The New York herald., 1875-11-18
cANvAss1Na ELECTION RETURNS.

A CLOSE ALDERMANIc CONTEST IN THE EIGHTH
SENATORIAL DIsTRIcT-PRoPosITIoN 70
AMEND THE ELEcTIoN LAWS.
The session OF the Board or Canvassors continued
yesterday The Board At eleven O'Clock when the
canvass OF the Twenty third and Twenty fourth wards
conducted by Supervisor southworth. A discus
sion TO counting the ballots for simonson
and Cudlip, candidates for Alderman in the Eighth
Senatorial district Both candidates are republicans
and the vote was very close. It was finally deter
mined 10 send for or the inspectors OF this an
nexed district in order to have the figures examined
before the Committee Corrected Returns.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ELECTION LAWS.
Alderman Cole offered the following preamble ana
resolutions for consideration OF the board
Whereas experience has clearly the aG
s s % mSaeS asoS Of de IS liable GI
and q mn seas and wSo alone
The law have power correct them do 50 not n
a does no anSqusny occur that
b IN making them and the Bo1rd Of
County should have the means At It's disposal
sh can only done by having all the ballots the
nt an hs and tie result By
The Board Of County c@nyasseIs be I, therefore,
respectfully request tho Common Council Of this city to make
the passage Of amendment 20 the present Registry law
for hs ana care ~ the police author
Of all the ballots cast at election held this city until
such election made by the Board Or County
s 70 az - % o @ M Soa
such ballots when necessary In order to de-
discrepancy that may appear during the
County Canvassera
These resolutions we're unanimously adopted
sMossos-cUDLIP CONTEST AGAIN
Shortly after two O'Clock the entire canvass was
completed with the exception OF few districts In the
Twenty third ward The close contest between Messrs
Simonson and CudIip has arisen il is asserted by the
in gentleman being
out by his own party.
The tick et sent out by the Twenty fourth Ward Re-
publican Association contained the following
Tor District Aldermen John Bussing Joseph Cudlip
and Benjamin Begea Mr. Simonson claims that he
was the regular republican candidate and should have
been placed upon the ticket, instead OF Bussng He
asserts that the organization destroyed all the regular
cckets because they wished representative from tho
annexed district in which he tMr Simonson) does not
reside BY this action Cudp and Begea received
1900 votes, which simonson states would have been
cast for him had the republicans kept faith with the
nomination. He consequently received only SO votes
in the Twenty-thrd and Twenty fourth wards.
The matter will be finally settled to day by the Com
mittee Corrected Returns before whom the inspec
tors cited TO appear The Board adjourned at half
past two O'Clock until eleven day for the sole pur-
pose OF settling this controversy.
THE OFFICIAL VOTE FOR sEoRETARr OF srATE, RECORDER
, SURROGATE.
The following is the official canvassed for
Secretary of State:-
TraHornS so.ri a9a
George b Dusenbury OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 209
Bigelow's majority over Seward. 296bO
The following is the vote for Recorder
John K Hackett ......................... IT, 7e24
Frederick Smytn 505o3
Hackett over smyth. th....................... 81 III
Tho following is the vote for District Attorney
Benjamin K Phelps. s..........,.............. 1882
Peter B. 0lney. 50939
Phelps over 0lney. &c 593
The Surrogate's vote foots up follows:-
stephen D Van schaick .....,............ 7e,s7s
Delano Q. Calvin. .............-... 51869
Van schaick over calyin..... .............. 245o4