The New York herald., 1871-11-25
CANvAsSngG THE VOTE.
The Board Of Aldermen Acting as
Canvassers. ~-~..

10 Altar the neturns-A Protest ana
Handsmus Thrust Upon Ihem With
ont Enecs-Ths Full vots for
Aldermen as Canvassed
me Grand farce that has been enactne for the
mast four days In chamuer OF the Board OF Super
y,sors was brought 10 q conclusion at nine O'Clock
last evening the last was the most exciting day OF
AL The whole force or the company was impressed,
and certainly the show was magnificent The per.
formance commenced at ten O'Clock In the morning.
Long before that hour all the approaches to the
chamber were filed BY Q noisy crowd Of men,
mostly inspectors or eecuon from the downtown
wards, come TO
CORRECT THE VOTE.
At ten O'Clock the doors were opened Five min
utes after the chamber was crowded Inside the
railing the Supervisors strutted about with some
thing Of the jaunty air that up to the night OF tho
TN OF November was habitual with Tammany poll
tcaans OF all grades. few diamonds, too could
be seen to glitter here and there In the crowd. In
hct the Supervisors generally looked like men who
wore conscious OF having accomplished satisfac-
Sorily very dime ult undertaking.
OUTSIDE THE RAlLING
The crowd was greater, but the same hilarity did
not prevail half hour passed from the time ap-
pointed for the reassemblng OF the Board aud there
tng TO work. The delay was not without an object.
While the Supervisors kept the reformers waiting
Or the Board TO open the outside room superin-
tendent Plunkitt was at work on the returns in q
private room, with door opening on the hallway
Here was his nl0dus 0per0ndt:-1hc inspectors OF
Election, from one district at time were brought
Into the private room from the hallway and allowed
TO make such corrections or alterations on the
returns as corresponded with their tally.
This had been going on for some time,
when Mr.. Young, the photographer OF
the Committee Of Seventy, presented himself to take
aown the corrections as made by the Inspectors Of
acleca0n. Supervisor PlunkiLt informed MIR. Young
That ne could not be present
At this juncture Henry L. Clinton counsel for the
AldermaHic candidates, headed by Conover came IN
and rather frightened the worthy Supervisor by
Btarng all persons engaged In making any correc-
d0ns other than clerical the returns were guilty
Of
CRIMINAL OFFENCE
Il was not the province OF the Board OF Carvassers
to make or allow any Inspectors Of Election 10
make any alterations corrections In the returns
except In open board. Alderman Plunkirt then
adjourned to the outer room and continued the
s'oorrectlons" atdinerent desks and among crowd
Of people walking about, making 1t impossible for
any person TO keep track OF them.
Al twelve O'Clock supervisor Conan called the
Board to order and directed the Clerk to read the
; sort OF apology for the delay or the Board Of
Supervisors in canvassing The Adermanic return In
the form OF speech addressed TO the Chair. lie
Mr. CHAlRNAN-when we commenced 10 canvass
the vote for Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen we
found that In some instances no count mas been
made for Assistant Aldermen and in eacn instance
$ our done @ doo 70 pe
ance. In some cases thoy did appear, ana
without any knowledge ana without any re-
Hxtr6i Tn rafs,r
the tally. All their errors were corrected.
which existed as far as lay IN our power in many
ance OF any inspectors. That has been the cause OF
ths delay. There has been nothing done except
what has been done with fairness and promptness
and We have no desire 70 exercise any other means
excepting ,c, fair means syav. ana TO discharge
the protest handed In by the counsel II we under.
stand the law lt becomes the duty OF the Supervl-
nave the right to send for the nspectors but mas
much s as the errors ns are SO large ana In SO
pectors % tSe@seses; therefore ' we M have aken en-
mat NO osa nas BEEN made in any w Teurn
believe this Board has the power to direct its own
arness now move Mr. Chairman, uISs that tne wi i'm
Spectors OF election be called and We proceed with
the corrections, commencing with the defective dis
AT me conclusion OF supervisor Wooltman's apollo
iectic orstion the County Clerk read o
PROTEST FROM COUNSEL
Tor the incoming Aldermen protesting against the
canvassing OF the In secret several other pro-
tests were handed In then and during the afternoon
Claiming Tor the contestlng candidates the right to
be present while the inspectors OF election made the
Aier the reading OF the protests the County Clerk
gave notice that no farther corrections would be
Ice OF Protests had taken scton on the protest de.
nying the right of the supervisors to have The cor
County Clerks notice the Board TOOK a recess until
four O'Clock In the afternoon, 10 consider wnat
action they would take with regard to the protests
pad hat nofor fba
County CLERK read the notice above referred to the
following legal nouce was served upon both him
TO conSELIus 6oRsos Chief OF the Bureau Of Elections =
as S on e iee % and s
&c or 81 sa in fo e and 10 1 do
4: R. LAWRENCE Jr..
NEW YORK; Nov. "a, ISL 0'"e's'
And now comes
THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY SCENE OF ALI.
roll being called reply TO the protest put In INV bv
Gisey and others was made, stating that they bad
turns Immediately after, in the lace Of tins as de- ie
claiaiion the corrected" returns as given below,
great many OF the districts were incomplete.
and In others there were no returns at all. When.
ever this occurred as IN the OF the Fourth dis.
THE VOTE WAS STRICKEN OUT ALTOGETHER
After shambling through the twenty-five wards
supervisor Caddy offered the following resolution.
whereas the dsrc. the districts a. have
not been have been sent for and either
abe returns corrected having appeared S
yefused TO correct the returns submitted for
uon, ana this Board having the
votes from Al the election dsrc.s presented them
Resolved That the Of votes for Alderrnen ana
Assistant Aldermen be now closed
supervisor woLrMAs brought the farce to q close
by the following motion:-
lpssmuch A. the mandamus win be returned TO- morrow
morning and 10 The intention Board 10 follow any or
defs OF hs Court which may be made With regard 10 the
vote upon the Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen therefore
move that this Board take recess until to-moroW Al
tweve O'Clock. -