New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
$4,000 Bond
Demanded i'm
n. ]. Recount
Justice Cnmmere Requires
Deposit Which, if Made.
Will Enable Statewide
Examination of Ballots
Will Begin ON May 10
lnvestigationCan Be Dropped
it the First Five Coun-
ties Fail to Reveal Fra1d

ties Fail to Reveal Fraud
Chlef Justice William S. Gummere
or the Supreme Court of New JERSEY
yesterday signed an order at the in
stance of the attorneys for Senator
Hiram w. Johnson for a recount of
the vote cast in the Presidential prima-
RES on Tuesday last for Senator John
son and General Leonard Wood. AS
result of the primaries, General Wood
got sixteen pledged and three other
practically pledged delegates, while
Senator Johnson picked up only nine.
Justice Gummere told the attorney
for johnson that he would have to de-
poslt $4,000 with the Secretary of
State to indemnify the state against
possible loss involved in the cost of
the proposed recount.
>, Justlce Gummere told Attorney Ka-
llsch that, once begun, the recount
must cover the entire state.
Opposition TO the recount was ex-
pressed last night by John w Kent, of
Paterson, who has been active in the
George Zipf, of Newark, who has
handled the work in Essex County.
They declared it was unnecessary, be-
cause the country generally comedies
that Johnson beat Wood in New JERSEY
by the showing he made in the primar-
les. Mr.. Zipf sent letter to Angus
McSween in which he said he had
made an investigation in the LIST, Cd,
4th and 9TH wards of Newark, and had
failed TO discover any indications of
fraud.
Wood Manager Skeptical
The Wood managers are still skepti-
cal about the good faith of the John
son men in asking for recount They
asserted yesterday that the Maryland
and Indiana primaries take place to-
Johnson is a candidate in those states
against General Wood; that all that
the johnson men wanted was chance
Tor the Hearst papers in New York,
Washington and Chicago to ring the
changes on the cry of Fraud" in the
New Jersey primaries, and that after
the returns are in in Maryland and
terest in the New Jersey recount, espe-
cially if it is going to cost some one
$4,000.
When Angus McSween, Eastern man
ager for Senator Johnson, was asked
last night about the prospect of fur
nishing the $4,000 required by Justice
Gummeres ruling, he said he hoped
the friends of Senator Johnson would
be able to raise it, but was not sure.
The way the expense bill figures out
is about as follows Four election Of
fcials for each OF the zoos precincts
at S5 a day each is $4,000. each official
being entitled to days work for
going to the county clerks Office. Each
county election board Of two Repub-
i
retary, at $40 a day per man, means
81 $50 day for as long as the recount
lasts. This accounts for the sum being
fixed at $4,000 by the court. Four
years ago in Newark recount was
started. but not finished by half 1t
cost $4,000
Recount to Begin in Essex
The recount, if it goes through, will
be for the entire state. 1t will begin
on May 10 in Essex. Morris, Camden,
Gloucester and Cape May counties,
where the supporters of Senator John
son allege mistakes were made in the
tabulations.
The Justices reason for allowing
the recount to start in these five coun-
ties was to give the Johnson supporters
an opportunity to abandon the contest
should it be shown by the recount in
these counties that the result is not
materially changed.
The order further provides that
five days notice in writing of the time
and place when the recount shall be-
gin shall be given to General Wood,
to be mailed to him at his postoffice
address.
Chief Justice Gummere said to At
torney Kalisch:
You know, as 1 told you last night,
this will be a pretty expensive pro
ceeding, involving a possible, cost Of
$4,000. The deposit must be made
before the recount is done or the re-
count will not go on. The money must
be deposited with the Secretary, of
State in sufficient time to allow him
to notify the county boards that the
| deposit has been made.
LAS I told you, | will not permit
recount of part of the state, but | will
allow you to start the recount in GER
tain sections of the state and give you
the privilege of abandoning 1t II you
so desire at any time"
/ If the result of the recount does not
change the voters preference for Gen