Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-08
GOVERNOR
NET GAIN CUT
TO0NE VOTE
Errors in Totals Reduce.
Olcott's LeadBallot
Box Found Opened
With Ballots Missing.
By Harry Crane

P0TIIHUut
secured a net gain OF four votes
N the recount of IS Multnomah
county precincts this morning,
principally by reason of a mis-
take Of five votes in the totals
compiled by the election board
Il Of one precinct and a gain of
three in another precinct by reas-
A on Of missing ballots originally
Nunted for Olcott.
Thirty four errors were detect
N ed in the 18 precincts and in onl,
four precincts were the return
Of the election boards correct.
An error of the election board
Il In totaling up their tally sheet
in precinct 279 gave Hall a gain
Of five.
Ballot Box Unsealed
Considered in the light Of the
courts previous rulings on the
j. question of defects in improperly
sealed ballot boxes, the gain OF
three counted for Hall this morn
ing In precinct 266 and protest
ed by attorneys for olcott, will
probably be thrown out.
The ballot box as well as the
a ballots were unsealed when the
box was produced and there were
four fewer ballots In the box than
were listed on the poll book re-
turned by the precinct officials.
N While the court postponed rem
3 dering a decision on the protest
under a previous ruling 1t will
Il be necessary for the Hall force to
\ prove that the ballot box had not
been tampered with and that the
results of the election board were
4 In error.
4 On the face of this morning Is
result Olcott has net gain Of one
In the state by reason of the re-
count as far as 1t has proceeded.
Seven more precincts of the
original 1875 cited by Halls at
torneys for recount in Multnomah
county remained 10 be checked
up and between Is and 20 addi-
tlonal precincts will be counted
BY stipulation this afternoon.
Recount of Clatsop ballots will
be commenced here tomorrow
morning.
Reasons for Remaining.
Two reasons are advanced FOL
tne division to remain in Portland
AZ least another day. One is The
agreement Of the opposing attor-
heys to proceed further with the
Muitnomah recount by the addi-
uon by the contestant of more
precincts to be checked. Just how
many more precincts will be
eaecked has not been determined
Dut 1t is expected that the mum
oef will not exceed 26, and will
include some of the precincts
which the Olcott forces intended
W elte Tor recount.
reluctance to ask the Clatsor
county clerk to take his ballot
OoAes through Portland and on tc
saiem while the court is in ses-
slon in Portland, Ia the second
asason for delaying the return to
eAlem. The ballots of the II
Ontested Clatsop precincts will be
sounted here instead of in Mar
Ion county.
Olcott's Answer Postponed.
Filing of olcott's answer to the
amended Hall complaint, delayed
aoal Yesterday afternoon until
'uis morning has again been post
pOned by stipulation.
me first indication that ball
.v' eox might have been hamper
NJ M with bobbed up this morning.
"nen the box containing the bal
.O.s OF precinct 2e, MuItnomah
.Vunty, was produced it was found
|" De unsealed with the ballots
,OOse IN the box. While the poll
sOOh prepared by the election
soard In making its official re-
s'n showed total Of lis ballots
,a ,Ae recount showed only III bal
,s's on the string. Protest that
s .s1i loose ballots should not be
S united until it was proven they
m ele the authentic missing ones,
-aoe by olcott's attorneys, was
,s,ssalned by the court. The pre-
e. was checked subject to
s., SVa oi the validity Of the loose
I" a'lOts. and the result showed a
80 sa OF three for oIcott. The
,Sa'. ~ ruled, however. that unless
Ia. 'slldity of the protested bal
rss.e we're proven the results as
,a.,d sSlted by thh election board
tieeinct 27o was a rred let