Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-04
VOTE COUNT DELAY
ASSA|LED BY court
Judge Au d enrie d Declares
Loose and False" Petitions
4 Will Not Be Tolerated
JUDGE LOSES THIRTY VOTES

~. Judge Audcnried today took definite
stand against tho tnctics Of delay prac-
ticed by Ware attorneys since the
primary election count began.
Aroused by one petition said to hc
flagrantly false, the Judge. who with
Judge Ferguson, is sitting rs nm clec-
tion return board. declared that loose
and false petitions will not be
tolerated.
The flare came with the filing Of n
petition aimed at the count in tho first
division of the Thirty third ward 1t
was presented by Henry II. Farley. an
attorney representing the Ware or
ganization.
The petition set forth that in the di-
vision named Judge Patterson had been
credited with only one vote, whereas it
was stated he had received 2T3 votes.
Opening of the divisional ballot box
was requested
Judge Audcnried referred to the tally
sheets for the division. An cxamina-
tion showed him that Judge Patterson
had been credited officially with 274
votes in that division
The court summoned Mr.. Farley for
an explanation. The attorney said the
petition was based on figures obtained
from the police returns.
Bending forward in his chair, Judge
Audcnried said:
I'VE should not he retarded in our
work here by petitions based on such
false and foolish statements. If any
more petitions as loose and false as
this are presented we will get after
the people who make out the petitions. -
& Although the Judge made no direct
reference to the possibility of prosccu.
tions, lawyers in the room interpreted
his remarks as hint that the dis
trict attorneys office would be appriScd
of the facts
r y net gain OF nine votes was credited
TO the Moore plurality in a ballot re-
count for the twenty first division
Thirty eighth ward The addition
brought the congressman net gain ior
the day to forty three
Judge Patterson lost thirty votes in
the recount of the eighth division of
the Thirty fifth ward, three votes in
the eighth division of the Forty first
1. ward and one vote in the first division
Z of the Forty first. Robert f.. Lambcr-
ton. Independent candidate for nomina
tion for sheriff. lost five votes in the
thirteenth division of the Forty first
ward.
"A number of election officials in the
Forty first ward were sent for todny to
explain discrepancies in the tally sheets
The boxes for ten divisions in the
Tenth, Forty second. Forty third and
Forty sixth wards were sent out of the
room for recount, the smallest number
since the official computation began
While the count for the second divi-
sion of the Forty first ward was under
way, Mr.. Farley, the attorney. pro
/, tested at the ..absence of the unused
BALLOTS for that division They had not
been accounted for. The court sent for
the election officials of the division.
The tally for the thirty seventh di-
vision of the Fortieth ward showed five
more votes for Judge Patterson than he
should have received, according to the
official check Harry Wittig, who is
watching the tabulation for the Re
publican Alliance, called the court 5
attention to the error, which was
promptly rectifed.