New-York daily tribune., 1863-11-21
THE DIsPyTGD JUOGEsHIP.


Whoever will take the pains to examine the
election returns, police AID official OF the Sixth
u. i,rict Of the With Ward, will at once be con-
WINGED Of The character Of the machinery by
which il is now sought to push Chiei-Jusl.ee
Bo,worth of the Bench of the Superior Court,
and To place thcrco in his stead John II. Nc
Cunn. the candidate Of tha, double-hcadcd H.
tcrest. which dominates this unhappy WsEi in
ifalcmal harmony Of purpose. Here there can
be- 40 mistake-indccd there has been but h'tic
effort az concealmcnt. The character OF the
transaction il all but insolently avowei. Fig
ures a.e altered 70 suit the situation; and no
l.r.minded man can Use up from even eur'ofy
examination of the case without being satisfied
t,ia, orr sclrgoyerninr system VII become
failure L an Outrage upon justice aud decency
of his characte! can De allowed TO triumph.
Here are ths Ggares officially sent to Police
headquarters by the proper officers Immediately
after tho termination Of the canvas by the Dis
tic; Canvasscrs on the evening OF the election:
SIXTH plsrlIcr. Win WARD.
ro.~orth..........ll Gsr,in....-...'...si
e,sr..,'. ni. joriy oyef McC ian........!a+
I.l vote. District for tie twy Jrdsr'.iPs c'te
H. t.isd by two sl,e. TIC io.a D4nler q voters iof
th. oacc ~ ais
These figures-I33-are undoubtedly cor
rect They tally with the votes cast for those
other candidates, in whom the Vlth Ward po'cn-
tat,s had 10 particular interest. Thus FOR Court
Of Appeals there were i3l votes east; for sur
rocale, l27; ior Supreme Court, l3i; ior
Recorder. 30S, and for Judge of the Court OF
Common Pleas, ABA. II will be seen therefore
lhat d.3 votes each Tor the two Judges oi the
Superior Court will agree very well with the
average vote cast Tor the balance oi The ticket
in his district.
The return of tle District CanYa'sers made
to tho Police Headquarters Was undoubtedly
correct
Let as iook now ~ the Official return - 70 ap-
pears in ihe official canvass:
slAlu pIsrIcI, WITH WARD.
RosvoIia...........lsi arvin.'''.''..''..'.Ns
sc..t-inr...........s.
-, .ar, major y over Bow
riv. ef,,., Ia ,t- Li'le' ier ,ho Two jodss'ii' 81
,-d ., 100 i've. a., 70. !, ia.b,r 81 ,oe.
~. or,o in sh' ih'.
II vii hardly bee pretended that any "clcr-
cal error las at the bottom oi these alterations
In any one footing up, = clerical error" might
easily occur; bat here We see - regular, dellb-
crate calculating alteration OF all the figures.
Bosworh l. dwindod down from 3Sl 80 E3e
McCunn is increased from 2OE, 49, reported 0tii-
cially al Police Headquarters, to $50; while 10
keep pace with McCuna's Increasing vote, and
still 20 keep their iAyorito candidate ahead. Mr..
Garyin is increased by iusl 100 precisely.
They then added y ioT Scattering" 20 show n
change, however slight, in the vote OF the dis
trct. thus raising the total OF votes east from
l33 to 137, and the figures thus changed
have ah.ady received tho official approval oi
the Board of County Cauyasscrs, otherwise
known as the Boagd of Supervisors body
created ANONYMOUSLY, half Republican aud hail
Democratic in order 10 secure ialr play
We trust ,hat the Board Of County Canyassers
will do absolute justice in thia matter If they
ind that john IT, McCmn WAS fairly entitled
to any votes ia the NH District OF the Lghlh
Ward which have not been duly returned I''
those votes be- ut once counted III his favor II
that district McCum relies upon inc r'n''
Returns for evidence that be- has been ei'''0'
by l5R majority over Chief Justice p''"'''"'
lie claim, in that district that Tue romeo
Returns are accurate; ana w '"' -" '''"'