The New York herald., 1922-08-07
duke OF ESSEX St.
AGAIN DAY. MAYOR
Denies He Won by Giving
Out Cigars to Make
Voters Dizzy.
BALLOT COUNT 81 TO e4
Gives Credit to, Palm Beach
Suit, but Deplores Loss
of Law Books.
TELEGRAPHs TO DUCHESS
Madinski, Losing Candidate,
Threatens to Appeal to
Gov. Miller.

GOV. Mlller.
"You can say that the result Is no
more than what had confidently ex.
pected." said the Duke Of Essex street
turning for moment from the con-
gratulatiohs OF his sixty-seven friends
to meet the interviewer who had been
sent to the East Side to obtain accu-
rate data upon the Dukes reelection
as Mayor OF Second avenue.
Il would like to say Also" continued
the Duke, glancing at a second mort
gage on some first class property in
Rivington street, that there is moth
ing in the charge by my opponent.
Josef Madinski. for whom have the
greatest admiration. that the cigars
provided at the polls this morning
were so strong that they puzzled the
voters and made the names on tho
ballots look dizzy. The cigars which I
distribute at my home at Long Beach
and Riverside Drive are nothing but
the finest Havana, which, submit Is
an unsurpassable tobacco that Mr..
Rockefeller could not get any better
il he tried"
THE figures indicate, Mr.. Levy. that
the vote was quite close. and some bets
were laid last week that Josef Madinsh
would be the next Mayor 1t was suE-
gested.
Big Changes Occurred.
'"The situation has greatly changed
since that time. as the results prove" the
Duke said with dignity. II will admit
that my Palm Beach suit created quite
a furore. as they used 20 say in France.
which Is an A ! country. although ~ill
say that when was there for the
Worlds Fair. which was q fine collection
OF sample goods. you couldn't under
stand the people very well. But Of
course they may have improved since
then--you never can tell"
Jacob Moretsky. chairman Of the
board Of elections, interrupted at this
point to state that he had absolutely re-
fused to consider Joscl's protest that the
election was q frAmeup and that unless
a second election was held on August
Il he would take the question up with
Gov. Miller. which would be good ex-
cusc to take night trip on the boat
with Mrs. Madnski to Albany and
maybe 60 up into the Catskills. where a
lot OF his friends spend the summer.
Owing to Ike Hfrschborn's saloon hav-
ing been closed by the Eighteenth
Amendment. although one can still 80
in the side door. the election was held In
the Dukes law offices directly across
the street. Josef Madinski made no
objection, provided he could have Felix
O'Brien and Bottles" F'inkelstein for
inspectors and glass sides to the ballot
box so H. couldn't be stuffed without
ss.-vcrvbody present seeing what was done.
Iosers suspicious were Immediately
aroused when upon arriving at the POLL
ing place at 9.30. A. NJ. he found Bot
ties" Finkelstein still absent and Felix
OBrien sitting in silence at the table
across from the place that had been
reserved for Bottles" Felix. noted for
his talkativeness, had lapsed into a state
Of semi-coma. with a cigar butt briskly
burning on the table beside him. and
Bottles" Chairman Moretsky said. had
gone out to telephone.
rs 1t possible" exclaimed Josef, that
the election polls are open at this early
hour? i understand the Duke has not
yet arrived from his legal residence In
Long Beach. which. may say. Is where
he belongs, and was given to under
stand that the election should not take
place until 10 o'clock"
The Duke" replied the chairman, "is
in the next room debating to his second
stenographer Your protest is out OF
order. The election will proceed. The
ballots are OPEN"
II also observe" continued Josef.
that there are no glass sides to the
ballot boxes"
There will be no protests while am
chairman" commanded Jake Moretsky.
The election will proceed"
Cigars Are Free for All.
The election proceeded. with Josef be-
coming more and more disgr,intled a.
ne smoked one of his opponents cigars,
which were In an open box on the
table. until II o'clock. when the polls
were closed and the ballots counted.
They showed sixty-four votes for Josef
and slxty-seven votes for the Duke
Tho three extra ones. Madinski said.
we're ringers from Long Beach. but the
Duke. paying no heed to his opponent,
mounted the chair.
MY friends and constituents. I am
gald to be with you again. am here
to serve you good. but. boys. there Is
one favor / would like to ask you.
Please bring back those eleven law
books somebody swiped during the elec-
tion.''
And now IL you viii excuse me-"
continued the Duke. II will send Q
telegram to tho Duchess at Long
Beach. which Is only my summer home,
telling her Of the election. / would
like to say also that have no inten-
ton OF retiring from politics, even
though have been elected Mayor OF
Second avenue.
Although, as say" added the Duke
as an afterthought. Il hope there will
never be anything that will take me
from Essex Market Court and from
the boys on the old East side. TO show
my gratitude for what you have done
for me. I am going to recite the fol-
lowing little poem which I made up
while waiting for dinner one night at
a swell hotel at Long Beach:
Take me never out OF Essex
To the country with the trees.
Where It's always awful lonesome
And the peoples ain't my sort: