, 1881-04-14
LOCAL POLITICS.
Completion of the West Town
Canvass-The Republican
Ticket Elected.
The Democrats Protest, md
Threaten to Contest III the
Courts.
The Canvassers Still Pegging Away
on the South Town Eleo-
tion.



Tho West Town Canvuestng Hoard resumed
their labors yestarday. nnd t'nEshei up thu ro-
mander NJ tho pissed rrecncta by NOON. Mr..
kuot appeared M counsel for tho Republicans,
and jongs aud ltokors wero looking Oh. Tho to-
etstun OF tho Doard fs to bc contested III tho
Court.
Tho First Precinct of tho Ninth Ward was ac-
ooptc.t, tho certificate being signed by nm
1orlty Of the Judges. Mr.. Noot cited thb ftevIsc1
Statutes, Chap. l3l, Art. 0: "wor.is purportinE
to rive joint authority to throo or moro public
officers Or nttor persons shnsl bo construed ns
Elvlng s,,ch authority to majority Of such olll-
cors or parsons"
MIR. 1,ogers thought tho Judges had right to
como boforc tho 1sonrt and aEix tholr etyuaturcs
to tho poll.book nnd tally sheet, In cases where
they Ind merely omitted to do 80. He contcndod
TINT tho Mcdrath caso WIS not guide, snylng
that In that nstanco tho Judges not only signed
tho cnttltlcntu, hut MISC went hack and altered
tho roturns. lftcr tluy had finished tholr duttcs
r. thIs esse The tases aske1 o saa ths,f nns4 i
viii prolai,y 10 Undo IL Tho court. n,.,
1n tho sccond Prccnut Of tho Ninth Ward.
y %S So sanrieats %as fo 70 @
s ecSted,s s'1 4 preiost 'aIi VIII tiesciyed eaarsne
E ws o, x1ahs e to s thy
dseaE has tHy h n t6ny 9 SG nin6 h96
War ys VI aesoptoI. n tic serund Of lbs fCur
Wnrd, F, Cnrtors mama for Constable wins OMIT
ted from the tnlly.Bhcot. hut It APpenrcd on tue
pol-book. which WAS CORRECTLY agned. and he
WIS given bis ta1 y1t1s., III THO FOURTH ul ta0
suillD wnrtl J. g. Snuon lost htB vote for Con-
stable. ms 1t WIS not on the. poll.book nor the
tho Fifth Precinct Of TIM Fotlrteontt, Wnrd
Atntck last suyen votes owing to n Discrepancy
hetween tho Notl hook and tails. sheet: Tho First
| Trcenct of tho Fourteenth Wnra wns
rcjacted III consequence Of Il failure t3 Sign tho
| certi,cate. Tho Republicans lost by this ruling
| saH votes. md tho Democrats about ll5. Tho
Hlxth Precinct OF tho Fourteenth WIS thrown
0tlt for tho same rcAsD, lnstt,R ElS Democratio
| ind 10; Henubcnn votos Tho vOtcs for Demo.
crnto town officers were nut written out III full
on Tho, ,poll-book. Tho Tonth Precinct was nd.
In regard TO tho statement thAt Schtl!o, Cnss.
MNnn 4; 1uvin Wgro tOt assessed ut Nll, Mr..
Atnick 9nid yesterday Tint tho fhiaure to Assgas
| tho Nrt1 wus tho result Of tnistake. which WIS
not tutoctcd TIL tho books had been turned oves
| to Collector Schl,to. nnd tlo ABsosaur thon
Ind no ,nuthority to inako corrections.
| Mr.. Autck eAtd tllAt Ambtrg, ono OF thu
irn's "a, clerks, , saMS 4, 70 h!'n LITER a!nd ap!nd
Itn,ek, found ttnt II was left put Of tho WIZ
rs,nt, asscsstnent-roll,. and neId book. Mr.
| lIaIa. tho Deputy, explained thut ho called Or
tho tirln aud they sn!l thoy would he sattsfed
II they Waro 9ssesscd tho same ia the ycar 10
| fore, lltlt, owing to tho Nbsgnc0 of tho bOok-
| keeper, they could not then give tho figures
| Tho nnxt tfmo tho Deputy called Mr. 8chllD Bntt
1t was NIL right, and ho would makp his rcturn al
tho ot'ce. Tho Deputy, therefore, neglected tt
| list tho ilrn. .F.-. .-.
Mr. Amick stated that 1t waa an unintontioua
omission, tot which hu WIS responsible nud VII:
willing to bc The lnw provides Iothle hsaGss
1t,cnt tho next yetr IL such cses and Y WI! y