Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13
VOTES IN NEW YORK SAFELY
GATHERED UP.
ELECTION BOARD BALKS
Refuses to Accept Ballot Boxes Until
Compelled by Order of Court In
vestigation to Be Thorough-Her-
rick BIames People for Not Wor-
shipping at Party Shrine.

New York, Nov. 10.-The contest
over the mayoralty election, inaugural
ed by William Randolph Hearst, the
municipal ownership candidate for
mayor, developed interesting and spec
tacular features yesterday.
For II hours boxes containing nearly
100000 ballots cast Tuesday choke1
the streets In the vicinity OF the mead
quarters of the board of elections. The
ballot boxes had been gathered during
the night by the police and conveyed
in patrol wagons to the election board s
headquarters. There the officials re
fused to receive them and the police
acting under a court order compelling
the police authorities to turn the bal
lots over to the election board, had
nothing to do but remain outside and
await the pleasure Of the election off
Gals.
Apprised of the situation, attorneys
for Hearst appeared before Justice
Dickey of the state supreme court and
secured from him an order compelling
President Voorhis of the election
board to. accept the ballots, The board
compiled with the order and receipted
for the ballots, which were spread III
various warehouses. Subject to orders.
of the board.
Boxes Stolen and Unseaed.
State Attorneys General Mayer had
an important conference yesterday al
ternoon with District Attorney Jerome,
after which it was decided that the
attorney generals office would remain
open unil midnight. Superintendent
of Elections Morgan appeared before
Mayer and Jerome, with six of his deb,.
gties and placed the evidence before
che prosecuting officials.
The attorney general received "a
large bundle Of subpoenas from the
district attorney and Immediately put
several election deputies at work serv-
ing them. 4s
Charges that several ballot boxes
had been stolen before the returns
were reported and that others were
found unsealed were made during the
day. The investigation of the election
promises to be the most thorough ever
made in New York city.
Move to Punish Frauds.
The movement to punish election
frauds in New York city was aug
mented yesterday by the Citizens
Union. which took steps to prosecute
those who violated the law last Tues
day. The avowed object of the Citi-
zens' Union is to secure a new election
law for this state.
r. Fulton Cutting, head Of this or,
SANITATION, went to District Attorney
Jerome and told him that Jerome
watchers at the late election had al
ready furnished him with evidence
enough to secure a large number OF
convictions.
Find Ballot Boxes in River.
New York, Nov. 10.-Attorney Gen
eral Mayer stated last night that he
had received information of the recov-
cry from the North river of certain
ballot boxes used in the election Tues
day. He said the matter was under
investigation. The ballot box: alleged
to have been stolen and discovered by
accident last night was taken to Dis
tri ctAttorney Jerome's office and close
Iy examined. 49,.
Believes Returns Are Correct.
New York, Nov 10.-Mayor McClel-
Ian last night made public the follow
ing statement:
"The election returns show my cleo
ton by plurality of 4,1S0 votes.
These returns are the results of pro-
cedure prescribed by law and they are
expressly declared by law to be pre-
sumptively correct. believe they are
correct. Therefore, I will take all
legitimate means to protect my rights,
as well as those of the voters II my
adversary appeals to the law to over
throw what are. now the legal returns