, 1881-04-13
, LOCAL POLITICS.
No Conclusion Yet Reached in the
South Town Count.
Learned Legal Arguments on tito Duties
of Election Officers.
Several Precinct Roturns Thrown Out on
the West Side.
Murphy win Contest tho conniing'ln oi Vogt
on Tho North Stdo.

i
/ The Sputl Town CanvaSsing N0htll entered
upon tho third dnv Of !ts deliberations yestor-
dny AFTERNOON. There was largo attendance
OF spectators. Supervisor 1iacnn stated that tho
Hoard would bp xsal to henr from nnyEontlo.
mnn who Acslresi to onlEahton the linarl Ia re.
gard to It's dnty. Mr.. j. It. Dooflttlo ayailed
himself Of tho opportdnits. and addressed tho
Board ut sotno !oaBth. Although tho sdcmbcrs
OF tho Hoard were clndAntoA for reelection, tho
speaker bud uyory, conn dence Of their Intention
10 CANVASS tho returns honestly and fairly.
but hu thought there wcre cortaln pnihte tn-
yolved which deserved careful examination.
Thoro wcre two difficulties In tho case, first d
failure OF tho 1udgcs Of election to tako
tho required path, md SECOND. as to cer-
tain discrepancies between tho tally.shoct md
tho polt-ist In rcgard to tho first difficulty. tho
speaker snld this did not luyaltdato the retttrn.
II tho Hoard found TINT tho roturns nro tho gon.
| ulne papers prepared by tho Judges Of election.
thoy must 10 admitted. supporting this view by
quoting Tho pcopio ~. fillllartl. 20 Illinois. p.
| {lJ In tho rase quoted thu Supreme Court re-.
| moves all oblixnuon 10 tho validlty OF returns
claitneu to 10 ,lofeot!voly sworn to, and decides
TINT tho jurat cat be corrected by the election
ojlicors hcfore tho Canvasstng hoard. As to tho
second difficulty, Mr. Dootfttle quoted from 1so-
vlscA Stntutos, CHAPTER 10. page Be, md u ILL.,
no!s, puge 6o0, which set forth tho manner In
which tho returns shall 10 inade out and spect-
fyuR tho duttoa OF tho judges Of election.
The roll-ltst, tho tai1y-sheot. md tho GER
tlncnto Of election constitute THO returns. and
| MI Ut tliem must bc scnt to tho CnnvaaslnR
as records Of the election. Tho CansnssinE
acai wv aes aCay On Eooon seas
t., u, H4 anl must rGnvasa tho returns rs thny
ap nor ea sey Sna n9 s.s bo
tweon two Of tho papers In cstso Of Il dscrepanoy.
A. to- takinK oyt,onsH npo 20 III Tue .acT ,nf or
| ID Il prerogattvG belonging only to n judicial
tribunal lit tho evrIt uf 4. discrepancy. thero
o'Saf III Is tss ~ &c ae
mont cRn bu nude. In tue caso ct liiillaFd. ~
o.sp Saae ID, s nas ne aes!t ct Ss
n formMl ono mud could be anloltdci. As to Just
what formal defects thoro arc the li9ara Gun
error. il the taiiy: sheet should declare ono ro.
1nG shat at parties aotol IL
inth} TINT clerical error bud crcpt tn. II
a. amendment 9a'. no nado @ " Vhtoa 'lG tho two
Tho duty Of tho Contrasting Lizard clearly Is to
nsrs ony auSh In41nn III. rs 10 n9t s ShnS r.
roturns rot. 10 as,onie'ii Tho judEes 81 oleotioa
rnoy arc funetus oe s @
sa n tb;s,s be sasG a ct s. hs Rfnpo xs
s opon tho @ envelopes ind e1anao the GaItots md
as tse ses Cd Il sxs
declared tho result, can never deear., a,lt,thor.
qr ,s Tho bu
novoF change tho facts to conform With tho
m # 1osns Ss M n9Stts a sqa .bsn ss
tasz he ths RsSssa e s@
tnS as TIC .n'
Ggn. Thon,l,sun hera took THO .iuor ana acl!y-
M auna u s,e'' tse Ms sss VI
bo sEIeA By nlalersy Ct 1ilo l.oartt p aaa docs
nj aSf IT. boo.o ii that he
o 9s fGysss ary On tso uSSotty ot %
not vitiato the election. Gen. Thompson 5.9t'e '
s rsts ssts'''iss ss 70 ,eass f?s'sss shSS
ya S ss h. gn's,s no Ct 1n 81:
an! sss'! 1ss H. haSs s &c
{. @p res Whese
> is.a variation between tho taliy.shoet and the
b. to se9w 1at ay aSet
Fl s"S eeeo esn Sa &
0 @ for'aal l 'iefect. tho B@ra docs not oven nest
assstanSo r. th,s partis1,af ILL Ht sht
nor low % many vofes woro Gust booauso thdy art
+ functus 0ttlcto Tho difficult question botoro
1s e. % sfsga e. aS 1 9of e oaSs ses ts ,
i made to agreo, tdo Board can ssuo no ccrttcat,
oas Al sres ss Sspatst g a$ss y
thrown cut: The spcakcr examined , the tally
10 % 'hs st s oSa Ca ps S al 'a 70 SSsf e
o 9ut. as far ~ tho rcsurn tor DRAKE and Phs'po
t Mr rago sata that thotllscropnuoiosh had arlso1
from Eross caroo.ncss. il not worse; llo th9uvh
. thnt Tue tal!y-lst baEo On !ts fuso tho oyiaens