New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-27
Not Printers Fault, Says Britt


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POLLS would be supplied
Not Printers Fault, Says Britt
In Justice TO the printer will say. 1oN W.,
ever, that he has been much nai ,nipp,aIetions
the numerous court orders and huSs'ioitS
over the position OF the names ~ Je-
Roosevelt delegates on the haiIo', III Iast
clsjon was not handed down uhla 90
Th,irsdaV and the printer made aTIuT IT
al TIE time that IT would he pnEsltamitg IN, ''"
possible TO make a change IN ths "a I,,dca
IL vas not until March il ina, Jul
,.bsrIsg ~ Duell took action on inc Porn,t
lion Of the Roosevelt delegates nainsS, O. Of
there have been fOrty-nine proc .,,n T1,ben
this character since Marfn Y, W, 80 he fled.
deefrnations FOR places were 10 We Irde,
. 11,e decision in one proceeding ~ ~.
rendent Democratic ticket IN INC ~ r-"ded
sembly District OF kInS SS,-i.ion in Rrooliyn
until last Friday might AZ . VorE CONT
Iustice PlstZck, Of tn" New hoih ,hc
had held w I'VE cases UNI" w
rIuo NJ; nuinion The election laws shouln W. ~
amended so that after certain G 10 hal
changes can be made. IN" ptlhltI nc " III
. bsrEer task 10 get out these primary p%
&c tbar tho regular ones for the GEM, '
election They are more compuL ~, I
there Is different ballot Tor odCh I"' Duc,I
taye received a letter from JuuSS ~,
.S.rriro mo for an impartial and talr AZ
utu6e during the campaign
Samuel s. Koenig president Of the re
,,uhl,can County Committee. wanted 1t
made clear that his organization ia"
nothing whatever to do with the Ia'e-
ness Of the ballot delivery.
1T is more than probable ne sd'u'
that the Roosevelt organization VIII uE
m blame n on us on the other manu.
understand that their court actions were
ia,eelv IN blame for the delay in getting
the ballots printed. It is the PRIMERS
business TO see that the ballots are PROV
erly distributed. hut Il they cannot get
the copy in time 1t makes them la'e W
nr,stir. the ballots. and therefore late
In distributing them" ,
81, Is The first time'I ever heard o'
.uch condition. and I can remember
hack a good many years said John H.
Vonrhis, State Superintendent OF kiec-
tions and former president OF the bo"ru
of Elections II don't want 10 make
criticisms. because the officials are nav
ing enough trouble anyway, perhaps ou'
a Is certainly unfortunate. | do not
know what can be done under the CIR
cunlstancss
In many of the districts where the he-
publican and Democratic ballots arrived
,p right. the ballots for the independence
LEAGUE and the Prohibition and the so
oioNst partiss did not show up at ait
coroA NJ the INDEPENDENCE League lead
ers figured last night that this failure
. 20 have their ballots distributed might
result in the courts declaring that thelr
nominating committees were not legally
organized. This might prevent them
thew thought, from making regular nom
nations next fall There was dlspo-
tition on the part Of some of the leaders
10 claim that this was trick oil ram
many TO hamper the independent actiVi-
ties Of the independence League.
Uptown Voters in a Rage
There was an army of outraged voters
In Harlem and The Bronx. In some OF
the more remote districts Of The Bronx
= CITY Island, for example-men stood
about the amply polling places for hours
waiting for the ballots TO arrive. II Is
rrobsble that they waited until long
altar 9 o'clock, the official closing hour
for the polls. for it is known that taxi
cab laden with City Island ballots did
not leave the East 126th street station
until about half past s O'clock.
similar conditions prevailed at many
other polling places uptown. In the 24th'
10Th 10Th. 21st. ODD, 31st and S0th AS
sembly districts. the polling places in
many election districts were inactive
until late hour because of the tardy
arrival of the ballots.
In the Goth Assembly District alone
there were twenty eight election districts
without any ballots until 6: 40 O'Clock
Ten out Of twenty election districts in
the 26th Assembly District did not re
ceive their ballots until o'clock. 1t was
learned later that the reason for this
vas because the ballots that should have
been delivered AZ the East 104th street
police station had first been dumped at
the East 126th street station house.
They had to be reloaded and taken 10
the East 104th street station before being
delivered 10 the proper polling places.
Independence League Hard Hit.
The independence League voters had
to remain inactive until s o'clock, in the
oath Assembly District sixteen election
districts being without the necessary
ballots until that hour. At the West
125th street police station 1t was re
ported that ffty-three election districts
cut of eighty seven had no ballots until
s o'clock. These were Independence
League polling places. The Socialists
did not receive their ballots until almost
6 o'clock, it is said.
In many cases the police had to call
trucks and delivery wagons into service
in order to get ths ballots to the polling
places I'm tine. Tho reserves were kept
busy until a late hour in handling the
14-foot sheets of paper In some cases
the envelopes supposed to contain the
ballot sheets were empty, adding to thu
general confusion.
Anticipating trouble in the receipt Of
ballots. John Homer, of the Independ-
ence League In the I'D Assembly Dis
trict had specially printed and type
written ballots prepared lie declared
that they wer, made according to the
requirements of the law and would have
to be accepted as legal votes.
In the 31st. 18th and 2lst Assembly
districts trouble was caused by the nom
arrival of the Independence League and
Prohibition ballots until $50 o'clock
Robert e. Ten Eyck, deputy assistant
District Attorney, said last night that
he had been informed by an employe of
The Martin 3 Brown Printing and Bind