New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-30
HEAVY BLOW FOR THE RING.
Jr,DGE HOFFMAN RETURNS TO JERSEY CITY.
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS OF HUDSON COUNTY
SHOFS.

DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS OF HUDSON COUNTY
QUAKING IN THEIR SHOES
The Hudson County ring that has been trying 10
,ro,ect tho h.lot-box suffers yesterday received
Now that not even Counsellor Peshall will be able 10
End solve for even II he has any left over Iro ns
last application. For three weeks Mayor slan'o" vi
;roboken has been absent from his post OF uuV AS
.ayor OF Hoboken his absence didn't much hiht"r'
When Mayor Stanton disappeared there were several
anxious INQUIRIES after him, but James LhVerty, Ms
p.iyate secretary, told him that AR. Stanton was
absent he did not exactly know where, nor ola be
know exactly when the Mayor would return. IL was
assumed that the Mayor was OF The Oiiara House,
IN the Catsills because Il was known that his family
was there and that he did not care to be bothered
with municipal business But on saturday 1t Leaked
out that Mayor Stanton was In town again: that he
had been 10 Europe and that he had returned on the
Normannia. Mayor Stanton could not be found how
ever 10 affirm deny the report. This time he was
really In the Catskllls with his family. Yesterday
he was at his ONCE.
Mr.. Stanton is something more than Mayor of Iio-
boken; he Is chief Of detectives in Prosecutor Win
fields Office Furthermore II discovered that
Detective Stanton's disappearance from the usual
haunts Of the Mayor Of HobOkeD WAS coincident with
Judge Kcnny's speech to the effect that no ballet
box stuffer should 60 to jail with his consent
With the coincidence came another discovery. When
Detective Stanton came back on the Norranns, Judge
HOFFMAN came back with him. His arrival had also
been kept quiet. when Hudson County ring politicians
began to put these facts together, 1t was easy to
trace tho connection and discount tlE probable
consequence They began to quake In their shoes
for their friends, the bal0tbOx suffers. In order
70 get the secret OF the business II possible, In
terviews were sought with Mayor Stanton by news
paper men as well as politicians. Mayor Stanton
laughed. So did Detective Stanton. Then the Mayor
and detective came out in their true character.
IVES that Of port warden, another Office Mr.. Stanton
holds.
al went to Europe on business said he. 81 did
not TO go Mayor detective. went as port
wardea. My business with the directors of the
Pacific Line OF steamships. ! went on the Nor
MAMMA, but not secretly. 1 merely happened to be
pear the published Est. Yes. sailed August H.
knew nothing of the failure of the judges TO agree
did not meet Judge Hoffman, did not know he was
on board OF the Normnnnla until met him on deck
after the steamship had sailed. one of the first
questions he asked me was: What did they do with
the ballot-box suffers Eut / could not tell him
The first we knew OF the matter when we reached
the dock In Hobokcn. Then Commissioner uz ana
both greatly surprised at the result. When went
away / left with Mr. Lavcrty an official not 10 Chair.
man Erlenkoetter, of the Council, ns;ructing that
official to act as Mayor In any emergency. No emcr
gency arose and Mr. Laverty did not give my note
to the chairman. That is all there Is Of it,
Mr.. Laverty says that when he Informed Messrs
Stanton and Hoffman Of the DISAGREEMENT both were
understand Why compromise decision had not been
reached.
Judge Hoffman could not be found. bnt the. puzzle
twenty balOtbox suffers, as yet unpublished, will
be arraigned for sentence.