Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01

personal representative of the county
clerk and a receipt taken for each
box, the town, ward and district to |
which they belong being placed on a
largo label pasted to the box.
All this work has to do with the
preparation of official ballots only.
In addition there is the work of pre-
pairing the sample ballots, 900 in
number, and the sending of them to
the Bis districts in the county. The
county clerk has also to provide
Printed copies of the registry list in
each district, containing the name of
every person eligible to vote at the
election. Copies of this must also be
sent to the different municipal clerks
by the county clerk. The municipal
clerks deliver the ballots to the dis
triets in their jurisdiction.
Under the Geran law it is provided
that the official ballots shall be open
for inspection at the Office of the
county clerk for at least five days
before they are delivered to the clerks
of the different municipalities. This
provision was complied with this
year and more so by County Clerk
McDonough, as the ballots were
, ready for inspection ten days ago.
That this section of the Geran law
is but little known to candidates Is
evidenced by the fact that not a sim
gle one of the hundred or more can
didates that are seeking office this
fall called at the clerks office to tn
spect the ballot.
The second September grand jury,
! sworn in last Tuesday, can rightfully
| be called the green grand jury" az
] seventeen of the twenty-three men
comprising 1t have never before
served as members of the grand in
| quest. 1t was this fact, probably
/ that caused Chief Justice William $.
| Gummere in his charge to lay partic-
ular stress on the leaks that frequent
/ ly occur in grand juries in the way
| of matters that are supposed to be
secret getting out. The members
seemed deeply impressed by the
words of the chief justice. and 1t is
! understood after they had retired to
! the grand jury room discussed that
part OF the charge and told each
other they would be very careful TO
abide by it. We wonder now that the
fact that the grand jury decided not
to leak has leaked out what the jur-
ors will do to stop further leaks.
Tuesday was Sufferers, day in
Judge Harry V Osborne's court, and
the greater part of the day saw a
person suffering from an impeachment
of speech on the witness stand. In
the first instance the stutterer was
the defendant, and when he took the
witness stand it was necessary for
Judge Osborne TO clear the room of
Low
attaches before the witness could
proceed with his testimony. In the
other instance the suffering person
was the complainant. The remarlSa-
BILE part of the thing was that not in
months before has q suffering wit
ness been called in any of the court
| rooms at the Court House, but last
Tuesday a pair of them came within
an hour.
Persons going toward the Court
House about 2:15 o'clock yesterday
afternoon who happened to look w
dirty, narrow Comes alley saw a dis
tinguished trio issue forth. FRS
.. came Supreme Court Justice Samue
Kalisch. with the inevitable tall hal
and buttoniere. Closely following him
was Supreme Court Justice C. w
| htl iiiu litli Stiiiit CiiitI JhSllte
| William S. Gummere. The juriSts
were on their way to the Court House
for a conference on Supreme Court
matters. and took a short cut by way
of the alley
We wonder whether the next time
Raymond e. Smith is taken from the
county Jail on n writ of habeas cor
| pus he will be allowed to have a
'beefsteak-and- mushroom" dinner
before he is returned to the jail. We
think not.