The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-14
FIGURING IN BROOKLYN
The Oniciai Canvas. Yet FavorinG Riley
The Vote for suPervIsors.

The Kings County Canvassers worked
yesterday for few hours. For every day they
work the Supervisors receive 50 each. There
was a large throng watching the canvass and
making independent calculations and COMPARE
sons with the tables OF figures which are now
relied on for Thomas NJ. Riley's majority OF So.
The canvassers' returns were found full Of
fragrant errors. In violation OF the conspicu-
ously printed instructions on every page. The
politicians say that majority Of the canvassers
this year were ignorant thick-lsted men.
wholly unaccustomed to handling figures or
doing any OF the clerical work their position re-
quires. The returns in many instances lacked
the signatures OF the canvasscrs any record Of
the total vote cast for the different Offices. and
in some cases the addition was all wrong. Six
wards were canvassed with the following re-
suit: First ward-worth. .S4s; Riley, 994 /:
Second-Worth, 313: Riley 964 Third-Worth
aSs7o; rRsiley SS2 Fe9 s, $685. Riley
Worth, 1853 Riley 2.701.
The figures thus far agree with the table on
w Saasd M tSs,y msSTty is based It is now con-
certificate. and Mr.. worth's hope for the Office
rests upon the count Of the ballots in court in
the county towns several designing politicians
manipulated the votes at the polls Tire is no
rsgsist,y law there no dupfHte and no
by the Republicans that In New Lots one OF the
ballot boxes was stuffed before the polls had
Mr.. Thomas NJ Riley and Jacob Worth the
rival candidates for the office. met in the cor
rider OF the Court House Yesterday afternoon;
Hello. Jake" said the one. Hello, Tom" said
the other. and after a few pleasantries about
which was Sheriff they stepped aside in, con
bore down upon them, and grasping both by
.Rs h9n9T q s6akins the hand Of the next
The Board Of Aldermen. as n Board az Can
vassers for the city vote, met yestordny. and
!Hs sS,HBai SH 59e ss
cot CGreenbackl. 1885; steinmetz,s majority.
norman tR;l. S4,254 Carroll lind. 81. .ss65;
Ammrrman's majority, S45. The canvass OF
as follows: First Ward. Clarence BnrSet RS.
iE'i plurality Isl Tiith %@ S John A:6srthy
o,,connell ID. majority 7O9; Eleventh Ward.
ZENITH ward, ". r. Ray lay, r., RRS!0r majority ~
sS'eenta VIVA %Sfi p T S%h F5y 81
sR;l; majority sos; TwSenty;IIhir Ward. B. B.
Joseph G. Powers r.. majority 81.
The canvass OF the vote for Supervisors re-
aHssr fS2%s s ssSOPd wST W, Jphn Gal
Cd. maj. 7S4: Eighth Ward, Daniel Lake ID,
MAJ. AZ; Tenth Ward, John T. Moran ID. MAJ.
Fourteenth Ward, Hugh McKeever tInd. D.
maj. 1884; Sixteenth Ward, Henry Hauselman
(D.l. mai. III; Eighteenth Ward. George J.
Armstrong lR,l mai. 1888; Twentieth Ward.
Alexander Walker tR.l maj. 1881; twenty
second Ward, Edward Egon r.. mai. 5j7;
Twenty-fourth Ward Samuel Van Wyck tR.l.
have the canvassers OF the first ten wards cor
rect errors In their returns. hut this proceeding
does not change the result OF the election in any
case.
The Socialists Of Brooklyn are claiming a
triumph in the election Of Gen. William G.
one OF them. and that for some time he has been
a member OF the Brooklyn section. They
worked quietly for his nomination and election.
but carefully concealed his alleged connection
with themselves, designing TO reserve their
jubilee until after he HAD been officially de-
for Sheriff by the Socialistic Labor party but he
refused Il to accept the Republican nomin ation