The morning call., 1894-11-08
THE FORTY-THIRD.
Evidence That the Count Is Not q
Fair One


The count of the ballots in the severa
precincts of the Forty-third Assembly
District still continues, and at the slow
rate that it is progressing it will be
noon to-day before complete returns are in
the Registrars hands.
Precinct Is. with 1877 ballots to count
carries the banner for promptness, as the
work at noon yesterday was finished.
Precinct ], with 153 ballots TO count,
finished at o'clock P. NJ, while at pre-
cinctS 2, 3. 5, g and the summing up OF
the total Will continue most of the night
and part of to-day.
The evidence of tie multiplied charges
OF stuffing which has made the Forty-third
District so emDently conspicuous seems
to be well founded, aud especially in those
precincts against which the most direct
evidence was furnished. Precinct l, that
was located on the corner of Ellis and
Powell streets, and at which the alleged
Baldwin Hotel suffers expected to cast
their votes, registered 1919 votes, of whom
only 153 voted, leaving deficiency of 46.
In Precinct 2 273 voters registered, of
whom 60 were deferred from coming to the
polls, while other precincts. no ably the
Third, with 81 votes short, number 4 with
81 and number with 81, all were located
in the same neighborhood as the First and
shared the same Odlum.
These men, so it Is learned, from COM
patent authority, were expected to vote
last Tuesday, and were only deferred
from doing so by the prompt and timely
action of judge Wallace. The action of
that jurlst, and the prospect of prolonged
punishment, together with the expose OF
the project by the NoD-PaTtisan news
papers, were effectual in preventing a
large addition 10 the legitimate vote Of the
precinct by this means. The suffers did
NOT arn to ntttr -
and in most instances not only abstained
from attempting to vote, but also kept
away from the vicinity of the voting
booths altogether. In some cases The
suffers did appear, but theiprospect of AZ
rest kept them out of sight. In all the
booths where the suffers hoped 10 be
allowed to cast a ballot the number of
challenges were large. In the First fifteen
we're challenged. all on the ground of the
voter not beng resident. The excuse
invariably was a recent removal; in some
cases tbs assurance was accepted and the
challenge withdrawn.
Evidence OF careless voting was very
apparent in some of the precincts. A dis
cussion arose in the Second regarding a
ballot in which the *" had been placed
outside of the regular column for il, but
tile ballot vas received and counted. In
several instances ballo0 were found with.
out any mark whatever 10 indicate that
| they had ever been in the voters hands.
What to do with such ballots puzzled the
inspectors. but il was finally concluded to
place them on The string and pass them on
TO the Registrar.
In some of the booths where the count
was IN progress efforts were made by citi.
zens TO inspect the methods of the To-
spectors, but they received very little aid
| or sympathy and wordy controversy was
| often the result. This was tho case in the
| Fourth Precinct. where one Sullivan pre-
! sided. Threats were made TO put the cit
! zen ou:. out he was equal 10 the occasion
| and dared Sullivan to attemptit.