New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-09
SENATOR VEDDERS EXPLANATION
HOW HIS GREAT MAJORITY OF FORMER fENr''
WAS OVERTURNED THIS YEAR.

HOW HIS GREAT MAJORITY OF FORMER fEAi''
WAS OVERTURNED THIS YEAR.
puea,o Nov. 8 (specaD.-The defeat OF senator
voador I'm the XXXIId District. by 600 majority. a
district which he carried two years ago oy osoi' was
one OF the surprises Of the campaign Tic Senh'or
was in this city last night, and when asked " eNVi
the reason for the great change In the Vote Vi ND
district told an interesting story. lie SAUL III SUI
stance that Dr. James T. Edwards his opponent. first
received the regular Democratic nomination Iof neh
asor lie was then put in nomination by ooo voters
(cIaminr 10 represent the Peoples party who siSned
a certificate Under the new BALLOT Law, an III
dependent candidate nominated by voters ceruhea'c'
Ina, the right to designate what other candidates he
wishes associated with him on the ticket Kisht mere
Is where the senator says his opponents got IN " hnc
work. DR. Edwards designated all the nominees OF
the Republican party from top TO bottom to be printed
on his ticket There Is another provision OF the law
which per,uts the other candidates designated 10
object 10 running two on the ticket. Such objection
must be fled In writing by each candldatc ana
when yedder first began to realize the SITUATION u was
too late to get tho Republican State nominees 10 ITO
their objections TO running on the Edwarus ucheV'
The local candidates in Chautauqua county aiSo
neglected to file such objections in spite Oh 'cuoer
inslstencs. The Cattaraugls County Republican nom
inees did take advantage Of this section ana al the
last moment entered their formal objection TO having
thsir names associated with that OF Edwards on the
ticket One Coroner In Chattarauss, who was absent
nj the time alone neg elected TO do THIS
Tins the situation presented itself on election day
to the voters Of the XXXIId District. Whch uie9
vert 10 the polls In Chautauqua County TWO hePuD
Hcan tickets, among others, were handed themi each
similar In every respect, except tha bufIeu III .'c
middle of the ticket vedderS name was on one baio'
tor senator and Edwards's name the other In
Cattoraugus County the Of the Republican local
Nominees (cxcept that OF coroner) were omitted from
the Edwards ticket but 1t was headed by fasseu anu
the other Republican state nominees
"These bogus ballots-I call them bogus be-
cause they were deliberately made up to deceive
the people-calsed my defeat" said the Senator. VI
gave all the warning that could' he added, "bnt
right in nv own county 400 OF these ballots were
cast in spite OF the fact that they were incomplete
tickets. In Chautauqua County where there was
difference only in the Of the two Senatorial can
dldates / estimate that 600 OF them went INTO the
ballot box | claim that the great majority OF the
men who voted this Edwards ballot intended to vote
for me. and supposed they were doing 50. Dr. Ed
wards carried the entire district by only 600 majority,
and that bogus ballot gave him 1000 votes which were
not intended for him."
"There is almost lnfallibe clrcumstantial evidence
of this fact in Cataraugus County," continued the sen
ator "The local Republican nominees there, whose
names were stricken from the Edwards ballots and the
space left blank, Behind the state ticket almost
exactly the same number of votes as the number OF
thesc bogus tickets know, 100, almost 10 certduN'
Tie number Of these Edwards tickets because the name
of the coroner which was left on them, was
printed Incorrectly on these ballots and In the count
this cOroner's name served a. sure index
senator Vedder declared that james ). Whppic was
beaten for the Assembly In the Id Cdttaraugs Dis
trict by The fact that his name was left OIL the Ed
wards ticket. -
well, what do you propose to do about p" was
asked Of the Senator.
There is nothing that be done. DR.. Edwards
has legally received the majority Of the votes ard he
Is elected Yet / claim that II ID had not been for
tIs section in tho new Ballot law would have been
elected by nearly 1000 majority: There IS an in
Justice in that provision which ought to be rmeded"