New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-23
TIE deceased was about twenty eight years of az
and native Of Scotland.
THE COMING ELECTION IN THIS CITY

TIE Times has fallen into several errors In respect
TO the laws governing Inspectors and District Can
vassers at the approaching elections. 1t states that
the Inspectors elected last year will serve this year
duIns the day Of election. The Times ought to know
that tine edistrctng Of the city and the change of
boundaries in nearly every instance is held to dspos-
the elected Inspector and in of vacsn
cy, the Common Council will, by joint resolution sP-
point in every instsrce-in all abou, five hundred In
.pectors Canvsssers Of an equal number are to be
appointed in the way. 1t mi hit have been the
intention Of the laws to elect Inspectors and Can
vsssers in November to serve at the Charter
election in December; but that intention will
be frustrated; the Common Council and the Corpora
tion Counsel viii decide that Inspectors and Caavasses
are Charter officers and casnot be elected except a.
Charter elections therefore they will appoint for both
elections ard elect in December for next year. The
law of 1857 which provides for Canvassers is not gen.
eral, but is restricted to New-York and Brooklyn.
Tbs Statute directs that Inspectors shall be chosen
nuay at the Clarer elections and the names shall DO
on the same ticket with town and Charter officers.
As our Charter election is removed to December,
the Common Council will assume the appoint
mert Of the whole batch Of Inspectors and
capvassers for both elections. How fairly the over
wbe,rning Wood majority will do this remaios to
be seen. If the split in which they have made the
new districts is 10 rule, they will take all the chances
that lie in their way Tue theory of districtDg has
been-To change all the districts if possible, so az to
be sure to throw out Of Office all the elected Inspectors
to make the largest possible number Of districts In
wards where the Wood will have all the appoint
men,s; 20 make the fewest possible number of d.
trics in wards where the opposition would by common
courtesy and usage, have the controlling voice. Taking
seven strongly Democratic Wards and seven other
Wards where the opposition arc in the ascendant, we
fine the following companions: The seven Democratic
Wards gave an aggregate OF nearly 900 votes last
Eoyember For the accommoo alton of lis vote there
were then &c election districts. Now we have 81,
being an increase Of Is districts 80 per cent. The
seven other Wards cast about 30 600 votes and had
A. drtIicts. BY the ratio of increase applied to the
democratic Wards, they should have ha seventy six
dstiicts but they get only 80 being an increase of
seven. In the Democratic Wards there are only fO1
voters 10 distIct in the other Wards there are sci
voters to district, according TO the vote last Fall
while according 10 the Census tho dSProportion is stu
more apparent. BY the Censas return there is an
average Of 43 voters in the new disicts in the Dem
oc,a,ic Wslds and 6iO to district in the other Ward.
TEE Sixth Ward for ms ance, cast $50 votes, and the
NTH 7o3. o-twice as many. The Sixth Wac is
0yiced into eght Otiis, IeaVuS ooV 'uteis ~ ea0"
poll. The Ninih Ward gets but ten districts leaving
$50 voters TO poll sns BY the Census no less than
no to spoll, agsn.t so in The Sixth Wards Toe
Sixth Ward gets tn Increase of two Districts, and
the Ninth Ward OF one only. Only tSo Wards, tue
Ninth and Fifteenth, represented in this Board
entirely by the opposition. These two Wards poied
La. Fall $500 votes, at IL vong places. They no"
have II polls-an increase of one to each Ward The
Eighth and Eleventh Wards polled about the 50 ne
vote $780, but they then had Is polls, and they nov
get 80 Tne following table shows the comparison OF
seven Wards: