The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-09
HEARST BLOCKED
IN FIRST MOVE
Democratic Official Refuses to
Accept Ballot Boxes from
the Police.
Streets Filled with Wagons
Guarded by Police and by
a. ssS'z Hearst Men.

New York, Nov. 9.-Aided by an ar
ray Of legal talent in which are law
yers Of great prominence, not only as
masters Of their profession, but also
for good government in this city, Will
liam R. Hearst has begun his fight in
the courts for the mayoralty which. he
believes he won in Tuesdays election.
His first step has created a situation
apparently without precedent. Last
night he obtained an order from Justice
Gaynor Of the supreme court, directing
Ito the board of elections at once. The
police obeyed tho order rs far as they
could, but when they proceededsin the
after-midnight hours to the election
board 8 office, there WAS no one there
to take custody of the boxes, and the
policemen were compelled to remain IN
the street for hours guarding the re-
positories of the peoples votes.
Later John <. Voorhis, president Of
bility in the matter, pending advice
| from the corporation counsel.
Blocked by a Democrat.
MIR. Voorhis " democrat and when
his decision was made known. the
Hearst men turned to Charles w. Page,
a republican member of the board, but
| he also declined to act. and then the
police were left in the strange position
Of trying to carry out the courts or:
ders, but unable to do so. g55zz.
| President Voorhis said that even il
| the legal decision should be that his
| board must receive the ballot boxes
he would have them sent under police
guard to some storage place other thar
his office, which was too small for the
purpose. r.
The street in the vicinity of the elec
tion board Offices presented a strange
sight, and hundreds Of policemen stooc
on guard around the patrol wagons anc
other vehicles in which the boxes hae
| been conveyed from the various pre-
cinct station houses. -..-, '.
Hearst Hears Of Plot.
Mr.. Hearst s order was obtained
from Justice Gaynor after the circu
lation of a story that a printing firm
/ had been turning out large number
| Of facsimiles of tho official ballot an(
! that these were to- be marked for Nc
! Clellan and placed in the ballot boxe
in place of Hearst ballots to be re
moved The moment this rumor reached
the Hearst headquarters it was decided
i longer in the station houses, and th
application to Justice Gaynor wa
made as quickly as the papers could b.
drawn up.
WINS Helping Hearst.
i Among the attorneys aiding MI
Hearst is William WINS, the republican
candidate for mayor in Tuesdays cleo
ton Mr.. Wins volunteered his serv
ices to Mr.. Hearst and the offer was ac
cepted. Another attorney acting TO
II IT, 1ohr vvl,
was at one time judge Of the suprem
court Of Iowa.
!: Took Charge Of Boxes.
At noon Police Inspector Max Scmit
berger took charge Of the ballot bo
wagons in Manhattan, and said tina
things will remain as they are until tn
corporation counsel gives his decision
A representative of the Municiipa
of the wagons reported to Presiden
Voorhees, that two boxes protrude
from the bank of a wagon with thei
: covers unsealed. He said these boxe
had come from the eighteenth assembl
district Of which Charles Murphy is th
leader. He asked that the boxes b
sealed, but Mr.. Voorhees, replied that h
did not have the power to do this.
Parker Helps Mcclellan.
& .Es T.
Mayor George B. Mcclellan al
nounced today that to protect his inter
ests in the proceedings brought by v
!: R. Hearst contestin!g the mayoralt
!: election he had retained legal counse
He has employed the law firm of Parl
er, Sheehan and Hatch, of which Judg
!: Alton B. Parker is the head. and tn
firm of Dykman & Carr. The frs
!. named firm is Of Manhattan, and tn
second of Brooklyn. The mayor sar
that he did not expect to be directly il
!: volved in any legal action.
Jerome Is Aiding.
!: District Attorney jerome s first off
! cial act after his reelection was to be
!: gin thoro inquiry into the charges 0
) fraud made by representatives of "
r. Hearst. After spending the entir
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