The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-23

With the returns that have beer
 received from all the precincts o l the First. Second and Third Judicia ! Divisions counted by the Canvassinl Board. except the Utica precinct ir | the Second Division, and unofficial returns from all the precincts in the Fourth Division, Senator Charles A Sulzer leads by 2S votes in the race for Delegate. The details Of the official count as stated anI the unot licial returns from the Fourth Divis ion are as set forth in the tables al the head Of this column.
 Wickersham lost 20 votes and Sul ger lost Q in the official count of the Third Division over the unofficial reports. making a net Sulzer gain of II votes.
 These figures do not include the votes from Fortuna Ledge Willow Creek and Ulalakleet in the Second Division. which have not been re, ceiyed, nor those from Bristol Bay In ,he Third Division.
 Bristol Bay returns are said Co be on the way to Juneau. According Co unofficial information they would reduce Sulzcr's lcaI by 15, leaving him a margin of 1&. provided the Of riciul returns of the Fourth Division agree with the unofficial returns.
 Late yesterday afternoon the mem bcrs Of the Canvassing Board ad- iourued until this afternoon at two o'clock to allow time for Attorneys Grigsby and Hellenthal to look up certain points in the election law. The attention of the Board was called % certain omissions in the returns rom the Granite Precinct in the Third Division. and until the law can be scientifically searched on the question. they agreed not to count the returns from that precinct
 With Fidalgo, Grauby. Granite, LanIl0ck and Latouchc precincts passed oyc- tor the present and the Bristol Bay precincts missing, the Third Division count shows that SuI. ger has plurality of 4S9 votes in -he First Division, and au unofficial plurality of : in the Fourth Division. WjcEersham has a lead O; lgi in the Second Division and the presen, count in the Third Division gives him 274, making SuIzer's total pluraIit.cs 4g5 and Netherlands 46S, leaving a net plurality for Sulzer of 2S votes for the Territory.
 The above figures do not include the four precincts in the Second D. vision or cigh; precincts in the Third Dlvi,ioU. and includes the unofficial count for the Fourth Division.
 Attorney J. A. Hc,lenthaI. wi0 was present yesterday afternoon al the count called the attention of the board Co the fact that the oaths of the judges Of election from Granite precinct were missing and that the certificate was merly signed by the judges of the election for the pre-. ciNct. The law specifically presCribcs that the oaJhs shall be sworn tO before a commissioned officer or mo- tary for the Territory. in order Co insure it's being regular and tO do away with any chance for fraud.
 Attorneys J. X. Hellenthal and John R. Winn, when the Canyassing Board met today formally protested to counting any oG the returns from the Second Division on the ground that there hal been no registration Of the voters on election day as re- 1uired by law. They specifically pro- tested Co counting the returns from Utica. Deering and Dime where un- official ballots were used and no certificate explaining why they were used accompanied the returns as the law says must" be returned. They protested against counting any of the returns from any of the pre-. ciucts or tne Second and Third Di- visions where the election officers failed Co take the oath of office or otherwise neglected to comply with the law
 This afternoon the Canyassing Beard decided to count all returns received from the Third Division subject to revision if returns are found to be defective later. Fidalgo Granby Landlock. LatouChe. Teik hell, Copper Center. and SOurdough gave Suizcr 6& votes and Wicker sham 63 votes, which does not change the majority in the Third Division and leaves Wickersham lead ing in that Division by 274 votes 1 not counting the returns from Bris JOI Bay precincts waich have mol arrived in Juneau as yet.