The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-20
FRAUD IN NEWARK
is SUFFRAGIST CRY
Practical Politics of the Ants
Too Much for Feminine
Methods.
WATCHERS ARE WORN OUT

NEWARK. y. j.. oct. le.-At half past
Q o'clock tonight Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle.
president of the Women's Political Union
OF New Jersey, came into the front room
OF the headquarters al ~ Halsey street
from the telephone where she had been
waiting for returns and beanie at the
waiting crowd of weary ~suffragists.
'Asbury Park is going heavily for
u.s. she announced. I'VE have won
Pennington by eleven votes. and the first
news from our own city Is that We have
won the Second district Of the Eleventh
ward"
1t was the first cheering moment In n
day OF disbursements, of fears. OF
nerve racking. furious work that seemed
as II IL was going for nothing. All
through the day II seemed as II the
women's campaign OF ideals had been
knocked into smithereens in Its first
round with James Nugent's practical
politics. Early In the morning reports
of fraud began TO come into headquar-
tiers ''Repeaters in the First ward. Nu-
gents men are voting them like sheep
In the Fifth ward 80 the cry went up.
Eucournxement From Men.
All except Mrs. Van Wrinkle and Mrs.
III j. y oib az
tary OF the W. =. T.. gave up the day
as lost. hut the cooler headed OF their
men supporters treasured them.
These things always happen In poll
ties" they said. 1T isn't as bad as It's
painted"
The women watchers did their duty.
All but twenty-five Of the $50 polling
places were covered and the women were
on hand at 6 o'clock, when the polls
opened. The men watchers did not
shine. one man watching for the suf-
fragists left his post three times to run
to headquarters and complain 10 Mrs.
Van Wrinkle that Jim Nugents men
threatened to beat him. one man de-
tailed to watch in Ferry street at one OF
the worst polling places In the city went
off to New York with his credentials,
leaving the place uncovered.
Miss Rebecca Hourwich. a member or
the Feminist Alliance in New YORK, DIS
covered this just before the votes were
to be counted and she went on n Wild
automobile ride until she found n sub
stitute. Miss Hourwich, who watched
at a polling place on Lafayette street.
I'm the Fifth ward, all day. was fairly
weeping over the evidences or fraud
which she said she had seen.
They're killing VI from the outside
she said.
1T is all straight and regular inside,
and that's how they deceive us one
special officer who was telling the men
10 vote No quite openly on the side
walk was "A man who hadn't even a
badge, a physician who was sworn In
FIVE years ago for some service, and
has never acted since. The others were
just a. Irregular
4 polling place from which REPORTS OF
trouble came early was at 52s Broad
street. in the Ninth ward. George H.
Gobel and his wife We're the watcher
and substitute there. and Mr.. Gobel
sent a hurry call 10 the w. !. y. at
noon saying that "Nugents men had
said they'd beat him." and he wanted
reenforccments in case he and his wife
were both put out.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle hurried over with
two husky men and found the watcher
for the anti-suffragists, n fat man
adorned with pink anti-buttons. sit
ting In front OF the polling place.
He is e!,c,ioneering in open violation