Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-11-04
Over so Warrants
to Be Issued
By Might.
ACCUSE ONE ELECTION
OFFICER Of A FRAUD,

earthed large number of illegal
registrations and from fifty to sixty
warrants for arrest will be issued be-
fore night. Some of the warrants
may be served tonight and the others
will be served tomorrow if the men
wrongfully registered attempt to cast
their ballots. In one case an election
officer is accused of having registered
twenty men after the legal time for
placing names on the list had expired
last Tuesday night.
While the discrepancies are great
est in number in the second ward. a
similar condition of affairs exists
throughout the city.
In the first ward there are eighteen
men registered who are not entitled
to vote, according to evidence OBJ
tanned by the detectives.
In the second ward 10 of the
men on the registry list are unknown
at the addresses given, Is have
left the houses named; four are not
citizens and four others are doubtful.
In the sthird ward there are from
twelve to fifteen discrepancies in the
fourth, eleven, with twenty more un-
der investigation; in the fifth, ten,
and in the, sixth, twenty.
One house on Broad street has
four Frenchmeh registered who, so
the chief Of the sleuths declares, are
not citizens. In a Smith street lodg-
ing. place one man is not known
there; one is out of the state in a
home; one has been away for three
months and one votes for ma Kearny
avenue address.
There Is also trouble with men
registered from boats. One dredge
has five men registered, only one of
whom is entitled to vote, according
to the detectives. Two of them live
in Brooklyn and one of them is reg
istered there One lives in Provi-
dence and another lives on High
street, this city. These four men
gave the detectives their promise not
to go to the polls.
Of eight men registered from a
place on Front street, two are not
entitled to vote.
In the case of the man on the cleo
tion board in one ward and register
ed i'll another, it has been found that
there was no fraud intended, but that
he spends most of his time in the
ward where his place of business is
situated, and it was due to this that
his name was given to the members
of the registry board by mistake.
The republican county committee
has offered a reward of $500 for
evidence leading to the arrest and
conviction; of violators of the law re.
lating to election.
Twenty-dight detectives from
Trenton, Philadelphia, in charge of
the same agency which has had men
here since Saturday, will arrive here
tonight and will start out bright and
early tomorrow morning. They will
be stationed throughout the city
covering every polling place, while
their chief will go from one part ol
the city to another continually.
Democratic Meetings.
The democrats of the fifth and
sixth wards of this city and Of the
borough of South Amboy held two
rousing meetings again Saturday
night, which were the general wind.
up of the democratic campaign il
this city and South Amboy. The
meeting here was held in Massopust's
hall and, despite the disagreeable
weather conditions, was well attend
ed.
Owing to the fact that the auto
which carried William A. Crowell
DIR. William E. Ramsay and Charlie!
e. Kelly became stuck while passing
through the "hole-in-the-wall" il
South Amboy, JAMES Baker and Sen
ator George S. Silzer were unable tt
be present at the local meeting. The
auto which carried the candidates tt
South Amboy was to have taken Sen
ator Silzer and Assemblyman Bake
to this city, but they arrived too late
to speak.
DR.. William E. Ramsay, candidate
for the assembly, was the first speak
er. He strongly attacked the votins
machine. He said that it was de
clared unconstitutional, according t.
decision handed down by the su
preme court in Massachusetts ant
that it would only be short time
when it would be declared unlawful
in this state. Charles E. Kelly, o
New Market, a candidate for free
holder, then spoke.
After that Mayor Bollschweiler de
livered an address in English and ii
German. He was loudly applauded
William D. Voorhees,, candidate TO
alderman-at-large of this city, spoke
Dennis Flynn, another candidate TO
alderman, spoke. He was follOwe,
by County Chairman Joseph E.Strick
er, who predicted grand democratic
victory tomorrow. Then Will
liam Massopust delivered an address
in Polish. Schuyler G. Van Cleef, O
New Brunswick, candidate for as