The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-12
For a Meeting TO Protest Against
Fraudulent Elections.
TAMMANY is SERENE.
The Nigwam Is Confident That
Mcclellan Will Hold On.
Supreme Court Opinion Given
Against a Recount.
WRITTEN BY PARKER.
Who Is Now Chief Counsel for
the Present Mayor.
Four Ballot Boxes Found by an
Expressman.


mand a recount of the ballots in the
election last Tuesday, was a notable
gathering Fully 5000 people were
crowded into the large auditorium.
Before s o'clock the hour fixed for
the meeting TO begin the police closed
the doors of the hall. Outside a
crowd assembled fully twice as large
as that gathered in the hail. Headed
by bands the people marched time and
again about the block in which the
riding academy is located and listened
to stump speakers who addressed i'm
promptu meetings on every corner.
Friends Of Mr.. Hearst, the municipal
ownership candidate for mayor,
thronged the hall and gave enthusi-
astfc applause to the remarks Of the
speakers who demanded that there
must be a recount of the ballots in
the court to determine in view Of the
charges of corruption and violation Of
the election laws that have been made,
who was really elected
All the speakers declared that all
that they expected is the viii Of the
majority shown at the polls should
prevail but they declared that the
how the people Expressed their will
and protested against allowing the
word of the election officials to be
taken as final. The courts must de-
eide the case they declared, and all
expressed the opinoin that the courts
win decide fairly.
| The speakers voiced a demand for
1 the changing of the election laws to
make it possible totuote an independent
/ ticket without ali the work that now
attends such an operation, and the
reform of the primary election law
/ to make it possible for q deserving
| official to secure a denomination with
| out having to rely on some political
machine As the result of the agita-
J ton on these subjects. resolutions were
adopted expressing the ideas Of the
meeting on the subject and the chair
man of the meeting, Hamilton Holt.
was authorized to appoint committees
/ to work to secure these ends.
Conference at Tammany Hall.
While the feature of the local muddIed
political situation in New York was of
course the mass meeting Of protest
engineered by the followers of W. r.
Hearst there was considerable interest
taken in the conference held at Tanlmany
hail this afternoon between the leading
/ members os Tammany law committee.
After it ended those present declined to
say what matters were under consid-
! GRAFTON but there was an air of jubila-
/ ton about the members that was con
strued as meaning that Tammany is
| certain the proceedings to have Mr..
! Hearst succeed George B. Mcclellan as
mayor on January 1. next, viii amount
to nothing,
I
! hopes on a decision of the state court
| of appeals, handed down in a minor
supervisor contest, up the state, in 1908,
in which the highest court of the state
| held that the ballots cast could not be
/ recounted although the petitioner was
| given the privilege of inspecting and
| having counted all protested ballots
where the intent of the voters was plain
| to the satisfaction of the supreme court
justice
Opinion by Parker.
A peculiar incident in connection with
this case is that the prevailing opinion
! was written by the then Chief Justice
! Alton B. Parker, since a defeated Dem
ocratic candidate for president OF the
United States and now CHIEF personal
/ counsel for Mayor Mcclellan in the pres
ent legal battle for the mayoralty chair.
Eminent Democratic lawyers declare
! they are entirely satisfied there VIII be
no upset in the election returns as sub
mitted by the canvassers on tuesday
last.
-Four ballot boxes containing ballots
/ were found in a polling place IN the
Fourth Assembly district i'm the Bronx
/ this afternoon. These boxes, one OF
which was marked defective ballots,
/ should have been turned over 10 the po-
lice on election NIGHT.
Christopher WigOw. an eNpfessIllan
/ made the discover Wigow was employ
ed to collect the voting paraohel mana IN
the various election districts and return
/ station He found many ballot boxes
4 all Of which he thought had not been
/ used but when he uulOaded them at the
| police station it was found that four Of
them were nIled with papers They We're
/ unsealee1. but the aolice did not feel au-
thorized to omen and examine them, and
turned them over to the Bronx office OF
the election board
one Of the boxes was plainly marked
defective ballots and is belie-ed to
I have contained what the label in ated.
The election law requires that directive
ballots be placed in an envelope. counted
! and turned over to the election board
This had evidently not been done IN this
case