The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-29
DEMOCRATS 260,
M0RAN|TES 233
Honest Democracy Won in First Ward, But Morans Man
Finan BTazenly Carried Out the Scheme, Of Which Stealing
a District List Was a Part, Of Doing All Possible TO Secure
~Ia|idatOn Of The Caucus, and Brady Seconded Him
With Petition for q Recount.

I a link In the Moran-Dorney scheme TO in
validate the caucus, was plain on its
face, chiefly because of the fact that
Brady did not ask for a declaration that
he had been elected, but hat 1.-THE eau
Gus may be declared Illegal and void"
1t also called attention to the refusal of
the clerks. who were Brady supporters.
to sign the returns as by law they are re-
quired to do; and at the time the petit
ton was written they had not yet so re-
fused.
II must be borne in mind too, that the
clerk whose check list was missing was
also a Brady supporter. lie was sum
moned TO the office Of the city solicitor
today TO certify TO the correctness of the
statement tina the list has disappeared.
one man SAYS he saw a man behind the
rail stun the check list into his clothing;
and there were rumors that 1t had been
torn up or burned.
\ point probably overlooked by Mr..
Brady and the other supporters OF Moran
is that if the clerks fail TO certify TO the
returns in proper time, no recount can be
held under the law.
The watchers from each side were as
keen as hawks ready 10 pounce upon
spring chicken, even though the board Of
~canVassers was present and the assistant
city solicitor was there to see fair play.
There were several lively tits between
/ the warden and some of the watchers for
the Thurston ticket, which was repre-
scented by Messrs. Richard b. Comstock.
Peter c. cannon. James II. Thurston.
Charles Carroll and John II. Mcguire.
William II. Howard. Lawrence A. Grace,
John Cusick. John Grimes. John Degnan
and John O'Neil, chairman OF the city
committee, represented the Moran-Dorney
ticket.
When Warden Flnan refused TO an
nounce the result Of his count OF the bal
lots, ex-senator Thurston demanded that
he make the announceIfent.
I'm warden here" Finan exclaimed,
"and II do what I please
"What does the acting city solicitor say
about that?" demanded Mr.. Thurston.
"It don't make any difference what any
body says. He's got no more to do with
IT than you have" was Finan's retort.
81 amt going TO announce any result until
l get that list
You've got tie list" declared Richard
B.. Comstock, who was standing beside the
warden.
Say that again. said Finan, glaring
at Mr.. Comstock.
Eyes, you or your crowd has got It,"
said Mr.. Comstock. emphatically; and
Finan subsidized.
1t was impossible to locate Louis Bear
man, the clerk whose check list was said
To have disappeared. when the address
given on the voting lists as his was visit
ed. Bearman, who Is well known about
town. was present during the count yes
terday.
The voting list gave his address at 40
South Main street. but no such name as
Louis Bearman" Is even TO be found I'm
the Providence directory. The house
directory also fails TO give the name
of Louis Bearman as living at 40 South
Main street. or I'm that vicinity.
The house at 40 South Main street. IL
occupied by a Mrs. Myers and her daugh-
ter. who have lived there for nearly two
years. They say they know no such per-
son as Louis Bearman.
That bunch Of ballots which some Mo-
ran man stuffed into the top Of the ballot
box after the box had been locked did
not figure I'm the count yesterday. Capt.
John Andrew Murray, explaining how the
ballots got there. says:
81 had hold Of the top and Sergt. Cos
tigan had his hand on the side. SO that
no one could tamper with that. | told the
officers TO keep the crowd away from the
ballot box and they formed a line. But
going down the stairs someone reached
over from a step or two above me and
swatted me over the head.
Naturally. / raised my arm and turned
around to see who 1T vas. ! think that
about that time someone might have
pushed that bunch Of ballots into the top
of the box. for don remember seeing
them there when We left the room. But
we got out. left the ballots just where
they were and landed the ballot q safe
ly at the city hall. You can bet things
were warm while they lasted, though"