The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-30
rtificate of Election is Issued to Morris Bar
nett After the Completion of the Re
count of the Recount.
,YMMONDS FILES new PROTEST
Asks That Ballots be Examined to Show They Are
Properly Signed by Board Officials But
His Request is Refused

"I'm not ready to congratulate you
yet Morris" Frank S. Symmonds, the
defeated candidate said at the conclu-
sion of the recount. "May be after
1 have thought over the vote during
the night I will be ready to extend you
my congratulations in the morning"
Members Of the board declared that
they did not believe that court ac-
tion would change the result Of the
election. II feel certain" said one
of the members of the board, and he
did not care to be named, chat a court
investigation would bring change in
the decision of this board on two con-
tested votes and increase the majority
Of Barnett from, one to three votes"
Asks Further Action.
AS the tiresome recount of the re-
count of the vote showed that Barnett
had the slender lead Of q single vote,
| Candidates Symmonds made two de-
mands upon the canvassing board The
first was that the ballots be examined
to see whether or not all of them had
been signed by the election officials
of the various polling placse. 1t is
believed that his request was based
on the fact that more votes had been
shown in several wards than had been
accounted for on the tally sheet This
request was denied by the members
of the board, they holdinfg that it
would be a physical impossibility to
make such an examination in the time
permitted by the state law for the can
vass of the vote. "It is impossible
for US to comply with your request"
was the answer of Clerk Holderness
to this request
The second demand of the district
attorney was that certificate of cleo
ton be issued to him as the success
full candidate for the Office on the
face of the figures in the original
canvass of the vote which had shown
that Symmonds was elected by a ma
iority of twenty-five votes. This de-
mand was at once refused by the mem
bers of the board and they proceeded
at once to certify the result.
Final Returns Leave at 1853.
Under the law the returns Of the
election had to be mailed to Madison
before midnight last night and wit
nesses were on hand to see that County
CLERK Holderness mailed the return
to the Secretary of State at 1853 p.
M After it had been mailed the clerk
at once issued a certificate of election
to Mr. Barnett and he was, on hand
to receive it in person. Barnett was
congratulated by big crowd Of his
friends who had waited at the court
l. ,4rJ
Mr.. Symmonds showed good nature
in the chatting which followed the final
recount which he himself had de-
manded and he showed no great dis
appointment at the outcome. He re-
peatedly declared that he wanted to
be certain in his own mind as to the
result of the election and that he had
no interest farther than being con-
WINGED to thisr extent.
Symmonds Loses Two in County.
The final sessions of the recount
ing board were tense sessions. When
the board adjourned at six o'clock
after finishing up the recount of the
vote in the wards Of the city, Sym
monds was leading by one vote. 1t
had been announced earlier in the
afternoon that an additional vote for
Barnett had been found in the seventh
ward to tie the score, but when the
vote of the ward was completed it
was found that his was an error and
the additional vote which had form
erly been counted as blank left the
count for the two candidates exactly
the same in this ward. The members
, e
tending candidates worried when the
final lap of the count started just be-
fore eight o'clock. The montonous
work of counting the votes in the
towns did not in any way affect the
| vote which had been found for Bar
net, but Symmonds dropped two votes
| in the last lap. One of these was in
the town of Wheatland and the other
in the town. of Salem.
Lose No Time Certifying Return.
The members of the board lost no
! time in certifying the return. There
was no chance for iniunctions or any
thing else and as soon as the last of
the ballots had been checked the mem
bers of the board signed the return
that it might be forwarded to Madi-
son. 1t was after 1880 when the last
vote was counted, but the return had
been prepared with the exception of
, putting in the final figures and moth
ing remained but to put in these
figures, sign the report and mail it.
Other official returns Of the election
Z had been forwarded to Madison with
. the completion of the official canvass.
Certificates OF election to all other
, county officers had been issued some
/ time ago.