The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-11-08
NEW YORK ELEC TON.


The result of the election for six members of the
Canal Board being the greatest point of interest
with our citxsns-who are, of course ,sanxious to
know whether the wings or the democrats are to
control the expenditure Of the nine millions of dol
lars to be appropriated for the enlargement and
completion Of the canals-but little comparative
attek,,rr has been paid to the election of members
of the Legislature, the Judiciary, &c. Hence,
when the telegraphc returns report the election of
democratic or whig County Judge, Surrogate, or
other local officer, chosen here and there they only
tend to provoke and disgust thoss who are anxious
to know the result, in each county, on the State
ticket-the all absorbing point of interest, at this
time, when the contest has been so close, and i'm
portrait consequences are believed to be involved
in the result. We have been perplexed with va
riety of these returns by telegraph, relative to
county officers, which are Of no interest here The
elections of these vast numbers of local officers, by
the people, have tended to confuse, multiply, and
delay returns from the counties that at this late
hour we without the means Of stating the actual
result except by approximations with regard to the
election Of the six candidates of each Of the two
great parties for members of the Canal Board. I'm
der well arranged system of returns, the State
ticket might have been canvassed in each election
10 the number of vote, polled for each candidate
conveyed to this city and Albany in forty eight
hours after the ele cton. Under the old system Of
mails, by stages and horse expresses, on country
roads, the press and the public were better served
than they now are.
AS it is, however we are enabled to arrive az
something like definite result Of the election Of
the State ticket, although the returns quite i'm
r.
counties in the interior generally have 80 nearly
preserved their political character Of last year. that
bat few important changes are 10 be noted Ths
various influences Of canal, abolition, Castle Gar
den or Union Safety party, antirent, and local
causes, being carefully considered, we may antici-
pate, in few instances where majorities small,
the actual returns Of tho election.
On q careful comparison and revision Of our re-
Turns, we see no cause to vary the opinion we ex-
pressed in the HERALD of Thursday, Of the election
of the three wings who were on the Union Safety
or Castle Garden Committees ticket for the Canal
Board, viz: Messrs Fitzhugh, Ullman and Cook.
1t may be well here to repeat what have several
times s.ated-that the Canal Board consists of nine
members, namely y
The Lieutenant Governor Treasurer
Three Canal Commissioners, Attorney General, and
Secretary Of State, State Engineer
Comptroller
OF these officers, the Lieutenant Governor and
two Canal Commissioners all democrats-hold over
from former electi ons The democrats have pro-
baby elected Mr.. McAlpinc, their candidate for
Engineer, over Seymour, the present whig in,uml
bent, although this is not certain Great interest is
therefore felt fer the result Of the election Of the
candidates for Comptroller and Secretary of state
which will determine the political character of the
Canal Board; supposipg the wings TO have elected
the Canal Commissioner (Fitzhugh), Attorney
General, (Ullman,) and Treasurer, (Cook) who
were on the Union ticket.
The following is a statement Of the approximate
msjOrites for Comptroller and Secretary Of State,
according to the latest reports and returns subject
Of course, to variations and corrections as the
actual returns Of votes come ia -