The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-11-23
JOURNAL LIES.
Republican Party Mag
mates Repudiate the
Hoboken Election
Fake.
NO EVIDENCE OF FRAUD
The Yellow Newspapers
Crusade Pronounced Ri
diculous By County
Committeeman.
TALK AT LAST NIGHTS MEETING
woolley's Pertinent Question
AS to Why Nothing Was
Done Until After the
Election.
DETECTIVE GUYS THE FAKE
Tells the Reporter With a
Grin That He is Await
DETECTIVE GUYS THE FAKE
Tells the Reporter With 9
Grin That He is Await
ing Orders.

Daily the cries of the Fusionists and
Republicans that fraud had been commit
ted at the recent election in Hoboken
are becoming weaker and it now looks
as though the agitators We're about to
crawl into their hole and pull the hole in
after them Even the Jersey City Re
publican organ, which first started the
cry, to show why their arte-election pre-
diction of 1900 majority for verdon was
not fulfilled is apparently abandoning the
sinking ship from its first assertion that
proof that 1000 fraudulent votes had been
cast was in the possession of the Fusion
lists, it has now decended to tame gem
eraIities.
Prosecutor Erwin continues to maintain
his Sphinx-like silence in regard to the al
legged investigation which the Jersey City
organ says he is still conducting. but
Detective Mccormack Of his office, who is
supposed to be working up the charges for
The States representative, was asked tfis
morning if he was still continuing mis- in
vestigation of the alleged frauds smiled
broadly as he replied, I'm not doing very
much on that matter now.
Asked when he proposed to begin the
work he almost Laughed outright as he
answered: '-Im waiting orders
So ridiculous has the cry of fraud be-
come, without the slightest proof being
produced to substantiate the wild charges
that even Republicans are becoming dis
susted and one can scarcely find most
ardent machine man who takes any
stock in the rambling charges Of the de-
feated Mayoralty ca lidate and the Jer-
sey city newspaper that predicted his elec-
ton.
At last nights meeting of the Repup-
lican Executive Committee, at Lincoln
Hall, neither the charges Of fraud nor
the alleged Investigation of them were
even discussed, although several mem
bers of the committee when seen by a
reoorter afterwards admitted that they
knew nothing Of any frauds nor Of any
investigation. All view the matter light
lv and some were even inclined to ridicule
the charges.
Commissioner Joseph J. Guisto, OF the
County Election Board, the acknowledged
Republican leader Of Hoboken, smiled
when asked if he knew anything about
the matter. Il must say do not he
replied,
Would you not be in position to know
If there was any fraud committed?" he
was asked
II think / would know as soon az any
one, he replied.
..rhen You don't take much stock IN the
charges 2
Not much
Jacob Strauss, Of Hoboken, formerly
assistant secretary Of the County Com
roittee. did not care TO discuss the matter
bexond admitting that he took little stock
in the charges.
rThe time for them to act was before
The election, remarked Chairman p W.
woolley Of the County Committee to q
Marty Of friends seated in q rear room Of
t,,e Republican headquarters last night.
q cannot see what can pc accomplished
81 cry 81 fraud at this time. It seems
strange that the conditions that It Is
claimed existed before election could have
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