The New York herald., 1870-02-12
THE sEGER.GuNrzER CONTEST.
Ccstinuntion Of tho Fight for the City Father
hOOd-Vbe Character of Cunvasser Lame
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Confirmation Of tho Fight for the City Father
hOOd-Vbe Character of Canvasser Lane
Assaulted.
Pursuant TO adjournment the Committee on Pro-
tests OF the Board Of Aldermen assembled yesterday
at noon, in the chamber OF the Board to hear the
further testimony IN the case or Segcr vs. Cunt
zer In the contest for Alderman Of the Tenth Alder
name district. The members OF the committee.
Aldermen Miller tcharman Caddy ana CuIS,n,
were all present. The contestant, with his counsel
adyisers and abettors, was present, but the good
looking occupant OF the Aidermanc post anu
hts senior counsel--the great stumbling block
III the history or Ialnmany-were absent. The lai-
kid gloves, was on hand and In the lobby was
motley crowd OF Ieul0llc looking individuals, some
SMOKING very Dutch looking pipes ana others tough
cigars OF tue stnkadolan brand. Wnen the co1l.
mtee entered the room the sergean, arms called
for order, which resulted III the calumet owners
knocking the ashes out or their meer sham bowls
and the cigar owners carefully Knocked the frc OH
taer weeds SO that they mght save the 'putls" tor
future service.
deputy chief clerk at Police Headquarters, who has
charge OF the Bureau OF Elections lie testified TO the
as canvasser IN Tie lhIrtietn Election district VI
the Seventeenth ward that paper appearing TO lie
bureau Dy MI Ballenberg and thar acting on that
paper the Police Commissioners appointed Mr.. Ball
lenbeTg to 1li the vacancy caused by the resignation
OF Mr.. McKenna and lDat few days afterwards AIR.
McKanna made ahldaeit that the paper was for-
gerry.
on this evidence the junior counsel for Mr. Cunt
zer and che counsel for Mr. Seger iudulged in quite
little spar" the former contendng that the COM
mittee should take cognizance Of the fact that the
paper which purported 10 be the resignation OF Mr.
Mckenna was forgery and that the Police Colamis-
sionefs erred III appointing q canvasser TO iii a
vacancy when no vacancy existed; while counsel
for Seger c0ntended that the committee or tue
Board OF Aldermen had nothing to do with the mat
ter-that they had right review the actions OF
the Police commissioners and thar il the latter erred
there was another tribunal before winch the matter
sncud he tried.
The committee, however, decided to allow the
purported resignation and the atidavit Of Mr. Nc.
Kenna 70 he submitted II the Case
Counsel for ScEer called a Mr.. Wallace 10 show as
he said, That the canvassefy who had testified before
the committee, and especially Mr. Lane, had sworn
10 positive faSehOod in declaring that they dad
not announce, on the night OF the election tho re-
suit Of the canvass; that Lane contrary his state
ment made before the committee, had shown
paper containing the true result OF the vote in the
TWenty. ninth district; and furthermore, counsel
stated lie could produce respectable witnesses in
number TO testify that Lane unworthy OI credit
anu not to be believed under 0atn-wllnesseS who
had known Lane i0r several years.
Counsel for MIR. Guntzer fought against the ad-
mission OF the testimony, and the committee de-
clded 10 omit It. The case was then closed, and tho
Chairman (Alderman Mliler) stated That The com-
u ttee would report a. al early DAY.