New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
johnson Asks
A Recount of
Jersey Ballots
Calls for Inspection of Votes
by County Groups as Final
Returns Give General
Wood a Lead of 1902
Senator Sends Inquiry
Were There Real Frauds? -?
Give Me Right Count, -
His Message to Leader

Though complete and corrected
figures IN the New Jersey preferen-
tlal primaries give General Leonard
Wood lead of 1902 votes over Sena-
tor Hiram w. Johnson, the johnson
managers said last night that they
would &c ahead with their application
for recount of certain "suspicious'
districts. The vote stands Wood, 81
SIT; Johnson, 81 ,4O5.
Harry Kalisch, former city attorney
of Newark and counsel for Senator
Johnson, made application for a re.
count to Chief Justice Gummere in
Newark last night. The recount asked
for is to cover the entire state bv
groups of counties.
Senator johnson wired William P.
Verdon, the Hudson County johnson
leader, from Gary, Ind, last night to
advise him by telegraph what he
thinks of the New Jersey situation.
The Senator asked: "Were there anv
real frauds? Please give me the real
vote, that ! may understand what the
opposition did"
Six Wood Votes
The complete returns warrant the
statement that General Wood will have
sixteen pledged and three more as good
as pledged delegates, including all the
members Of the big Four" while john
son will have the remaining nine.
1t previously had been reported that
the complete count showed a margin
of 1907 for Wood, but corrected re-
turns from Camden County showed a
gain for johnson of Ill votes and a
loss for Wood of 4.
Complete returns for the Republi-
can Big Four" give:
Senator Joseph f. Frelinghuysen
(unpledgedD, 61,751; Senator Walter
E. Edge (unpledged), 6O,583; Edward
c, Stokes (Wood), 53,795; William N.
Runyan (Wood), 46,852; Thomas l..
Raymond (Wood), 44,O48; milford l..
Ballard (Johnson), 43,457; Thomas R.
Layden (Johnson), 43,028; John w
Griggs (Wood), 42,734; Isaac II. Nut
ter (unpledged), 9,4O9; Sylvester L..
Corrothers (unpledged), 7,706.
The first group in which Mr.. Kalisch
asks for a recount includes Essex. Nor
ris, Camden, Gloucester and Cape May
counties. Justice Gummere reserved
decision until to-day.
The recounts are being sought by Mr..
Kalsch to discover whether the re-
turns had been altered in the cases of
the district delegates, as we'll as for
Senator Johnson and General Wood.
Mr. kalisch conferred yesterday with
Frank J. Pfatf, of Elizabeth. who is as.
sistng him in the legal details. The
work of drawing the recount petitions
was begun Immediately afterward
1t had been hoped by the Johnson
managers that they would be able to
select specific wards or districts in the
four counties and have their recounts
in these, but Mr.. Kalisch said last night
he did not believe this possible. In
making the count, however, he believed
only the suspicious" boxes would be
opened
He defined suspicious" to mean
cases where similar districts showed
vide differences between the votes for
Wood and Johnson, as we'll as the can
didates for district delegates repre-
senting their interests:
Essex County Figures
Zone of the counties In which we are
particularly interested is Norris" Mr..
kalisch said. Here we find that in
Dover, Rockaway and ether industrial
centers General Wool apparently ran
HlS ~, ISSplIe tne laCL tndt IN HlmlIar
sections, such az Newark, Jersey City
Hoboken, Bayonne and Patterson,
Senator johnson was returned a win
ner."
The official figures for Essex County
announced by County Clerk John H.
Scott showed a slight difference from
the unofficial figures publishedn o
Wednesday The official figures show
a gain for General Wood of thirty
two over the unofficial figures. loss
for Senator johnson of sixty-two. with
consequent net gain for General
Wood of ninety-four.
Official figures for Morristown made
public by the County Clerk show Wood
1888; Johnson, 1,557 Previous unof-
fetal figures compiled by election Of
fcials were Wood, 2,299; Johnson. H.
5S6. This is gain of thirty nine votes
for General Wood and loss Of twenty
nne votes for Senator Johnson.
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