Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-23
FOURTH WARD RECOUNT
ENDS; START IN SIXTH
CONTINUED from page u

The four polls of the fourth ward
in the recount gave Wester SS7 votes
with ten referred; Calvin 100 with
twelve referred; Hansen S3S with
nine referred, and Mcclure $50 with
twelve referred. The original figures
for the entire ward were Wester,
SOC; Calvin, S04; MCGUIRE, $40;
Hansen, S44.
Thus it will be seen Wester re-
ceived nine less votes i'll the recount
than originally, not taking the re-
ferred votes into consideration, while
Calvin lost but. five, not counting
the referred votes, making a gain
of four votes for Calvin in the
fourth ward. Calvin also has the
advantage, of having two more votes
referred to Judge Bergen than has
Wester.
Order wis served on the County
Election Board yesterday afternoon
by Attorney David Wilentz for the
recount of the Roosevelt votes to
decide the contest for councilman.
This recount will not be started un-
til after the Perth Amboy recount
has been completed although the
order calls for the Roosevelt count
to start next Monday. 1t is now
thought that the Perth Amboy re-
count might be completed by the
latter part of next week.
The order for the recount of the
sixth ward aldermanic votes was
served by Attorney Wilentz on the
board this morning, the lawyer de-
posting $500 for John Kozusko. the
defeated Democratic candidate for
alderman. Kozusko was beaten by
Alderman Benjamin A. Riedy by
L = a. x1tL- a~ aoIyn1 fan thu
recount.
The board at once started to
count the votes in the first poll Of
the sixth ward. There were 466
ballots in the box, one of which had
been destroyed. Attorney Goldberg
or publicly congratulated the district
election board for the exceptionally
we'll kept records in this poll, which,
he said, were in marked contrast
with some of those found in the
fourth ward.
The original vote in the first poll
of the sixth ward gave Calvin, 249;
Wester, 1871: Kozusko, 226; Riedy.
215. The first ballot drawn from
the box was a blank. The second
was almost a blank, being a vote for
only Clayton and Lyons. The third
ballot drawn was a Calvin and Riedy
ballot. The first referred ballot was
a Wester-Riedy ballot on which blue
pencil had been used in marking it.
The second referred ballot "a a
Galvin-Kozusko ballot upon which
an indelible pencil had been used to
mark in the crosses. The third re-
ferred ballot was a Kozusko vote on
which the voter had marked crosses
for the G.. o. p. candidates but then
erased them. The fourth ballot con-
tanned one large cross through all of
the Republican candidates squares.
Whether this was meant as a vote
for the entire ticket or rs q mark of
derision against the Republicans
could not be decided.
At 2:15 o'clock this afternoon the
recount of the first poll of the sixth
ward had been completed and show
ed gains for both Calvin and Riedy.
The original vote in this poll gave
Calvin 249: Wester ISL: Kuzusko
226 and Riedy 215. The recount re-
suited as follows: Calvin, 247, and
six referred; Wester, III and six re-
ferred: Kuzusko. 223 and five re-
.ferred: Riedy. 212 and nine referred.
Thus in actual count, not consider
ing the referred ballots, Calvin
gained two more votes. Kuzusko and
Riedy both lost three on the recount
but Riedy had four more referred
than did Kuzusko, giving him h
advantage.
: The work of counting the second
poll was started as 500 as the first
poll had been completed.