The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-24
RECOUNT FINISHED.
Six Republicans and Five
Democrats Are Elected
AsSemblymen.
DOES NOT DETERMINE RESULTS
Justice Lippineott Will Hear
Arguments From Opposing
Counsel.
"R0D" SEYM0UR'S MARES NEST
Stray Rejected Votes May Elect
Another Democrat = The
Figures.
DOES NOT DETERMINE RESULTS
"ROD" sEYMOUR'S MARES NEST

in the wind up yesterday of the re-
count of Assembly votes in the county
an extremely funny proceeding occurred.
Mr.. Roderick B. Seymour, counsel for
the Republicans, discovered mare $
nest which his colleague, Mr.. ]. Herbert
Potts. after few minutes destroyed. 1t
happened this way
When Mr.. Seymour was informed that
the Democrats had gained 100 votes in
the box of the Fourth precinct of the
First ward of Hoboken he felt exceed
ingly sore and straightway proceeded
to nose about that box. Suddenly he
fished out of the box registry list and
exclaimed
Look here, I've found the registry list
of the First precinct of the Fourth ward
in the box of the Fourth precinct of the
First ward. Clear case of fraud and his
face shone with delight. Here was, in
his estimation. positive proof that these
naughty Democrats had swapped lists
and juggled a gain of 100 votes.
SOMEWHAT PUFFED UP.
Quickly summoning Alderman Dusen-
berry to his side he made the Alderman
sit down and write In the most dignified
tones and with beconingly' important
air, Seymour dictated lengthy Republi-
can objections to such a damning evil
dence of fraud. Meanwhile Seymour's
henehmen were grinning from ear to
ear that these wicked Democrats We're
detected at their little game.
After half an hours dictation, at the
end of which Aid. Dusenberry had writ
ten about ten pages of legal cap Seymour
marched up to Justice Lippincott. oh.
my, what a proud man he was when he
pointed out the matter to Justice Lippin-
colt and asked with a triumphant toss
of his head and a glare at General Hep
penheimer and Mr.. Davis
How did that list get into that boX?"
II don't know and don't care replied
Justice Lippincott, 81 am not here to
take evidence of discrepancies and L
don't care if fraud is discovered in every
box in the county. It's not my business
to rule on that. The statute limits my
powers. Take your votes and compare
the.a with the poll list. It is clearly
misplacing of sheets"
MARES NEST.
But Seymour was convinced that some
thing was wrong and requested that the
box Of the First precinct of the Fourth
district be opened to see how much fraud
was in that box, and permission being
wearily granted by the Court, Seymour
started in to open the box. At that
moment Commissioner J. H. Potts step
ped up to the bench and learning the
cause of the fussiness of Seymour, said
to the Court
Your Honor. this is all nonsensical.
Gen Heppenheimer and I examined both
boxes, and in mistake the lists were
chapoe5 IVhau we srnt through -
Nevertheless Seymour was bent on
wasting as much time as possible, and
finally the box was opened, and just
as the Court, Mr.. Potts and Gen. Hep
penheimer said, there was the missing
registry list Thus his bubble was
pricked by his Republican colleague, and
if anybody felt cheap after so much
fuss and feathers the discoverer of
the mares nest did. Even the Repub-
licans. although disappointed, couldn't
resist laughing at their counsePs dis
comfiture.
VERY TRIVIAL.
It was an easy matter to misplace the
sheets in the ballot boz. and, as the
Court rightly said, it was trivial at
that. During the entire recount it has
been extremely common to find poll lists,
books, envelopes, returns and every
scrap of paper used in the polling booth
dumped into the box. One set of cleo
tion officers immortalized themselves by
putting the five candles and candle
sticks used in the polling station, in
the ballot box with the votes and other
things.
TABULATING RETURNS.
All the votes in the 1872 ballot boxes
having been recounted at six o'clock,
Justice Lippincott ordered the tabulation
of the results. He took his seat on the
bench, with the tally sheets before him,
and Clerk Edward Gritten to his right,
with another sheet, which he checked
when the Court called out the individual
vote, district by district precinct by
precinct Supervising Mr.. Gritten were
Mr.. Robert Davis for the Democrats,
and Mr.. VIM. H. Vermilyea for the Re-
publicans.
Messrs. Myles McCartin and Joseph
O'Mara, two most accurate gentlemen
with figures, Kept tally at desk below
Constable Zeller cleared the space with
IN the bar and found seats for the crowd
and amid silence the final count proceed
ed. This continued until six o'clock,
when an hours recess for supper was
taken. At that hour 80 out of the 1872
precincts had been checked.
Seven O'Clock found every one in his
place, and the tabulation continued un-
til thrty-five minutes past ten, when
the tedious work of checking figures was
finished. The sheets were collected, and
Clerk Gritten took them with him to
begin the final footing up.
FIGURING RESULTS.
The precincts of the Court House this
morning were crowded with Republicans
and Democrats. Prohibitionists and
Socialist Labor men. counsel and candi-
dates, all eager to know the result of
last nights recount
Clerk Edward Gritten was as early
as eight o'clock besieged by people want
ing to know, you know; but at length
his stock of patience, usually so large,
gave out. and he wouldn't give anybody
a scrap of information, and pursued his
work adding up the returns to present