New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-12
MAYOR HITS NEU BILL
SAYS Senate Recount Measure Is
Horse than Otter.

Mayor Mcclellan attacked the Senate supplement-
airy recount bill last night, calling IT dishonest
bill" and saying that It was drawn up solely for
the advantage Of Mr. Hearst He said the bill pro-
vided that If votes missing In any ballot box
the whole vote Of that district should he thrown
away Then he says that while the bill relieves
Mr.. Hearst from almost all expense, il imposes
enormous him by making him paw for
lawyers IN every contested district to watch the
canvassing. This cost, he says. he cannot bear.
The Mayor said that all precedents had been cast
aside, and that the bin was even worse than the
original measure. The statement follows:
The supplementary so-called recount hIl.' which,
was passed by the Senate to-day is more unjust
than the one which II pretends to improve
Of The alliance between Mr. Hearst and those re-
Of this soca@d new recount b DON Ie passase
der It Mr.. Hearst can secure a recanvass OF the
PEELED to pay the costs OF the proceeding II he
Under II he may petition for recanvass Of the
votes IN as small number OF election districts as
sustained by the opening of all the other ballot
boxes escape payment Of any Of the costs or ex-
Mr. Hearst rom the costs Of t5e , 20 tel'aTr
parent care is taken that shau not be- feeyad
from the expense caused by the bill OF employing
the army Of lawyers which the simultaneous cam
Eass OF all the election districts imposes upon ne
Inns enormous l cost ! am personally unable To
odlqm OF deserving the majority who gave me
a provision worse than anything that has here
tofore appeared is now inserted In the new bin By
when the ballots have not been preserved all the
ballots cast In such districts are TO be rejected
and recount and recanvass Of the vote then lin
lied~ ana confined TO the ballots cast IN the her
districts In other words II IL IS found that hv
tlckery or honest mistake a ballot box contains
even one less vote than the returns show the dis
triCt Will he counted 49,
For Illustration, II any has distracted or can
abstract say, one or more ballots from the boxes
IN ten election districts where received nv largest
PIurHhties, al the votes cast in those districts viii
be thrown aside and not considered the recount
Inc rule Of law which has always obtained Thar
before theTe can he a reCanVaSs in warrant,
proceedings IT shall he first demonstrated that the
paIlotS are IN the same condition s. they were I'm
when sealed is abandoned, and a new rule is pro
posed mat II there now be found in the boxes one
or more ballots less than those originally accounted
Tor me entire vote Of the district to be thrown
out Thus thousands Of voters may he dIsfran-
chised 49, = az
The bill was At the beginning and stu remains
q dishonest bill II purported TO be a general blII
when il was not. and It's craftsmen and spokesmeT
knew 1t was not. II pretended TO provide for a
recount, and because Of that pretenCc received
the support of honest but mistaken newspapers
and or an honest but deceived public but II did no.
provide for a complete recount, as I explained and
the Senate bill admits
instead or attempting TO cure the defects pointed
out In my memorial TO the Legislature this bin
really operates TO the financial relief my Oppo-
nent while injecting new feature that will omen
wide the door for fraud