The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-05
THE RECOUNT
Application Made to Judge
Dixon in Paterson
Today.
ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD.
The LAYERS Are Reticent, but They
Have Been Pernicionsly Ac-
tive in Preparations.

In pursuance Of the programme agreed
upon two weeks ago by the partisans Of
George f. Perkins, the defeated Repub-
lican nominee for Mayor, ex-Mayor Gill
bert Collins and several other lawyers of
this city visited Paterson today and made
application TO Justice Jonathan A. Dixon
for recount.
The application was presented by Mr..
Collins and Mr.. George u. Record. IL is
believed that the action taken is in the
form Of an application for writ OF quo
warranto, but no certain information
could be obtained as to the precise form
of procedure adopted.
Counsellor Otto Grouse, who is engaged
! as one of the counsel in the proposed con-
test, declined to divulge any of the facts
connected with the matter. and referred
TO Counsellor George l. Record a num-
Der of interested citizens who called upon
him. Mr.. Record was in Paterson all day.
All of the counsel in the case have
been very reticent concerning their
plans, believing that public mention Of
them would give too great an advantage
to their opponents.
GROUNDS OF THE APPLICATION.
The grounds upon which the applica-
tion for a recount Is based are well
known, having frequently been reviewed.
For several weeks past the protestanrs
Mayor Cleveland's reelection have been
accumulating voluminous mass of tes-
timony to support the application.
This testimony, with all the necessary
addresses and additional data, have been
arranged so that everything will be in
ceed with the case as soon as
the application is signed by
the court The magnitude Of the work
may be estimated when it is known that
about one hundred pages of type-written
iegal-cap are filled with the alleged evil
dences Of fraud ana the wording of the
application.
Numerous affidavits alleging fraudu.
lent registration, illegal voting and parti-
san action on the part of election officers
have been sworn and fled to await the
progress of the proceedings, and many
other documents to be used In the des-
perate effort to unseat Mayor Cleveland
have been prepared.
1t is a well known fact that all of this
work has not been accomplished since Elec5
tion Day. Mr.. Perkins was barely in the
race as the Republican candidate before
his adherents started out to make capital
for him by alleging that knowing his
election to be assured his opponents in
tended to take measures to nave him
: counted out or defeated through all the
y ily tricks and crimes known TO politi-
scians.
As SlcCeloh Uay HPpEOdCutQ tuty ft-
doubled their cries OF proposed fraud on
the part of Mayor Cleyeland's support
hers. their desperation leading them into
ifnmitting not few blunders.
HARD WORK.
long before the vote had been counted,
*. Perkins partisans were nursing their
lcfeat by reiterations of alleged frauds.
Che day following the election they be-
an to solicit subscriptions to defray
he cost of legal proceedings in behalf of
Stfecount. The collection of evidence to
ierve their ends was also begun
With the assistance Of the Ballot Re
formers' organization they called and
held indignation meetings and altogether
worked up their case with great industry.
After several consultations of counsel it
was deemed advisable to pursue the
course that has been adopted today.