Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-21

envelopes were properly numbered and
properly strung, and the ballots prop
erly inclosed In the envelopes.
"At the end of the count this district
showed that Mathis had a majority of
seyenty-fve, instead of Low forty-six,
as the election returns had been made.
There were no comments made, no
claims of fraud made to the court at
the time and nc evidence of any fraud
pointed out. Some time after the re-
count. closed, when consideration of the
changed result was had, it was evident
hat there had been fraud or gross
carelessness on the part of the election
board or else that the ballots had been
changed in the box after the election
board had made it's return.
81 hope my public reputation has been
such and my private standing with my
personal friends such that 1 wiz be
believed when I say that If 1 had the
slightest evidence of any change hav-
ing been made in that ballot box after
the polls had been c~losedland the count
been made and the box delivered to
the township clerk..f would instantly
refuse to take advantage of any legal
technicality TO retain my seat in the
Senate of the State of New Jersey"
These additional caucus nominations
were also decided upon:
Assistant secretary. Benjamin Pat
terson. Salem; journal clerk, John
w. Cliff, Union; assistant clerk
not announced, but assigned to
Passaic; supervisor of bills, Edward
A. Sexsmith, Monmouth; assistant SUI
peryisor of bills, Wilbur K. Sloan.
Gloucester; bill clerk, Charles BONN,
Cane May; assistant bill clerk, not an
nounced, but assigned to Cumberland;
calendar. futile C. Walker, Atlantic;
sergeant-at-arms, Goudloupe A. Holl,
Mercer; assistant sergeant-at-arms,
John Fitzga, Somerset; presidents sec
~retary. not announced, but assigned to
Union; assistant to the presidents sec
rotary, not announced, but assigned
to Somerset; committee on printed bills.
not announced, but assigned to Bur-
lington.
The Steering Committee.
The steering committee, composed of
Senators Bradley, Frelinghuysen,
| Gaunt. Leavitt and Nichols, made the
following allotment of minor patron
age:
Atlantic-Calendar clerk. page and
two gallery-keepers.
Burlington-Clerk to committee on
printed bills. file clerk and doorkeeper.
Camden-Secretary to the Senate,
clerk to appropriation committee and
file clerk.
Cape May-Bill clerk, doorkeeper,
clerk to horoughs and township COM
mittee and pages.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, assistant
bill clerk, clerk TO committee on pub
lie health and page.
Gloucester-Assistant supervisor of
bills, doorkeeper, clerk to secretary
and gallery-keeper.
Mercer-Sergeant-at-arms. d%oorkeep-
CT, clerk to municipal corporations
committee, stenographer.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of bills, clerk
to railroads and canal committee and
file clerk.
Passaic-Assistant journal clerk,
clerk to revision of laws committee,
file clerk and page.
Salem-Assistant secretary of the
Senate. gallery-keeper, clerk to com
mittee or education.
Somerset - Assistant s~ergeant-at-
arms, doorkeeper, clerk to banking and
insurance committee, assistant secre-
tary to president.
Union-Journal clerk, presidents pri-
vate secretary n page,
The Senators decided to abolish the
positions of cloakroom-keeper, assist
ant clerk to the secretary and assist
ant clerk to presidents secretary
causing a saving Of $3.50. The total
compensation to be received by the
Senate officers and employees is $40. 300.