The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-21
JAKE NEWSSTAND CHUCKED OUT
HE GAVE HIMSELF roo MANY
VOTES LAST PRTM AIRY.
Republican County Committee TO send
the Evidence OF Ballot BOX stuning to
the District Attorney Parsons Victory
-CaSe OF Negro Battalion Dropped.

Case or Negro Battalion Dropped.
Jacob A. Newstead, the Republican
leader Of the Fourth Assembly district, was
put out Of the executive committee Of the
county committee at its meeting last night
at the Murray Hill Lyceum. Newstead
was one Of the most rabid OF the Odell-
halpln group, and in his efforts to turn
down Herbert Parsons at the last primaries
he was 30 enthusiastic. according to evil
denoe presented to the committee on con-
tested seats, that he polled more votes for
himself as leader than there are enrolled
Republican voters in the district.
The new rule providing that candidates
for the Republican executive committee
should be voted for directly at the primaries
was put in force at the last primary cleo
ton. Newstead was declared elected by
something like GOO majority. Philip Rosen-
thai, his opponent. contested the election.
The committee OF contested seats investi-
gated, and ther report Of the committee read
at last nights meeting went to show that
Rosenthal had peer cheated out Of the
election.
1t was charged in the report that Mr..
Newstead in one election district alone
had had credited to him 124 more votes
h the whole Republican enrolment. The
committee had found proof that the enroll
ment books and the ballot boxes had been
tempered with and the boxes stuffed and
that ballots had been deliberately destroyed.
The committee made the specific accusation
that there had been wholesale repeating by
Newstead's supporters and systematic in
timldation of Rosenthal's voters.
Inc report described the frauds which
had been. practised az a disgrace to the
party and recommended hat the evidence
be laid before the Grand Jury and the Dis
trlct Attorney, frauds at a primary election
being punishable just as severely as frauds
at a November election. The committee
summed up its findings by declaring that
there had been no honest election in the
Fourth district and suggesting that the
seat on the executive committee for that
district should be declared vacant.
There was n discussion lasting until
nearly midnight, with bitterness enough
displayed 70 make il plain that the. fac
tlonal differences in the county o~rganiza-
ton are "a acute now ss they were month";
ago. Abe Gruber insisted that as New
st lad had been elected by a popular vote"
the committee had no power TO remove a
member 80 elected.
In reply to Gruber several members
of the committee who ara in the law business
stated that the new primary law providing
for the direct nomination Of leaders did
not take away from the county body the
~pTerogative of governing the makeup
OF its membership. Finally the report Of
the committee was adopted by a large
majority, At the next meeting Of the
committee, on the third Thursday in jan
uary, Mr.. Rosenthal will be electede xecutive
member from the Fourth.
The committee dropped quietly the agi-
tation started Mt the last meeting to bring
PRESSURE on the Presiden. to rescind his
o der di~sbanding a battalion Of the Twenty
nth Infantry, colored. At that meeting
the Republican Congressman Of this county
were directed by resolution to prot est
against the discharge Of the negro com-
p~anies.
Last night Congressman Bennett said
that he and his colleagues had understood
that all that the resolution called upon them
to do was to seek 10 lave the order held in
allegiance by the War Department until the
return Of the President from Panama.
Mr.. Bennett added in one sentence that he
and his colleagues had succeeded in this
and that under the terms of the resolution
they felt that nothing further was required
OF them.
Gilchrist Stewart, the colored member
from the Thirteenth district, who was re-
sponsible for the passing of the resolution
at last month meeting, repeated the state
ments he has made in Washington 10 the
effect thai his investigation at Fort Reno
failed 70 show any adequate evidence of
fault on the part Of the negro soldiers as a
body. but his was the only speech made
and the committee was discharged from
further consideration Of the matter.
The committee unanimously Endorsed
Charles r. Page for reappointment as the
Republican member for this county of
the Board of Elections. 1t is understood
that Mayor Mcclellan will appoint Mr..
Page for another term.