New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-24
Honrd Of Comfy Cnnvnsserr.

This BoaId assembled AZ - o'clock yesterday
morning rid was called % order by President TWEED
who said ta' the ffs. business before ttc roori wa
tie cauynssIng Of the Second District Of thc Twenty
frst Ward tie canyassers of this D.gt-ict Nessis
Walker Mcs4bc and Brady. being proseat.
NJ sTKwAKT read n statement made b. Cherries IL.
Rodrers 20 TIE effect thlt SOLDIER names iua b0cn
giStered in The District ~ question without tler per
sons uppea aHcc ard TIER votes taken without Their
being sworn n. pom inquiry az some o. tIc places
where soldiors were registered G. living they were
found 10 b. blacksmith shops. SC.
Mr. PURDY sad thai proceedings Of inquiry by tAe
Board were NOT proyiHed for By law.
TIE returns OF The second District were however.
read When IN regard 10 ne Third District Mr. STEw-
ART stated thu 40 returns mad been received which, lie
tLought would inyGldatc the result A that District
M. ELY sta,ed thar be had been informed tie. Can
yt-tpr HesI.u had taken L copy o. Ire two rcufn8,
hut had failed ~ hand them 10. He (Mr IiyJ held IN
his hand n copy signed by The caIYassefs
Mr srEWAEI thought that II was The duty or tle
Board O. find ont whether tie cgnYgsseis bad complied
Will to lew. He took the position that there should
De two oopes 81 the returns While IN tAe present odse
there was Dot one copy.
IL LITTLE sad TIA. tNe lay was very explicit in
requiring two retuins to 10 made. ~ the pesoa
10 returns HAD been made 20 The County Clerk. THIS,
% cay tAe least, was NJ ireRuiarily. and he (Mr.
Lte did not think that the Board should proceed with
Tie canvass without sending for the canyassers and
sscei taning the cause the error. Be would Ger.
ainy object 70 proceed further Until tie causasscrs
This gave rise 70 q grea. deal Of discussion abou he
requirements OF the law; Mcssrs. PiEDY and ILT quot
ing extensively 70 prove that the reiuIua Should be re-
ceYec aud reed, aid AI. STEWART quite - readily aud
extensively reading tie law 20 show that ID 4ure
Dens would not b. fulfilled by treating the returns as
returns al. biz. DAvls also held that the having Of
two copies o. returns very cs-enial in he matter
" making corrections by pairing them The hair.
Of the opinion that the single copy IN This in.
stance bhOta De considered ~ complete return. He
had personal feeling IN the mater except 10 20 what
was correct lie had no doubt that tho Board had
power The return II question. Mr.. STEWART
contended tnat there was nothing 10 canvass Tue
law relurcd two copies nnl thcreDcsc only copy
here it amounted a. noibiug at all Ile therefore pro.
tested against considering tho d0cumcuIa az returns
Upon beng Questioned Dy Mr.. biuSr the Chairman
saed that The County Cierk had never received copy
Of tho returns.
Mir PuRDY then exhibited On affidavit from The Chair.
man % the CanvasscrH which. ho said was 70 the effect
thhi tie returns had been daily mado 20 the County
Clerk.
Mr. SHooE here moved that the oanvass Of the Third
District b. deferred 10 Friday next al l2 O'Clock noon.
Before As motion wa PIT n vote further discussion
occurred during which Chairman TWEED said that he
desired that correct returns IRON all the Districts sboud
be- obiainedi when Nj. PUDY SAID: Not in violation
Of the law"
The resolution was fuaIy carried ard the canvass Of
the Third District laid until Friday next The
reading Of the returns from the Twelfth Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Districts then begun, when Mr.. PuRDY
nouy objected. without stating MS reatons But the
Ihaifma decided taat the objection OF one man would
not nnder the reading OF the returns which were in
I n order ~ appointed on the previous day Mr..
IohDi' however,. persisted snd moved " lay tho
returns from these Districts over TO Friday when lie
wa: alluded to by Mr.. LITTLE occupying fsetous
MT funpr-Fsctous! Mel don't mean " DO ac-
cused OF being factiousf
Slr 1iriLl~Bm suppose you are.
MI - men consider Il impairment The geHtle-
man then nae controversy with Mr. Stewart about tho
relative respecAbiliiy Of Republican and Democratic
wards asserting that the latter were very safe 10 trav
and orderly Fifth-avs His motion was then nut 70
vote and lost when canvass The Ieturns was re.
SumeC.