The morning call., 1894-11-20


place his signature upon them.
l.. Henley, another ballot clerk, followed
Mr.. Butter. he declared that he was en-
tirely ignorant OF any crooked work. He
did not know there was any trouble with
the returns until he saw it mentioned in
the daily papers. He seemed to be very
much surprised over the announcement.
John I. Byrne, who also acted as ballot
clerk in this precinct, said he did not re-
member what the vote OF the different
candidates for member of Assembly was,
but that he heard that Dolan had re-
ceived 101, Ewing 80 and Higgins 81. He
claimed that he knew of no mis- takes which
were made in the count. He thought
everything was carried out in apple-pie
order.
The next witness. j. E. O'Brien. said
that he was an election official. but,
strangely, he did not seem to know what
his duties were. He was we'll aware that
he received an appointment, but could not
tell what Office it was that the Commits
sioners intended him to fill. lie was put
down as clerk. Like the rest of the Wit
nesSes, OBren swore that no lingering OF
the returns took place in his presence.
Joseph Powers, additional judge, said he
was q. 1t was the hrst time ne hau
served on board. He relieved one OF the
clerks and tailed for fifteen minutes and
that was all he had to do with counting the
votes. He had no knowledge OF any
changing of the totals.
The next witness called to the chair was
l.. E. Taylor, Republican judge. He
said he did not sign the returns. When
asked if he heard how the vote stood on
The Assembly he remarked that he heard
a number of officials say on election night
tina. DoIan had carried the precinct by
large majority, but could not tell how the
vote stood exactly. he knew that the re-
turns were brought back for CORRECTION,
of
He declared that he never attempted to
evIct any watchers from the booth. He
remembered that he threatened TO throw
out man by the name of Pettis. but when
he found that Pettis had credentials to
enter the pOlling-place he dropped the
matter. TAYLOR declared that he never
saw any seal broken while he was present.
G. W. Pettis. the Popuist watcher who
had some trouble to get into the booth,
swore that before the returns were first
sent to the Registrars Office the vote for
Assem- blyman stood: DOlan D) 1O1, Hlg-
gins (R) 81 and Ewing Pop) 80. These
figures were given him by one OF the ballot
clerks. He could not swear that any open
frauds were carried on while he was in
the booth.
Charles Ewing, son of the POpulist can
didate, said he visited the precinct on his
way through the district gathering returns
for his father. He asked one of the clerks
lOI lnC fUJo Uu luO lOSOi'Su
the following report: D0lan 101, Ewing 90
and Higgins 81.
w. j. Bannon, who accompanied young
Ewing through the district hat night, cor
roborated young Ewing's testimony.
Buckley was again put upon the stand,
but nothing sensational was developed.
he simply repeated his testimony of the
morning session.
This ended the investigation proper.
Andy Clunie. the attorney for the Demo-
erals, demanded of Mayor Ebert that he
al once order Buckley and Martinez into
custody. There has been enough evil
dence collected here today" said Clunie,
ito clearly prove that these men are the
guilty parties. The frauds unearthed here
are simply appalling, and l believe that it
is the duty of the Mayor TO order the
officers 10 take charge of Buckley ana
Martinez"
Mayor Ebert thought that Clunie should
give the board time to catch its breath.
He admitted that barefaced frauds of the
worst kind had been carried on and that
the evidence thus far presented pointed TO
Buckley and his co-partner Martinez as
the guilty ones.
Mayor Ebert declared that he never be-
fore heard of such nefari0us work. He
thought the only remedy for such fraud
was to land few of the manlpulators IN
jail and this would end it.
He didn't think that Buckley would run
away, or that 1t was necessary to carry
out Mr.. Clunie's suggestion.
Mr.. Heggerty, counsel for the Republi-
cans, thought that the entire vote of the
precinct should be thrown out ut is
plainly evident" said he, ''that the As
sembly returns have been juggled," and be
didn't conceive how the board could throw
out one set of returns without throwing
out the vote of the precinct entire.
Clunie, in behalf of Budd, stated before
the Commissioners that the GOvernor-elect
did not want any illegal ballots counted,
no matter whom they were cast for. "Mr.
Budd," said Clunie, ''only asks for fair
lots. throw them OUT
Guilfoyle, attorney for Higgins, again
bothered the board by repeating his OBJ
jections as to the legality of the invesiiga-
ton. be grew furious over the idea that
the commissioners should sit as a court of
investigation. He thought that should be
lett to the courts TO attend to.
The evening session of the board re-
vealed nothing startling. Ii was devoted
TO the canvasSing of the returns. When
one of MahOney's precincts was reached
the vote as recorded provoked storm of
laughter. 1t was strong Democratic
stronghold. The vote stood: Mahohey
161, and Burke, the regular Democratic
nominee, received the small sum of 6.
Williams was credited with Is.
10 the Fifteenth Precinct OF the Forty-
fourth District Budd gained II votes over
the seml-official returns.