The sun., 1917-10-09
PUTS CORRIGAN
ON WAR BALLOT
Prompt Action Corfccts Error
Of OmissiOn-COurt To-day
to Order Bennett on Ticket.

II took a lot Of expla lining. admissions
and court orders yesterday TO straighten
out the tangle into which the Secretary
of State and the Board Of Elections
threw the soldier ballots for the boys In
France by emitting the name OF Magis.
trate Joseph f.. Corrigan. Independent
candidate for District Attorney.
IT also required a quick court order tu
prevent a delay in printing the ballots
for use in this city. Under this cou-!
order. which is returnablc this morning
William NJ. Benefits name will finally
be substituted. on all ballots for that o!
Mayor Mitchell as the Republican candi-
date.
Edward r. Boyle, Democratic chair
man of the Board OF Elections. took the
blame yesterday for the omission OF
Judge Corrigan's name. He pleaded that
the extra work and confusion in his
office resulting from the Bennett Mitchell
recount was responsible for Judge Cor
rigan's name being overlooked when the
war ballot was being made up.
However. said Mr.. Boyle. the ballots
awaiting shipment for Europe have been
stopped and are now being corrected. No
ballot will go to the soldiers. either
abroad or in this country, he said. with
out Judge CorriEan's name printed
thereon.
Petitions short Of Names.
, Concerning the failure to place the
emblems Of the city party-a rooster
opposite the name OF Mayor Mitchell
Comptroller Prendergast and Comm.s-
sioner Adamson. and the failure to place
, a bu1lseye emblem opposite the names
of the Comptroller and MIR. Adamson
and also the failure to include Martin
Mager's name on the ballot as an inde-
pendent candidate for Borough President
Of Queens. Mr.. Boyle explained that up
to the time the war ballot went to press
last Monday night neither the fusion
committee, the City Party nor Mr. Mayer
had filed enough names to have their
emblems or names on the ballot.
Mr. Boyle pointed out that the time
for filing petitions .or independent Offices
expires October ~. TIE making UP Of
the soldier ballots had to be finished
entirely by last Monday in order to have
them ready for shipment to Europe 30
the soldiers and sailors abroad could
begin voting october 81. 1t was impos-
sible to wat until all of the independent
, petitions had been filed Up to date, he
said. the city Party had filed only 1876
: The fusion committee also has nled
only enough petitions UP to date to place
, the Mayors name on the ballots.
There Is no doubt that by October ! +.
the required number OF petitions will
have been filed and the add tional en-
blems and names Of indepe ndents will
I go on the ballots used in this city.
! Bennett Cas~ In Court To-day.
! In connection with the substitution o.
+ Mr. Benefits name as the Republican
| candidate on the ballots for use in thi.
! city. Harold McInnes. Mr.. Benefits at
torney. went before Justice Whitake
yesterday and asked for an order direct
! ing the Board q Elections to make tn,
! change. Mr.. McInnes also presented {
similar order signed by Abraham S
! Gilbert. attorney for Mayor Mitchell
/ 1t was thought that when Justice Whit
! aker recently signed such an order di
! rected to the Secretary OF State for tn,
war ballots II ended the matter. bu
Mr. Boyle insisted he had not been mott
fed Of any change in the primary resul
and until he was SO notified and directe,
/ by the court Mr.. Mitchell would con
tinue to be the Republican candidate.
Justice Whitaker made the order re
t,rnable this morning and after it il
served on Mr. Boyle the last obstacle /,
the way OF placing Mr.. BENEFITS nam
on the ballot as the Republican NOMINEE
! will he removed