The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-16
HOW NOT TO FIND IT |
Argument in the Storrs-Ex-
ton Investigation Farce
in Trenton.
ALLEGES FRAUD IN EVERY PRECINCT
Counsel Scores Duke Thompson and
the Illegal Acts of His
Emissaries.

TRENTON, Aug. 16.1S94.-Scarceiy a
bakers dozen gathered in the Assembly
Chamber this morning to witness the last
act in Storrs' and Exton's great farce:-
How not to find fraud" or the investi-
cation of VIM. j. Thompsons title to
his seat in the New Jersey Assembly
Mr. Thompson was not present, but
Jacob o. Lippincott. the contestant, was,
and sat in a back seat with his head
buried in his hands as though in prayer
Chairman Storrs presided and Assembly
men Flynn, Lewis, Salinger. Olvaney and
Exton of the committee were present
John W. warsman of Camden, counsel
for Lippincott, began his argument He
opened with fierce philippe against
Thompson, whom he designated as "a
petty nucleus for crime. Mr. Flynn OBJ
jected to the language the gentleman was
using and called upon the chairman to
confne him to an argument on the evil
dence
"Oh, let him go on said ex-Judge Ran
kin, counsel for Mr.. Thompson, ''he will
do himself more harm than u.s. but Mr.
Flynn would not let him go on and in
sisted upon his objection
Chairman Storrs put the motion to a
vote and Mr.. Flynn was sustained by the
votes of Messrs. Salinger and Lewis, Re
publicans. and himself.
Mr.. Wartman maintained that he
should be allowed to pursue his argument
in his own way. but the chairman ad-
monished him to heed the objection of
Mr.. Flynn, which had been sustained by
the committee. Mr.. Wartman observed
the admonition by continuing in the same
strain. He said that he had labored un-
all persons who were present when the
outrages were committed and the law
defied, We're for the most part the en-
misaries and agents of the incumbent's,
and instruments of his depravity
Mr.. Wartman spoke for some time,
when Mr. Storrs said that before Mr..
wartman proceeded to another branch
of his subject he would like to hear
little further argument on the point that
fraud in an election will vitiate an cleo
ton the same as fraud in contract will
vitiate that contract. Mr.. Wartman said
that all authorities he had quoted were
In that line.
CORRUPTION HERE.
He then went on to say that he did not
believe there were $50 legal voters in the
district although over LOO votes We're
cast He told how the industries had de-.
clined and the operatives moved away.
This deiuged him with a storm of ques-
tfons from the committee as to whether
Or not he thought that a jockey or other
horseman who had been in the State and
county the time required by the Consti-
tuition, could vote. Mr.. Wartman claimed
not, and tried to show why; but was fre-
quently interrupted by questions which
plainly showed that the committee had
talked the matter over and did not agree
with Mr.. Wartman, and were of the
opinion that the right to vote of the horse
men of Thompson's District would not
be questioned
About one o'clock Mr.. Wartman got
down to the evidence and reviewed it
at length. He claimed that: it showed
fraud in every precinct in the district,
and that there was a deliberate conspir-
acy to commit outrage. Those who pro
tested were all silenced. At lis the COM
mittee took rest