The Cordova daily times., 1917-02-10

The canvassing board has finished the work of tabuiating all precincts In Alaska where elections were held with the exception of Utica. in the Second division, Kantishna, Discovery Dikeman and Flat in the Fourth divi sion. The vote as tabulated includes all precincts except those named whether the returns were irregular or not. and many precincts have been protected on account of failure to use the official ballots without returning the necessary certificates, and also for failure of the judges of election to execute proper certificates.
 The four precincts in the Fourth df- vision which have not been tabulated are held up waiting returns of the commissioners stating that the notices and Orders of election were posted and published in due form. When these assurances have been received the board will reconvene and finish their work of tabulating the returns from the Fourth division.
 The returns from the three Bristol bay precincts. Chogsiung, Nushagsk and Nsknek were opened by tho can wasting board and passed for Q day to allow the attorney general to ascsr. tain wAsthsr the eanvassins board is 'tss 1s1ss Of wtssAse tAs s,setioa wa. regular or not.
 The Chosgiung returns are on type written ballots. with the name of Jas Victorian for delegate. George Schofield for attorney general. John w. Franc for senator. with four names for representatives, ono name for road commissioner and the we, and dry questions set forth. No De, mOcrattc name was on the ballot and in several of the spaces there was not room to write another name. The returns were for Wickersham by g
 
 majority of 25 to 3.
 The Nushagak returns show the bal lots used were thoss sent out by the Democratic central committees, and are what are known as party work CTS" ballots. The same ls true of the ballots from Naknek. In each of the last two instances the judges of cleo ton certified that the official ballots were not received and the ballots re turned were the ones used.
 In the case of Chogiung. no certifi cate was returned. although the regis tration book was received, duly signed by the voters. The three Bristol ba, precincts returned . majority of I votes in favor of James Wickersham The following day territorial Attor ney General George B. Grissby stated to the board that under the law allow ing the voters the right to mako thei own ballots. the ballots received iron the Bristol bay section were regula and tho board had no recourss othe than to tabulate them. subject to pro test Two of tho precincts. Nushasal and ChostunE. were canvsssed an, found to have no certificate of tn, judges of election attached statinI why the official ballots had not bee, used. Nakuek returns were tabulated Tho official ballot had not been used but the aecessary csrtiftcats was at iaeheA. making the returns regular The attorney general did not pass ol the legality of the returns where ther, were no certificates setting forth tn, eaass fer saa!aaG to use otticial ballots
 At the present time Wickershan has . lead over Sulser. but unosficia returns in the precincts not tabulate< from the Fourth division, arc to tn, effect that Sulzer gained . majorit, in them. which will cut Wickersham' lead. and if 1t should be decided defi nitely that under the law those pro tested precincts which did not furnish certificates as required by law can no be counted, the whole result of tn, election would be changed. In almos every case where irregularities oc cured in the returns. the majority o the votes were for Wickersham, ant should the matter be taken into cour and . recount ordered. or tho boart be ordered not to count precinct where the law was not lived up to there is no doubt but what Sulser vii b. found to b. elested tho next dele gate to congress. Empire.