The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-17
USUAL JOURNAL FAKE.
Missing Votes" Story Ex-
planned By Clerk Lock
wood.

Under the caption '1.1Oo Votes Missing
the Jersey City Journal last night
published an article rejecting on the
County Board of Elections canvass of the
vote cast at the recent election. In dis
cussing the matter with News" re-
porter this morning, Clerk Frank 7. Lock
wood, who had charge of the canvass and
under whose supervision the returns were
tabulated said
The article in question is the most
ridiculous misstatement of facts as is
patent to any one reading it and the con-
Trajectory addendum. 1t is a cheap sem
sation with a slight error made by the
clerks in tabuloaing the returns as its
only foundation.
1.-THE statement in iastn ight's News"
that he election officers of the Third dis
ttrict, First Ward, West Hoboken, had
failed to make return of the votes cast
for Freeholder covers the entire case, ex-
opt that in tabulating tn returns, because
of the absence of these figures, we in
advertly also omitted the Freeholder vote
from tn First and Scond Districts of the
same ward, which had been received by
US.
I'm not one single instance does the ad-
dition of these missing figures change the
result even as to the position of any one
candidates vote as compared with an
other.
LAS to the statement that President A.
A. Rich was considering having warrants
issued for the members of the election
board who had failed to make a return of
There is no authority in the law for such
procedure by any members of the County
Election Board, and everyone of the
members knew from the fast that the re-
turns on every other candidate had been
received that it was an unintentional
omission on the part of the Board in
question. g
1.-THE whole trouble is due to the fact
that in the district referred to as in twelve
others in the county, there are too many
voters. ThA law makes it mandatory
where there are over 600 votes cast in an
election district such district shall forth
with be divided by the township commit
tee or mayor and common council or other
governing body of the municipality con-
ton districts
''The County Board of Elections has in
structed me to communicate with the
proper officials of the municipalities in
which such districts exists calling at
tention to the law referred to.
The board of which | am secretary has
no authority to demand such division
but can only suggest it. The law makes
1t mandatory to divide these Districts
The returns from the missing West Ho-
boken district gives Mr.. Rotterdam one
more vote over Mr.. Tilden than he was
credited with by the official count Mr.
Kuper's vote over Mr.. Kelly is increased
is votes These were the highest candi-
dates for Freeholder on the two tickets.
The total vote of the missing ward for
Freeho1der is
Democrats-Holmes, 1,7s1; Finke, 1,7S9;
Ellington, 1,7SO Kelly, i,7SO; Moran, 1855;
Nugent, 1,l61; Nolan, 1851; Kuper, 1.7sS;
Caparn, l,7S1.
RepubIcans-Tilden, 1,413; Rotterdam,
Al; Charlock, 1,417; Lange, 1, 434; Brehm,
1,432; Robb, 1.441; Cadmus, 1892; Carroll,
1,42G; Sargent, 1886
The corrected totals now are
Democrats-Eolmes, IS, 449; Finke, IS, 800;
Ellington, 1910; Kell, IS, 4S5; Moran, 3d.
2S7; Nugent 37,121: Nolan, 3S, ,463; Kuper
3S61S; Caparon, 81 1900.
Republicans-Tilden, 32,216; Rotterdam,
32,503; Charlock 31,6S3; Lange, 31,722
Brehm, 81, ia; Robb, 1885, Cadmus, 8, ,s27
Carroll, 81, 1,461; Sargent, 30,936.
The corrected returns show that the
Democratic Freeholder candidates ran
fully 200 votes behind the Assembly can
didateS on the same ticket, while the Re-
publican Freeholder and Assembly can
didates ran about even.