New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
MOVE TO OPEN BOXES.
COURT GIVES ORDER.
Boards of Fire Districts Must ShoSc
Cause .AgaiT1St Recount.

Sitting IN extraordinary special term Of the oo-
preme Court, Justice Giegerich at 10 O'CLOCK las.
night signed five orders for the inspectors ana po
clerks OF FIVE election districts to show cause De
fore Justice Amend sitting special term. Part J.
tomorrow at 1880 O'Clock why they shoulo ho'
reconvene and recount the ballots voted IN lheii
various districts on Election Day. The acton Is
brought under Section 81 of the Election law anu
Is directed to the inspectors and poll clerks OF the
18th Election District of the ist Assembly strct'
the Sd Election District of the ith Assembly OlS-
trict the 9Th and 10th Election districts OF tHe
Cd Assembly District and the I'd Election District
Of the stb Assembly District Clarence J. Shearn.
counsel for Mr.. Hearst. said that the orders WoGtc
be served on the Corporation Counsel. who ~onIo
answer for the inspectors and poll clerks
when the court reconvened for an extraordinary
session at O'clock last night Justice Gegerich sug-
sested that to-day counsel should get together and
sort out the ballots that they wished a ruling on
and then bring them TO the court in batches- Get
two or three groups of lawyers together, he salo'
land go over more than one Assembly Dlslrlct al
8 time
NJ warlev PIatzek. who was the representative
OF the Tammany law committee present, SAID that
he thought the suggestion good one hut tnat
Charles H. Knox was the chairman ana aSsisheo
the members 70 the work
.T have already suggested this 10 Mr.. Knox.
said Justice Giegerich. land wish that you gentle
men would do your best to help me out nave
large number of cases awaiting my decision.
have tried to work on them here but find that /
cannot write more than FIVE lines before my mind
IS diverted and lose the trend of my thought
Counsel promised the court to try to have enough
lawyers present this morning to take UP more than
one Assembly district at a time
In estimating after the committee had concluded
their work for the day Mr.. Shearn said that MI
shearn said that Mr.. Hearst had gained ninety
two votes in sixty-four election districts
In the work of canvassing the vote and exarnln-
ing the void and protested ballots, Mr.. Hearst
again failed to make any material gain yesterday
The Board of County Canvassers and the commit
tee on comparisons got through with the lSth AS
senbly District before they adjourned to make way
for the meeting of the Board of Aldermen ana
Mr. Hearst achieved for the day net gain OF only
Eve votes The largest gain was made by John
Ford for Controller, VINO was able to ada lSo 10
his tally, while Csrence j. Shearn gained MI
and J. c. Phelps Stokes five Poor Jim OsDoFhe
lost sixteen.
In Justice Giegerich's court in the review of the
void and protested ballots, Mr.. Hearst came out
with gain for the day of six votes in the 4th ana
eth Assembly districts and part of the eth Al
this rate Mr. Hearst is falling far behind the sched-
iIIe he must equal to prove that he was counted
out and bids fair to earn the relief from public
cares that he hoped for IN his letter TO the mass
meeting OF protest in Durland's-
Alfred z. Sander who was retained by Mr.
Hearst as special counsel to have charge OF the
criminal end of his contest in Brooklyn said yes
terday;
Information has come to Mr., Hearst and Clarence
J. shearn his personal counsel that does not leaye
scale were committed in Brooklyn the last cleo
tion. ! have been retained to sft and verify this
information and have been given practically free
hand with respect TO the expenses OF this invesu-
cation.
But naturally my work only be thoroughly
successful through the cooperation of all those
citizens who care for the purity Of the ballot
than for the success of whatever party they be
long to. If one-half OF them would take the trouble
10 drop me line of what they have heard or OBJ
served on Election Day We could get these fellows
20 Justice in very short order. speaking from
knowledge when l say that the good citizens of
Brooklyn will be less shocked when they learn
of what really happened weeks ago than they
were at the expose of the Gravesend outrage thir
teen years ago.