The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-25
MCDONALD GAINS SIXTY.
The Committee Finds More
Votes for Him Than the
Election Officers.
FOURTH DISTRICT BOXES EXPLORED.
The Senate Re-enacts the Partisan
Election Laws That Were Re-
peaIed Last Winter.
Special to the Jersev cify Ne,cs.

TRENTON, Feb. "a, 1S90.-The Senate
Committee examined six boxes at its
sitting this afternoon Senator Gardner
said last week that he had lain awake
two whole nights trying to devise some
scheme for expediting the recount, but
had not succeeded. He, however. ratified
off the tickets so lively that even DR..
Roe, the most careful and accurate coun-
ter. could not keep track with him.
Mr.. Corbin, Judge Garrettson and Mr..
Dougherty were on hand and carefully
scanned each ballot. Stuhr was also
present and chewed the starboard side of
his musLache almost off as he heard his
name called off by Senator Gardner.
THE FIFTH PRECINCT.
The Fifth precinct of the Fourth dis
trict was the first one examined and pro-
duced nothing to pay for the trouble Of
its examination. Dial, poll book and
string of ballots all agreed on 470. The
tally sheet gave Mcdonald 1855 and Stuhr
283. The recount did not change the
figures for Stuhr but gave Mcdonald two
more.
In the Sixth precinct the little "joker''
reared its awful head to frighten DIR. Roe.
to the extent OF 10, and they were exceed
ingly curious as to marks. Some were
stamped twice, Others three times, and as
Senator Gardner directed the stenograph-
er to note, some of them appeared as
though they had been punctured while
enclosed in other tickets. Everything ap-
peared to be regular on the face, except a
slight change in the count. The tally
sheet gave Mcdonald 22l and Stuhr 10,
while the recount gave Stuhr 70 and Nc
Donald 216, including the 10 jokers. The
officers in this precinct were:-P. Cos
grove, judge; J. A. Dakin and William
Stevens. inspectors, and George A. Dolan,
clerk. The last ballot on the string regu-
larly numbered. punctured and stamped,
was a bill from Edward Field to William
Schmidt for some $40 worth of feed.
PECULIAR TALLY SHEET.
The Seventh precinct revealed a peculi-
arity in the tally sheet, which, although
it does not effect the present contest, may
be OF some interestto the otner candidates
in the Fourth district The lower portion
of the tally sheet, containing the count for
all offices except Governor and Senator,
was cut off aud missing. The dial regis
tered 421. and although the certificate of
the election officers in the poll book de-
clared that 42O had voted an actual count
showed 431 names in the book. Dan f..
Charles Simonson, inspectors, and A.
Sam Barrett were the officers. Accord
ing to the tally sheet Mcdonald received
21S votes in the precincts and Stuhr 1871,
which figures were not changed by the
recount.
MORE JoKERs.
More jokers and an irregularity in the
poll book were brought to light in the
Eighth precinct. The dial registered $40
names, and that was the number in the
poll book certified to by Charles Carr,
indge: William Sweetingham and r. ID.
Huyvetter, inspectors, and K. CosGigun, /,
clerk An examination, however, showed
that the book contained but 301 names.
The tally sheet gave Mcdonald Ill
and Stuhr 126, and the recount Stuhr 1917
and Mcdonald 172, including the II
"iokers.' Some of the jokers, in the
opinion of the committee, entered the
box through other than the regular
channel.
The Ninth precinct produced what the
committee considered serious irregu-
larity in the poll book. The book con-
tanned 465 names by actual count, while
the last number was 465. The first six
pages were full of names while the
seventh and ninth were blank. The dial
registered 400 and 464 tickets were on the
string. There were no certificates. but
affidavits, slightly irregular, by John
Kelly, Judge; Henry Earle, clerk; Charles
NJ. Helm and M. j. Wilson, inspectors.
The tally sheet gave Mcdonald 227
and Stuhr 22S.
EVERYTHING TAILED.
There was nothing reprehenslble about
the Tenth precinct and it was quickly
counted. Dial, poll book and string were
at 1893 and the recount did not change the
tally sheets figures of ia for Mcdonald
and TS for Stuhr