The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-02-14
EXACT FACTS OF THE CASE.
ALL THE PARTIES TO THE PxTCHKR
CONTEST GIVEN A HEARING.

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CONTEST GIVEN A HEARING.
Rev. Father Ter Woert Insists shat He was
solicited TO get EIIiott to Vote for Ken
ney, as Member Of the Beard of Finance;
the Pitcher Rivalry the Outcome.
The publication in last Sunday TArrLER
of the little story about the Board of FL
nance and the contest for pitcher at St.
Johns Roman Catholic Church Fair, at
tracted widespread attention, and has
given birth to storm of protestation on the
part of those mentioned in the article.
County Clerk Mclaughlin objected that his
name had been used without his having
any real connection with the matter, and
the Investigations made by reporters of the
rTATTLER yesterday and other days shows
that his denial is solid as rock.
But the enquiry showed, too, that the es-
ssential feature of the story-that
Alderman Elliott's vote on the Board of
Finance appointment and the pitcher con-
test were not wholly without interesting
relations to each other-was substan-
italy true. That its readers may know
lust what the precise facts of the
case are, the TATTLER presents, this morn :
Auks b40 Iccult III AAo 1AtC1 sACW6s AeOVs
Father Ter Woert was the first sought.
The reporter found him to be handsome,
frank looking gentleman. six feet or more
high, and perhaps thirty or thirty-two years
of age, and he told his story without any
reservations whatever. -
HEx-Alderman Kelly came to see me
rsome time age" he said in substance, sand
asked nae If would see Alderman Elliott
and get him to promise to vote for Mr..
Keeney for the Board of Finance. will
not say-because do not just recollect
whether Kelly gave me to understand that
County Clerk Mclaughlin sent him =
that it was at Mr.. McLaughlin's suggestion
that he spoke to me, but you can draw your
.own differences from the fact that
proposed to Mr.. Kelly about the same
time that, as one good turn deserves
another, perhaps he kelly could
induce Mclaughlin to consent to go
into a contest with Surrogate McAvoy
for silver pitcher at our church fair,
which was at that time being prepared.
4 was given to understand by Kelly that
Mclaughlin would make no objection, and
4 gave Kelly to understand that Alderman
Elliott would vote for Keeney. Alderman
Elliott is exactly right in denying that I
lever saw him. He is not member of my
eparish, if he is connected with any parish !;
and 1 never called on him. But / had
been informed by two gentlemen who
knew Mr.. Elliott that he was ready to vote
for Keeney, and told Kelly of his readi-
ness without informing him how / learned
of it, 1t had meantime occurred to me
that there might be less of i'll feeling and
1ess of unfriendly rivalry, and less friction
lin contest between tho County Clerk
and the Director at-Large than in
a contest between the County Clerk
and McAvoy, and / asked Kelly
if Mclaughlin would have any objection to
the change. He said he would see, and
afterwards told me that he was having some
difficulty in inducing the County Clerk to
go in. told him that perhaps some one
else might influence hin, and Kelly said
that if anybody could, he could himself,
and agreed to see Mclaughlin again, and /
left the matter in his hands. / did not
hear from him, and finally wrote to Kelly
that rumor had come to my ears that
Mclaughlin proposed to let the whole mat
ter drop dead. I wrote an indignant letter
to Kelly, and told him to let Mclaughlin
have the letter. subsequently mutual
friend told me that Mclaughlin was viii
ling to go into the contest, and piled over
an all the snow of Wednesday OF last week,
and bought the pitcher and put it up for
competition. The gentleman who told
me of Mr.. McLaughlin's acquiescence
said that Mclaughlin would be at
the Fair that evening. and had some of
his friends there to meet him. He did not
come, but sent an excuse, and, it was after
wards agreed that he would be on hand on
the following Friday night. Then he had
a meeting of the County Committee to at
tend and couldn't be on hand. Instead OF
actively interesting himself in the affair, he
threw cold water on it, and when one OF
his friends proposed to buy 100 votes for
him to start the competition, he said it
shouldn't be DONE"
Father Ter Woert was unable to say
whether the discovery by Mr.. Kelly that
he hadn't seen Alderman Elliott or hadn't
accomplished any thing with him if he had
seen him, led to the change of front in the
pitcher contest or not; ner could he say
whether he was being played along with
the idea that Mclaughlin would get into
the contest, till it was learned that he had
seen Elicit, and what the result was.
Ex-Comptroller Kelly said to- the TAT
TIER that he had met Rev. Father Ter
Woert one evening at an entertainment at
which Mr.. Kelley s daughters were present
He asked him if he knew Alderman Elliott,
Father Ter Woert said he didn't, and asked
why? Then the Ex-Comptroller said he
was about to ask him 10 see Elliott or to get
some one who knew Elliott and had intiu-
-ence with him, in Kenney's interest. At
forwards Father Ter Woert asked him to
try to induce Mclaughlin to go5into the
pitcher contest. He saw Mr.. Mclaughlin.
The County Clerk, SAID he had just been
elected, and thought it was about time for
him to retire for season from popular
contests, and he wasn't willing. Kelly tried
to persuade him, telling him it would do
him no harm, bat he wouldn't and
the Ex-Comptroller told Father Ter
Rev. gentleman that he would see
Mr.. Mclaughlin again, and day or
two later, Father Ter Woert told
that, through another party, Mr.. McLaugh-
I'm had cons ented to go in, and he made
answer to Father Ter Woert that he was
glad of it. He denied that Mr.. MeLaugh-
1in had ever asked him to see Father Ter
Wort in reference to Elliotrs vote, or that
there was the slightest connection be-
tween the proposition about Elliott and
the proposition about the pitcher contest
or that he ever gave Father Ter Woert en-
scouragement to believe that MIR. McLaugh-
lin would become q party to the pitcher
contest.
In conversation with q TArTLER repre-
sentative County Clerk Mclaughlin said
he had been solicited to enter the contest
with McAvov, but that he didn't care
much shout it but that he never Goa
scented to go into it with Govern: He die
agree with gentleman to 20 to the TAR o.
Wednesday night, not as contestant To-
the pitcher, but only as visitor. Or
Wednesday he could not 60, On account q
an imperative engagement elsewhere which
he had to keep. He also said that there
was some talk about his going on Friday
might, but there seemed to be nothing
definite about it.
James Dusenberry Barred.