The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-15
Today's Canvass Assures the
Election of Fisher,
Fielder and Heller.
THE BURNING PAY QUESTION
District Attorney Winfield Will
Have Pleasure in Prose-
cutting Fraud.
Thomas F. Noonan Pays a Mys-
terious Visit to TrentonJDe-
lays and Rumors.

For two hours this morning the men,
bers of the Board of Canvassers strolled
about the corridors of the Court House
and talked about their chances of re-
ceivins pay for the extra days. 1t sud
denly. occurred to one genius that II
wouldn't be bad thing if they went up
stairs and held a meeting. Accordingly
they ferreted Chairman John Dede out
of the County Clerks office, Judge John
A. McGrath out of the front court room,
and Mr. James S. Erwin out of the
Sheriffs sanctum and the meeting was
called to order at noon. Judge McGrath,
as counsel to the board, advised 1t to go
ahead and continue the canvass, returns
or no returns.
He held in his hand list of missing
returns, which are as follows
Fifth ward of Bayonne.
Three precincts of the Sixth district.
Two of the Third.
One of the First.
Counsel advised this because of con-
ference held in Trenton yesterday be-
tween Justice Lippincott, ex-senator W.
D. Edwards, ex-Mayor Gilbert Collins
and Mr.. Charles L. Corbin.
II move we have recess for half an
hour" exclaimed one member, and this
was carried At two o'clock the board
reconvened and the canvass of the votes
of County Clerk, Register and Coroners
was begun. They will proceed with the
returns already at hand, and in the case
of missing official returns certificates of
results will be accepted.
SUPREME COURT APPLICATION.
Gossip around the Court House this
morning centered chiefly on the journey
of ex-Judge Thomas F. Noonan to Tren-
ton Senator DAILY was reticent when
asked the purport of the junior counsel
for the Democrats visit to the Capital
You will soon learn" he said, and
nothing more would he say.
1t is generally, believed that an ap-
plication for a recount will be made
either today or tomorrow before the Su-
preme Court
POSSIBLE INDICTMENTS.
Another topic of conversation was the
possible Indictment of the careless, stu
pfd election officers, and concerning them
Prosecutor Winfield believes that the
Grand Jury will have plenty of work to
do soon. While actual fraud has not yet
been discovered, there is sufficient evil
dence to show criminal neglect
Mr.. Winfield said he would take as
much pleasure prosecuting Republican
ballot suffers as he did with Democratic
corrupt election officers.
To do the Republicans every justice,
the best men in the party are equally
anxious to punish fraud.
Ex-Judge Hoffman said to a News
reporter this morning that he sincerely
hopes that if any Republican officer has
been found guilty of fraud or neglect,
that sharp punishment will follow.
SWARTZ is MAD.
Freeholder Swartz, Republican candi-
date for reelection, is mad clear through
at his defeat and he is bowling fraud
and accuses everybody in the Democratic
party with conspiring to beat him out of
his rights.
He insists that he was counted out,
and now proposes to apply to the court
for a recount, and will base his applica-
tion upon Irregularities in the Town of
Union. His name, he insists had been
scratched on 81 tickets, and this elected
his Democratic opponent, Bindernagel,
by plurality of 12 The officers on the
board in Union Township were A. Felix,
Geo. Wolf, Henry Dooney, and John
Bauer.
HELLER DECLARED ELECTED.
At one o'clock this afternoon, when
the board reconvened Clerk E. Gritten,
before proceeding with the canvass for
County Clerk and Register, announced
the result of the Freeholder contest in
the First Assembly district, and this is
the result
William Heller, d.. .......... LISP
r. c. Bowen, r.. $1,000 ........ 1,235
Then a motion was carried to the eff
feet that when the board adjourns it
shall meet at the call of the Chair. He
who made the motion said it was a pre-
caution to save the members of the
board from indictment by the Grand
Jury.
VOTE FOR COUNTY CLERK.
The result of the canvass so far as
the County Clerk and Register are con-
cerned was finished in half an hour 1t
is as follows:-
County Clerk-Jolnn G.. Fisher. r.. 25,6Oe
NJ. j. O'Donnell D.. "a, ,804
Fishers plurality, SOP.
VOTE FOR REGISTER
Register-George B. Fielder, d.. 25,613
Fred. Frambaeh, Jr., R. 24,760
Fielder's plurality, S5S.
The board then began the canvass
for Coroner.
FRAUD OPENLY CHARGED.