The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-21
SHOCKING CC[IlIG POLL POLL BOOKS BOOKS.
Dirty and Tattered and Showing
Evidences of Reckless
ScOundrelism.
Special to the Jersey cfty Netos.

TRENTON, March 20, 1890 The young
men who are conducting the comparison
of the poll books and registry lists Of
Hudson county in the course Of their
work yesterday unearthed more evidences
of the most unblushing frauds. The
handwriting in all the books examined,
with but few exceptions, was
of such character as TO
disprove any claim that the frauds were
errors caused by bad pennmanship, or the
ignorance of the election officers as was
claimed in the cases of many precincts in
the First district Each poll book con-
tanned many names which were not to be
found on the registry lists, and there were
names on the poll books which had been
voted on twice, and in several cases three
times.
In the poll book of the First precinct Of
the Second district there was found GER
titicate which stated that 45S votes had
been cast, twenty-five of which could not
be found on the registry, while 252 names
differed from the corresponding names on
the registry in initials, spelling and adj
dresses. This is the precinct which en-
braces that portion of the water front
where large number of tugs, barges
and other river craft lay up for the win
ter, and a large number of persons voted
from these craft.
From tug boat Resolute voted; che
Edwards, 8; the Purcell, 5; the McWil-
liams, 6; the L. Richards, 8; the Weed, 4;
the Hudson, 6; the Winslow r. N. Ives
and E. B. King 5 each. J. j. Kennedy,
Francis Whelan, John j. Miller and John
Green were the election officers in the
precinct.
Third precinct of the Second district were
found was a disgrace to any civilized
community. They were blurred and
greasy and bore no evidences of any at
tempt to keep them neat. The names in
the poll book, upon which voters had un-
random and apparently in utter disregard
of any such trifllng requisite as that the
voter must reside in the precinct and be
registered.
According to the certificate in the poll
book, 493 votes had been cast, although a
careful comparison fails to find 100 of the
names upon which those votes were cast
on the registry list. and $50 of them differ
SO materially from the corresponding
names on the registry list SO as to almost
justify one in believing they were not the
same.
The last books examined yesterday
were those of the Fourth precinct of the
same district, and eleven names were
found on the poll book which cores
ponded neither directly or indirectly with
any on the registry.
The comparison Of the poll and registry
books of the Fifth precinct of the Second
district, which was completed this morn
ing, showed that there were 500 names on
the poll book. OF those there were nine
teen names that did not appear on the
registry list, 100 names in which there{
were errors, and seven appeared as hay-
ing been voted on twice. On the registry
there were SAP names checked off.
The Sixth precinct registry and poll
book showed that COS votes were cast
The clerks have not yet finisned the COM
,parison on those books, but as far as they
have gone today the results shows that
the books are equally as bad as those OF
the previous precincts. Ex-Judge Hof-
man, who is counsel for w. S. Stuhr, was
looking over the evidence collected SO Tar
this morning. He said that before many
days are past there would be great
shaking up OF dry bones.
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