions in the city are to be
| heard In Election Court tomorrow.
| Allen Morgan. partner of former Judge
! James Gay Gordon, and George Coles viii
| conduct the investigation at camp Meade
| and Camp Hancock. Numerous complaints
have been received Of alleged irregularities
| 1t was said that arrests likely would follow
the probe.
The statement OF the Town Meeting party
! laying claim to the election was signed by
| Howard H. Sheppard, chairman of the CAM
| uaign committee, Robert :. Bright, chair
! man Of the legal committee. and others.
Senator Ware quickly Countcrcd with the
declaration that the "nftynfty' ticket hat
| been elected by a majority of 9OOu Tor W
| Frccland Kcndrick, candidate for re-elec
tion as Receiver of Taxes, and by major
ity of about 1000 for the othpr candidates
Register OF Wills Shcchau and Frederick J
shower, the selection for city Treasurer
But It Is on the basis of the official com
put ltion of the vote in the city's forty eight
! are confident of winning. They could sto
! now. acuuirscc in the issuance of election
certificates by the Election Court and the
| start contest in the Court of Quarter SeS