Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-22
DECLARED ELECTED IN ALDER.
MANIC CONTEST AND NOW
SWORN INTO OFFICE.
GAINS AN ADDITIONAL
VOTE IN FINAL CHECK
Contestants Satisfied With Fairness Of
Count But Object to Some Ballots,
Alleged to Have "ldentifyins Marks"
BEING Counted-New Counei! 80 BE
Organized Monday.

The second recount Monday of ball
! lots cast for councilman at the mu-
nicipal election March 81, failed to
change the result other than to give
Roy NJ. Good. who led in Saturdays
count an added vote. Mondays check
of the count was accepted as final and
Good was at once sworn in by Mayor
J. ]. Wilson. The first meeting of the
new council will be held next Monday
morning, when the appointment of city
officers probably will be announced.
Whether or not f. A. Ford and w.
Q. Butler. the defeated candidates, will
accept the decision of the judges in
the recount of ballots or carry tho con-
test to the district court is not known.
, Neither candidate was satisfied with
the decision because of ballots, which
were alleged 10 have identifying
marks" being counted.
The count Monday showed Butler to
have lost one vote and Ford to have
lost one. making the final result: Good,
1910; Butler 1865; Ford. 1864. The
returns Of the election showed Ford
and Butler 10 have tied, with 1910
votes each and Good to have polled
/ O64 votes The result OF the count
{ Saturday was: Good. 1910; Butler,
/ 1868: Ford, 1905.
Question Of Spoiled Ballots.
! The candidates arc satisfied with the
! fairness Of the count of the ballots, but
there IS some dissatisfaction over the
inclusion of certain ballots. which were
said to have certain identifying
marks" which should have made them
invalid Two erased ballots and
ballot deposited in box other than
| the ballot box were included in the
count Monday.
| II was charged by one Of the, Cond!-
lateS that five or six ballots from the
/ Fifth ward showing the initials OF an
| election judge on the face OF the ballot
I were counted when they should have
! been thrown out. II was said other
! ballots were not counted because the
cross before the name Of the candidate
was not completed. altho the intent of
( the voter was clearly shown. 1t will
! he on Gins of irregularity such as
these that the controversy will be
based if it is carried to the district
court.
Poor Count by Judges.
| The recount shows that the judges
! of election in some of the wards should
| have been supplied with adding ma
| chimes TO get correct total of ballots
| cast. Ford and Butler We're declared
! to have tied al the polls thru mis-
count in the Third ward, where Ford
! lost twelve votes on the recount. At
( the same time. however, Ford gained
eight votes in the First ward. Election
/ boards in at least two of the wards re-
counted the votes after announcing the
result OF the election, and the second
! count showed a change in the total.
which was sufficient to give Ford
tie with Butler. It is evident that votes
cast for Good were counted as for
Ford
The election was the most unique in
the history Of the city. The Lamb
Derby contest of few years ago was
the result of a tie vote but in that case
two candidates only We're invOled. In
the present instance two of the canii-
dates were declared TO have tied and
but six votes separated the three can
didates in the three counts of the vote.