Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-11-11

New York-An order of court, signed
by Justice Gaynor, was served by Col
Alexander s. Bacon at 11.30 o'clock
Wednesday night on Capt. Cruise, in
charge OF police headquarters, requir-
Ing the immediate delivery of the bal
lot boxes to the board of elections.
The order was obtained by william
r. Hearst as the first strategic move
In his contest of the mayoralty cleo
tion. 1t requires immediate delivery
of the boxes containing the ballots,
and allowed till noon for the delivery
to the county clerk of the envelopes
containing all void and protested bal
lots and tally sheets.
Commissioner McAdoo was required
to issue at once a general order to
every precinct in the city for the
captains to execute its provisions
without delay.
Mr.. McAdoo was reused from bed
by telephone and Justice Gaynors
mandate was read to him. He gave
directions for immediate compliance
with its requirement.
When notices were served on the
sergeants in command of the Charles
street and West goth street stations
to send their ballot boxes to the bu-
reau of elections the sergeants re-.
fused, saying the captains of their sta
tions were the men to tell them what
to do and that they would not send
the boxes until their superior officers
had notified them.
1t has been the custom in the past
for the ballot boxes to be kept in the
various police stations until, after the
official canvass Of the returns. the po-
lice destroy the ballots. Strict COM
pliance with law requires their de-
livery Immediately to the board of
elections. There are 194S boxes and
the work of carting them in patrol
wagons will require many hours.
There was no official at the Office of
the board Of elections, 107 West 41st
street, when the patrol wagons began
to arrive with the ballot boxes, and
while the wagons were filling the
street messengers were sent in all di-
rections for officials of the board that
the boxes might be turned over ac-
cording to the court order.
Application for the order Of court
was made to Justice Gaynor. evidence
In the form of affidavits being present
ed by counsel.
That bitter fight will be waged in
the courts to decide whether George
B. Mcclellan or William r. Hearst is
to be mayor of New York for the next
four years. is now assured.
Complete returns give Mcclellan a
plurality of 34S5 votes. the smallest
ever recorded for a successful mayor
atty candidate and a result which
might readily be reversed by a re-
count Of the ballots.
Mr.. Hearst announced his intention
to take an immediate appeal to the
supreme court, his managers having
declared that they had secured evi-
dence of illegal acts against 1000 in
spectors Of election and that 10000
Hearst men who went to the polls to
vote for Mr.. Hearst had found that
their names had already been voted
on.
Most of this fraudulent voting is
said to have been done in East Side
assembly districts. especially in the
18th, Charles F. Murphy's home dis
trict, and in the 9Th, Of which Timothy
d. Sullivan is leader.
Mr.. Hearsts proposed action met
with warm approval in many quarters,
even among those who opposed his
election. and he received many assur-
ances of support. District Attorney
Jerome expressed himself in terms of
strong approval of Mr.. Hearst's pro
gram and declared that he would insti'
tute a searching investigation of the
alleged Democratic frauds.