New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-20
HUDSON COUNTY FRAUDS.
WORSE AND WORSE AS TIE COMMITTEE
PROCEEDS.
THE REVELATIONS IN TRENTON YESTERDAY
WHOLESALE FALsIFuCATIoN OF FIGURES
AS WE'LL AS HUNDREDS OF :. JoKHRS.
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Trenton, Feb. 1s.-This steady days work
for the Senate Investigating Committee in the Hudson
County frauds, and the labOrs were continued well
into the night The committee took up the lld AS
sembly District, which comprises the central part Oh
lower Jersey City, Some of the precincts belong to
the old Horseshoe" OF infamous memory, while
others include respectable neghborhoods, of them
having in it the homes Of Ex-Governor Bedlc ana
Judge Garretson. II supposed that when pre-
cincs OF the latter character reached by the IN
vesgation the frauds would cease to appear because
the election officers Of more reputable KIND
there many Republican voters, and the public
espionage was closer. Judge Garretson was the Demo-
cratic adviser to-day. To the surprise Of all it was
found that the election officers in his precinct had
credited Mcdonald with sixty more votes than
he entitled to, and had failed to give Stuhr inc
Independent about forty votes which belonged to him.
In another precinct 10j Of tilc fraudulent Joker
ballots were found. There evidences Of cheat
ing throughout the district, and the magnitude OF the
Democratic conspiracy against the voters became more
and more appalling a. the developments proceeded.
To-day Senator Martin nIcp.) recalled to the memory
Of senator Wcrts Dcm) the big banner borne by the
Hudson Democrats when they came 10
Governor Abbctts Inauguration, which had
upon ii the figures "13j76,' being Abbctts
reported majority I'm Hudson. senator Wcrts re-
spondcd that from present Indications the figure /"
would have to be removed from the legend. The
boastcd advantage of Albeit Mcdonald docs
not appear TO be sustained by examination OF the
ballots they pass through the chairman's handS
The counting began with the Third Precinct Of tho
lid Assembly District. The polbook and the tally
sheet were not in quite 50 bad a condition as In most
other places and as the count proceeded there was
some chuclilne among the Democrats 1t really
began to look as II a degree Of honesty had been dis
covered at last. but when the count was finished Is
was found that while the tally sheet and pol-book
agreed fairly well, there no fewer than sixty
nne jokers,7 or fraudulent votes that there wcrc
twenty eight fraudulent ballots Of the larger kind :
that Mcdonald had been credited with 42o votes
when. in fact, ho received only 30i, including the
forgcrics: >tuhr had been credited with siXty-one
votes Instead of sixty nine showing a net fraud Of
llo votes In this precinct. The Fourth Precinct
Of the same Assembly District was almost exactly
correct tut tho Fifth Precinct proved perfect maga
zine Of outrageous fraud. There was hardly any al
tempt to cheat by the of the thlcying iokcrs,
for only five Of these found in the total Of 22O
but at the close the deliberate fal,ihcation
Of the returns found exceed any yet discovered
Mcdonald lad been credited in the returns with Pa
votes As a fact only 200 had been cast for him.
While Stulr who had been credited with 236, was en-
titled By tho recount to 3Of. This reversed the
loriy in the district, giving Suhr o. instead Of SO
for Mcdonald. The election officers had deliberately
changed the figures. and II was evidently impossible
that they could have made any mistake that could
BE- honestly explained.
The sixth Precinct substantially correct, though
there were small. but decided, evidences II rrcgu
larty. In the box Of tho seventh Precinct napkin
was found among the papers, the afldayts Of the
election officer incomplete, and names were
omitted from the poll book. As Mr. Corbin. tho
Republican counsel. said: An the writing looked
drunk In tho connt no fewer than 1O5 Joker
ballots found, With the evidences Of fraud al
over them. The count cheated ouhr out Of thirteen
votes. hut thi, considered trlhns. The total
fraud. Including the joker, lis against Stuhr.
Tho Eighth. Ninth and Tenth Precincts proved 10
be substantially correct IN counting and In ballots
Ex-Governor Bcdlc * senator Brnkcrh'G and other
independent Democrats II Hudson were here today
warmly urging the prosecution Of the investigation 70
the full extent. and declaring that hv far the worst
u the revelations Yet . como Another develop
mcut Il the day wa, AN effort by certain Democrats
b. ud excuse for tcation IN ~omo Rcpubli-
can counties ard threats that counter mine would
De exploded They told that any effort Of that
kind would be warmly welcomed and the Republican
party had nothing 20 conceal The committee, session
n the evening wa uncvcntfnl. a, the precinct cN-
amncd were those Of Iaial and Bergen which arc
composed Of about many Republicans As Democrats
80 frauds Of account were discovered in the
Tenth. Eleventh Twelfth. Thirteenth and Fourteenth
Precincts.
Taking the whole I'D Assembly District together Tho
result as finished 10 night shows that while McDonaldS
official majority was 80 MS actual majority was
G39. counting all the ballo-, there having been cheat
Ing Of 30 vote, against stuhr in tho counting In this
one Assembly District. There iOl fraudulent
joker" tickets and dciuctng these, leaves Mcdonald
.3j majority In the district. net los In one district
out Of ten of ga. The registry li,t, are now IN
possess lon O the senate Committee, and an nvostEt
lion Will show ircmcndou, fraud, according 10 All
indications. II these list, are correct the population
Of Jersey city J, twice wat u l..
In the senate TO day. MIR. Gardner Rcpl introduced
three blll-. which. II par-rd, would revive the laws
for personal registrations for sunset closing ana Tor
the apppiutmrni Of election officer, hy Aldermen
Governor Albeit continues Ia keep silence in the
ballot box bu,iuc-, In Hudson County, telling reporters
10 wait a while.
INVESTIGATING 4 DEATH AND 4 ROBBERY