, 1869-11-11
A DIFFICULT TASK.
Trials and Tribulations of the Can.
washers Of the Election Re-
turns,
How tho "En1lshteusd" Judges OF
Election Performed their Work.

Tho Board OF Canyaasers NOW engaged ID thu
work OF counting the votes cast 1t tho late clec-
ton have been occupied for three days NTH the
city returns. From present Indications thtre Il
some hope that they will get through betors
Chfl tnnAs, and that the citizens will recetre on
cdal notification o: the result By the close Of the
.ear. The ncmbera OF the board have used all
reasonable d!liEepes IN The matter. nnt sne task
oas proved % be peculiarly trying one.
owing to the Incompetence And stupidity
OF the persons selected BY the Board
9: superviaoEs 70 az the important otnces Of
actiou Of that enlightened and VI tuous bosly thaa
the na-6 Of Informal, Incomplete, and hopeles%ly
lDrbrett documents which hAVe been returned
caDTasters have 10 make the otiicisi snnoance.
u ent OF the result OF the votlug. In conpHa-
etSel3 len o! the precincts hare complete rutDrna
l'ear to nave been untouched: IN one or 70 ID.
stances escn tho booka hsve not been sent In;
Nhtle tho manifest blundcs1 on almost every
hheet arc too numerous TO be noted.
THIS board Of Csnvassess reached the Twentieth
Ward Jes1ernRT afternoon, hut the nfosmAlittes
which Ley discovered Ia the cousAe OF tue inves1:
the Tire tork aR,iD. before any sattsfacory cor
ctusi0n cAn be arrived at 1t ts net prolabn tnst
these blundetB will Affect the general result but
already ia tEo watds there promises TO ar,ss some
tested election. The returns for tue Tn!fd and
SIKH Preclnc4 Of The Ninth Ward arc unsigned,
anQ ID Tue efebt or th$f being thrown oct As tp.
formal, tbs would defeat Comistey for Alderman,
tQo rt1utt IN tne election Of uAteham.
The .etu1ns fof the Second anl rhleu Precincts
OF The Twelfth Ward arc Also uoatgnrd, aud Il
thro~n cat tho result ~ouId b4 The election Of
t!Ak Lipe over Colby By several votes-
HI. tomiskey presented = petition JeAteriAy be-
lore tha board, askIng thxt the returns be amsni-
Cd, and brought with htm the delinquent tudgea
lot the purpose Of sIguiug the re:urns. Tue qucs-
tom wN futlf discussed, and, on motion OF Mr..
D'Wo1!. the tpstfer va poatpoued I'LL SltutdAJ,
when the board will decide u 10 tho pfppr1eey of
Allowing the returns to be 1mendtd.
An 0tK the irregularities IN the VARIOUS poIt-
BOOK. few nay be selected a. specimens Of tne
nrfhRrhce nj the Judges. In the Third FTeciurt
OF tho a.1is en,h War6 the Town Collector ta made
70 receive l1a sotes for tho once Of CtsJ COLLECTOR
~htle Onanan and Won llolIen appear ~ candk
dates Tor Tosn Collector. In the Ftst Precinct
nf the Bcv~nttcnth Ward. b. A. Gage sud Ffauk
Wentworth yet the oepent Of the votes given for
County Treasurer, thus leaving the regular csndL
d1te out In tha cold. Tho cAnv2saeta have no dis
cfetion IN tho matter. and arc obliged to accept
the returns ~ CnEFeck In the Third Precinct OF
lhe Nineteenth Warsl tho poll-boota, ballots amt
all rere sealet up ii one hag. and the bo4fi wcro
compelled 10 infringe upon tho rules by uusealnE
The ballots before tnty could get tho returns, In
tho majority Of the prectncts tho returns are un-
RlEDeL In iact tho eui'se rstuFoS 70 lar arc In a
aA'c Of cnnfuhtnn, hnd tbs oflicial announcement
OF tue vote will he At lcas feliAblt than The returns
allead5 made ppblIc.