New-York tribune., 1922-11-10
Ansorge and
Meyer Plan TO
Contest Result
Republican Leaders TO De-
eide To-day on Action;
State Senator Says Tam
many Men .JuggIed Count
May Alter Lead i'm Senate
Ansorge Threatens Appeal
10 Congress: La Cuardia
Accused of Intimidation

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State Senator Schuyler NJ. Meyer. Of
the 18th District, and Representative
Martin C. Ansorge, of the 2lst Congress
sional District. probably will contest
the election returns which, in the case
of Senator Meyer, defeated him by LOSE
votes. and in the case of Mr. Ansorge
by 226.
In the matter Of Senator Meyer a de-
cision will be reached to-day at e con,
ference attended by William L. Ward
Samuel S. Koenig, president of the New
York Republican County COMMITTEES
State Chairman Morris and others
Senator Meyer told Chairman Morris
last night that the decision TO contes,
rested with the state leaders.
Counsel for Senator Meyer alleges to
have discovered errors in the returns
yesterday that indicate that possibly
more than / 900 votes were transferred
IN the computation from the count OF
Isidor Silverman, the Socialist candi.
date for Senator, to Meyer Levy, the
Tamnany candidate.
Accuse Tammany Guerrillas
The Meyer men do not charge tha!
the Senator was robbed of votes on the
count, but they do believe, and they
are working on that theory. that ii
computing the results ON election night
Tammany guerrillas juggied the count
90 the detriment OF Silverman and &c
the benefit Of Levy.
Representative Ansorge said tha;
there is no doubt that he Is elected
and that recanvasS OF the returns
will wipe out the 226 plurality fol-
Royal II. Weller. Failing to obtain
what he deems to be justice from the
Board of Elections, which will begin
the New York City canvass on Monday
Mr. Ansorge, at the right time. will
carry the contest TO the House of Rep
rosentatives. In a statement last night
he said
''The gcrc as taoulated by the press
gives me 32,02&- and Mr.. Weller 32,254
or Il scsnt p.lralitv on the face Of the
returns If 2%6 votes for him. Gov
srnor-eleet Smith carried the district
by $4,000 and Senator Copeland by
95.ooo
There were $1,000 votes cast foI
Representative in Congress in 1913 poll.
inE pieces in the district, and change
in t6s, voa2s in each of those districts
would changc t,le Indicated result. In
spite of the landslide, / carried three
of the fiye Assembly districts, and con
fldeintly BEL eve that have won.
owe it to those who voted for me as
we'll as to myself to take every prccau.
tion for correct count"
In the Meyer Levy Senate district thu
returns nag ke Siverman, Socialist can.
didate for Senator, run 2,094 votes be
hind August Claessens, Socialist can
didate Cor Assembly in the f7th Dis
trict. Admitting that Claessens il
stronger than Silvermar, the latter
and for that matter the Republica,
leaders also, do not believe that Claes
sens would poll so votes to an election
district more than Silyerman, hi
brother Socialist.
Furthe rmore, Silyerman, who ran fo
Senator in tho same district two year
ago, when the registration was mucl
larger, polled IA per cent of the tota
vote. The same percentage this yea
would give h m $500 votes in the Sen
ate district, while the returns give hin
4,947 in the Senate district and 3,42:
in the 18th Assembly District, Will,
Claossens. Socialist, in the same dis
frict, rolled up vote Of 5.5l6, diff
ference or nearly 2,i00 votes.
The wide discrepancy between tn,
Claessens and the Siverman vot'
in the nth instantly aroused tn,
suspicion of both the Republicans an.
the Socialists. Senator Meyers friond
have made affidavit that in two IN
stances the watchers employed b.
Abraham S. Gilbert, Special Attorne,
General in charge of elections, wer,
found off post, leaving the election in
spectors without adequate supervision
Hold Back Returns
Tho returns from the 18th were heI,
hack until it was known that Senate
Meyer had carried the 10th and 15tl
by more than 4,1Oo. AS soon as tn
Tammany election inspectors in tn
t7th district learned of the size o
Meyers plurality in the two lower dis
tricts they hurried through with tn
count in the 18th, giving Levy, Tam
many, 1000 more than the combines
Meyer vote in the 10th and 18th AS
sembly districts.
Senator Meyers friends last nigh
seemed confident that there had bee,
crookedness, through which Levy ha
benefited, but the Senator said that h
doubted whether he had polled an,
more votes than were credited to him
The rohbing of Silverman, the Social
lst, ard turning over the votes to Lev,
had the same result as If they ha
bNili tsAhSi iAoiii ~h@lSAB GS ~ CiSCIS'
Levy,
AS the Democrats have the uppe
House at Albany by only one vote, tn
contest in behalf OF Senator Meyer, i
il is brought, will be watched with in
terest all over the state, The Repub
aicans will control the Assembly. bu
the Democrats appear to have capture,
the Senate by one vote.
After being deadiocked over Wednes
day night the election officialsAin TIL
1Tth Election District of the 9Th AS
sembly District yesterday took ii
anew at the Fifth Street police static;
the disposition of nine protested bal
lots involving the election of Assem-
biyman Solomon Ullman, Republicar
candidate. His opponent was Morri
Weinfeld. After long and thorough de
liberation the election board gave Ull
man FIVE, Weinfeld three, and the,
threw out one ballot that was so badl
marked as to make it impossible +
determine the intention of the vote,
ullman seems to have won by eigh
votes.
George w. olvany, chairman of tn
Tammaay Law Committee, and Repre-
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