Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-21
FIRST RECOUNT RESULTS
!, FAVOR WESTER TODAY
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Arthur E. Graham and Detective
Lieutenant Lawrence A. Long.
The first votes counted were those
in the first poll of the fourth ward.
In the original vote this poll gave
Richard j. Calvin, successful can
didate on the Democratic ticket Tor
alderman at large, 19S votes. anu
Aiderman-at-Large John n. Wester'
Republican, defeated candidate foF
reelection, 224. Robert A. Mcclure,
successful Democratic candidate for
alderman in the fourth ward. re-
ceiyed 229 votes in this poll in the
original returns and Fred 2. Hansen
defeated Republican, 196.
The official returns from the entire
city of Perth Amboy showed GAVIN
a winner by ten votes while
defeated Hansen in the fourth ward
by twenty-six votes.
There were 437 ballots In the first
box to be opened by the election
board, one of which had been re-
jected by the district board. Both
Mcclure and Hansen were in at
tendance this morning.
David Wilentz. who represents the
Democrats in the recount. objected
to the fact that the election box was
not properly sealed, both the wax
and string being broken. City Clerk
Graham asserted hat all boxes were
properly sealed when they left Perth
Amboy and explained that the rub
bling Of the boxes together during
the trip here in the truck must have
resulted in the string and wax being
broken.
City Attorney Leo Goldberger is
representing Hansen and Wester In
the recount.[Two members of the
liecsiaTY BOARD. John Hanson, ST.,
Of Perth Amboy. Republican, and
Charles Greenwald, of this city.
Democrat, are taking the ballots
from the box while the other two
members, Chester r. Holman, Re-
publican, of this city, and Walter j.
Rielley, Democrat. of Perth Amboy.
are tallying. Thomas Hanson, of
Perth Amboy. is tallying for the
Republican candidates and Louis r.
Booz, Jr., is tallying for the Demo-
Gratis.
Andrew McCabe, Jr., n of the
Democratic members Of the fourth
ward, first poll, election board was
present as was Fred w. DeVoe, the
defeated Democratic candidate for
state senator who was interested in
the alderman-at-large recount. -Four
Perth Amboy attorneys were seen i'll
court, they being Stephen F. Somo-
gyi, Emil Stremlau, Alex Balint and
Jacob Karkus.
The first ballot pulled from the
box was a Wester-Hansen ballot. In
the first fifty the Republican candi-
dates were leading but in the second
fifty ballots drawn the candidates
for both alderman and alderman-at-
large seemed about evenly popular.
Up until noon only two ballots had
been referred to Judge Bergen. One
was a Wester-Hansen ballot in
which a pencil mark instead OF be-
ing made In the square was made
between the square and the name.
The other ballot was a Calvin vote
in which the *" was at the extreme
right of the line instead Of in h
box.
A difference OF opinion exists in
the case of ballots of this kind,
Judge Bergen in deciding former
having allowed all ballots
TO count in cases where he thought
the intention OF the voter to favor
a certain candidate was made clear.
The Judges ruling has been broad
in this respect and IL is probable
that he will allow both of these w
votes to count.
County Treasurer T. William Hill
ker arrived in the court room early
this afternoon as did Mr.. Wester,
both taking a great interest in the
recount. owing to the mix-up on
the initial day of the count, the
anticipated Roadway was not made.
Attorneys for both sides were
fighting hard for each vote.
Sixth Ward Recount
TRENTON, Nov. 21-Supreme
Court Justice Bergen has d%esignat-
ed the court house in New Bruns-
wick as the place and today as the
time for a recount of votes asst for
alderman in the sixth ward, Perth
Amboy.
Application for the recount was
made by John Kozusko, who claim
ed that thirty-six legal ballots cast
in his favor were rejected and many
Illegal ballots cast in favor of his
opponent. were honored at the gem
eral election. Kozusko received 945
votes as compared with $50 for his
opponent, Benjamin T. Ifedy.