, 1876-11-16

Of tho voto Of Cook County resumed It's lal,ors
yesterday morning In tho quctcst possible way,
Much to tic surprise Of the Boartl there wero
worry few spectators present marlfosting my IN
tcrest In the result, notwithstanding that tho
report Ind gono abroad that certain precincts,
and tho entire Thlrtoonth Ward, wcro to b.
thrown out OIL account Of tho absence Of tally
sheets md other minor lntormal!tics. Tie only
candidate present was Jacob Gross and Ills
business was more to get at his actual
citcnient whatever, for tho idea Of throwing out
any ward or precinct for :-chucal impesfccttons,
and IL Vtew OK thu preccasnt established Gy tho
eano noard, was 90 ridiculous that II apparently
failed OF consideration.
Tho Board convened shortly aitor 10 o'clock
and commenced tho cal,vass of tito Fourteenth
Wartl, III thu Second Precinct Ut which aI, inf0r-
nnlity appcared, which excluded Il for tho tlnlo
trouble was found in Tho Fourtl. Precinct, an1
In the First aln Third Prccincts of tho Sixteenth,
and Second anl Third of tho Seventeenth, antltic
Second of thu Eighteenth Wurl, the comnl!ca-
Aons were surh as to temporarily exclude thum.
The Board then adjourned for dinner.
IN THE AFTERNOON
tho attendance mil utter. Ut fl tho CANVASS wcro
greater. There wcre present Messrs Root, Hurtl,
Smith, aMl Dosue, IN tl.c t!ltorest ot the isepul'-
way, Dsentaso, asld Kovhc III tslolr own inter-
csta us candidates whose fate snixht bo aHoytotl
By throwing out any part nf thu yotc. In ad-
vance of tic )3oarl nsaumbling, Mcsara. Root,
llurd, aid Smith waited upon Its several mem
bera u,I demanded 4 hearing upon tllu legll
points involved Il. tho proposition to t.lsarll,-
GlisG my portion Of tna Voters of tho city. They
sero informed ti.at tl,e Beard had concluded to
continue The count to the end, uniting all pro-
clicts aljuut Which there wns my question,
rrscrylng the saitu to Le considered utterwurtl,
separately and collectively, at which tlnle they
would bc Invited to be PRESENT. They left snt-
unn anil I'm ,nsSittc t,1t
n.vnclng with thu Town Ut Lake View Tlo
Tuwns Of harrington, Cicero, Elk Grove, Jetlcr-
sou, a,ld Evanston followed IN succession IN tlls
calyAsa, and nothing was loul.d tn tl!e returns
Bourtl ndjoirnc,l until 10 o'clock t,s morning.
After adjournment II reporter c0,lycrscll with
thu hiemoors .! TIC boarl to ascertain what
would probabtY ~ their aetlon IN reference to
thu cal1vass Of tho vote lit the precincts wlcru
tlu returns were informal.
t1ES. LiEn
enid tho objections to thy returns were not of
a,i unusual character. IEe remembered tic ab-
sensc of tally-shects before, but never So zen,
orally, and Ills mind appeared mixed as to what
l1c would do: Thu rcl'rtcr then slskcd d nslti-
bcr Of questions, us fol!aws:
"Thct, you have notlced Tho absence Of tally
sllects helurrfh
''Ci, often; but never In s,lt]l numbers"
Arr tllero nn Othrr objections To counting
/ tho precincts which have bccn pnssclf"
"Eohc whatever tint amount to MnythinE."
"Tl!eti, Ut course, ynl will not throw out any
pnlt ul tic yutc VI, ucenunt Ut the absence 0f
tally.slleuts, inas1nueh rs you have ueyer found
/ this furt sufficient ca,ssu herttuforei"
"Wcll, don't know nbont ttlat, y replied the
Gencral, % he walked oil, leaving the ls1'pres-
clarl to d!srcgard al! prccc.outs nll.l 10 ii.
most anything that would rss,,lt In tho election
| Of few fellow " lleform'' Democrats.
JUSTICE ifANMltL,
Of tho Board. wvS the nuxt gentleman Interview
ell ~ f!rat hH nnnpur{.t1 t.,tHft1nrnf,1u nj
but tnnlly said lhat iu saw no reast,ll Why my
precinct SHOULD bo thrown ont. ''Tllrru wcrc
iio evidences nj fra'nl," hs sa1 ''an.l the hal-
lots in tho boxes were proof abundant thu. to
| throw out my vi Tho returns un u legal 1.llhlle
would hr an Injustice" lla Ind met similar
! cases often, and fial never bten III favor of
throwing nut AnY p!cc'nct On account Ut ILL.,
tortna!itics susceptible of correction, mud was
| Wus.
thought that tho iiifornattcs wcro now md
.lcltcate md Involved soniu nent polnts of law.
1lo was not prepared to say Just wlat ho would
ln In tho premises, hut would not rcccdc frun
any Artinn taien Oh fortarr occastanu. IIo
would hive to take a,Iyfru and Thoroughly cx-
antne the several cases as presented bcforu de-
:. The psvcnyts passcu by tho Hoard arc: The
First of ttv First Ward; Tho First, 8eeattl, asltl
THIRD 81 tho Eleventh. the First Of thu Twelfth,
all Of, tie Ihtrtcssntl, the sceont! oi
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| Fifteenth, thu First anil Third Of
| tic Sixteenth; the acooHl a,lil Third Of tho
Seventeenth; md tito Second Of the Eighteenth.
Upsn atllournug, thu lsoard announced that nll
of tlaHl would he tnKen llp tG-Tl,urr0w, cs,ly,-
mcnejng Ut u o'c!ock. Attorneys und cut.ll-
dates Interested Aru insltesl to bo present. D,l-
Iiu9 the dny thu returns frum the First Precinct
Of tic Eleventh. WArd were liked up by the
Judges.
Nh, TuLET.
A reporter calsed OIL n. +. Tutoy to get his
opinion Us to tau authority Of thu cauYusa!ng
! bin.
Said tho reporter: "Can the Boar, throw out
rctuTns for merely technical irregularitiesp'
"No,H was the answer.
"tluA tho matter becn decided by tho Su.
| prcuiu Couttfh ~
"There 10 dcctslon In tho Forty ninth It'll.
nos." land Mr.: 1Aley got thy rep6rLl "lt II
tho caso vt the People u. rel Fulles W. Healcy,
and the Court says with reference 10 tue can
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