The New York herald., 1879-11-16
THE OFFICIAL CANVASS.

HARMONIOUS SESSION OF THE ALDERMANIC
CoUNTERs--MANY ERRORS uNEARTHED.
The Board Of County Canvassers continued their
of counting the votes cast at the last election
through the day aud up to . late hour last
night. No changes Of any importance were
observable in the figures, and tho work
went with scarcely ripple to dis
turb the harmony of the proceedings. The only
contests yet unsettled and which have been far
reached in the of Messrs. Goodwin and
Ksvanagh candidates for Aldermen in the Fifth dis.
tric and Robert H. Strahan and John W. Browning
Senatorial candidates in the Eighth. Tho result Of
the official canvass in this district depends almost
solely upon the allowance of change from &c to 126
votes in tho Thirty-thrd election district of the
Seventh Assembly district. as explained in yes
terday's HERALD. Errors have been discovered in
nearly all the districts far csnvassed. In the
Second election Of the Tenth Assembly no votes
registered for judges Of the Marine Court
None of the returns from the Eighth election were
found to be exactly correct.
One OF the inspectors from the Seventeenth of the
Seventh acknowledged yesterday afternoon to Mr..
Peter Mitchell. counsel for Mr.. Browning, that he
and colleagues had made the canvass of their dis
trict Sunday fonr days after election. Mr. Mitchell
quoted section of the law relative to the duties of
inspectors in canvassng, which says:-"Snch
vass shall be public and shall not be adjourned
postponed until it has been fully completed"
A singular coincidence was also pointed out in
connection with the same contest. The Sunday can
OF this district gave Strahan 123 and
Browning 93-a majority of 80 for the republican
candidate Inasmuch as Mr.. Strahan's entire ma
jority is only claimed to be g. the importance of
the work OF these inspectors must be fully appre-
ciated.
Last night the inspectors and poll clerks of the
Thirty-thrd election distric: of the Seventh Assem-
bly, district were examined before the Supervisors
Committee Corrected Returns. Both Messrs. Stra-
han and Browning were present Mr.. George Bliss
acted counsel for the former and Mr. Peter
Mitchell for the latter. The first inspector sworn
John A. Lee. who testified to the correctness of
Browning. mistake had been previously made in
the Strahan vote by somebody calling out 26 which
had afterward to be rectihed
Lee was corroborated in these statements by
his colleagues in the Board OF Inspectors
and also by the two poll clerks,
Messrs. Kane and Thomas. James j. Fcely.
the Tammany inspector who in answer to Colonel
Bliss. stated that he represented zone fragment of
the democratic party in the late election" swore
take in the tally tor Senator by po-
liceman. This assertion was fatty contradicted by
the anti-Tammany inspector. who had not heard
any such remark from q policeman. III 1t was made
he would undoubtedly have overheard 1t. The anti
Tsmmanyite. however. agreed with the others as to
the vote tor Strahan being lag. and not 26 origin
ally reported to the Associated Press.
The committee set down Monday evening, at half
past seven o'clock, to hear arguments of counsel
OF rejecting the returns of the two impeached dis
tricts in they believed that fraud had been prAc-
tised.
The Board last night concluded the canvass of the
Eleventh district II will probably take them the
whole of next week to finish their labors.