The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
CLEAN POLITICS AGAIN
is ISSUE IN NEW JERSEY
In Second District Democrats Are Running Republican
on His Reform Record, and Fur Has AL
ready Begun TO Fly.
By 7. c. WELLIvER.

NEW YORK. oct. l5.-They are
threshing out the old straw of the
rotten politics Of ancient time IN New
Jersey, and getting a fine yield Of
trouble out of IT,
Tor instance, in the Second district.
John =. Gardner, Republican, IS running
against Edward Bird Grub, lifelong
Republican. who has been nominated by
the Democrats with the express under
standing that he doesn't pretend 20 be
Democrat. but IS out for revenge.
Grubb is a millionaire. was once elected
governor by the Republicans and
counted out by the Democrats. and was
afterward minister TO Spain under Har-
risou. Yet. I'm the strange mutations
OF reform politics in Jersey. Grubb IS
now running on Democratic ticket.
and they do say he is running like a
/ scared dog.
Grub was the original reformer IN
| Jersey. When he started reforming
/ things the State was hopelessly Demo-
! cratic, and the Democrats were always
( able to count themselves In. when the
| people didn't vote right Grubb ran
/ for governor. and spent his money
I Ike the traditional iuebriated mariner.
/ de ran so hard thar the Democrats.
/ realizing that the were probably
/ beaten on an honest count held back
! the returns from Hudson county for
| forJy-eight hours, and when they did
! announce them, had carried that county
! for Albeit the opposition candidate,
: by sufficient majority 10 elect him
} over Grubb.
I IL was only incidentally that the proof
! o. these frauds against Grubb cau out.
IL happened that that year there was
a hot contest oevr the State senator
ship in Hudson county. Grub was
/ backing Stuhr, and the Democrats nam
ed Mcdonald for the senate. When the
delayed returns came IN from Hudson
county, Mcdonald was declared elected
senator. and Grub beaten FOR governor
Election Investigated.
There was a contest i'm the L,gis
Iature Tor that seat, and an ilevsti
eating committee was named. The com
miutee was headed by John !. GardR.--
then a senator. now member Of Con,
gross The votes were counted anc
Studied. and the system Of using tIssu,
ballots was carefully analysed. The re
|sult was that the committee found
THAT Stuhr was honestly elected, and u,
got the seat.
Now, that recount and examination
of the Hudson county ballots demon
sUrated not only that frauds had beer
committed against Stuhr but also prov
ed the frauds against Grub. and show
cd that Il Grubb had been treated a!
Stuhr was, He would have carried Huu
son county on the recount. and beer
elected governor But the case of Grub
was not technically before the commit
tee. and the time had passed for in
! shutting a legal contest against Alb
bett fer governor. Gsrrder. 20 is charg
cd, stood on these facts and refuse,
TO give any consideration. In his com
: Wittee's report. to the frauds in In
, gubcuatOrial vote.
Grubb demanded that the committe
I'm making its report should give aim
EuuiCation- He admitted that 10 Wa
too late for him To- contest Albeit
- election; but he did insist that he com
.WIttce. i'm writing It's report tell ia
{ truth about who carried the county 10
8 governor. This. Gardner refused tO &c
D GTUDD sWOre he would have vengeance
even IN he had so wait ar a centljr
Tor IT, Twenty years have passed an
he is now ont for ~.
As soon as the Gardner commItte
had reported on the Hudson count
frauds. GrUbb got busy sending folk
c to the penitcutiary or TO Jail. lie 20
] several hundred election officers IN
. dIctcd, and there was tan Sl-uTryln
b. around Jersey 10 keep q large nunlbe
3 OF leading citizens out Of prison
20 the end. siEty-uiue of them-Dem 5Crat
r and Republicans aiike-did go 20 jai
, . After Il time a board Of parIUus con
. Venienly let some of them out. ana
tiCket-Of-Iedvc law was passed for thei
Q benefit. by which others We're tune
q / loose on good behavior. AS a result
, there are prominent and churCh-COiu
To- citizens Of the first families scatterC
an over the State who are ticket-oi
b leave men 90 this day, They have neve
r been able 20 get fun paTdOnS.
- Having locked up fine representa-
e tiun Of his leading fellow citizens
Z Grubb started after the Legislature
e He made a fight for ballot reform. j
/ order that tissue ballots and such az