New-York tribune., 1918-11-14
Whitman Deprived
Of Votes i'm Count
Here, Fuchs Says
Original Marks Crossed
Governors Representa-
tive Charges

Former City Magistrate Emil Fuchs,
representing Governor Whitman yes
terday before the County Board Of
Canvassers when the 1st Assembly
District was officially canvassed, said
that according to the tally sheets Gov
crnor Whitman had been deprived in
the count of 119 votes.
The original tally marks were on
the sheets, but in various instances a
lead pencil line had been drawn across
the original marks. cutting out dozen
or thirteen, leaving enough talles to
correspond with an arbitrary number
marked in figures on the right-hand
edge of the tally sheet.
Another Circumstance that has
aroused the suspicious Of the Whit
man men,. to which Mr.. Fuchs called
attention last night, is the discrepancy
between the vote cast for Charles W.
Erwin, the Socialist candidate for Gov
ernor, and the other Socialist cand-
dates on the state ticket. In one cleo
tion district of the 1st Assembly Dis
trlct canvassed yesterday, there were
ninety Socialist votes recorded for the
Congressional nominee and only two
for Mr.. Erwin.
Lost Fifty to District
81 should say that on an average
Mr.. Erwin ran behind his associates
on the Socialist ticket by about fifty
votes to an election district" said Mr.
Fuchs. 'The Smith men yesterday ex-
pi.lned it by saying that Mr.. Erwin,
who is the editor of The CALI is un
popu.ar, while Smith is popular with
Socialists. That may be true, but if
it is, do not see why the Democrats
should object TO u verification of ii
by opening up the ballot boxes at the
station houses and allowing the dis
crepancy to be fully corroboratcd It
| looks as il Erwin ran about 1000 be-
hind his ticket in the First Assemble
district. That does not seem reason
able.''
In the fifteenth election district Of
the First Assembly district, two yoSes
! were. recorded for Whitman and 339
for Smith.
In the tenth election district. thirtv-
eight votes, said to have been Renub.
lican. were thrown out because of q
thumb mark which mysteriouslv an
peared after the ballots had passed
through the hands of IA Tammanv in
spector.
Tally Sheets Missing
In the 9Th and 18th election dis
| tricta OF the 1st Assembly District
there were no tally sheets for the can
yassers TO work with yesterday, the
only canvass figures available being
those on the outside of the envelope
which should have contained the tally
sheet.
The canvassers yesterday completed
the lst Assembly District and nearly
finished the I'd. The total vote re-
! corded for Governor in the 1st Dis
trict vas 13 038, divided as follows :
| Alfred (. Smith, 1928; Charles s.
whitman. 1,s25. Yesterday two can
vassng tables were operated. TODAY
there will be FIVE tables.
George A. Glynn, Republican state
chairman, yesterday received the off.
clal canvass returns from Oswego
County, showing gain for Whitms,,
over TIE unofficial returns of 70 votes.
Warren County gave Whitman q rain
| OF So. On Tuesday Nassau County
/ showed a Whitman gain OF $50 and
I Cayuga gain of 125.
The official vote for candidates for
state office in Westchester County in
he election OF November was as fol
lows:
Governor Whitman. Republican, ST.
424,, aud Prohibition vote. 1895; Smith.
Democrat, 30,l43.