Evening star., 1905-11-10
THAN IS ALL AGOG
Over the Hearst Charge Of
Election Frauds.
TO FIGHT IN THECOURTS
MCCLELLAN OPPOSED RECOUNT,
CONSTITUTING 1T CONFESSION.
Tammany Workers Collecting Evidence
TO FIGHTIN THECOURTS
Tammany Workers Collecting Evidence
of Alleged Unlawful Acts by Hearst
Supporters-Ballots Guarded.


spechi rom q StaH correspondent
NEW YORK. November 1O-with re-
ports going around of expected arrests OF
prominent Tammany leaders for alleged
election frauds politicians and citizens are
all agog today. Mr.. Hearst is preparing to
wage relentless warfare against those who
encompassed his defeat. and If he cannot
get a successful recount, will at least try
to get a few scalps. Mayor Mcclellan has
taken up the gage which Mr.. Hearst has
thrown down, and will fight him in the
courts. He has engaged Judge Alton b.
Parker, William F. Sheehan and several
other lawyers to defend his interests. Some
of the mayors friends advised him to ac-
quiesc in Mr. Hearst's demand for a re-
count but Mr.. Mcclellan held that II would
be construed as confession of belief that
the election was unfair, and he could not
tolerate that.
Tammany has set out to collect evidences
of alleged unlawful acts by the Hearst men
and will put such evidence found before
the court. 1t is yet a question how many
Hearst ballots may be thrown out, as well
as Tammany ballots, If the court decides to
look them over. Mr.. Hearst claims that
there are about 5000 protested ballots in
the boxes, and he thinks that If they are
admitted he will secure a fair proportion
of them.
Public Interest Unabated.
Public excitement is dying out. but that
does not mean that public interest Is abat-
Ing The people feel that the matter is COM
ing into court and that they will get
square deal. and they are willing to wait.
II was dark last evening before the ballot
boxes which were piled up in West 42d
street were put under cover. The president
of the board of elections persisted in MS
refusal all day to receive the boxes, and
not until second order was obtained
from another supreme court justice per
emptorily commanding him TO obey the
mandate of the court did President Noorhis
consent to receive the boxes. and they
were sent into storage warehouses under
police guard. Partisans of Mr.. Hearst were
also on hand to keep watch of the boxes
Meeting of Canvassing Board.
The board of aldermen will meet next
Tuesday as a canyassng board to canvass
the votes, and this will probably be the
first important step in the fight MI
Hearsts lawyers feel confident that they
can convince the board that 1t should ac-
cept large number of protested ballots.
The attorney general of the state has
taken up the charges and is acting in CO.
operation with District Attorney jerome:
The attorney general is a republican. ana
both he and Mr.. Jerome would like to get
a whack at Tammany. The district attor-
ney was informed that several ballot boxes
had beeh found floating in the Hudson
river and that others had been discovered
in various unlawful places about the city.
Nearly the entire force of the district at
torney's office is at work today on these
and other charges. The Hearst men are
seeking evidence upon which to Issue war
rants for the arrest OF election officers. In
this connection ii Is considered a remark
able fact that Notwithstanding Mr. Hearst
had posted large rewards on election day
for the arrest of persons trying to commit
fraud, none of the rewards was earned.
Hearst Mass Meeting Called.
The Hearst lawyers today presented to
the grand jury afhdavits In support of re-
quest for indictments against sixteen OFF,
cials of elections, on the ground OF fraud.
The grand jury took the evidence under
consideration.
Hearst has called a mass meeting OF cit
liens for tomorrow night to hear speeches
on the alleged frauds Of the recent election