The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-07
VICTORY INTHE AIR
All Indications Point to a
Triumph for the Demo
cratic Ticket.
HEAVY VOTE BEING POLLED
Legal Voter Arrested Through a
Police acknowledgements
Action Of Election
Boards.

all appearances a heavy vote is being
polled. 1t is plainly a Republican day,
but the general belief is that a hand
some vote is being cast for the entire
Democratic ticket. The candidates have
made q silent but exceedingly effective
canvass and the most conservative Re
publicans are willing to acknowledge
that the outlook for a Democratic vic
tory is brighter than 1t has been in many
past elections. The harmony that pre-
walls at the polling places is entirely
due to the prompt and impartial police
arrangements made by Chief Murphy.
At seven o'clock this morning policemen
who are On duty today were marched in
platoons from the precincts where they
have been accustomed to doing duty, to
precincts where they are practically I'M
known.
81 transferred the men, said the Chief
this morning, after due consultation
with Police Commissioners.
POLICE PERNICIoUS ACTIVITY.
I'm the past scarcely an election has
been held where one or more policemen
nave not brought disgrace upon
the Department by charges of
performing partial duty.
at is to prevent a recurrence,
that I made the transfers. 1t places the
men beyond the reach or influence of cor
rupt politicians. If it is possible for this
election to be held in a fair, quare
manner, ] ihink the precautions I have
taken against fraud will bring the de-
sired result"
The Chief announced this morning that
the police investigation OF the registry
lists has resulted i'll showing that there
are no less than 800 names illegally reg
istered. A close watch is being kept at
the polls so that in case any man at
tempts to vote on an Illegally regis
tered name his arrest will follow, a per-
sonal investigation made by the Com
mandant of the police precinct in which
the offense was attempted. This morn
ing at eight o'clock the first arrest for
attempted illegal voting was made. The
supposed offende was James Crotty of
No. 2i6 Fifteenth street. 1t appears that
his place was looked for by Policemen
Higgins and Hunt. They reported that
ne did not live where he was registered
from. Crotty insinuated that the police
men were liars and raised a lively rum
pus by calling the election officers ras-
Gals. An investigation was made, n
it was found that Crotty was all right.
The policemen in making the investiga-
ton had overlooked a frame house IN
the rear of the tenement which was sup
posed to be Crotty's place of residence.
Crotty was arraigned before Justice
Potts and Immediately discharged. This
occurrence resulted in Chief Murphy's
issuing a general order to arrest no man
until it was positive that he had been
illegally registered.
BALLOT BOXES WON'T WORK.
The usual trouble with the ballot boxes
was avoided this morning. OF the sew
enty-eight in use only fourteen were re-
ported cut of order. While these were
being repaired voting was abandoned.
In the Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Six
tenth precincts of the Sixth Aldermanic
district all the Republican ballots mys-
teriously disappeared. This fact was re-
ported to Chief Murphy and the neces-
sary ballots were delivered. Who is re-
sponsible for the disappearance of the
tickets is not known. Over in the old
Horseshoe" the reports are very en-
couraging. The leaders expect to pile
UP handsome majorities for all the can
didates.
This afternoon, as a further preeaution
against fraud, Detectives Douglass
and Herman were detailed to do
duty in the Fourth precinct, Detectives
Dalton n McGinnis In the First. Doyle
and Smith in the Second; Clos and Clark
in the Third, Kileauley and Hottie in
the Fifth and Sixth. Larkins and Egan
are on reserve at Headquarters, and
O'Neill is accompanying Inspector Lange
who is making a tour of the entire
city.
ON THE HILL.
The polling on the Fill this morning
was rather light. A v was made
by a News reporter between 1920 and
II 100 O'Clock, showed the voting to be as
follows:-Fifth district, Seventh pre-
cinct at No. SIS Montgomery street, 1877;
Eighth precinct at No. a Toys place, 100;
precinct at Mo- 453 Bergen ave-
nue., 315 out of 1868; Second district, Eighth
precinct, 300 out of a registry of 745;
Sixth precinct, 1928 out of sos; Fifth pre-
cinct, 265 out of 76l.
At Reinecke's barber shop al No. 4
Foye place the polling place of the
Eighth precinct, Fifth district, this sign
confronts the voters as they deposit
ballots
"Gentlemen-This board is very dry.
Yours truly,
THE BOARD.
"P. S.-Small contributions thankfully
large ones in proportion"
Many of the voters criticised it rather
harshly and several declared their snten-
ton of making a formal complaint
against the board for acting in such a
amer.
At No. sos Communipaw avenue there
is a box Marked
contributions for dinner for the
board"
The ballot box at No. $50 C~ommunipaw
avenue, the polling place of the Eighth
of the Sixth Aldermanic district,
early this morning. 1t was sent
town to be fixed, and while IL
was gone a candy box was used in its
place. AT No. 400 Communipaw avenue
box was out Of order and registered
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