, 1874-11-08
POLITICAL.
Preparations for Canvassing the Tote
Of Chicago.
President Grants Views of tha
Political Situation.
Miscellaneous Election Notes.
THE CITY.

THE BOARD OF cASrAssERs.
yesterday brought no changes in tho political
situation in the Second aud Third Coperesaiona{
Dstrlcta and the world at large is as far a. ever
from knowing with certainty lust who the suc-
cessful candidates arc. Nothing short Of thu
oinc'al count caa settle the vo1ed question. and
the count will not begin until tomorrow morn.
1ns. Then the Board Of Canvassers, consisting
OF Gen Lleb and Justices Haines and Ham,IL
Will ass mbia in the meeting-roon OF the Boanl
OF County Commissioners, and will proceed with
I'll possible dispatch to run over tba
Official returns as brought in by thu
Judges Of Election, taking the talIv-
lists and footing them up. Nothing will ba
done IN the mntter of the irregularities hereto
fore mentioned. Nothing can be done by tha
canvasslng Board, whose only duty is to can-
Eass the returns as they find them, though .hev
WILL recount the ballots in any precinct where a
candidate eba1 sake proper showing Of ground
for such action. It is probable that several
such demands will be made, and that tho Board
Will ind heavy job on their hands, The pre-
clse Ane Of action in this particular has
not been determined upon, further thaa
the notification by Cen Lieb yesterday to
Leooard Sweet, legal adviser of Mr. FarnalI.
and lanes T: Root, representing Messrr Ward
anu Smith, th.t they Will be privileged to attend
the sittlnga OF tho CanvassinG Board. Gen.
L1eb has also given notice that all candidates.
will be admitted, out that the general public.
excepting the newspaper reporters, will be-
obAged to take positions outside the railing Il
ID not likely that candidates who are already suro
OF shelr election will care to ayail themselves Ut
tie privilege, but there nre several whose fate
may, and probably will, be changed By the ofli-
clal count ard VINO will feel intensely interested
In Watching the canvass.
ExtFa care has been taken BY Gen. Lieb to
guard the returns and the ballot-boxes against
the possibility OF being tamperea with BY inter
ested parties. Everything has been carefully
sealed and locked up in the vault of the County
Clerks Office. the seals to be broken only by thu
Board OF Commissioners. There, Hemains nu
in this =ubject. Until the Board has finished it
labors, no one can with certainty aav what the
verdict Of the people has been with reference to
at least
TWELVE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES,
whose respective votes are go close that the Of
fc,al conut alone can determine the result.
There are Messrs. HARRISON aud Ward. in the
Second District; LeAToyue and Farwell, IN the
Third Congressional District; Robinson and In
gals, for State Senator, in the Seventh District
Dubois and Bassett, for the Legislature in the
First District; kearney and Miller in the Fourth,
aud Jackson and Sdckney in the Sixth. In case
all these gentlemen shonld u-site IN demanding
recount Of the ballots, a. they may lawfully do
up0b showing jubL &uU REASONABLE Cause, t18
Board Of Canvassers would find an appalling
amount of work upon their hands, The extent
to which this will be necessary cannot be deter
mined until the Board have first cauvassed tha
returnes submitted by the Judges Of Election.
Numerous cases OF contested election ara like
II 10 arise, though nothing definite is known Of
any candidates intentions. They will wait until
they see how they stand on the Official count be-
fore taking any steps toward con,esting.
Reasons for such action are freely alleged by tha
adherents of tho Congressional candidates in
the Second and Third Districts, but the caudi-
dates themselves decline to fo1eshadow their
purposes. A TRIBUNE reporter interviewed both
aspirnnts in the Second District yesterday. Mr.
Harrison showed tho marks Of nervous
unrest and uncertainty. and refused to
give any inkling of h1s designs. l1r. Ward wss
outwardly more cain, but not moro communi-
cative. ~ I can give you no information whas-
over," said he as to the probability OF contest
ing the election. It may transpire that all
parties will be satisfied with the official count,
md that there will be no contest"