The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-09
FIGHT TO FINISH
IN HIGH COURTS
VIII McCIelland and Hearst for
the NayOralty
BIG FRAUDS CHARGED
81 HEARST WHO Is BACKED BY
JEROME AND IViNS-THE
RESULT MAY NOT BE
CHANGED.

New York, Nov Attorneys for
lieata tonight secured an order from
Judge GayHor 10 Commissioner Me
Adoo d rectng that every ballot box
n The city be sent to the bureau OF
elections.
New York Nov S-That a bitter
light viii be waged in the courts to
decide whether Mcclellan or Heast
IS to be mayor is now assured.
Complete returns give Mcclellan Q
plurality Of 3,45S votes, the smallest
ever recc -ied for the successful may
orally candidate and result which
might readily be reversed by a re.
count Of the ballots
Hearst today announced his inten-
lion TO take an immediate appeal to
4he supreme court, his managers hay
ng declared they had secured eyi
dence Ct Illegal acts against 1000
election inspectors and thar 10000
Hearst men who went to the polls to
vote for Hearst had found their names
nad already been voted
Hearst proposed action met win
warm approval in many quarters, even
among those who opposed his elec-
.icn, and he received many assurances
of support District Attorney jerome
express. ed himself in terms OF strong
approval Of Hearst program ana de.
clared he would Immediately institute
q searching inv stgat ON of the al
ieged democratic frauds.
He also. ordered the returns from
The Eighteenth and Sixth districts
carefully guarded It is in these dis
ricts where the greatest frauds are all
legged to have been perpetrated
Ira G. Darrin newly elected district |
attorney of Queens county on the re-
publican ticket made a similar state |
ment William NJ. Ivans, the defeated |
republican candidate for mayor, also
commended Hearst's action and ex-
pressed the belief that a recount
would show Hearst had been elected.
After a secret session Of the oxecu.
live committee Of Tammany Hall this
afternoon The following statement was
issued
The executive committee Of the
democratic organization protests
against The outrageous Published
threats of the defeated candidate Of
the Municipal Ownership League to
overthrow the will of the people as
expressed by the vote cast election
gay, ana directs its law committee 10
exert lis best efforts and take such
steps and institute such proceedings
as will safeguard tho election Of
George b. Mcclellan as mayor Of New
York.
We also call on commissioner Of
police and custodian Of the ballot. 10
preserve same intact from an inter.
ference by anyone from any unauthor
ized source"
Some Of the leaders. after the meet
ng expressed the opinion that the ne.
iurns showed the censure of Murphy's
and that he should as n
result step down and out and make f.
room fof man against whom moth d
nc could be charged.
They thought il was time for George
B. Mcclellan to assume the leadership
limself
superintendent of Elections Morgan f
ays tonight that while doubtless r
many Illegal votes were cast he would 7
xpres5 no opinion on the contention "a
made by the Municipal Oownership p
eague managers thar they amounted
o 10000. He had made, he said. many
.rrests but only 30 of the prisoners
we're held by the magistrates.
Attorney General Mayer said he had
nformat on that illegal votes were
'ast in several assembly districts IN
NY event, however" said the attor- ~
ley general. even should we Dis y.
over thousands Of cases Of illegal
'oting it would nor affect the count
or the reason the ballet be deducted
Is far as we are concerned our juris- 4
iction ends with the prosecution Of !.
he criminals where illegal voting has :,
cen committed.
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