New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-11
BOlRD OF CITY embassies.
INTERESTING rEsrrMoNY-now VOTES ARE SOM

| INTERESTING TESIlMON1-uoh NOits0 AiL oVhh-
TIMES CANYAssED-PROTEsTs.
| The Board of City Canvassers met ut III
yesterday and completed the canvass in ono or TWO
and referred TO the Committee on Protests ana Contess
10 M Board Of cdnrar The 9ndsrued would respectfully
scIoo fasSs om The sstd election T~eutIe, Ward
The undersigned would respectfully represent 10 your honorable %ar
.s he'd preos to he ballots being Suss 10 ,s't a1S, he m
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At All The said eesos YaLrSrsK
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District q ,s1r "f %' o,I Ts H.. S' ss :S.
removed fo@ tie Poiss P,' where The election s I'd Z. ,o
prove received he sad Dhli5' ihaa ha,
%ipsd .,a District !Ss sal. es'Ioo 6lssARD K MvSrHr
Ner. York bee. !. l9S
AT ~ O'Clock the lobby and the chamber OF the Board
lcd with people. anxious 10 witness the proceed
Jugs OF the Committee Protests and Contests In the
matter OF the protest Of James T. McVeany against tho
Board OF Canyassers canya.sns the vote Tor Assistant
q The Ninth t Ward INT Me- protest
represented by Charles = spencer esq Aldermen
all present. After dlsposng Of tho protest OF
Charles g. Pnckney. esq, the Chairman said the errors
covered as merely clerical ones and they would be- Ger
reoted This action elects Mr. Plncsney TO te position
OF Assistant Alderman In the Twenty first ward
The Chairman then took up the protest OF James T.
Me- Spencer called as tho fret witness, Mr. Vincent
Clark. who testified that lac the deputy clerk Ia the
Iiuresu OF Elections at Police Headquaer aud As such
night Of tho late charter election. 49,,
George Iayanc testified Was canysss"r in tho NTH
district OF the Nlph Ward OF the late election Tho vote
the canvass showed that MeVeAny received SoJ votes.
Vincent Clark recalled aud testified 20 the returns
q the Eleventh District Of the ninth %1rd' lie .sd
Culkn iG votes Mcveauy $780, Hayiand %, soatoring7.
Canva.Iers the figures iso Tor Meveany had been altered
los and the vote for Cukn had been changed from o7
Mr. Robert II johnson testified that he
in the Eleventh District OF the Nn,h ward tue returns
CaiEn IT, witness signed he returns ia the presence Of
the other canyassers and WIN a Durham. one OF tho
Witness here examined the returns sent In 10 the Board
OF cauvasser Thought he Jaw some scratching on the
WIN. 4. Durham testified that he associated with
Ninth Ward The return. he had signed We're correct
identified the returns that he caused to be sept TO Police
votes; Mr. johnson present when wtuess signed the
returns: did read the returns before gning Them
roll eerRs return for the Fourteenth District Of The
Ninth Ward. as foows; Calhn. 40; iiavland; So Nc
had bean altered from Ia 10 az. culEin ago
10 the Board sho wed witness1his return is tho
condition Il was when .igsod t. when y lst my lands:
left this return In the hands OF John Foley my assocl
been changed Mr. Foley on the night Of election com
pared his retnrns with mine and they agreed exactly
Fourteenth hI Election District Of the Ninth %afd At hs
ssowh %y Signature AID not read the
turns before signing them this return reads MeVeany,
Alderman White received the returns from the Can.
OF s BE- hs Others ro Sd sa @
the Law directed witness received portion OF the re-
those received at the CITY Hall lie put place where
he thought they would be safe at that place he met Nc
soner;" Mcveany opened drawer where the returns
were, and witness demonstrated with him for 80 doing
those had IN tho drawer; wtness did not receive
the return until the day before he Board OF CITY Can
not opened until the oanvasspg by this Board o tho DIS
trict.
by Mr.. coman-Meveapy said he was gone "-ho was
BY Mr. sponcer-Mcveany said he was "beat" he
cause tho return had been altered Witness took up the
canvassers' returns andAsaid he saw they had been
the fourteenth District Of TIE Ninth Ward for Assistant
votes on the table and Cufins their places
near the table at tho time and saw the whole thing
had received lit witness confident Of ths;
made no remark when Foley changed the votes for Nc
Mr. Spencer read the following aidavit which he sub
n d.t a.. 70 the the Co o. nit,
No "a 10 3: ciS y New
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Dad & ;sS , ,; r dol, md " such
% S i sil s: "a :.a "a ia
hs ,n,.sf, Tia. II. portion bearing h. name Of Jn ney,
asg:s:s y b.
tst.. Ss.dts Mev..sy
The once Of Assistant Alderman aud some Other for the oh Of
Adsmin A. this the balance Of the tickets
eoupied
JoIS ycis; ia Tie ..d s,cio1 d;tiS
JAC0B u. AcKERHAS.
JOHN NJ. Cora koiry Public.
Joseph Cough saw Anderson pass Lake some tickets
with McVeanys namo on; heard tho votes called out:
not interested In Cukns election; did not say any
thing about then; after the polls closed witness
spoke to Foley previous 10 this the officers would
witness say anything while In the roo they threatened
TO put witness out
statement OF Mr. Cough given before this Committee;
he twtnes had no interest whatever In McVeanys ees
tlon.
Mr.. Lake reoalied-witness said there truth in
fore.
Mr. Foley reoailed-Wtness said no took the returns In