The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-14
70 MONTICELLO AN ENU E,
JERSEY CITY, n. j.,

1T Is a pleasure, WHICH any lGit-AAtlthOE
man may indulge, to acknowlSdge anQ
recognize the fact that your collation. OF
election returns on the day following
the recent Republican landslide and
particularly those returns OF hudson
County for Congress, Register, county
Clerk and Assenblymen, were so careful
~ done. conveniently arranged and the
nearest to accuracy of any publish
ed on that or the succeeding day, but
1 take exception TO the head lines, ana
evident intention to deceive, printed IN
your paper of the 18TH inst, to wit
Republican Fraud! Neither the Ballots,
the Tally Sheets or the Register Agree
With Each Other. FRAUDS Worse thar
Joker Ballots, etc, etc"
You are perfectly well aware that no
ballots have been counted, consequently
it is impossible for sou or any other
lots and the poll list and the tally sheet
do not agree. or that the ballots and the
tally sheets do not agree:
We recognize that the Democrats have
been hard hit" but you people must
learn TO undergo the discipline necessar-
iiy inflicted by an outraged public and
accept the verdict of the people, even
though it may be adverse to Democratic
Office holders.
The cry Of fraud will not avail of
itself to defeat the Republican candidates
who ave been honestly elected in this
= county. If fraud" has been commit
TED we stand ready to render every as
sistanee in our power 10 discover, the
offender and punish the guilty. We have
already, as a party, placed ourselves on
record TO this effect By resolution of our
County Committee, and 1t comes with
q bad grace from your paper to constant
ly fling out insinuationS and bare-faced
statements, which the truth does not
Justify, for the purpose of creating a
public clanaor and prejudice which only
hinders and does not expedite the wheels
Of justice and proper determination of
the result as expressed by. the people,
who are the only source of power and
the rulers of the Nation.
Very respectfully yours,
Z. w. WOOLLEY.
We are much indebted to Mr.. Woolley
for his compliment regarding The News
election returns. They would nav been
ever more complete and accurate but
for the extraordinary and unprecedented
delay over their publication at Police
Headquarters. 1t is d fact that some pre-
cincts were not heard from at Head
quarters at all. 1t is also a fact worth
noting tina whereas in previous years
these police returns tailed almost ex-
actly with the official figures. this year
they show most extraordinary and I'M
accountable discrepancies. However, the
main point is that The News told the
people exactly what had happened, and
gave a very good idea of how it hap
pened, and we believe the work done was
appreciated by Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike, and in such matters. 1.-The
News" is equally pleased to win the ap-
probation of either. So much for Mr..
Woolley's courteous opening.
We always have a sympathy for the
and we can easily understand how gall
ing it is to Mr.. Woolley, who is an
honorable man, to have the shadow of
suspicion cast upon the very remark
able victory of his party. But, Mr..
Woolley is wrong in blaming us; it is
the sworn evidence before the Supreme
Court Commissioner that raises the
spectre Of fraud 1t is true our head
lines on Monday were a trife sensa-
have, and they were certainly as fair
as those which the Evening Journal"
has displayed for the last three days
over it's Trentcn despatch of yesterday,
for instance. This much we may claim
for our headings: they were borne out
by the proceedings bef.r re Mr.. Nugent,
with the exception which Mr.. Woolley
notes, viz: that the ballots not being
counted yet. no one can say whether
they agree with the TALES or not. Mr..
Woolley is quite right on this point, and
we are quite satisfied to take back the
assertion in our headline, pending the
recount.
But as to the general allegations, We
see no reason to retract anything. There
is evidence now before the public, it
undertaken if not realized. The en-
tire election, from one end of the city
to the other, has assiredly developed a
mass Of abuse as bad as any hat we
have ever SEEN. Some, no doubt, was
due to drunkenness, recklessness, stu
pidtty; but there remains a considerable
amount lhat cannot ne eApidiieu III
this way. Obviously in the limits of this
article we cannot review all. the facts;
but we clip at random from the reports
previously published a few paragraphs to
exemplify the discoveries made during
the Nugent inquiry. Here they are;-
In one box, that of the Fourth precinct
of the Third district. there were two
tally sheets on the box and one of them
registered 200 votes for Stevens, 264 for
McEwan, while the other tally sheet
showed 348 for Stevens and l95 for NC
Evan. The police returns showed the
final figures, thus making a difference in
favor of Colonel Stevens.
Another box opened was from the
Second precinct of the Fifth district.
The dial showed ATT votes, while the tally
sheets had 397 votes polied.
Again in the box from the Sixth pre-
cinct of the Third district. the last vote
poiiad was No. 1928; but the tally sheet
showed 342 votes. and the dial on the
box, 38s votes cast. Counse for the
Democrats claim that the discrepancy
shows at lesst a gain Of $50 votes for
Mr.. Stevens.
When the box for the First precinct OF
the Third AIdermanic district was called
it wal found that the officers didn't even
think 1t necessary to lock the ballot box
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