The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-11-15
HEARST WILL CONTEST.
Bitter Legal Fightto Determine
New York's Mayoralty.
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A campaign to defeat Tammany
Hall in the supreme court and
to declare William Randolph Hearst
the rightfully elected mayor OF
New York in place of George B. Nc
Clellan, was inaugurated at a crowded
meeting of Municipal Ownership
leaders on Wednesday and Mr..
Hearst announced that with the
evidence that 10000 Hearst men were
defrauded Of their right to vote Tues.
day and that 1000 election inspectors
were guilty of illegal acts the contest
would be carried Immediately over the
heads of the board of county canvas.
.sers into the supreme court.
The leaders said that in less than
"a hours after the polls closed the
Municipal Ownership league had se'
cured over 1000 affdavi;s charging il.
legal acts against abort 900 election
inspectors. These affidavlts state that
inspectors In question were Tamlnan3
men. Mr.. Hearst himself said that
within year "chain nf these men
would be sent to Sing Sing
1t was also stated that in East Side
assembly districts, including the 18Th,
Charles f. Murphy's home district,
affldavits have been secured to show
that AZ least 10000 votes were illegal.
ly cast on the names of voters who
went TO the polls to vote for Mr..
Hearst and the Municipal Ownership
league ticket. but who when they ar.
rived found their names voted upon
l.feady.
The first legal step in a fight to Sc
cure a recount of the votes cast on elec.
tion day was the granting of an order
by Supreme Court Justice w. ]. Cay
nor in Brooklyn compelling Police Com.
missioner McAdoo to remove every bal
lot box from all the precincts in Great
er New York to the bureau of elections.
The contest over the mayoralty cleo
Municipal Ownership candidate, de-
veloped interesting and spectacular
features.
For II hours the nearly 100000 bal
lots in the boxes from the 1,94S cleo
tion districts choked the streets in the
vicinity of the headquarters of the
board of elections in Sixth avenue.
The ballot boxes had been gathered
during the night by the police and con-
veyed in patrol wagons and drays to
the boards headquarters. There they
were refused by the officials.
The police had nothing to do but to
remain outside and wait. Apprised of
the situation the attorneys for Mr..
Hearst appeared before State Supreme
Court Justice Dickey and secured from
him an order compelling John R. Voor-
his, president of the board of cleo
tions, to accept the ballots. The order
was served promptly and the ballots
then were receipted for by the board.
Under strong guards the wagons con-
tanning the several thousand boxes
were driven to various warehouses in
New York and Brooklyn, where the bal
lots were stored subject to orders OF
the election board.
Twelve Indictments.
Ten indictments for violations of
the election law and two for assaults
committed at the polls at the election
last Tuesday were drawn up by the
grand jury.
1t was announced at Tammany Hall
that Tammany district captains have
secured evidence showing frauds com.
mitted by Hearst's supporters on cleo
tion day. Several leaders said that
while a recount might lessen McClel-
lans vote the counter charges of
fraud which they intend to bring
against the Hearst organization will
likewise bring about the lessening of
the Hearst vote and that in this way
an equal reduction will be made in
this vote, which will not affect the re
suit.