The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-16

vassing board. There were few dis
agreements with the opinion of the
board when it decided the intent of
the voter" and few of the ballots
left any reason for the canvassing
board to exercise any powers of dis
erection. Nearly all of the ballots held
as doubtful were decided entirely on
statutory provisions.
AS the recount went forward Bar
nett gained number of votes and at
one time he had cut the lead of Sym
monds by eight votes and his friends
were in high spirits over the result.
Then the recount Of other towns came
and Symmonds showed a gain equal
to that which had been registered for
Barnett.
Bristol Gives Barnett Four.
The first change in the result came
when the town of Bristol vote was re-
counted. This gave Barnett two more
and Symmonds two less than had been
shown by the official return from the
town. Both of the votes which, had
been east for Barnett after the voter
had made a cross in the Republican
party circle. The town of Pleasant
Prairie did not have a correct return
but it was not productive in changing
results. Both of the candidates gain
ed two votes in this town. Candidate
Symmondsk picked up one vote in the
recount of the vote Of the town of
Randall and Barnett picked up four
when Salem's vote was recounted and
tabulated. This gave Barnett seven
tmore votes than had been shown in
the official returns. When Somers was
counted it showed five more votes for
| Symmonds and one less for Barnett
and this cut the gain of Barnett by
the recount, to single vote. WheatE
lands vote evened it up again when
| it gave Symmonds an additional vote
and the evening of recounting closed
with the majority of twenty-one for
Symmonds remaining unchanged.
Schmitt Declines to File.
The members of the board did not
recount the ballots for candidates for
the office of Register of Deeds in the
county as Bert L. Shaw, the Repub-
lican candidate, had asked only for
recount of the vote in the city wards.
John F. Schmitt, the Democratic can
I didate, who had been elected on the
face of the returns had announced
that he would ask a recount in the
towns but he changed his mind. He
was at the recounting bee on Monday
evening.
mo, am not going to ask for re-
count in the county," he told the mem
bers Of the board. st have been over
the political hurdles before and have
won and lost and I am going to abide
by the results as they may be shown
in the count. Possibly I may have
profited in other years by errors, and
do not care to have recount of this
VOTE"
Schmitt stayed on the job most of
the evening and carefully scanned the
ballots. Several of the other candi-
dates who failed of election were on
hand and watched the recount with
more or less interest.
Start City Wards Tonight.
The recount of the ballots in the
wards of the city will be started this
evening but it is not expected that
more than two wards will be complet-
ed tonight. The recount of the city
wards is for the Office of district at
torney and register of deeds and it is
certain that it will take much longer
than the recount in the county. 1t is
possible that the board will be able
to get through with the First and
Second ward this evening. This will
mean recounting more ballots than
were recounted at the session on Mon
day evening.
1t is admitted that the recount of
the vote has brought something of a
sporting proposition to the men who
follow politics in the county and a
number of wagers on the result have
been reported. The members of the
canvassing board indicated that they
expected to complete the recount of
the ballots before the end of the week.