The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-28
1 0 A FINDING.


mittce Wasting Time.
Special to the jersey City Netts.
CAMDEN, June rs, 1S94.-That brilliant
young statesman, Mr.. Storrs, is not making
very rapid progress In his task of exposing
| Democratic frauds in this county. The
Committee held another session yesterday,
and much time was wasted because OF the
| non appearance of witnesses. Chairman
Storrs notified Mr.. Wartman that subpoenas
| should be served personally on the witness,
and if he did not appear then he would be
| arrested on an affidavit OF the fact OF the
service of the subpoena. The Investigation
is proving to be expensive. Already the
stenographer's bill alone amounts to about
So 500. If things keep up the same pace the
next Legislature will be ASKED TO pay more
bills than was expected.
The entire morning session was devoted TO
| the examination of Charles Gould, who was
the superintendent of the Gloucester race
track. He was on the stand last week when
tine committee a adjourned. Many OF the
questions asked of him yesterday we re prac-
tically of the same nature as those of last
week. He testified to the fact OF having
charge of race track voters and to seeing
that all who were entitled to vote were regis
tered. He had stated that about Il had not
been able to vote at all because it was not
possible to get them registered in time, and
SO l. 10 AN wv
about so had voted before in the district.
Ex-senator Griggs looked over the list of
voters who worked at the race track and
| asked the witness how it was that the list
showed that more than seventv-one had not
been registered and had not voted The
witness explained this on the ground that he
was not sure whether all were entitled to
vote. He had made a very careful canvass
and did not wan any person to vote except
those entitled. The witness denied that any
of the race track men were coerced into vot-
ING the Democratic ticket. Every maj at
the track had the right to vote as he pleased,
and he would not be interfered with II he
had voted the Republican ticket. Mr.. Gould
stated that there was no repeating to his
knowledge. and he did not see any fraud at
the polls.
COT L FOR HIS VOTE.
A blind colored man, named Charles
Shaw of Blackwood, was the next witness.
He wore a smile on his face while he was
testifying and answered all of the ques-
lions Quickly. He testified that no one was
in the sscabooseu when he voted but him
self. Newkirk Wentz gave him the tlcket
to vote and handed him S. also. Wentz
told the witness that he had charge OF the
tickets. The witness became acquainted
with Wentz at the last Presidential election.
At that time the witness understood that II
he went to Mr.. Wentz on election day he
would be paid for a days work.
The witness being blind, ex-Judge Rankin
asked him whether he could see at all he
answered that he could see just a little Dill,
could see things better when they are at a
distance than when they are close. The
witness stated that he voted some time IN the
forenoon. but did not know what ticket he
voted.
ssDid o see Mr.. Newkirk Wentz todayF
asked ex-Judge Rankin.
Eyes. he told me to tell the truth"
sDid he give you anythlng|
He gave me fifty cents"
ssDo you know for whom you voted last
fall:'
Il do not know positively, for l cannot
see. It might have been Prohibitionist, Re
publican or Democratic. l merely voted the
ticket that Mr.. Wentz gave way"
'Were any promises made to you for COM
ing here todayF"
II came here not expecting any big pay,
or any little pay, or any great thanks. L
know that l would get whatever would be
given out"
. "Would you be able to recognize Mr..
Wentz if he were in this room."
II would know him if he told me who he
was"
At this the crowd laughed heartily.
WARrMAN WANTS MORE NJ
John McKoene, the next witness, stated
that ne voted last fall in the Second pre-
cinet, Gloucester City. He voted the Demo
cratic TICKET ana was uOJ III CustiC0 RhS
der's. He did not receive money for voting,
nor did he tell any person that ne had re
ceived compensation. He was at the polling
place only a few minntes and did not sea any
repeating.
Harry Reeves of No. 5a4 Somerset street,
Gloucester, a member of the Gloucester
Republican Executive Committee, tes-
titled that he saw Mr.; Thompson around
the polls '.button-holing" persons. He
did not know personally whether Mr..
Thompson was electioneering, but it looked
very much like it. He did not remember
whether Mr.. Thompson vent into any of the
booths or not. The witness was then ex-
amined as to the registry list of voters in
Gloucester, but nothing of Importance was
elected.
At this point Mr.. Wartman explained to
| the committee that he had no more witnesses
present. He stated that he had been pressed
| for time, and that he must lave several
days to prepare to go Oh with the investiga-
ton.
The committeeman then held a short con-
| sultation and decided to adjourn until Thurs
day, July u.