Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-07

anyone wishing to do SO had all the
opportunity to tugsie the boxes, as
they were not Immediately taken care
of by the township clerk, as the law
requires.
It Is claimed here that the boxes
were left in the Town Hail. the poll
ing place, until after the application
for the recount was made. then the
township clerk hired a local expressman
to cart them to his residence, where
they remained until taken to Toms
River.
The returns, as shown by the recount,
shows that not alone is Mathis affected
by the recount, but the office of county
collector is in doubt, as now the bal
lots show rs majority for F. T. John
son, whereas the first count ave his
opponent, Doc Elmer, II.
The men who comprised the regular
election board in No. 2 district are:
Republican. Cornelius Conklin and Eli
Ravens; Democrats, N. s. Grant and
Chester Lane.
The expression is frequently heard
on the street this morning, Some one
will go to jail for this, and it won't be
the election board" The last 2S5 votes
IN lkl6 UO& WGTe lHt JOh6T. Up " ii
time the recount showed almost vote
for vote as the first returns indicated.
but when this batch was struck, in
stead of the votes alternating back
and forth between the two candidates,
1t would run twelve or fifteen for
Mathis to one for Low. Two of the
election board, U. s. Grant and Cor
nelius Conklin, said his morning they
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the ballots were counted as originally
voted, and that they saw every ballot
voted in that district, and that the
number of ballots in the box when
they sealed the same was 474. and not
433, as found yesterday. Grant is a
Republican and has been a Senate door
keeper for several years.
That County Prosecutor Theodore j.
r. Brown will bring the matter to the
immediate attention of the grand jury
and bring the guilty person or persons
to justice is believed by everyone who
knows how he has fought machine
methods heretofore.
Ex-senator William D. Edwards, OF
Jersey City. representing Low, at once
asked for a recount of the whole, coun-
ty. 1t was opposed by Judge Berry
Justice VOORHEES, announced that he
would lear the motion at a later date
at New Brunswick. Senator Edwards
insisted hat his client had had nc
chance to apply TOR a recount of the
rest Of the county, as the notice of the
Mathis recount vas not served upon
him until after the time for applying
for %recounts had passed.
Mr.. Edwards said today that the at
tempted steal would certainly be up
set.
There is more at stake than the mere
question as to whether Mathis or Low
shall occupy the seat In the Senate.
There are many possibilities which ex-
plain the unusual happenings that
have marked the recount proceedings.
Low, Democrat, was elected by eighty
n votes, according to the official
count. 1t was not until the last mo
ment for making application for a re-
count that Mathis asked for a recount.
and his request was granted. The
County Board Of Elections then pro-
ceeded to cou the ballots. The first
day showed a net gain for Low OF
six votes. That gave the Republicans
q jolt and they secured an order from
the Supreme Court to adjourn the re-
count for a week.
Reason for the postponement caused
quite a lot of speculation. 1t developed
that Ocean county's Judge, Leon Berry,
counsel for Mathis, nae complained that
! his client was not getting a square