The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-08
OFFICERS TO BE ARRESTED
A Judge Who Is Running the
Business Himself.
BALLOTS UNLAWFULLY HELD.
A Delegation From the Democratic
State Committee Asks the
Registrar to Explain.

IL SOME Q6Iedleu CanUlualhS 90 not de-
mand a recount it will be because the
ma jori ties against them are hopelessIy
large, or because the ponderous machinery
of the Australian ballot is so difficult to
set in motion after it has come to stand.
rather than that there is not sufficient
reason.
The Registration Office was beseged all
yesterday with complaints of lax discipline
and methods in the election booths, AMI in
more than one instance of direct frauds in
tie count, with offered proof.
Complaint was lodged with the Chief OF
Police on the evidence of George Dough-
erty against a clerk in the Thirteenth Pre-
cinct ot the Twenty eighth District, charg-
ing him directly with calling the name of
Hawkins where RigdoD was voted for for
Coroner. Investigation aud possible ar
rests will follow.
Other complaints were made that Nc
Nab was being counted against in several
districts.
w. w. McGarry reported that judge of
election-there was only one Judge and
McGarry did not know his name-was
running things with a high hand in the
Eleventh Precinct Of the Thirty-sec0nd
He would not allow any one behind the
rail in the booth during the count of the
vote. There were two NOn-PaTt!san
watchers at The BOOTH but the judge had
ordered them out from behind the rail.
They hunted up the policeman OH duty
and he went TO the judge on the watchers
behalf, but the judge said he was running
the place." and no outsider should be
allowed To interfere. The policeman sue
cumbed. There were only two clerks and
one Judge, and with this one-sIded force
the count was proceeding IN direct viola
ton of the law, of course. McGarry was
advised to take his complaint before the
Stale Central committees.
1t was reported during the afternoon
that the count was going forward In the
Fifth Precinct of the TbiTty-fOurth with
no watchers present. This complaint
came in from a number of precincts during
the day, but nothing was done about 1t
further than to refer the com plants to the
Central committees.
Although the count of the State tickets in
the city precincts was completed early
Wednesday morning, very many OF the
praciact officers neglected or refused to
turn .hem in to the Registrar Office be-
fora the completion of the count on the
municipal ticket, despite The fact that they
are directed 10 do so within three hours of
the finish of the count.
As late as O'Clock yesterday afternoon
no returns had been received at the Regis
trar's Office from the following precincts:
OF the Twenty-eighth District-1. g. II,
10. 10. IS.
Twenty-ninth Distrct-9.
Thirtieth District-13 49, IT,
Thirty-frst District-2
.Thirty-second District, ., 8. 5. 6, Z, II,
H. Is, IA, 10.
1hirty-tnird District-12, Is.
Thuty-fourth District. 8, 5, 6. s, 9. TO-
II. y.
Tnirty-ffth Distrct-2. 5. g. I. s, 9, 10, -.
Thirty-sxlh Districts. 5, s. 8, IA
ThIrty-seYenth District, 10, II, 10
16, II.
Tbirty-eighth Dislrict-5. 6, 9. II, 10. Is.
Thlrty-ninth Districts, Z, 8, 10, 10, Is.
Fortieth District, s, Is.
Forty-first DIstrict-3, 5, s. g. 10 IA. II.
Forty-second Districts, 7, s.
FOriy-third DISTRICT, ), 6. II, 13, Is.
Forty-fourth DISTRICT, ., 7, S, 9. -.
A. II.
Forty-ffth Dislrict-3 5, 7. 10, H. 49, Ia.
16 II.
A delegation of the members of the
Democratic State Central Committee, led
by Billy Ash, called on Registrar Evans
about the matter at the time stated and
wanted TO know why theState ballots and
lists bad not been turned In.
Evans knew nothing about it. and said
he could do nothing.
Ash said that If given any authority to
do so he would go out with a carriage and
see that they were brought In at once
Evans said that he had no authority TO
give; that only the Election Commission
ers could do tuat.
Ash said the law was being ignored
every minute that these returns were held
out, as they should have been in long
before. lie started out to find some mem
bers of the commission, as he said there
was no use going 10 the precinct officers
without some authority.
Returns were being filed all day. almost
as rapidly as kicks and complaints of
crookedness. Auditor Broderick came
down early to see that guards were placed
on the vaults.
The stupidity displayed by the election
officers 10 the matter of making up their
lists and sealing the ballots and lists in
the great envelopes provided for them was
almost inconceivable. 1t was almost a
novelty when any of them brought pack
age in just right. On the face of the large
envelope designed for the municipal bal
lois is printed in large black letters For
Municipal Ballots Only" but the State
ballots would probably be in with them or
the municipal ballots would be in the
State ballot envelope and vice versa. or
the whole business would be in the one
big envelope, nicely sealed up.
lie such cases it became necessary to
send the packages back to be properly
done up new envelopes being supplied. Ii
the difficulty could be bridged over some
other easier way, it was done.
The defeat OF Dan Burns, which was
conceded early in the day, cast a deem
gloom over the Office.
no ird icfa t.