The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-26
COUNTING THE TOTES.
A.. siSv and Tedious Operation-Only
Two Wards Completed.

COON1lNu AHn SNANS'
A.. siDw and Tedious Operation-Only
Two Wards Completed.
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TIL. election commissioners for Charleston
County Messrs. Montgomery, Bennett and E. W
M. Mackey, met In the Courtroom at 9 o'clocS
Yesterday morning for the purpose Ct counting
the votes cast on Wednesday lasts"
The Bowen party was represented by 'Messrs
John L. Little, ". b. BFnie and Joseph Quash
and the Reform party by Messrs. H. E. Young, "
". Dingle and @. A. Burckmyer. The commis
sioners themselves, we suppose, were considered
sufficient guard for the DeLarge party
The United States deputy marshals oe
rnanded to be present while the count
was going on, and their demand was re-
fused by Commissioner MacEey, who declined 70
admit them until he had examined the law on the
snLject. This did not suit the deputy marshas,
who already knew what their duties were, and
soon afearward communication was received
from the Unitel States District Attorney, giving
81 notice that motion would be made for man
darnus to compel the commissioners to admit the
inspectors of elections appointed BY Judge Bond.
The trouble then blew over, and the inspectors
we're admitted.
The box containing the votes polled in Ward l
was first taken in hand the commissioners and
talley keepers being closely watched by both
Bowenites anG Reformers. For the State Senate
Edwin Bates leads the ticket with majority OF
2ls over Mlshaw and 3ll over r. b. Cain. Al
though the Scott party have a majority on the
Governor ticket, 1t will be seen that our Represen-
tatives, owing to the splitting among the Rad
.icals, are among the frss on the list, ana
only three or four Of the Bowen ticket come
M with them. The count OF TINS Waro
Was not concluded until late IN the afternoon,
and Ward was not disposed of until late al
ni1ht. At the rate at which the commissioners
are now moving, 1t is doubtful whether tue 2l,o:o
votes cast in the county can be counted out N
even the full ten days allowed by Law. The result
in the city ought to be known BY Friday asthe
latest.
The result of the count yesterday is shown IN
the accompanying tahle. In
WARD
The Reform majority Is IS, the voting standing
s2a for Carpenter. ard ass for Sc1tt. General But
Ter, for Lieutenant, Governor, polls 52s, beating
RansIer by IS votes. In 1858 the Lesesne msjority
In this ward was 49, The highest vote in the
rara n 1868 was 46S, and in 1870 Is 529.
sRor Congress, Bowen tRadicsD beats DeLarge
fRadicaD by Isl votes; and for the State Senate,
Edwin Bates (Reform) beats Mshaw dead by 246
votes, and r. a. Cain (Radicsll by S77 votes. The
Reform candidates for the Legislature run pretty
evenly. Messrs. Melchers and 0-Neill polling the
highest vote. It is noteworthy fact that In this
ward Timothy Hurley tRadicaD runs last on the
Bowen ticket.
I: WARD q &
In this ward the Scott majority is IS votes. Two
ysatsago the Radical majority was 122. Ransier
beats General Butterfly only 20 votes, and Bowen
lrsdcsa}=bests- DeLarge RadicsD by. So votes.
=rhe box being opened 1here>sEose some dispute
as to the proper manner Or counting, when the
following method was agreed nrQnN The tickets
were all taken out and assorted According to their
characters, the split and cut tickets
Neipg PLACED by themselves. Each Of these piles
were than separately counted, and the total set
down to the name Of each candidate on the ticket:
In this manner oil the straight tickets wereyery
quickly Gjsposediof and the split and cut tickets
wsrs therss rsstallied on By name. There were at
east dozen varieties ofiickets, besides the regu
laroues Out and manipqlated in every conceiva-
be msn1eq... Several ambitious Scott men; had
oYeyreached themselves by voting two tickets,
II ius naTEfg their ballots CAST aside. Afey citi.
zens were also magnanimous enough TO vote both
the Radical and Reform ticket, andsothsrs, unable
to decide upon either party, voted blshSs. :.
THE cANpIpATRs
In the appepdsastabte the,Reform candidates
urvmatEed8MaBoWea-Kadlcals are marked B;
the DeLarge. Radicals are marked D, the Indepen-
dent candidates are marked /, and the candidates
inserted tc the exclusion Of the regular candi-
dates on the Bowen ticket, circulated outside the