The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-11-17
THE COUNTY CANVASS.
racies-An Unusually Slow Count
Hopes OF Apparently Defeated Candi-


Hopes OF Apparently Defeated Candi-
dates.
The canvassng Of the vote has now taken up
four days out OF the legal ten and II it continues
at as slow q pace to the close, the New Year will
indeed find the
PRESENT ALDERMEN IN THEIR SEATS
undecided as to whom they shall surrender them.
1t Is not claimed, OF course, that the Electoral or
Gubernatoral result can be effected by the canvass
now going on, nor can the Assembly or Con-
gressional result, unless some sudden and unex-
pected figures hitherto unpublished shall be
brought to light The Aldermanc vote may, how
ever, be very seriously effected, in the opinion OF
number OF present incumbents, by any probable
variation OF the canvass from the figures OF cleo
ton already published. The whole AFFAIR seems TO
have resulted, not only nom the requirements OF
the new election law, but from suddenly con-
ceveu virtue,
A HYsTERIcAL sPAsM OF BALLOT BOX PURITY
by which the honorable Aldermen have at this last
moment been attacked The first symptom OF this
illness appeared when the envelopes came into
Court unsigned; and it has been growing worse
with the reading OF every return, until the rep
resentative body municipal has become black and
blue and felt the horse disease coursng raclly
through all Its veins over
THE INACCURACIES AND ERRORS
of the III chosen election inspectors ana poll clerks
written upon them only some have them IN ngures
on the margin only; others do not foot up accord.
spond with the duplicates; others are unsigned; a
lew exceed the registration figures and many have
no figures for certain tickets at oil. When 1t Is
taken into consideration that the inspectors and
poll clerks, ignorant OF 'readin', 'rtin' and rith
metic" at the BEST some Of them Were had to sit
AT THEIR TASKS
all election day and the night succeeding it is
hardly to be wondered at that mistakes have 0c-
CURED. The thing most to be wondered at is the
fntn nritu nj thn fhn I'm
luton or resolutions with which they send back
returns, when they nad almost mastered mas Tered them
to put his name at the bottom.
The Board met as usual yesterday morning and
proceeded to
The Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and part OF the Eighth
Assembly districts were canvassed during the day,
with about the usual run" Of inaccuracies The
returns of the Fourth Election district OF
the Fifth Assembly District were missing
bodily Errors occurred in all rn tho cleo,
no vote Tor Assembly in the original return OF the
Third district OF the Seventh Assembly, and the
on the duplicate. In the Fourth election district
the same there was no return for Assistant Alder
& pG m in one return and
l45 IN %, another; In the Sixth Van SchacS
return and l43 on the other. In both these cases
the errors were rectided by accepting the lowest
figure. In the Seventh a sheet was skipped, and
the returns were not signed. In the Tenth there
were great discrepancies in the vote for Assistant
Aldermen, and the Inspectors ana poll clerks were
sent for.
THE PATRIOTS
who served their country in that capacity on cleo
ton day for ~ have probably come to the conclu-
sion that they never did bigger days work In
their lives.
THE CANVASS
at its present speed will probably last till Saturday.
1t may be that the election for Aldermen will be
contested by some of the defeated candidates on
account OF the errors in the returns and there has
not been more than one return in dozen that has
been correct 1t may also appear that Aldermen
arc elected by the present canvass who have been
c0mplacently accepted by the people as
DEFEATED.
There is daily big attendance OF candidates out
side the railing, some OF them defeated according
to the first returns by an overwhelming majority,
who yet have hali-stiaed hope that the prevailing
disorders OF the canvass will give them u chance
OF success.