New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-17
RECOUNT NO DEMOCRATIC BOON.
THOROUGH AND WIDESPREAD BALLOT
EDUCATION is SHOWN By RESULTS
TO BE NECESSARY.

Camden. Nov. 16 CSpeciaD.-They having
recount OF the vote of last Tuesday week ago on
the candidates for Sheriff in Camden County, and
the Democrats who got the order for it. who
paying the expense of IL and who found IL necessary
TO file bond for such payment. do not like II very
much. Before the recount began they had cried
aloud that it would reveal gross fraud on the part
of the horrid Republicans who had stuffed the
ballot boxes and had padded the returns after fill
ing the registry lists to fairness. The recount was
expected TO show Republican rascalty in Camden
County to the complete amazement OF the world at
large and Mr.. James Smith in particular. IL was
expected that Mr.. Smith might sometime call upon
the Democrats of Camden County TO do things for
him, and they would like 10 show him how well
they could do It were it not for the frauds which
the Republicans heaped upon them promiscu-
ously and so seduOusy.
They professed to be able. in recount. to show
that honest returns would give them the election
and when the time came for them to do things for
the man who hopes to get a vindication and
United States Senate toga at one fell swOop he
would be perfectly willing to pay the freight with
a little thrown in for postage. But the recount is
doing nothing of the 1t is showing that far
a human hand and human minds of varying de-
grees Of strength could make it the vote
recty Tailed and correctly returned. 1t is showing
however. that the average voter needs guardian
From all parts of the city come evidences Of the
carelessness or ignorance. both, of incredi-
bly, large percentage of voters. In many cases the
ballots have been marked by tearing in others the
voter has used a cOlOred pencil to designate his
choice the questions of acceptance or rejection
of the elective school board and the library laws
in others names have been carelessly erased or
scratched in such manner to invalidate the
ballots.
In many other ways demonstration is made OF the
almost complete disregard of the commonplace
regulations of voting, that stops to wonder
how men possibly make such errors. That they
not made Intentionally is evident. for they
favor no one party nor any single candidate or
group of candidates Nor the errors confined to
those sections Of the city in which the least tntei
gent residents supposed to cast their ballots but
in those parts where there are supposed 20 reside
the best and most cultured citizens the are
almost common
While the recount is proceeding on Sheriff there
Gilman in the Seventh Ward. where a Republican
said to have had majority Of IS. The ballots
of one precinct of that ward showed that some
probably had a fOreknOwledge of what to expect
yielded twenty-three ballots which an indelible
lead pencil had been used TO designate the voters
choice the School and Library acts. AS the Elec-
ton law states that such marking must be done
these ballots aside for reference Justice Gar
risOn. But II noticed that every Of those
twenty-three was a vote for the Republican candi-
date for CITY Council IN that WarO, ana IN cOnSe-
Quence his majority suffered a severe cut
But only In that but in all Of the boxes
opened by the board il goes slowly day by day
plainly as day the evidence that Republicans
we'll as Democrats suffered by the errors. and that
there Is absolutely nothing TO indicate the whole
sale frauds which the Democrats declared would be
OF the sixty-eight divisions Of the city keeping
tremey close scrutiny upon every bit of paper that
comes from the boxes and yet In all the thousands
of ballots they have examined they have reduced
Der of 10 and the boxes yet to be examined may
even increase his figure