New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-25
Official Count Reveals More
Errors, Adding 203 to
Benefits Total
Recount Order Signed
By Justice Cohalan
Friends Insist Ex-senator
Will Run Independently
if Declared Out

While William NJ. Bennett joined
uavor Mitchell yesterday in demanding
recount Of the ballots cast in the
Republican primaries, further errors
v.re disclosed in the official vote in
.be boroughs outside of Manhattan
which cut down the Mayors lead over
Mr. Bennett another 20S votes, making
bis majority only 392.
The Official count of the vote in Man
haitian will not be completed until to-
Ssy. II is expected 10 show some gains
for the Mayor. In two or three Man
haitian districts the uncompleted Of
fetal count yesterday showed gain
for Mitchell Of about 100 votes.
The largest error discovered yester-
iay was in Brooklyn, where the Of
hcial figures for that borough showed
an increase in Benefits majority
from 6.9s6 TO 7,1s7, or POI votes. The
Official figures in The Bronx gave
Mayor Mitchell a gain OF six votes. The
final figures in Richmond put nine ad-
di,ional votes in the Bennett column.
In Queens Bennett lost one vote, max
inr Mr.. Benefits net gain 2o3 votes.
Mayor Mitchel's majority, as previous
II announced, had been 595.
Recount Order Signed
Justice Daniel F. Cohalan signed an
order yesterday for recount Of the
ballots in all five boroughs of the city
in the Mitchel-Bennett contest. What
further effect the court recount may
have on the final result remains TO be
seen. The Fusion leaders were conf
den. that Mayor Mitchell would be de-
c'sred the winner on both the official
agurcs and the recount, but they were
not disposed to take chances, and
pushed the work OF obtaining sigma
lures to independent petitions for the
Mayors nomination, which will be filed
Il Bennett lands the Republican nomi-
nation.
The Fusion leaders declared, how
ever. that the Independent petition for
the Mayor would probably be filed re-
gardiess Of the result of the primary
contest. They said it was part Of
the original plan ot campaign which
contemplated having the Mayor run
not only as the regular Republican
nominee, but also as an independent, to
represent all elements and factions in
the Fusion movement.
Mr. Bennett and his campaign man
ayers were equally confident that he
would win in both the official count and
the recount. Upon hearing Of the re-
vised figures yesterday, Mr.. Bennett
said;
~ am confident that ! have been
chosen in the primaries as the Repub-
hcan nominee for Mayor, and | believe
all Republicans, as well as other or
CARNATIONS. will support me on Elec-
ton Day against the Democratic nomi-
nee"
Bennett May Run, Anyway
Mr.. Bennett and his managers would
rot say whether he would enter the
fight as an independent nominee, If he
lost the Republican nomination. The
consensus of opinion in political circles,
however, is that he will. On the other
hand, some of Benefits supporters de-
clare that they do not believe he would
lend himself to q combination which
would be expected to assure Mayor
Mitchel's defeat and the turning over
Of the city government to Tammany.
The order for the recount was
granted by Justice Cohalan following
conference between representatives
Of Mayor Mitchell and Mr.. Bennett and
Corporation Counsel Lamar Hardy, rep
resenting the Board of Elections, at
which its provisions were mutually
agreed upon. 1t provides for a recount
o; all the ballots cast in the Republican
Trimaries, Including void, protested,
blank, defective and unused ballots and
spoiled ballots. if any, and the stubs
o. voted ballots" The order obtained
by Mayor Mitchell Saturday included
only the voted ballots, but its scope
vas broadened at the request of Mr..
Bennett. The ballot boxes will be
brought this morning from the various
police stations to 1875 Worth Street,
city-owned building, and the recount
begun this afternoon in the presence
Of three representatives of both the
Mayor and Mr.. Bennett. The cost of
the transfer of the ballot boxes and
tneir return was put upon Mayor
Mitchell by consent
Text of Court Order