New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-14
HUDSON COUNTY FRAUDS.
OVER FIVE HUNDRED JOKER BALLOTS
IN ONE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
COUNTING THESE UNMARKED VOTES AFFhcIhD
THE VOTE OF THE ENTIRE sTATE-THE
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINED
TO GET AT THE FACTS
lBY TELEGRAPH TO TUE -"'RCSE.i


Trenton, y. j.. Feb. 13.-rhe special JOINT co'
mittee Of the Legislature to investigate the al eeu
frauds in Hudson County finished its lab0ra LOT tH'
vee, today when the boxes VI the seventh, hieh1"
and Ninth precincts Of the st Assembly DISTRICT "-Fe
opcned and their contents scrutinized. on MONDAY
afternoon The box from the First Precinct oil the Iu
Assembly District viii be looked into. IN the HeFeNI"
Precinct where two boxes were used one getting out
of order. thryfour ballots found that bore no
milling or puncturng marks at all. In the ghth
Precinct the inspection revealed no crOoledncss sheriff
Dlv., lives In that precinct In the Ninth Precinct
there were 100 ballots that were not punctured Inc
committee made thorough test Of the mechanism Oh
th, box by inserting pieces Of paper OF the SIZE anu
weight Of the ballots, and each one came out OF inc
box perfectly punctured, although the mIh5 III every
| instance was faint. The whole number Of :" iokers
cast i'm the First District was "a and every one was
for senator Mcdonald IN the First Precinct there
were 1916 IoAers~ I'm the Second. %; in the Third
176: I'm the FOURTH 14- in the Fifth, -, ana III ue
saith f. 50 "j0kers7 were found in the boxes OF
the seventh. Eighth and ninth precincts. According
II, the official returns. McDonalds total vote IN the
district was 2,32-. The recount reduced Ms to'al
vote To 2.2s4 The vote for stuhr in the district
Ia,d ON the official statements. ~. The ballots
found i'm the boxes f1r him number 524. McDonalds
majority I'm the district by the Official returns Is
l.GiG Giving him the benefit Of every "iohcr' and
all the other suspicious tickets such a lacked marks
guaranteeing their commences Ms MAJORITY d oIVFIl
by the recount Is only LBS. Throwing the Iokers
out h., majority il the district would fall to 93i
The committees intend 10 ind out much as pos
,lbls regarding the Hudson County method Of conduct
/ Ing elections Republicans have asserted for years
that Hud-ons ballot boxes stuffed at every cleo
ton In the Interest Of Democratic candidates. and that
in several instances the Republican candidates for
Governor have been defeated by Hudson Withholding
m, announcement Of ~, vote on election night until
tI. ~ Q t4 - .ifp
and then making It's Democratic majority large enough
to wine ont the Republican votes But. Willie II was
generally believed that some fraud was pract aed tarle'
u wa, not dreamed that these sweeping ACCUSATIONS
were true. To-day every Republican or honest Demo
cat j., convinced That there Is fonnda-
tom for the long Standing Reputh an com
uaint The Investigating Committee has iounD
the fishing good and Viii continue angling u"UI
,lc WORK t ST out 20 DO shall be finished II is
likely that all the election officers in the lst Assembly
District y.'l bee examined under oath next wce" SUD
,..s...t- have been issued for large NUMBER ~
S.''s' , ana acJlr5 '9 ,.i .Host5 viii have to be
/ accounted for. Il may bee that the c0mmlttee VII
quc-toaed ,o far nave not been abe u account ir
the presence and u-' oi r~e tlt't,, ~, u"
that tcy nrrr obtained AZ the rooms 81 ne D,mo,a'
comfy Committee. ln whose Interest the frauds; il
ans. He.r p.ipctta'ct. is JOB l' Ictt 'I'-i'' L.
'olcr,~ ana all th" -u-p 'Ius ballots pear ne nhA.'
Mt orIv ~ Pine Democratic candidate FOR senator,
iu' also of the Democratic candidates FIR Governor
A,-emoiymin County Dle,A p,s. 'oL AZ ,i,.'.r
contest, I'm hudson County last fall and the Joker,
do. az, l to IT, IT, Tn The San rrcc'aSt where
-'uar va- credited ~ I'll" tally -'rrt VIZ oi,S '..
fr MN. It was ca,uar observed tha' The t9li' 'hres
r-ea tcd General GrI.h tire E.plh. an candidate ~
I r-.,-grc- T.rey who wa- sheriff ~ Hudson COUNTY
orcr and tu dos in The county sad 10 The
rer. = a.' an election Gccoar in , SsF jc
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