Connecticut western news., 1907-01-10
FIGHT FOR RECOUNT
Mayor Mcclellan Attacks Attor. ney General For Trying to
 Gust Him From Office.
CALLS HIS ACTION "RI0T.'

Cockran's Speech In Buffalo Quoted by
 City's Head-DecIares States High
 est Legal Officer Is Trying to Over
 ride Courts Order-Jackson UphoIds
 Hearst's Contentious.
 New York, Jan. 9.-To prevent possi- ble tampering with the ballots cast in the Hearst-McClellan mayoralty cleo tion of 1905, which may be needed for a recount under the action begun by the state to oust Mayor Mcclellan and seat Hearst as mayor, Attorney Gen. eral William s. Jackson, acting under orders from the supreme court, seized the ballot boxes in three boroughs and placed on them new seals and labels.
 The three boroughs in which the bal lot boxes were sought by the agents of the attorney general were Manhattan, Richmond and the Bronx. So far as known no attempt was made in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Great secrecy was observed in carry ing out the plans of the attorney gen. eral.
 In statement by Eugene l.. Rich ards, Jr., and ex-Judge Hasbrouck, counsel for Mayor Mcclellan, Attorney General Jackson is denounced for the seizure.
 William R. Hearst, who is trying to oust Mayor Mcclellan from office, is referred to as "Jackson's master" and the attorney general Is referred to as a burglar.
 Mcclellan to Enter Objection.
 1t was stated that within the next day or two a motion would be made on behalf of the mayor to vacate the order of Judge Herrick on the ground that there was no proper jurisdiction. It will be charged, 1t was said, that the attorney generals mode of procedure in the face of a writ restraining him from further action in the suit brought directly by William R. Hearst is un- constitutional and in direct violation of the statutes. A third move on behalf of the mayor will, it was added, be an action by the board of elections to re cover possession of the Manhattan, Brooklyn and Richmond ballots and to retain custody of the ballots cast in Queens and the Bronx
 On the other hand, Attorney General Jackson, it was stated, would seek an order to compel the delivery of keys to storage warehouse lockers, which, he asserts, are withheld by the board of elections.
 Calls Attorney General Rioter.
 Following Mr. Jackson's suit in the supreme court against George B Mcclellan, praying that the latter b. busted from the mayors office on the ground that William Randolph Hearst is entitled to the office, Mr. Mcclellan through his attorneys, made an attack on the attorney general, declaring that Mr. Jackson is guilty of riot and should be impeached for defying the courts.
 Mr. Jackson, while technically obey. ing the recent writ of prohibition which delays a hearing in the quo warranto action, went step farther and brought his action against Mayor Mcclellan in behalf of the state on the ground that he holds office unlawfully.
 Supreme Court Justice Fitts issued an order in Albany, N. Y., forbiddine Attorney General Jackson to hear the reargument requested by William Ran dolph Hearst on the latter's application for leave to begin quo warranto pro ceedings against Mayor Mcclellan pending a hearing before Justice Fitts on Jan. 12. This prevented the sched uled argument before the attorney gen eral. The writ was granted on the ap plication of Mayor Mcclellan.
 Coekran's Speech Quoted.
 In the statement of Mayor Mcclellan the attorney general is contemptuously referred to as "'Fingy' Corners repre- sentative and is accused of violating the order of the supreme court. w Bourke Cockran's famous statement al the Buffalo convention that he prefer red "riot to rottenness' is quoted, ana MT. Jackson's action is designated as belonging to the order of riot
 MT. Jackson declared that he would obey the order of the court, but he stole a march on the Mcclellan forces by beginning in the peoples name the custer action. The effect of this vii be the same as that of quo warrantt proceedings, only in this case the state and not MT. Hearst will have to bea1 the expense of the proceedings
 In view of the precedence given in the courts to actions begun by the at torney general the suit of custer will come to trial at once. Attorney Gen. eral Jackson said that this action would take the place of the quo war ranto application of MT. Hearst.
 New Yorker Murdered In Oregon.