Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-11-13
Figures, As Announced by
County Clerks Office, Were
Correct
.!lLL ASK FOR RECOUNT
lemberS of Election Board
DeadIoCked During Early
Part of Meeting

NEW BRUNSWICK, Nov. 13-
.llemmer Kalteissen, New Bruins
wick's Democratic candidate for free
holder who nosed out Freeholder j.
fred Orpen, Republican, by three
votes at last weeks election for the
Office of freeholder, will receive his
certificate of election from the Mid
llesex County Board of Elections
his afternoon.
The recognition by the county
ioard of Kalteissen as the victor
ill result in the Republicans taking
teps at once to recount the vote in
II effort to show that Orpen was
lected.
The county election board, COM
j osed of two Republicans, John
anson, Sr.. president, of Perth Am
10Y, and Chester r. Holman, of New
brunswick, and two Democrats, Wal
er j. Reilly, secretary, of Perth
Amboy and Charles Greenwald, of
Jew Brunswick, considered the claim
made by the Republicans that there
was an error in the return sheet of
he first poll of Raritan township.
nhree of the members of that cleo
ion board were questioned and 1t
as found that the III votes for
.alteissen, as announced by the
1unty clerks office, was the correct
cure.
The Republicans had argued that
lis figure should have been 172
phich would have resulted in Or
ms winning the contest by two
1te margin.
The partisan election board was
aadlocked during the first hour or
of it's session owing to the strong
light for Kalteissen being made by
'ounty Democratic Chairman Hayes
nd for Orpen by County Solicitor
frederick +. Richardson. Each at
)rney asked that a certificate of
lection be awarded to his man and
9th objected against the other being
ranted certificate.
After w. f. Woerner, J. V. Stout
nd Thomas Eggerson, the three
tartan township, first poll election
Jerks, had testified that the III total
or Kalteissen was correct, Mr.. Rich
lrdsqn said he was satisfied that
he vote was correct. The work of
canvassing the vote of the various
candidates was at once begun. the
Republicans announcing that steps
The Republicans base their claim
on an alleged discrepancy in the
tallyfng of totals in the first poll of
Raritan township. The returns as
sent to the county clerks office show
l[alteissen to have received 1T votes.
The sheet filed with the municipal
clerk shows only 172 votes, the Re
publlcans claim, which gives Orpen
five more votes and gives him the
election by a margin OF two votes.
The Republicans claim to have proof
that the figures as filed with the
municipal clerk are correct and that
the total sent to the county clerk
office is erroneous.
Chairman Hayes, in an interview
his morning, declared that the OIL
cial returns as given out by the
county clerks Office, shoN Kaltelssen
elected by three votes and in the
event the election board refuses to
issue a certificate to Kalteissen he
will go before Chief Justice William
S. Gummere this afternoon and seek
a writ of mandamus compelling the
election board to issue the certificate
to the Democratic candidate.
should the county election board
decline to issue a certificate of cleo
ton to either candidate today the
Republicans will seek a court order
directing the county board to make
the various tally sheets accessible in
order that the figures might be
checked up.
The contest between the two can
ddates is so close recount is s.
sured no matter which man is de-
elared the winner. A recount, 1t is
reported, would cost at least $4,000
md the applicant must pay this ex-
,ense. Both sides are now battling
an effort to be the defendant
.ather than the applicant In the re-
cunt in order to save the expense
ttached to such an action.