New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-19
BOARD OF COUNTY CANVASSERS.

Mr.. WAEIxAs said that after listening to the sryu-
ments OF counsel became the business Of this board
to manifest it opinion The board wss constituted by
the statute, and its power limited by ths and the
decisions Of the coura were final and conclusive.
ASIDE from heee they had no power, Toe frs object
should be 10 get Q, the will OF tbs electors Toe At,
ute bad created board Of inspectors, which, acias
judicialy as well "a mitiserially vi. the fist ssfs-
| guard thrown abogt the expression Of the vii OF t1e
people Then, in counting the votes every voter sd
| . right to be presen'. Ire ballots were drs' 70 be
cowtfd, and their numbe compared with the nu nosr
Oh The poL'' and there were any excess the excess
| OF ballots was TO be drawn from the box by pc son
wita be back turned. Then they were 70 count the
votes and attach specimen ballots 10 thei: retarns.
Then tney must place statement 10 the county clerks
office vi the pol list snd within twenty -fo1r hours
after the statement 81. ned it mus he pa ed 10 The
hands OF the supervisor Of the ward The Legislature
had provided every means for the prevention Of fraud.
He hrld that hs had to consult al ese original
returns, and II 1t appeared from any OF them thN there
was an error they bad right to inquire into it. Tbs
error might appear from their stsenens from the poll
liss or sliunde. They had right il OF the sse- Is
were missing from the statement, 10 send baek the
return for correction they bad the YER also If they
were satisfied from affidavit that one Of those sheets
was false virtually wanting, 10 send the resurn
| back 10 the inspectors The board had 10 right 70
bear evderce. He spprehendei that the Lesis .ture
had established Correct rule in this respect at sny
they Obliged respect the limitations of rue
statute from which they derived their po~sr. Bat
when they were sed upon TO count the votes OF these
returns they could If they spected them to be forge
ries OF il correct send them back; and If the inspect
on declared them TO be correct they must accept them
such. In the casa Of the Poodle siass Cook he
thought the decision OF Judge Willard wn an obtter
dietBm but yet il gooa law. lie Offered the foi
| loving resolutions:
Res That the board of County Csnvsscr' have to
inquire and deter nine the senunsuess and sty of
returns the oop.. s.d he pols either from
the documents tn from satisfactory eyideae Of ais
puImsn 70 the q section Is Of the Get Of s
hr. LORD said that the board hsd nothing to do
with the regularity Of the retsns, and that they had
nothing at all 10 do with the pol-isu He offered as
substitute the following resolution
Red That the Board Of Coanty Csnv.sssr' vii receive
the, contain omission. clerical mistakes and ii such facts
.h,t b. made to .pp.. they WI send s.'h r..osn;
S.S,o.st to n ts .iels /, .oson 18th Of the
sc Of s4s An election. than Tor
,roeus this board e.suOt inquire into sad' or esa,Hss
iusd the oi.tiet inspectors or gard cany.ers
Mr. KELLY said that the resolution differed essen
TALLY fl ON the one which be proposed last year. He
| would read that:
Red That the Board Of Comfy c.nv.ss' !, MT anho,
therefore bound that the r-surn' OF tns district
inspectors c1nsct except TO suea errors the Law pro-
For sucb resolution az this he and the side which Ia
appeared on would vote. He read the report OF the
committee Of last year. which umatea ic the resolu-
| ton above. He would offer this a. a substitute.
Mr. WAKEAAy cOntended that his resolution OF last
year was consistent with the present and 10 sccor
dance with request of member defined The word
aliunde.
Mr.. Fox would ask if the proceedings before this
board would not operate bsr ia tbs courts Like
the MAYOR be was for assuming the couotful powers.
He hoped that the board would sdopt the resolution
of the gentleman from The Twelfth Mr.. Wskemanl
and if be had drawn it up he wou have made 1t still
siroI GER. They said tina. the board could not sum
mon Witnesses, but the candidates would furnish
trem Adopt the doctrine advanced by the other
psrty and he woule engage TO elect a man to any
otf,n fuvu had With mn " n.
this beard either meant something or nothing II 1t
me al nothing, ct them adjourn aud go home
mr. Noomn sr wsns tn1n ont Ike the s,ory Of the
fox AND the bear. They both went into the country
man cellar TO drink mk and the fox took are not
TO drink much but that he could get oat at the hole
while the bear stuffed himself 60 much thzt he could
not get out and caught. He was afraid that his
friend bad changed from fox to bear The one
nan power had spoiled the popularity of the mayor.
Mr.. Vo0rhis, ia speaking OF the dliunde which Mr.
Wskeman introduced into bis speech, exc ted consii
erabe merriment by persisteny calling II 0Sasdsr.
He went 10 advocate the construction OF the statue
which given by Evarts and Gerard. He hoped, in
conclusion tn board would proceed TO business
Mr. LORD waived his substitute in favor of that pro
poeed by Mr. Kelly.
Mr.. WV TUCKER said that last year there was
greaf deal e1ctems Mt than no-, aud they said
that Mayor Woo coudnt 20 into pc wer without walk
ing over the dead bodies Of he dent know how many
Thousands. He ie little nervous, as he was on tle
conn ittee and if they decided either way they would
have the other party down on them. But they got
along pretty well The resolution proposed by the su-
pervisor from the Twelfth Mr. Wakeman) was, al
though little different from thai year. t1e best thing
they could adopt
Mr. DRAKE said be did net know much about the
bolya1oers ard the potenioes; he wasn't much Of q
lawyer but lie thought they had better proceed 20 bis
ness
Mr.. KELLY reiterated his views.
Mr. BRIGGS in re, iewing the system OF rascaity
which he sad had defeated the election OF Henry Clay
the most iustrious statesman that ever lived, stated
that they had been voting in the xtn ward ever since
the election. He rad been Democrat, and in Tam
many hall ana be knew the rsscsty which prevailed
there All he honest and respectable men had left
the old vigwam. When he belonged there he lived IN
a ward where they bad msjority OF thousand. and
they wanted him and about seven hundred Others 10
90 and sleep 10 the Seventh ward, Ia Wing ward so
az 10 bring tina. over. He had found all their ma
cbnery as founded on roguery and rascality; they
would resort to the most outraseou means 70 carry an
election Every schoolboy kosw this. Doors had
been closed upon the people by the i'm pectors. Mr.
Briggs paid an eloquent tribute to the integrity Of
jude DAILY. He declared tina. be would SUSAN
the resolution Of Mr. Wakeman. He WAS sorry 10 see
his American friends Of tae Eighth and the Ninth
(Messrs. WIN. Tucker and yoorhisl in the position
which they occupied. He didn't know what the
reason ives. He didn't know whether i. was con-
scentious wat was something thai he was no!
troubled With lGreGt and general cachinstonl.
Mr. Ely said that the, had sworn 10 discharge their
duty TO the best of their ability can ysssen He
would read the definitions of the word CALVES Web
s,er gave To discuss TO examine TO search 10 scru-
"linze;" and Worcester defined it, To sift, TO eI-
anime. to debate" When men dared not have the
return Investigated i: prina fdcte evidence hs,
they knew they were fraudulett Wha, w.s the mean.
ing Of genuineI ess Webster gave, The state Of be-
sing native, freedom from siuierston foreign sd
mixture freedom from anything false purity, re-
"'aity. The supervisor 'of the TSelfth ward. Mr.
Wsktmsp) be thought, exceeded al the lawyers The
LAWYERS reminded him of respectable old Baptist
lady, who when asked by brother Of DR.. Springs
TO come ard bear him preach, said, struggling her
shoulders: " You Presoyrersns, you preach up,
You and zoe can't,
iou will and won't.