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

First district, which are now undis-
puted by anyone. Lecompte loses his
place on the Board of Freeholders, the
Low supporters say.
There is now pending in court a con-
test for this seat. filed by Hyers against
Lecompte. If the Second district cleo
ton board could be indicted and con
victed. the Low men say, it would
cinch Lecompte in his now threatened
seat, as well as give Mathis a standing
before the Senate. at the expense oil
sending four innocent men to jail.
People IN the our room and on the
street express the thought everywhere
that the machine evidently intends t.
make the election officers the scape-
goat, and have them indicted. The &C
ton of Judge Berry, Msthis's brother
in-law and counsel in the recount, rs
well as his political manager in his
campaigns in d~ischarRing the grand
jury IN session last week while Supreme
Court Justice Willard p, voorhees, was
In the court house, is also included IN
the Significant happenings, and the
personnel OF the old grand jury Is being
freely compared with the present body,
The dlseharging Of the grand fury
last Monday has some points that have
not yet been made public Had the
recount continued. as was planned,
without the postponement, which, it IS
alleged. Mathis and Berry secured. II
would have been finished on Tuesday
November 90, and the September grand
jury was. recalled for Monday, Decem-
Der 5, which would have allowed n
charge of fraud to have come before
them. On December 5 the grand jury
was instructed 10 come into the court
room at 2 o'clock and present their
new-found bills.
Justice Voorhees, was sitting in the
courtroom. Shortly before 2 o'clock,
and before all the grand jury members
had answered to the roll call for that
hour. Judge Berry came down stairs to
the grand jury room, took the indict-
ments and discharged the grand jury
for the term.
The Low supporters who were at the
court house this morning are indig-
nant at the makeup of the grand jury
and insist that the Republican ma
chine, through the sheriff, is at fault
in this regard.
May Not Accept Recount.
1t is the popular belief that the sen
ate majority may hesitate about ac-
cepting the result of the recount in the
second Lakewood district, which indi-
Gates on the face of it hat Senator
Mathis and not Senator-elect Low had
a plurality in the county. II is prob
able that the Republican caucus may
determine the question next Tuesday
unless Supreme Court Justice Voor-
hees should in the meantime issue a
certificate to Mathis, in that event
further action of the court might be
avoided. At the same time It is prob
able the Republican senatorial majority
MAY fix a date for a Joint caucus 10
determine on "A candidate for United
States senator and a candidate to sue
coed Comptroller Henry j. West.
An effort may be made to have the
Joint caucus held in Atlantic City sun
day. January 3. the date on which the
Republican assemblymen agreed to ad-
iourn to. and formally ratify their COM
plete list of complimentary nomina-
tions. The senator and comptroller will
be in the same class. and the general
understanding is that both Senator
Kean and Comptroller West Will be
named as their own successors.
To prevent Mathis from fraudulent
~ obtaining the senatorial seat the
Low followers, under the direction Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Harry Newman,
ere still securing affdavits from vot-
era as to how they cast their ballots
or election DAY. These a~fiaavits will
be Of more value when the fight is
carried to the upper branch of the
Legislature. They will also be of value
in establishing the innocence of tho
Lakewood election board, who are
now charged by Mathis's followers a,
having falsifed the returns on elec.
ton day. Up to the present time a.
afidavits out OF a possible go have
been secured.
The following POSTERS are being dis
frihnfnl hrn-1 enef in the ennntX.