New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-12
HUDSON COUNTY AUDS.
DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS TESTIFY IN TREN-
TON
SHERIFF DAVIS ON THE STAND. BUT DENoHN'
IGNoRANT-THE COMMITTEE GETTlN" Vho'H
no THE ORIGIN OF THE "JOKERS."

TO TIE ORIGIN OF THE LOCKERS
Trenton ~ j., March IL (SpeciaD-" BOD D"'''
sheriff Of Hudson County and Democratic n s
examined before the Senate Election Commlttcc 'ou"'
He entered a general denial and pleaded lshoi'"'. "
the methods by which his party ana Ills own IT, IT,
obtained their majority in Hudson County ias, .,o'
bcr The counsel OF the committee, william H. 'o
conducted the examination. DAVIS tes'ineu "a' A., 'o
election officers in Jersey City we're selected oy 'o
Democratic Aldermen. who handed In the ha'"o' ~
" Paddy O'NeiI the president of the Board WHO ca
amincd them. The witness picked ont the omcers io'
his own precinct but didn't bother himself aDou' "0
rest -
Now. as matter Of fact" asked Mr. Corpin' wcro
not the officers picked out By the County Comml''eo
and didn't Won know them all before they were dp
ponted7' u o..
NO rcayp was the answer. The WITNESS DO
dyed when the list read over 10 ihi ,ia'
he knew most of the election officers personally. ,
awho we're most active with you in the Jersey 'r'y
c;fslpaign ~ asked Mr.. Corbin
"Joscph l!ennessy, Patrick Kinney '''""0
ODonnel and Others" was the answer
who did the printing for you
The Jersey city News did most OF IT, The Argus
.rhe Uoboken News and West Hoboken paper III"
some of it, u.,.
The sheriff denied that he handled any oil the ht,le
,o,crsr on the night before election at the County
Committee rooms. .
1T WA, great surprise to you, Mr.. Davis, was IL
rot to find that these jokers were voted all over
Jersey City - said Mr. C0rbin
Yes d great surprise replied the Sher'" oialuis
How do Won account for their presence In the
ballot boxcsl7
81 cannot account for them
n ,.o, eunnose that any member of your County
commlttec would have been guilty of handling them9
don't think sO.' -,
Here Mr. Corbn turned to the Witness anu "
him, imprcssivcy d" Did you not 'c'ep"o" " ,us.v
ton day from the Democratic clubroohis Ill 'o'e'
CITY, stuff in all Of 'em You cam y
don't remember sending any sucn H'es"S'' va
using anv such wordsn replied the witness. In an.
sver to an inquiry witness said no ana spec'"i
committee of the County Committee mao Dceh ''n'"e
measures to prevent repeating ana iaiSc lcs''"
hut he did not want to disclose their paii'' io' "
MICH, make them useless at the approaching Guy
election He wanted ballot reform ana H. ""' ""'''
| ing to see what the Legislature woud no.
1boro is one troubc in Jersey City," volunteercd
,ho ve,,ncss. We cannot get good men 10 serve ~"
oricerss The witness was asked what was IN. mo" %
| ter with the present election onicers' anu iop ~ s
good men wouldn't do the work for - u"', "",
those who did would get drunk beiore ~ WV.
IN the morning and sell their warrants for rum OF 10
any thing else. . . ,ou, aavs
Tho w-itnes. said he had been Informed fe" uass
before election that 100 NcwYorkers were COMING
acro., the ferry 10 the Republican uche' Ill oi0
Of the nice quiet Republican precihcts' ~ n',o'u'"e
IA bis information. and his informant was 'i'"a' "
| n,,,, ,ho men did not vote because there was 10
money forthcoming to pay them. Sl'r'' D" " , '
that il VA not all unusual To use the ''". 49,
l., r.rsev CITY lie had frequently seen ballots Hike
d. iokersr u,cd at the spring elections lie proieS9"
N have only vague notion where tle lOneih hrt smn
from lie dd not kGs Thc t6em"cives procured them
lie that fraudulent u"eared usneIS that his
comm,tte., mad taken steps To prevent 'he4' "e "
the fan. ,.,n,.r ~ the Democratic
con,,tv Committee and Tax commissioner shce S, u.,
adoption Of the charter last spring. 'eteu tne
e ir,tad si the meeting OF the committee before WY
nlcc,ion la. fall and helped distribute the y, h's Sa @
money lie could not tell how dme iSscnd had not
,src, rrhci, lie first them after me mel
ng adjonrqresd nncaa r nss to be 1000 Of them
,t, h. the committee room after the departde & oa
me ~oTHSr nnd did not know where they came from
comparison made Of the registry books ana & pol,, ,
& &ns,, ' nn1nbcrs OF voters had been registered from
cnns cnn,s,s and tugs in the Hudson River The clerks
nlcted the First Precinct of the Ia Dl''rg, ;
IL lscrt tns tand in the Is District Evidences OF
colonization weT n spPsas %ser 'front.' Where the canal
and boats tie up large ths n"Der rnS o. "gs ahcr had
10 tu livingstone i've the tug Cox eight the tug
| finder eight the tug McWiams one: the Jug M wee"
| ,e" the h,rre Enterprise five. Resides these the,e
,rm. % '' ummIcr Of names after which appeared the
letters VI {. b. which Is supposed 10 mean "o''''
,ncp thc noon recess of the committee Edward
4 Dugan wa sworn. He has been treasurer o.. 'nc nc
pemC,ra," Treasurer Of the committee he paid
many bills Of those for eie,uon P Pu,pyn ns
he not NV Who ne treasurer of the Executive
nmwtte. Vs. The treasurer Of the County Commit,
tnto Eject last year. and he no longer does Mr.
Dug knew nothing at all socS5 Sdros tas police court
csri, IN Jersey CITY since the charter wa adoptcd
said that he Conny s"m''eIm WSat prntin t did You
h, have % done for the last election" he was asked
xS"os Sgos at "s,pancd a' the Printing commite
was S9m%',sse ,ss second +" pane Pr@nc S@y on the i'd Id
District lie was given the money and ctst' . ,l tor hs
nns He got a lot OF the okers with the Nsiiar
tickets and laid them on sS",S S AT 'g X dd not see
nvhodv vote iokers7 and didn't know why they
ucre y used He took the jokers to me p1l,s oe
T T witness made positive declaration that he never
heard nything Of the osers before ane o th
eari {Hat in the box at his poll $50 lokcr> were ERE
found They gave evidence of having been mliea oe ,
H wptness that the "jokers' were not stamped when
% De them so meS If G'' lie Could explain
mystery. r..o, s,ar,,od ,he committee
hv ann"mncimg that he had 5000 OF the small ticket
osinted lie had given order for that number oi
ticket be used in his district ,n' ro ," ~ Wnd
hcv arrived the printers ne Wa 'urp,vu ~ t .
thcv we're 80 small lie came to the conclusion t%n.', %
the printer ",sd to yn PrnnT r pI't mntter NO further
thorght he began to distribute the uckets- iaES S
wcr, mot stamped and he could not account for the
n,rulnr milling and other marks upon them when te,
,rrr fshcd ont Of the boxes ana counted INC Svott
nn,, nnii"a, v" h said II came out later in Mr.. Byrne's
unatlon that he did not personally order the snail
ballots printed He od some one GISe % has :" ioro1t
hn p'" II Was he gave the order TO- though he made
big effort 'h' an9o hat, to was rc,S the printer who
turned the ticket, out
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