Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-13

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Tor senate. received tw~enty-three votes
and the Republican sixty-six. which
made contained on that string IL
Democratic votes and 1856 Republican
The recount revealed that at the enc
of the first 200 ballots there were bu'
five votes difference between the two
candidates. The second string be2ar
with the vote No. 3o1 and ended viii
No. 4S7. OF these SO strung the Demo
cratic senatorial candidate was cred
tied with fifteen and IT, Republican
sixty-ive votes.
''The first 100 votes Of the secono
string ran for the Democratic 53. hne
the Republican So. a difference OF 1
votes. The apparent discrepancies II
the totals arise from the rejected votes
and those otherwise not counted, which
however, did not vary the differences
/ more than 8 or 6 votes.
Votes strung by Design.
What | wish to call to your atten'
ton is the fact that In the last lot
votes contained in each string there
is an apparent punching of ballots fol
one of the TWO candidates giving pne
the idea that they were strung not IL
the ann one would naturally eX-
pect to end them When taken from the
box at random as they had been
dropped in by the voter, II as they
appeared in the former parts of thu
strings. but rather with design
In other words. we naturally expect
to find in a close election a uniformity
OF difference in the vote, rather than
a sudden and continuous and persis-
tent difference at the end OF each
string. ! say at the end of each string,
for IL tine ballots had been tempered
with that would be a convenient lace
to disturb.
Il mention these facts thar you may
in ycur Investigations have your At
tentlon specially directed to these ap-
parently extraordinary conditions OF
affairs and deal with il for what 1t
may indicate to you. | mention this
as a circumstance for your considera-
ton as sensible men. Then, TOO, there
is said to he some evidence that the
ballots last strung were mostly straight
ballots, without mark or paster. There
is a penalty provided by law for the
violation of the law in this manner.
You should and must carefully examine
"a Aht laNNS anu GhAiiSNOHNNs 10
ing upon the matter.
Truth is often made plain by SEEM
ingly unimportant occurrences. You
may call before you the voters for the
purpose Of obtaining their statements.
Your good Judgment, your sense of
right, your determination to persist in
your duty until a wrong is righted, If
one has been done, l feel sure will
cause you to use your utmost efforts to
discover gilty persons and remove a
stigma which has been fastened upon
your county and must there rest till due
process of law has brought the perpe-
TRAITORS of the outrage to Justice.
Duty of Grand Jury.
This task requires fearless and true
citizenship. Wherever it may strike.
be brave enough to uncover the small
and petty criminal who would rob the
communities honest citizens of their
birthright. Do not mistake your func-
tions, You are not a trial jury, you do
not hear the evidence of both sides. If
the facts make a primia facie case it
is your duty to find an Indictment.
In order TO obtain the recount a Pc
tition required by Law was filed with
the county clerk under oath, setting
forth facts. You are entitled to ex-
amino that, and if the information
therein contained bears upon the facts
as established it may be necessary for
you to ascertain the source of such in
formation.
The prosecutor will be at your call
to advise with you and assist you in
the examination Of witnesses and the
presentation of the evidence to you.
When you shall have finished your
deliberations you will cause me to be
notified of the fact that l may be pres
.ent to receive you and the bills of in
dictment which you may find, and to
discharge you OF not as the public
good may seem to require
The December term of court opened
here today.
The makeup of the grand jury itself
came in for much criticism, as one of
its members is Charles r. Lacompte,
of Lakewood, q prominent member #
the Republican machine, whose seat on
the Board Of Freeholders is now being
contested, and who must uphold the
hallot-box of the second district Of
Lakewood in the condition when it ap-
peared in the courtroom at the re-
count, whom the popular mind believes
it to have been stuffed with phony bal
lots. in order to retain his seat.
One Juror Excused.
Another grand jury member called
but excused by Justice Voorhees,. was
James Z. Otis. the head of the Demo
cratic annex of the Republican ma
chine. Otis is director Of the Board
Of Freeholders, in spite of the fact that
it stands ten Republicans to four Demo
Gratis, and poses as a Democrat. He
was one Of the freeholders who were in
-dicted and plead guilty in the freehol-
der investigation in Ocean county a
fcW years age. when it was shown that
he himself had charged the county fol
az many as thirty-three working days
in a month. Otis and Lecompte are
working hand in glove on the Board OF
Otis wishes Lecolnpte returned to thai
body to help to bring about Otis's re.
election as director of the board on
January / next.
There was a sprinkllng OF the besr
men in the county on the grand jury
including the Rev. Charles Il. Austin
D. D, pastor OF the Presbyterian
Church at Toms River, who is its fore.
man, and the Rev. Leslie l.. Hand
pastor of the New Egypt NJ. Z. Church
and other prominent citizens, but miXec
in with them are numerous machine
heelers of the type that the machine