New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-13
true southernah couldn't help it to-day. Jch DAVIS
died Yesterday
KEEPING PROOFS or FRAUD.
ONLY THE EMPTY BALLOTBOX TO BE
SENT BACK TO JERSEY CITY.
THE "JoKERs' AND OTHER FALSE TICKETS TO
BE GUARDED IN THE STATE VAULTS
rcy TELEGRAPH TO THE rKrBrrs:,
AT TRENTON.

Trenton March 1.-the Hudson County ballot
boxes will be sent back next week In ORDER that inc
authorities there may not be embarrassed Tor want
NJ patent boxes such Ms the law requires, when inc
spring election takes place. The ballots ana especa
.he tally sheets and psll-books will not be allowed
40 Leave Trenton however The substantial evil
a,ces of the crimes committed will remain here until
the senate Investigating Committee shall have done
with It's work. unless indeed. Judge Knapp should
want them for the purpose OF the Investigation sos
nm hcfore him. II was decided to-day to remove the
contents OF each box and place them IN separate
bags which viii be sealed up and stored IN tnc s'a'o
House vault Two special watchmcn will guard them
night and day. and the bags will not be un~caien
untI an order to that effect comes from the Senate
Committee on Elections one Of the judges OF the
supreme Court. The Senate this afternoon adopVco
a resolution for carrying ont this programme.
The committee began the days's work by examining
the chief OF police Benjamin Murphy, OF jersey ivy
lie described the method OF sending the election rcu
~ Police Headquarters ON election night Each Judge
~ election Is furnished with blanks. Upon tho conf
c,lon OF each hundred OF the count, the blanks are
allied and handed to messengers who hasten 10 uic
Headquarters with them. There they are reu aio""'
crowd Of interested spectators being always present
Tho election returns thus obtained arc Kept throughout
the year by the police who use them Tor reierencc'
chief Murphy did not discover until last iiS"' ""e"
he received his summons to bring the returns mere
On dv that thc returns from the With District were
missing Chief Murphy being intcFiOgated re
sncctlnr tho figures tho blanks, wien senator
Adrian tho Democratic member OF thu committee
entered strenuous protest. lie characterized the
line Of examination as voyage OF discovery he
held that police returns were not legal proof frauu
couI6 not be shown except by direct proof
Thc proof Of fraud said Mr.. Corbin, the couhsci
OF the committee as partly matter OF prcsumpuoh'
IL is most often inferred from close surrounding CIR
clmstances There is evidence before the committee
by men who witnessed the counting OF the Votc' on
election night which goes t. show fraud In the oiichtl
returns Now "A first glance at the figures returned
10 the police corroboratcs this evidence
senator Adrian's objection was overruIei' ME-
Murphy read the results the several precincts a.
shown upon the police returns. They were iY'""
pletc IN numerous instances. These returns, CHci
Murphy said were not gathered under the law.
Jnstcc Of the Peace Winfield r. Weed descilocu I"
little difficulty that occurred In the Kcehtrhlion
I.oa;d I'm the sixth Precinct Of the lst Dstrof lie
was the indcc Of the election In the precinct y
was understood that man named 6eceMns Sh"un
serve as clerk lie TO be sworn III. but, nj some
reason he did not put In an appearance Ea"
named Mcclure wa. then sworn I'm In MS place.
II was Insisted hy some that Mcclure wa, not "a
Democrat, aud this caused some III fr"lng. County
COMM tfccmnn Connolly came around ana s-lu t1i
n wa, al right and Mcclure served. bur ne
did not how up on election day, and the Democratic
Committee nut In man named Mcdowell Ia III the
vacancy. Mcdowell had not beer elected by inc
the matter The Committee adjourned until next