The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-10
OUTRAGEOUS DELAY.
Attorney Hudspeth Fill
clustering to Keep Out
Proof Of Fraud.
PR0SY OBJECTIONS
IN LONG HAND.
The Defence Practically Con-
fesses That Cleveland Was
Not Elected Mayor.
DAMNING FACTS SWORN TO.
DAMNING FACTS SWORN TO.


An attempt was made this morning be-
fore Supreme Court Commissioner Ro-
maine to place upon the record the
testimony of witnesses regarding the
gross frauds by which the pretence of an
election was obtalned for Orestes Cleve-
land
The proceedings filed with Indignation
every honest man who witnessed them.
They consisted in dogged, persistent,
vexatious striving on the part Of
Attorney Robert Hudspeth to pre-
vent any progress being made.
Long before recess was taken everyone
present had made up his mind that Mr..
Hndspeth knew his case was desperate,
that the evidence against his fraudulent
client was conclusive. and that his only
hope lay in preventing the testimony from
being taken within the time set by the
Supreme Court
All the morning one witness, Henry J.
Stillwell, was on the stand and each
question which he was asked by the law
yers for Mr.. Perkins was met with
lengthy objection by Mr.. Hudspeth,
which he insisted should be entered in
full upon the record. The objections oc-
cupied more time than the testimony adj
duced and were almost invariably abso-
lutely trivial and frivolous.
THE OPENING WRANGLE.
The first wrangle occurred when the
counsel for Mr. Perkins asked that, to
hurry the proceedings, a stenograper be
appointed to take the testimony and
asked that Robert Lightroot be appointed
in that capacity.
Attorney Hudspeth at once objected.
This would hurry the proceedings, and he
did not like the idea. He refused to lis
ten TO such q proposition on the himsy
pretext that the other side had refused to
agree to stenographer at the outset. All
efforts to move Mr. Hudspeth from this
ultlmatum were unsuccessful, and Com
missioner Romaine., with displeased
countenance, proceeded with the tedious
work OF taking the testimony In long
hand. -
henry J. SGiliWell was the nrst witness
produced he Is q We'll uresseti and re-
Spectacle looking man, about nifty years
OF age, and wore spectacles. He said he
had llved IN Jersey CITY SIX years.
The flrst question put by Lawyer
Record was:--s' Have you made canvass
or the persons voting at The last election
held in Jersey on April Sin the Third pre- !
cinct of the Second Aldermanic district"
Mr.. Hudspeth was on his feet in an in
stant before the witness could answer
the question
object, said he, ION the ground that
the witness is Incompetent for the reason
that u has not been shown that the wit
ness las any knowledge as to who voted.
that there is no foundation laid for the
question and it is therefore irrelevent."
Mr. Hudspeth insisted that the objec-
tion be entered in fullest legal verbiage
on the record.
Mr. Stillwell finally got a chance and
answered Eyes, slr."
Lawyer Record:-"Of what did that
canvass consist?'
The witness produced batch of memo
randum, which he held in his hand, and
said they were notes OF the result.
Mr.. Hudspoth was again to the front
with an objection. This time it was more
lengthy than the previous one.
He objected to the witness testifying
from memorandum, as it had not been
shown that he made the same or when
he made them Mr.. Record revised his
question so as to conform with this tech
nicality and the question was put in
these words:--"What are the memoran-
dums to which you have referred and
how were they made?"