Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-04
VOTERS OUT EARLY TO
|. REGISTER THEIR CHOICE
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plant was defective in that it ac.
cused him of Illegal registration or
November L. r. Morgan Barradale
Robinson's counsel, asked for the dis
missal of the complaint on the adj
ditional ground that the challenger
Lad not appeared at the Court House
Robinson was paroled.
Judges Kept Busy.
Judge William P. Martin and Judge
Harry V. Osborne were kept busy
granting transfers at the Court
House. BY 1 o'clock this afternoon
300 transfers had been made.
The "camera-eye" and remarkable
memory Of William G. o. Crowther,
clerk In Judge Osborne's court, pre-
vented one voter from getting his
transfer just as Judge Martin was
about to give 1t TO HIM.
The case was that of Peter w.
Blazier. who had registered in the
Eleventh district of the Fourth ward,
as living at 1876 New Jersey Railroad
avenue. He subsequently had moved
to 1877 New Jersey Railroad avenue,
In the First district of the Fifth
ward.
Judge Martin was going to give him
transfer when Crowther said that
he recognized BLAZER as q man who
had been convicted Of grand lar
ceny In 1908
"Were you ever convicted of
crime?" asked the judge, turning to
Blazier.
Blazier admitted that he had been,
Just as Crowther had said, but he
asserted that he had made no at
tempt to vote since that time.
Weren't you up here a year or
two ago for transfer?" interrupted
Crowther.
Blazier finally acknowledged that
he had been. In extenuation he said
that he had never known that his
conviction had disfranchised him.
He was remanded to jail and ordered
to prepare a list of every place he
had lived since 1908 in order that his
record can be investigated.
Minor j. Cooke, of 424 Fourth ave-
nue.. in applying for u transfer said
that he had not moved, but had been
told by the officers of his old polling
place that he would have to register
Eleventh ward. He said he had gone
there and been registered. When he
went there to vote today, however,
he was told, so he averred, that he
was in the Seventh district and adj
vised TO seek a transfer.
Told to Enter Complaint.
Judge Martin said he could not
grant the transfer at this late date.
He added that the election officers,
If the facts were as Cooke said, had
been guilty of dere,iction in their duty
and that 1t was Cookies duty to ap-
pear in court tomorrow and make
formal complaint against them,
Cooke did not seen anxious to do
that however.
A number Of other cases OF apparent
dereliction or carelessness on the part
of election officers came to light. One
man telephoned from Orange to
Judge Martin and explained that he
had not been allowed to vote<on the
ground that he had not registered. al
though he had voted ON primary day.
The Judge asked him to make a COM
plant against the officers of his elec-
ton district because they had al
lowed him to cast his ballot on pri-
mary day without first having reg
istered.
Samuel Levin, Progressive chal-
lenger in the Tenth district of the
Second ward, appeared in court and
asked Judge Martin to issue arTsnts
for or summon before him the entire
election board of that district on the
ground that they had allowed one of
the men arrested for alleged lille gal
registration TO cast his ballot before
he was arrested. Judgt Martin ex-
planned that the officers had not vio-
latd the law by so doing, since the
voters right to franchise had not
actually been disproved.