The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-22
NO APPLICATION YET.
The Jeffersonians Have Not
Asked the Court for
Tickets.
VIEWS ON THE RING OUTRAGE.
Precautions Being Taken to Purge
The Registry of Dishon-
est Names.

Preparations are being made to-day for
the printing of the official ballots that are
to be used at the approaching election.
Tickets bearing the names of the Jeffer-
sonian candidates on neither county nor
district tickets, have been put in hand
County Clerk Mclaughlin has filed a
formal refusal to issue them unless the
court orders them.
Ii was expected that the Jeffersonians
would make applicatication today to
Judge Knapp for an order directing the
County Clerk to issue tickets, but up to
noon it had not been made. 1t is
possible that some other Judge than
Judge Knapp may be solicited to act
Mr. MUIRHEIDS PRECAUTIONS
AS announced in The JERSEY CITY
NEWS last week Mr.. William Muirheid,
Chief United States Supervisor of Elec-
tions, has issued stringent set Of in
visors
These regulations are an earnest of Mr..
Muirheid's promise to endeavor to thwart
any attempt upon the part of the Ring to
override the will of the people by false
registration.
ent at the polling place 10 which they are
appointed at all times during the regis
tration and election.
They are also required to make lists of
the. voters registered, and to keep them
In books furnished them for that pur-
pose.
If any one is suspected of having regis
tered Illegally, the Chief will send out
one OF his men to personally investigate
the case.
In this way it is doubtful if any false
registration will escape detection unless
by collusion with the Supervisors, which,
owing to the heavy penalties prescribed
and the prompt manner the United States
government has of Furnishing offenders
against It's laws. is not likely to happen.
The supervisors are authorized to chal-
lenge any person who offers to register or
vote whom they may have reason to sus-
pect, and they are to see that their chal-
lenges are acted upon.
n They are also to personally inspect aud
scrutenlze at all times the manner in
which the registering and voting is being
done, and for which purpose they are
instructed to take such position near
the ballot box as will best enable them to
discharge these duties.
According to the Federal election law
under Which they are appointed, the
SUPERVISOR are to make a count Of the
votes II they suspect any irregularities
IN the count made by the local officers.
The managers OF the Ring canvass are
being denounced on every side for their
action in excluding Tlmken and his Ger
man friends from the polls. The friends
of the Ring candidate declare it to have
been great blunder Every fair minded
man declares it to have been great out
rage Opinions differ as to the effect it
will have on the chances of the candi-
dat es
Finance Commissioner John Edelstein
said to News reporter that in his opin-
ion the Democratic party would have
gained more with Timken in the field
than they will with him out.
Why. did they crowd Mr.. Timken out
there?' asked.
"Oh, Pm not responsible for what is
done at the Court House," replied Mr.
Edelstein, Tor for the errors of any man
but myself.
1T WILL HURT
State Treasurer john j. Toffey said
that he thought the Democrats would
reap more injury than benefit from the
refusal to give the Jeffersonians official
ballots. He thought that it would bring
10 Wanser large number of votes which
he would not otherwise have received.
John Brennan candidate for Assembly
in the First district, was of the opinion
that the refusal to furnish the .Jeffer-
sonians with ballots would prove boom
erang.
He said that not only would it draw to
Wanser all the votes which Timken
would have received, but he thought that
it would cause many who might have
voted otherwise to vote for Colonel Wan
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