Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1916 — BEATEN CANDIDATE WINS. [ARTICLE]

BEATEN CANDIDATE WINS.

Pike County Board Refuses to Correct Error After Canvass. PETERSBURG, IND.—Refusal of the Pike county canvassing board to correct an alleged error which would defeat P. D. Abell, the only Democrat elected in the county, and give the office of recorder to Henry Davidson, Republican, will result in an appeal to the state canvassing board. A court contest will result if the correction then is not made. The county canvassing board, controlled by two Democrats, takes the position that its act In certifying the election of Abell is final, but the Republican member of the board will sign the protest to the state board.