Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-27

, that is. the sixteen wards of the city
are in one set of books, while the
county municipalities are in another.
Still another division is necessary in
an election where State and county
offices are involved, as in last Tues
days primary, and separate set OF
books is used for the vote on the
State officials.
When the figures have all been en-
tered and the tabulation finished a
comparison of the two sets of books
containing the vote for the same Of
fees is made and any errors imme-
diately discovered and the proper
corrections made.
It makes no difference how heavy
or how light the vote is, the work is
about the same in volume. The vote
for each candidate in every one of
the three hundred and fifteen districts
in the county has to be called by one
man, entered in the proper place on
the official book by another and then
tabulated at the finish. 1t is COM
paratively as easy to enter four hum
ed and fifty-siX votes for candi-
date as it is to enter sixteen or even
none at all, for the same amountof
work is involved before the official
result can be obtained.
vote of the Progressives and Social
lists resulted in many cases on the
Assembly vote. for instance, in ci-
piers being placed opposite all twelve
names. Especially was this true OF
the Socialist party where district
after district failed to show a single
vote cast by the party.
But the fact that no votes were cast
for any of the twelve candidates
had 70 be just as carefully transcribed
in the official return book as did the
returns for the Democratic and Re-
publican candidates who may have
each received one hundred or more
votes in the same districts In which
none were cast by the Socialists.
The official compilation OF the cleo
ton returns is a big task and one
in which the utmost care must be ex-
ercised. 1t keeps County Clerk Nc
Donoughs force of about forty
clerks, including the extra ones busy
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights, as the work has to
be done at night time. 1t is impos-
sible to do any of the work in the
day time for a variety of reasons.
One is that the county clerks office is
a busy place in the day time and all
the regular clerks are on the jump
with other work, without worrying
about election returns. Another rea-
son is that the expert outside help
could not be obtained in the day time.
The third and really big reason Is
that there is not room in the day
time for the workers. At night, when
the twenty or more pairs get busy
tabulating returns, the scene reminds
one of nothing as much as big bee
hive with the callers busily engaged
in calling out the figures in low-toned
voices SO as to not interfere with
each other, while the writer's are busy
transcribing the figures on the large
| sheets, which are the size of an open
newspaper.
Attorney Frank M. McDermit was
| trying the damage suit of Nicholas
Ginda against the Central Railroad
of New Jersey before Judge Fred
erick Adams the other day and had
the father of the lad, Giuseppe Ginda,
on the witness stand. The Ginda
family lives in Carteret, where the
accident that deprived young Ginda
of leg; took place.
| McDermit was seeking to find out
how far Carteret was from Newark
from the elder Ginda and asked the
question in several different forms,
but Ginda did not seem to understand
and sat mute on the witness stand,
Struggling his shoulders in the char
acteristic style of the italian race
when they do not know what to say.
! Finally McDermit asked: How
much time does it take for you to go
from Newark to Carteret?"
Ginda's face frightened up and he
briskly replied. "Forty-five cents from
Newark" and sat back. well satisfied
with the answer
The son also caused a laugh at one
stage of his testimony. The lad had
testified that he was on his way home
from school when he was hit by an
engine and his leg cut off.
"You had been at school all day
and were on the way homer" asked
McDermit. and received an aff1rma-
| tive answer from the lad.
Were you playing near the tracky'
asked McDermit.
"Oh, yes" replied the lad; I'VE were
playing we were going to school,"