The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-23
NO TICKETS.
Judge Knapp Cannot Save
Eight Thousand Vot-
ers from Disfran-
chisement.
THATBALLOT "REFORM' LAW
No Appeal to the Courts Pos
sible for the Jeffersonians
Until After Election.
WILL THE PEOPLE ENDURE THIs9
The Latest Ring Infamy Fully
Ventilated Now Let the
People Act.
THATBALLOT "REFORN" LAW
WILL THE PEOPLE ENDURE THIs'

There was considerable excitement
among the politicians of the county this
morning at the Court House, over the
legal battle between the 5000 voters OF
the Jeffersonian Democracy and the Ring
party for spolls only.
The first round in the battle was vic
tory for the Ring. The second round will
take place next week. when Counsellor
w. S. Stuhr hopes to overcome the first
defeat.
Those who took an active interest in
the proceedings were Counsellor Stuhr,
ex-Mayor Tinken, ex-Judge Rankin,
John Cronan, Patrick Sheeran, and Ernst
Schultz. Besides these, ex-Judge John
A. Blair, Freeholder Pfngsten, Counsel
lor w. d. DAILY and County Clerk Nc
Laughlin watched the battle with close
attention.
FIRST GUN.
Mr.. Stuhr, after gazing around the
Circuit Court room, fired the first gun.
He asked permission of the court to file
this petition
HON. MANNING M. KNAPP, Justice Of the
Supreme Court of the State of New
Jersey, and presiding as Circuit
Judge of the County OF Hudson:
The undersigned citizen voters in tn
#ounty aforesaid. hereby represent o
your honorable Court that upon the four
teenth day of October, eighteen hundred
and ninety, the Jeffersonfan-L Labor DEM
ocracy of said county, filed with the
Clerk of said county, in his office, certih-
Gates OF the following nominations. viz:
For Richard j. Allen.
For Sheriff-Herman L. Timken.
For Coroners-Wil j. Burns and
Bethuel N. Crane.
For Members of the General Assembly
First Assembly district, Edward j. Nc
Catfery; Third Assembly district, Simeon
H. Smith; Fourth Assembly district,
Timothy J. l.. Lynch; Sixth Assembly
distticf, James S. Erwin; Ninth Assem-
bly, district, Emil Schultze. Jr.
For Chosen Freeholder, Third Assem-
bly, district-Oliyer HI. Perry.
For Chosen Freeholder, Ninth Assem-
bly, district-G George p. Schintzel.
Aud upon the fifteenth day of October,
eighteen hundred and ninety, the follow
ing nominations, viz
For members of the General Assembly,
Second district-P Patrick Sheeran; Fifth
Assembly district, j. Herbert Potts;
Seventh Assembly district Maurice
Walsh.
Made by their conventions and regu-
larly certified as directed by an act of the
Legislature of the State Of New Jersey,
entitled "A further supplement- to an act
entitled An act to regulate elections APP
proved April 49, eighteen hundred and
seventy-six," which said supplement-
was approved on the twenty eighth
seyenty-six,' which said supplement
was approved on the twenty-eighth
day Of May. 1890; that said party afore-
said was then party entitled to formu-
late and nominate ticket by convention
as directed by the supplement- aforesaid,
they having polled at the last preceding
election for members of assembly more
than five per centum of all the votes cast
at said election by the citizens in said
county.
The petitioners herein being part of
said organization as aforesaid. have been
notified and received notification from
the County Clerk of said county that OBJ
jections have been received and filed
with him against all the nominations
made in convention as aforesaid
by the organization herein set
forth, and your petitioners further
relate, and over that said objections, if
any there be, have not been filed as under
the said law directed and that If said OBJ
jections have been filed they are null and
void and of no effect, because,
FirSt-The said organization Is party
which at the election for members of the
General Assembly next preceding the
meeting of said convention polled at least
i've per centum of the vote cast in said
county.
Second-because said objections were
not filed within the time prescribed by
law, and
Third--because the Constitution of the
United States and that of our State, pre-
cludes the power Of taking away the
rights of citizen to vote for and select
whom he may chose by said vote as his
representative and servant of any branch
OF their Government. federal. state or
municipal.
Your petitioners therefore pray that
said objections may be declared to be
null and of no effect, and that the County
Clerk Of said county of Hudson be di-
rected TO print ballots for the use of the
= T,pple OF thic county at the next ensuing
y Fiction as In and by the statute in such
. use made and provided
y IDated October q, 1890.
\ Bs JOHN d. FRAZER
RUDOLPH RABE.
fh JOHN H. CRoNAN.
l5rhe aflidayits Of these men are at
ilfhed that the petition is true.
NJ THE COURTS POWER
la3efore the petition was read through
dhge Knapp safd:-
Ex-senator, have not read the law that
afNerns this; what power has the Court
tpilhe matteri'
JnlYour Honor, the power is conferred
III Section A Of the law said Mr.. Stuhr.
1eireads thus:
1fo. That all certificates of nomination which
b IT vim apparent conformity with the provisions
III thehis act shall be deemed to be valid, unless
ri ihaction thereto shall be duly made in writing
III irshin five days after the fling of the same In
Iyss such objection is made notice thereof shall
fAlhwith be mailed to all candidates who may be
p neted thereby, addressed TO them at their re-
lw&tive places of residence, as given in the
n ate OF no animation; the officer to whom the
\ lnal certificate was filed shall in the first
A &cHnce, pass upon the validity of such objec-
n Z unless an order shall be made in the mat
+ 6aofy a court of competent jurisdiction
| SeIfsUnder this section" said Mr.. Stuhr,
s. .4shiy first request Is that the objections
Z. .y<s1ade to the certificates Of nomination be
I ffSlared nall and void. My second point
l&aIkhat you direct that the names OF our
y Stypdidates be placed on the official ballot
Til5h printed at the public expense. claim
Nri objections were made after the time
All bited by law had expired. The certii-