The New York herald., 1872-11-15
THE COUNTY CANVASS.
The Envelopes Of the Returns Corrected and the
Seals Broken-Commencement of the Can
vass-A Seeker After Comptroller
Green's 0fice-Another Obstacle
Raised, but Corrected.

The Board OF County Canyassers reassembled
yesterday morning in the chamber OF the Board OF
Supervisors. There was large audience, and the
BODY OF the room was occupied by elected and de-
ieated candidates Among those present were
Colonel George Bliss Commissioner John /. Daven-
port Mr. Thomas +. Stewart ana others.
| Alderman CoNovER, IN presiding, said that the
committee appointed to examine the returns at
the session OF the Board yesterday had found that
nearly all OF them were not legally endorsed by the
pol clerks and inspectors, required by the law
| VI the whole number OF returns only about one
hundred and forty y-eight had the necessary legal
endorsements
CORRECTING RETURNS
The business OF the Board was then suspended to
enable the committee, or which Alderman Van
Schack is chairman, to examine the returns and
require the poll clerks to sign then The committee
retired to an ante-clamber and proceeded with
their work. All through the rest OF the afternoon
the committee was engaged in this duty, the poll
clerks and inspectors coming up in their turn TO
sign on the envelopes. large body OF them be-
seged the committee room doors all day.
REAssEMBLING-
The Board reassembed at twenty minutes past
three O'Clock, Supervisor ConOver presiding.
Messrs. joyce and Cochrane we're appointed Com
mittee to superintend the signing of returns by
inspectors who are yet to report, that the can
vass may not be delayed. Supervisor Conan was
appointed as canvasser for the First Assembly
district and as such took his seat In the high chair
next to high chairman Con0ver.
PROTESTS.
protest by one John Green, claiming his cleo.
tion to the Comptrollershp in place OF Andrew
ii. Green, whose time, according TO Rapp, expires
on the last day of December next was received,
read and referred to the Committee on Protests.
protest against the canvass Of votes for Timothy
j. Campbell as Assemblyman, from John c. Rapp,
was also received and similarly referred.
COMMENCED.
The envelopes were finally opened and Mr.
the returns for President and VICE Presden rom
the First Election district Mr.. Plunkitt startled
the Board by the introduction OF
THE FOLLOWING REsOLUTION:-
Resolved That the of the vote given Alder
Of city and county New York shall not be pro-
ssson o" the Eisstion ' law % Of ~ have Sesn
mmediatey opposite such ballot and written partly
pasted Or aaehsd he wSos nSbsr Of s the Ballots
@ ballots rscsysd
meni Of such canvass only one ballot, pasiing i on
ans on G'sh % pf Sc aa
on e to GSu q csr q e
ana where re sse 10 heys mot ees m
ssmfa sens fore WIN '""' '' " sue" 0''''''
This threatened
A COMPLETE EsTOPPEL
OF the work OF canvassing the Aldermanc ticket,
and as 1t was Immediately amended by being made
to apply to the vote Tor Electoral state ana county
tickets as wel it was likely to prove an insur
mountable obstacle II admitted by the Board. A
proposition to lay it on the table was lost by eight
to SIX, and 1t came up for
DISCUSSION.
Mr.. PLUNKIrT said he merely desired to protect
the inside OF the ballot now that the outside had
been so righteOusly guarded; he did not wish to
overload the canvass or to embarrasS 1t, but he
wanted to carry out the law.
MIR. COCHRANE declared that he was opposed to
the proposition, because II would
vITIATE THE ELECTION
fhnf hnh tnCf hnn al w Uhnf
the mistakes OF poll clerk or an inspector would
structiOn of the law-under literal rendering Of
| IL labOrs here are arrested and arrested for
ever. Ii we follow out the literal letter OF the law
| we annul the decision of the people.
The resolution was then
/
| by q vote off to 7, and the canvass proceeded.
i IMPERFECT STATEMENTS
confronted the canvassers at every turn and every
| return. The returns OF the Second Election dis
/ trict OF the First Assembly showed no statement
| Of the Congressional vote in one return and two
statements OF It in another. In the Second Elec.
! tion district OF the Second Assembly there was
only name signed to the returns, that OF poll
clerk. There were no tickets pasted on any OF the
returns and in some
THERE WERE NO TOTALS;
but vote OF the Board set these matters right ana
allowed the statements. In one instance George
r. Bradford had twenty-six votes for Alderman In
one return and fOrty-six in the duplicate, and in
this and several other the officers OF election
at the designated districts were required to cor
rect their returns. The officers OF the Second,
Fifth and Sixth Election districts Of the Second
Assembly were thus called upon. With these
although totals that indicate anything OF interest
were given.