The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-23

of the ballots. In such a case the pc
tltionlng party must put up bond to
insure the payment Of all the costs of
the recount and such other contest of
the election as may follow No formal
| statement Of demand for a recount
| of the recount had been made to the
county clerk during the day, but it was
| expected that some action would be
taken either late today or following the
crtitcation Of the retdrns by the can
wasting board.
No Certificates Issued.
No certifcation of the election of
candidates to any of the offices have
as yet been made. II shall issue the
certificates of election after the final
report of the canvassing board has
been filed in my Office" said County
Clerk Holderness this morning "The
issuance Of such certificate will not in
any way close the door to any contest.
Of course if | were enjoined from is
suing certificates Of election to any of
the candidates who have been elected
on the face of the returns, this would
be another matter"
The county building buzzed with ru-
mors this morning. One Of them was
that it was possible that the canvassing
board on it's own initiative would pro-
ceed to recount all the ballots again.
This was promptly denied by members
Of the board who asserted that they
had no intention of taking such
course. Another rumor was that an
effort was to be made to throw out the
whole election, basing the demand for
such action on the old question of time
of filing primary petitions. This ru-
NOR brought nothing more than a smile
as it is known that the supreme court
has repeatedly held that such a course
could not be followed. Another rumor
was that an effort might be made to
have the circuit court declare the cleo
ton null and void on account of ir-
Irregularities in the ballots returned
from two of the wards
Governor Might Get a Crack.
/ 1t was suggested that if a court
found the election null and void and
did not order a new election, that the
present district attorney would con-
tinue to hold the Office indefinitely or
that he might be re-appointed to the
| Office by Governor Blaine if there was
vacancy declared by court action. 1t
! is recalled that Mr.. Symmonds was
originally appointed to the Office by the
governor. He is a close political
friend of the governor and the best
guess is that the governor would re-
appoint him in case there should be a
vacancy which would make it possible
for the governor to act.
Of course any Of these rumors in re-
gard to a vacancy in the Office would
be necessarily based on the action of
one or the other candidates to carry
the matter into the circuit court.
Attorney Barnett was sitting tight
with two votes to the good this morn
ing and doing no talking. His friends
said Barnett got the recount and if
there is further action, it is up to
Symmonds to make the contest" I'm
der the law, Barnett must pay So a
precinct for the recount of the votes.
No Meeting Scheduled Yet.
$50 far as l know, no meeting of the
| canvassing board has been set for this
evening"" was the statement of the
county clerk this morning. 81 want to
get the members of the board together
! for little conference and see just
what they want to do about it. Of
/ course if they want to hold meeting
will meet with them. Judge Baker
is looking up the legal points at issue
! in regard to the matter and 1 have not
seen him since five o'clock Saturday
morning"
Cost of Recount Small.
The county board received this morn
ing the first bill for the paying of the
cost of the recount of the vote on the
offices of district attorney and register
of deeds This was the bill for servi-
ces rendered by Judge Baker, one of
the members of the canvassing board,
for $50: similar bills will be presented
by N. j. Roders, chairman of the coun-
ty board, and by County Clerk Charles
Holderness, the other members of the
board. This brings the total cost of
the recount to 500. Of this amount
the candidates who asked for the re-
count will pay $52, leaving $38 as the
cost of the procedure for the county.