The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-11-15
HEARST CONTEST STARTS
With ORDER FROM COURT

New York, Nov. 9.-with the grant.
ing of an order BY Supreme Court jus.
tice William Gaynor. In Brooklyn, last
night, compelling Police Commissioner
Mo Adoo to remove every ballot box
from all the precincts in Greater New
York to the bureau Of elections, vii.
liam r. Hea1st, the defeated Municipal
Ownership League candidate, took his
first legal step in fight TO secure 70.
count Of the votes cast on Tuesday.
The order was granted after Justice
Gaynor bad reviewed affidavits sub
mitted by Mr.. Hearst's attorneys, and
half an hour Later. Col. W. A. 8. Bacon
and +. W. Brown, representing Mr..
Hearst, served the order on Cominis.
sioner McAdoo, who sent out general
order to every precinct in Greater New
York instructing the captains and 9th.
er officers in charge to send the ballot
boxes straightwsy to the bureau Of
elections In Manhattan.
Denies Police Rights.
In signing this order, Justice Gay.
nor said:
"The police have nothing whatever
to do with the ballot boxes, and il 10
most astonish ing that they should have
been in possession Of them. They have
no right even to touch them. The or.
der 10 granted
The granting Of the order came un-
expectedly and caused much surprise,
and with the opinion of Justice Gaynor
that the police have no right to the
ballot boxes and should not even touch
them q new aspect ID placed on the
case.
This 10 the first time such an order
was ever issued, az heretofore the pc.
lice have always had charge of the
ballet boxes after the count had been
taken at the polling places. They are
removed to the station houses immedi.
ately after the inspectors and clerks
have counted up the ballots.
Mr.. Wins, the defeated Republican
mayoralty candidate, was asked by Mr..
Hearst to act as his counsel In the fight
he will wage TO DO declared mayor.
Mr.. Wins refused, but said he would
gladly cooperate with the attorneys
who will conduct the fight, 40 an asso.
ciate counsel.
The complete returns give MOI lellan
plurality Of 3,485 votes, the smallest
ever recorded for a successful mayor.
atty candidate, and result which
might readily be reversed by recount
Of the ballots.
Mr.. Hearst yesterday announced his
intention to take an immediate appeal
70 the supreme court. his managers
having declared thst they had secured
evidence Of illegal acts against 1000
inspectors OF election and that so, 900
Hearst men who went to the polls to
vote for Mr.. Hearst had found that
their names had already been voted.
Most Of the fraudulent voting the
Hearst workers allege was done in the
East Side assembly districts, especially
in the Eighteenth, Charles r. Murphy's
home district, and in the Sixth, of
which Timothy D. Sullivan IL a leader.
Jerome Approves Contest.
Mr.. HEARTS proposed action met
with warm approval In many quarters.
even among those who opposed bis
election, and he received many assur.
ances Of support.
District Attorney Jerome expressed
himself In terms Of strong approval Of
Mr.. Hearts, program, and declared he
would Immediately start an investiga.
tion Of alleged Democratic frauds. he
also ordered the returns from the Eigh-
teenth and Sixth districts 10 be care.
fully guarded.
Ira @. Darrin. the newly elected dis
trtct attorney for Queens county on
the Republican ticket, made . similar
statement.
William NJ. Ivtns also commended
Mr. Hearst's action. and expressed the
belief that recount would show that
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