Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-09


velopments followed rapidly this
morning in the fight Of William Il,
Hearst to contest the mayotalty elec-
tion with Mcclellan. Having secured
last night an order from Justice cay
nor of Brooklyn, directing the police
department to deliver the ballot boxes'
to the board OF election forthwith, thei
Hearst men lost no time in ddspatchirtx
fifty automobiles carrying armed men
with the courts order to- the
various police stations where
they demanded the ballot boxes. Tlhes
officers in charge OF the stations df.a
,rected that the boxes be placed IN pa
troll wagons and each lot guarded ~
ftve policemen, hurried to the office ok
the board OF elections IN Greenwich
street. In the meantime other Hearst
men had gone to the home Of John Il.
voorhees, president OF the board 81
elections A. G.. ALLEN, chief clerk, and:
other members OF the board, win, the
request that they go tnlmediateay toal
the boards office to accept custody ~
the ballot boxes. All, however
refused and the police were Obliged to
guard the 5000 boxes In Greenwich
street throughout the night and untit
orders were received Grom voorhees
for their disposition. voorhees,, who
Is q democrat, said he refused to re.ss
ceive the boxes until he had the opiti-
ion OF the corporation counsel. HeE
stated the supreme court had recentays
decided the board OF elections Il s55k
the proper custodian OF the boxes. hufs
that the police are. Among the attor.
neys aiding Hearst Is William NJ. Ivifis.S
the republican candidate tor mayor 4,
Tuesdays election, Ivlns volunteered
his services to Hearst ana the oiser:
| was accepted Anotlser attorney n
Judge John F. Dillon, former Judee u
the supreme court Of Iowa.
Hearst Acts Quickly.
It was said this morning the suddea
] move made by Hearst last night fol-.
lowed a report received by him that
printing company had been at work;
Tuesday night printing ballots and
that the ballot boxes were to be opens =
ed while in the hands Of the police and
stuffed. Hearst decided to act at oncs.
An order secured from Judge Gaynor
directed the police commissioner and
all his subordinates in Ave boroughs to-
turn over to the board Of elections
forthwith all ballot boxes containing the
ballots and stubs Of ballots. and also
to file with the county clerk before
noon today all envelopes containing.
tally Sheets inspectors returns, dees
fective ballots and ballots marked for
Identification. At 3 o'clock wagons and
automobiles filled with the boxes, policos
officers and Hearst watchers began to-
arrive at the office Of the board and
an hour later Greenwich street in that
vicinity was fairly impossible. Az the
morning advanced the balance OF the
5000 boxes continued to arrive and.
Hearst watchers as numerous as the
police, helped swell the crowd, whica
was further added to az the report
spread that some startling political
move had been made, necessitating ~
great body of officers at the office ~
the board of elections. When the dr1v-
ers and policemen found that the un.s
willingness Of President Voorhees, to.
open the Office meant a long wait out;
in the cold for them, they were angry
but they made the best Of It. Colonel
Alexander S. Bacon, one OF Hearst'G
lawyers, who played a prominent part
in the doings Of the night, made Af.s
rangements for the police to get
breakfast in a nearby restaurant.
Mcclellan announced today that to
protect his interests In the proceedings
drought by Hearst he had employed
the law firm of Parker, Sheehan and
Hatch, of which Judge Alton B. Par-H
ker is the head and the firm Of DYKE
man and Carr ~ q