Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1916 — NICHOLS 15 VOTES AHEAD [ARTICLE]

NICHOLS 15 VOTES AHEAD

* Up to yesterday noon, with * six precincts still to recount, * Jesse Nichols for clerk had * made a net gain of eleven votes * in the recount of ballots now * going on. The remaining un- * counted precincts were Marion, * No. 4; Newton, Union north and * south, Walker and Wheatfield. * The board had taken up yes- * terday morning ballots that had * been thrown out by the local * canvassing boards and consider- * ed them in all the precincts * heretofore counted. Hershman ' gained one vote in this, but * Nichols had gained five in Mar- * ion, No. 2 and 3, one in No. 2 * and four in No. 3, on regu- * lar recount, placing him 15 in * the lead. * It was expected when the * board resumed counting after * dinner yesterday to finish the ' recount during the afternoon.