Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-08

Former Senator William ID, Edwards,
counsel for Senator-eleet Low, says the
attempt to steal the latter's seat is one
of the most daring ever attempted in
his State.
1T will be Senator Low, notNith-
standing the manipulation of the bal
lot-box in the second Lakewood dis
trict," emphatiesily declared Mr.. Ed
wards today. unless my estimate of
the honor of the twelve Republican
senators who make up the majority
of the Senate of 1911 is very much
awry.
THE Senate. of course. is the final
and sole Judge of the qualifications of
it's own members, and. regardless of
what the officially declared result OF
the recount may be. that body will de-
eide whether Senator-elec Low or
Senator Mathis is the duly accredited
representative from Ocean county.
II don't believe there is a citizen in
Ocean county that does not believe or
actually know that the returns from
the second district of Lakewood town.
ship, as canvassed by the County Board
of Elections, was correct.
''Thc four election officers of the dis
trict are ready to swear to that, not
WlllSltlidluS Tic bphi Apf6dAS Afu az
being made to ihave them indicted for
the alleged discrepancy in their re-
turns shown by the recount
Somebody will or should he indicted,
but 1t will not be the district board OF
election, unless" and after a slight
pause, Mr.. Edwards remarked, "pecu-
liar things happen in Ocean county. but
if indicted the district board will never
be convicted.
Wal Carry Case to Senate.
my client Is determined TO carry the
case to the Senate, as he viii have 70,
for under the statute there is appareti,
" left no option to Supreme Court jus
tice Voorhees, now but TO issue a GER
tifcate to Senator Mathis on the face
of the returns of the recount"
THAT, however, will be offset by the
report tina will be made to the Senate
after the investigation of the evidence
of the attempted steal that VIC propose
to present under the application made
by Senator-elect Low today. Ordl-
narily this application would have
been made to the county Judge of ocean
county, but inasnlueh as Judge Berry
appeared as counsel for Senator Mathis
In the recount proceedings, we decided
to act otherwise"
Senate Edwards says he found the
door OF the cellar open ana Nas lou
that was nothing unusual as coal was
being received the day previous ana
no one bothered about locking the door.
Incidentally, 1t was found h at least
h~eif-a-dozen persons had ready recess
to the place where the box was stored
at any time after lection. The num-
Der included Joseph S. Hof, chairman
of the county Republican committee
who, as chairman of the township GEM
mittee, a an undispnted right t. visit
the building at his pleasure.
somebody apparently knew what a
change the second district box would
make" said Mr.. Edwards. reviewing
the result of the count, land that may
be the reason why Judge Berry and one
OF the Republican members of the
County Board of Elections insisted on
proceeding after Justice Voorhees, sug-
gested a discontinuance."
THAT was because the recount in
Dover township and the first Lakewood
district showed g iessSe OF ealy one vote
for Mathis" HS
Justice Voorhees, considered it a waste
OF time to proceed, but Judge Berry, as
counsel for Mathis. insisted, and the
SeCDllQ ulSLIi(L " % oPSAiSa 7
'When the box was opened we found
two strinss, one containing 300 ballots.
the other 1877" continued the speaker.
.'The district election officers and poll
watchers told us the bottom of the
first string starting from number one
would show a comparatively close vote.
They added that on the second half of
the count from about 250 on the first
string to the end of the second Low ran
ahead. finishing with a plurality of
ferty-six."
ION the first part they We're right
and on the second reversed. The cleo
ton officers also stated that the box
contained ffty-nine straight Republic
can tickets except for the. vote On a
referendum question, and io2 straight
Democratic tickets.
"Tte recount showed 1T5 straight Re
publican and very few straight Demo
cratic ballots. How the change was
effected a criminal trial may disclose.
IT was expected in some quarters that
the case might go to the September
grand jury, which, according to custom,
has invariably been held over as in
other counties to dispose of election
cases.
THAT. however. cannot be done, as
the September grand jury was dis
charged lest Monday by County Judge
Berry, counsel for Mathis, while Judge
Voorhees, in another part of the build
ing was conducting the second district
recount which Judge Berry had insist
ed upon
Low Will Right.
Senator-eleot Low declared today
that he Was going to fight the case TO
the last ditch. He insists that some
body is going to suffer from an inYesti-
cation that will not end till the whole
truth of the bold steal IS uncovered.
The motion of ex-senator William u.
Edwards, of Jersey city, for "a recount
of the whole county comes up in the
Supreme Court at Now Brunswick
next Tuesday. The December grand
Jury will be sworn in at that time
and the justice will, no doubt in
struct the inauisitoTs 10 probe the steal
and indict those found to be responsl-
BILE.
Face Two Conditions
Justice Voorhees, and the grand Jury
will be confronted with two facts
Either the election officers Of the Lake
wood district deliberately falstied the
returnS mr. since election day some