New-York tribune., 1890-04-19
NEWS FROM NEW JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY.
A HUNDRED MORE FRAUDULENT VOTES
APPARENTLY no LIMIT TO THE CORRUPTION OF
THE DEMOCRATIC RING.

THE DEMOCRATIC RING.
About twenty-G witnesses were examined yester-
day before the state Senate Committee which is In
vcsgating the great frauds practised by the Demo
Gratis at the election IN Hudson County last fall IL
the old story OF false registration. repeating
ana colonization. Late in the afternoon an entertain
ing witness was John Egan, OF No. 247 Waync-st who
had been an inspector OF election at the notorious
bath house precinct the Seventh Of the lid AS
scmbly District. The grossest frauds are shown TO
have been committed at this polling place. In reply
to the questions of Mr. Corbn the committees counsel
Egan almost invariably answered " | don't remember
Part OF his examination ran as follows:
Q.-Dd you see any small ballots cast at your
precinct Ayes. / voted one myself. , .,
Gone like this holding up one Of the "1oKcrs')
Ayes.
Odd you vote more than oncl A.-Nc. ,
On the n% sHn Sf there e was
stamped GeSnty om aRpth the @ ballots stamped by the
ballotbox Al can't say, unless they were stamped
while the regular box was broken dme reSt'er r "r
repairs guess the small tickets were stamped thch
We used a cigar-box meanwhile
The witness sharply questioned about the ialSo
stamping. but couldn't remember His examina
ton continued follows:
O-Don't you remember any challenges A-No:
Q.-Do you remember any names voted on twice :
Odd you sec any men voting twice. A.No
O.-What was your part Of the duties Al
Q.-Can You explain how it Is that tho last l6o
names on the pobook are not numbered AmHIt ort fn
YOU see. were very busy ana uluHt looh ouV io'
little trincs like that.
There were several other "trhcs" OF Ike ma
ture which The witness said the election officers du
not have time to bother with lie offered aS possible
reason for the swollen registry list Of the precinct
which contained 100 names, that the cccuoh
officers might have Suggested names to be put on
He himself suggested" his fathers and two brothers
names. Being pressed he thought he might nave
suggested fifteen or twenty names altogether. lie
could not explain how IT happened that men VINO han
registered from alleged numbers In Monigomeryst''
which would have been In dcsolate salt meadow
came IN vote unchalcnccd Everything is In a
muddIc, and you people are way oh hnally purS'
ont the witness. lie could not sraigh'cn ''hs'
ont however The books showed repeating ana
false voting from No. 2f7 WAYNE ST. the Witness own
home Vet he could not remember why the men were
not challenged by HIM Vhcn they oheroa 10 cast
Outside of the testimony Of this witness the evidence
did not vary from that given on the preceding nay :
Of the Investigations Mr.. y. Ileo oi 80 100 ,o1h ,
her home and some one had voted on her hhshilu ;
name John BRADLEY voted once from ms id.ncr >
house in the ~Ouh cove. and once from sheriff DAVIS
house in Grove Mrs, Maddigan. of No. 2'o 'Iihu
Il, denied that five voter, who gave her ioii.c a lhcr
residence were known 10 her. sergeant nj Arms 'Iaia
swore that five men who had voted from no .iJ Won
mouth Il. not residents Of the precinct IN "n.n
thcy voted seven men NOtfd Iroh No'' 10 ''u -
Thc committee after revealing over 100 Illegal votes
all purncd Tnc-dty next senator ',aIuh'r, ,l'
chairman Of the committee. said that the Investigation
w,uld be continued IL need be- until every house "
Hudson County had been canva>,cd. There ~rS
fraud. In Ilohokcn Gutenberg and ouflylng ulstrcts
-" Icss man in jersey civ. \ number Of prominent
men were present at Yesterday session, lh,luuius
state Treasurer rofcy and state Controller anderson
senator Adrian the Democratic member Of the com
mttee broke the rule by leine present at the alter
noon session.