The New York herald., 1872-11-24
THE COUNTY CANVASS.

Report Of the Committee ON Protests
Claims Thrown Out-A Question Rcla-
tive to the Election Returns Mt Police
Hcadquarters-Thc Canvass To BE De-
clared on Tuesday.
The Board OF Supervisors, sitting as county can
vassers, met last evening at seven O'Clock, having
given up the day to the Committees Correction of
Returns and on Protests The Committee on Cor
rection finished all its work except two districts,
and the Committee on Protests heard and decided
all the cases before IT, The most important among
the latter Is
THE CASE JOHN GILLEN.
who claims the Comptrollership on the ground OF
election to that office at the recent county election.
Mayor Hall appeared before the committee yester-
day morning and argued that as no vote had been
returned to the Board of County Canvassers the
matter was out OF their jurisdiction. Nothing but
a mandamus could bring it before the Board. The
case was dismissed. A number of other cases came
before the committee, but they were all summary
disposed Of In
THE MATTER OF WILLIAM RADDE,
who complains that he lest his election account
OF defective ''pasters,r the committee reply that
they sympathize deeply with MIR. Radde In his mis-
fortune, and doubt not that he had lost many votes
in consequence OF the inco nsistency of the paste,
but they DO not see how the matter can be reme-
died or how the lost votes can be counted
for him. In the OF Kapp, who
for the place in the Assembly claimed
by Timothy j. Campbell the Committee announces
that il has no jurisdiction, and that case should
II strong enough, he taken to the Legislatures but
at present there is no testimony to back Rapp's
claims
THE CASE or WILLIAM sTAUPF,
who claims election IN the Eighth Assembly dis
trct, was declared too frivolous for consideration,
and was thrown out. The report of the Committee
was received and the Committee discharged.
IN THE EVENING SESSION
the canvassing OF the corrected returns was con-
timed. The rpturng Tor Assistant Aldermen
Fourteenth election district OIL the Third Assem-
bly, district was missing, and motion was made
that the vote be canvassed from the returns Of the
Bureau OF Elections. General Cochrane, in sup
port OF the motion, said that the general impress
sion seems to be that the returns OF the Bureau OF
Elections are merely estimates Tor the early con-
venience OF the public, ana that they carried no
weight with them beyond that OF rough estimates;
but the law provided differently The statement OF
returns at the Bureau In one Of the
THREE ORIGINAL STATEMENTS
provided FOR IN the law AMI % as such should De pro
though it Is legally opened read aud made public
on the very night Of the election and may be tam
pered with before the canvassers can reach it.
There Is danger here. said General COchrane, for
INSCRIPTIONS inspectors may suppress the returns
to the Board and to the County Clerk, and leave
the unguarded returns at Police Headquarters
alone for the canvassers to make their estimates
from. He would vote Tor the motion because 1t
was legal, but he thought the law should be
amended. The motion was carried.
THE CANvAssING
then proceeded. In one district Riley, for Alder
the canvass In the Nineteenth election district OF
the Eighteenth Assembly there were no returns for
Assistant Alderman, and application to Police
Headquarters received answer that there was no
power there, in the absence OF the Police Commits
si0ners to send the returns to the County Canvas
scrs.
ensued. In which MI. PiunkItt suggested
that the returns be canvassed "none,n
but doubts arose as to whether 1t might
influence the result, and the proposal was
not considered Finally Supervisor COchrane
offered resolution that the OF the Bureau
OF Elections be sent Tor, and that in ne meantime
the Board take q recess until I've O'Clock Tuesday
afternoon, which was carried, and the Board ad-
journed. on Tuesday the two returns Will be CON-
menced, the official declaration OF the vote OF the
county whl be read. and the Board or County Can
vassers, as such, will cease 10 be.