Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happening* In the Nearby Citlea and Town* — Matter* of Minor Mention From Many Localltle*. ORDERS NEW JERSEY RECOUNT Justice of State Court Signa Decree Following Primaries. Newark, N. J., May I.—Chief Justice William S. Gummere of the supreme court today signed an order for a recount of the vote cast in last Tuesday’s presidential preferential primaries for Senator Johnson and Leonard Wood. The order was issued on petition of Senator Hiram Johnson, who aa-< serta he was defeated for the presidential preference vote by Leonard Wood through a miscount. Complete returns for the preferential presidential contest gave Wood a lead of 1,092 over Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California. The vote was Wood 52,497 and Johnson 51,405. The recount will be for the entire state and will begin May 10 In Essex, Morris, Camden, Gloucester and Cape May counties, where the supporters of Senator Johnson allege that mistakes were made in vote tabulations. The sum of $50,000 must be deposited with the secretary of state by Senator Johnson before the recount will begin, to defray expenses entailed by the various county boards in the recount. The justice’s reason for permitting the recount to start in the first five counties, he said, was to give John-, son supporters opportunity to abandon the contest should It be shown by the recount there that the result was not materially changed.