The New York herald., 1869-12-19
THE PEOPLES MARTYRS.
THE PHAlANx OF SELF -INlMOLATORS.
Continuation Of the Contest for Place,
Power land Proft-Intelligent Elec-
ton 0ficers-The Value of
"TaIly List"-Poison in One
Case Food in Another
More Law-Magnif-
cent Peroration.

not such an one as any person not having business
to call him away from home would venture ont
DOORS But the delegates OF the q. A. Il. Grand
Army OF Repeatersl are tough lads and have
no fear OF the rain or snow--in fact they rather
like heavy weather; and as the actual results
OF some OF their "working" ut the late eec
ton have not yet been determined they were Oh
hand iu force at the CITY Hall yesterday morning
to hear the debates ana evidence given before the
Committee on Protests Of the Board OF City Can.
vassers.
The session OF the committee was to be COM
menced ut eleven O'Clock, and long before that hour
the ''gangn commenced to assemble III the Railways
near the Adermanic chamber. With commendable
good taste the canvassers have had several police
officers placed IN charge during the canvass and on
the cap OF each or these officers are the significant
words "Hack Inspector" These .iuspectors'' were
IN their places previous the opening Of the doors
yesterday morning, and when the word was gwen
10 admit "the unterrined" OF the inspectors"
drew the bolts which held the doors closed. The
noise OF the drawing OF the bolts was heard out
side, and III instant the doors dragged open
and the "populacen made bolt into the lobby Of
the chamber carrying the ''inspector' before them
and almost tearing the doors from the hinges. BY
tho private door the members of the committee and
parties more or less directly Interested in the busl
g. s------- - 49, ~A.att,t
ness 10 ne transacted were a,.
Az soon the hubbub had somewhat subsidized
the committee called up for trial the
PROTEST OF JOHN A. sTEMMLER
candidate for Civil Justice In the Seventh Judicial
district For Mr.. Stemmer the inevitable chronic
sorehead appeared as counsel, ana for Joseph
McGnire (Stemmler's opponcnt) MI. Al. Vanderpoel
appeared. The hrst witness called was MIR. John
Harvey, a wonderfully intelligent looking young
man. with o very handsome pug nose and brIstly
mustache. and who apparently would not be guilty
OF wearing cravat or clean llnen much
less Of doing anything extraordinary. Mr..
Harvey said he "nled'' the position OF poll clerk
In the First district OF the Twenty ward at
the recent Charter election. lie kept a tally OF the
vOies as called of by the canyassers. on the
night OF the election, and he knew what the totals
were, Stemmer, 28s; Mcclure, 223. Counsel for MIR.
Stemmer asked Mr. Harvey II he mad kept any
memorandum OF the votes as called on by the can
vassers. He had, OF course anu from the reeesses
OF his coat breast pocket he drew up bundle OF
dirty- -looxng papers, IRON which he selected one
ana said "Here Is the original tally list" Now,
according to the captious and quizzing questioning
and argument Oh Friday by thc same "cmlnent bar
suance OF aw,n nave beeI flied by the telk at the
Bureau o Elections at Police heaaQuarters but then
cIRcrMSTAN0Es ALTER CASES,
and while the 'taiiy ss' should have been fled IN
one instance 1t was lmmaterial III another, long
AS "eopy' had been hied and 1t suited the wants
Of the 'learnedn counsel to have IL otherwise
Mr. Vanderpoel cross-eAamlued the witness In
regard Ghis Original lay list" and asked him If
ne Kept tally OF the ..splil'' tickets on lhat No;
he had taken me tally Of the Splits on another
paper and toeu COPIED them Unto this one;' he
could not tel from this one wnat the Total OF the
.Spush was. ThiS original tally llst'' consisted
OF collection oi what are called ''mllkmcn's tai
hes"-iour perpendicular strokes and then hfth
TO mark the number Of drinks ''chdkedp or chung
upn IN some OF The porter houses around town. III
reply TO Mr.. Vanderpoel the proprietor OF the
"onginal tally ist" SAID he tore up the other
PAGER on which be kept the spi,ts' on the morning
alter the election ana threw II INTO the iire.
ASHAMED or BIS WORK.
He would have sent lhis original iist' 10 Police
Headquarters only that 1t was biotted and he was
ashamed send it. Mr. Vanderpoei then put the
question very pointedly, 'Wny did you not send
tnar tally hsr To fo!ice iieaaau lrtersr Herenpon
The counsel tor ,ciDulier above referred TO. and his
associate person wiLa queer eyes aud steel gray
Duntreary whskers botn jumped T. their feet and
cried out In III inexphcapiy excited manner, one
saying, lie was ashamed to,n the other, 'Eccause
II all blurred and olotted,N aud then agaln,
.fle didnt Ike 10 send TT &c Mr. Vanderpoel
waited quietly until the learned Geutlemen on the
other side' had quoted down, and then turning 10
the witness. who was actually qutvering and gazing
most wisiuy at the Stemmler iorces, he asked him
Ii he knew tue nandw citing OF either OF the inspect
Ors. The witness dd not know either, and the re-
writing OF the canvassefs. MI. Harvey was evil
dently very GLAD 10 get down, and when he had
retired the COUNSEL Tor Mr. StemInler asked to have
the 60 over and have tAe canvassers produced.
The chairman stated the committee had no power
to compel the Attendance OF witnesses ana II there
were no more witnesses 20 be examined the case
must De closed
Mr.. stemmler then called out for Donnel Ace
veelts (Daniei s. tIelds) Aidoud Gaidnee edward
Gedncy) and q few Others but there came no re-
inc associate counsel with the steel gray Dun
drcares tnen arose ana SAID tney would like To nave
the returns from
THE NINETEENTH DISTRICT or THE NINETEENTH
WARD
thrown out, as the votes had not been canvassed
by the legally appointed oanvassefs, iiat the votes
had been removed to another place away from the
polling place the votes canyassed " some per-
son whom tney dld not know.
MIR. Nanderpoei saio that the main object the can
vassers should nave was 10 get at the eX-
pressed Will o the voters, and they were not TO aue3
tiOl where TIE votes were canvassed so long AZ the
relurns were properly made out iar on their lace
and retained within the time prescribed by law.
The gentlemen mek.sg the charge should send FOR
the and itnu why t was they were not at
their posts and why the boxes had been removed.
THE CHRONIC coUAsgf BECOMEs FUNNY.
The senior counsel for Stenmer stood up and, IN.
sert,ng his thumbs IN the arnAoes of MS vest, SAID
II was not llkey thai VIII re iraud had been perpe-
trated inat the perpetrators OF ne fraud would APP
pear ta TESTIFY IN favor or those upon whom the
frauds had been committed. TIC canvassers were
In the interest Of his ciients opponent and II they
honest they ought 10 come and show that tney
were honest. He accompanied this speech win ~
sort OF cnnckilng laugn, winch sounded rs u very
much inlerlered with by an accumulation OF pnlesni
In tue region Of us palate.
Mr.. Vanderpocl said that his ''funny friend" was
attacking witn perfect looseness tue characters VI
gentlemen whose characters Wero as dear 10 tncm a.
were the characters OF any member oi the committee
or the counsel.
The .'iunny irendr was about to reply, when the
chairman oi the committee pat stop TO The de-
bate by SAYING mat ii there were more Witnesses
the be closed Several names were called,
and nobody responding, the was declared
closed.
THE PROTEST OF ). T. ROGERS
was called up, and no person appearing the case
was dismissed. fhc last paper remaining before the
committee was the.
PROTEST OF CHARLES II. ConIER
candidate for Assistant Alderman IN the Twenty
inst Aidermanc district. The case was taat Charles
III. Cooper had received IN the lhrteenth district o
tue fweia ward 25V votes and hls pcincipaI oppo-
ncnt Mr.. ShelcYj Id, whereas the returns made 10
the canvassers showed Cooper l39 and shelley ia.
MIR IA. Il. Nuns one OF the poll clerks OF that dis-
tfict testified Ihat the correct returns made out
the night OF the election and AS certified 10 III Tue
returns made to the Bureau of Elections (Which
were pr0ducedl were AS above stated. Henfy
McDesmott, oae Of the canyassers, Whcse name
appeared on the returns produced was called. He
td not recolleet tue exact vote, and could not
swear whether the signatures 80 the returns IRON
the bureau 0t Elections was III his handwriting