New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-11
NHE CANVASS OF THE VOTES.
o,,,rc1,1 COUNTING TO BEGIN TO-DAY.

nj, 90 Convassers for all the counties OF
IL. ill meet TODAY to pass upon the Presl-
tno ~, 60 o,oct;on returns In Ncw'York City the
GoAD - Aldermen becomes for the purpose OF thls
Do",' poord of Supervisors in all the other coun-
s,'o convassing will be done by the regular
nSe.,s of supervisors The board selects cnair
-. the County Clerk is the secretary. ma
- of the board will constitute quorum. II
= onorum is not present when tDe ihe''Ds
:. caIled to-day, or If the statements "
,he votes from every district In the county '""
no, ho produced the law requires an aoJo"in"on
60 he taken until tomorrow AT the adJo.'i n.u
to.morrow the Supervisors VINO a''eno' "i'n S.''ro
,ess than majority of the whole' mus e-l
themselves as a Board and proceed Win 'te'i "o'H
unon the statements produced Delolc .n'm'
omissions OF mistakes are discovered oS '"'
;sors in the returns they ale not themselves au'hoi
;zed to correct them. 1t is their duty 10 seho 'ne'
nv one Of their number 10 the town or district III
49, D' ,ho n,nst forthwith assemble and make
snch correction as the facts OF the case '.d"n.'
M insnectors are forbidden TO change or aitel any
,oo;s,on previously made by them, but shaii OILY
1.,s. tbe,r canvass Ito be correctly sta'eu Inv
Roor,J has nthority to adjourn from day 10 oay o
M, more than three days TO receive such
st,tenents II the law has been complied WIN az"
the returns arc presented in proper cohdl'ioh po
fo, the Beard of Supervisors, they are ihioreu VI
.,o octpal appearancc and condition of every bal
,ot cast as certainly as if they themselves hao
counted them Thus the statutes require the H.
snectors securely to attach TO paper one oIlsin"'
ballot of each kind found to have been gwen ior
olectorsr with the number of ballots cast OF that
character written opposite.
rban fellows one of the most important provisions
90 tho statute and one that very frequently
,orsl shall also attach to such paper all orislhai
ho,Iots for electors rejected by them as
ho;,g defectiye.r Therefore if the law was obeyed
tbo supervisors would see an exact specimen OF
each kind of ballot that had been counted as good
o,d they would have before their eyes er"y Dalol
tbat had been rejected as detective, no matter
what the number might be. As 10 the rest OF Ihe
ballots the duty of the inspectors is clear. Inc
remaining ballots" says the statute, not SO pasted
or attached shall be destroyed
After the BOARD of Supervisors has had all correc
tons that IT thinks proper made by the district Wtu
or town inspectors, il proceeds to estimate s'"Ic
and certify the votes of the county. Bu' lls
powers here are not arbitrary or absolute oh
proper presentment of facts by afidavlt 10 the
Supreme Court showing that the Board or 'ah-
yassers has made error IN its work, ana the Iac'S
are established the Court will compel proper cor
rection TO be made.
THE cAxvAssrRs IN NEw-YoRK AND DRooKLYN.
The above is the manner i'll which the canNassihe
will, he conducted to-day by the Board OF
Aldermen in this city as well as 10y the
Roaras of Canvassers in all the othel
conrties of the state. The political constl-
tution of the New York Board of Aldermen is as
c,,Iuvs: RepHbiicaRs-Frederick Finck, William
II. Miller John c. OCOnnor, ir, James Pearson
Thomas Rothman Henry l.. Sayles, Charles B
Waite and Louis Wendell. County DemOordcy-
Thomas Cleary. Robert f. De Lacy, Patrick Farley,
Henry W. Jachne Arthur J. McQuade, John ONel
and Charles Reilly. Idmmdny-Chares Dempsey
Michael Duffy Ludolph A. fullgrah, Hugh }.
Grant. William T. Kirk. Francls McCabe and Mich
ael f. Mclaughlin. Mdspeadat-Thomas Shcils.
The supervisors of Kings County are nearly
equally divided IN politics. there being fifteen Re
publicans TO fifteen Democrats among the repre-
sentatives of the wards ard towns. But with
Msvor Low an er ofFcio Supervisor, and William A.
Fritz Supervisor-at-Laree and presiding officer OF
the hoard, the Republicans have majority of two
ON anv test question. The Republicans are Ihco-
dore h. Miller, Daniel w. Wilkes, Eugene I.
Barnes. John Lyman Robert Adamson. Thomas n.
Hobby. Frederick Wfphuneton. George " Arm
strong. Jacub Bennett lcwis A. Myers, Lester W.
pea,sley, William ". Garrison, Samuel j. styles,
ptmas Jewell and john l.. RYDER Tho nrmg-
S, g,a,S m'Ts sr Ne II, r. Gwen ~
Okectr lhomaa T. Mrlmnald, Thomas i'hiqld. IT.,
retst tenue,t, lpah kehlh lhecdoir MeWen
i,aNt g. Chamberlain iobn L, Ulcept, twnelms
ie,puao,. rsirr tiso,, aud John \, MekeNe, MI
Ryder, the Republican memhet tton iFla'lands, has
heso ~ tho hoad in, ,Gh,y ,eAs aud al.
hi. Republican assooa,es in eome 10
s",s sS H; s"SSss Ss' SsiSs SfS0
ton to " Ross" Mclaughlin, Mosl at the mclnhcrs
on both sides arc good men, bat one OF two OF the
Democrats viii bear watching,
In the larger towns aud cities OF the state, where
the greatest precautions against election frauds
are necessary there are more boards OF canyasscrs
controlled by Democrats than bv Republicans.
The opposite state of facts exists generally III the
more sparsely settled counties.
WORK OF Tmr STATE BOARD.
As soon as the County Board of Canvassers has
completed its work it is the duty of the
County Clerk TO record the statement of
votes cast, make three certified copies
and forthwith" transmit by mail ono to the Gov.
third by messenger to the Secretary Of state The
State board of Canvassers then take up the work,
meeting on Wednesday, November 10 to canvass
tary of State Carr, Control or Chapln, State En-
gineer Sweet. AttOrney.General OBiien and State
Treasurer Maxwell. This year they are all Demo
Gratis excepting the Secretary of state. II a ma
Dority of these officers shall fail to attend, notice
will be sent TO the Mayor and Recorder Of Albany.
Rnu thcy, Win tne OincefS III attendance, VIII iOf
the board. Any dissent by any members of the
board from its action is to be stated in
writing aud sigued and filed with the Secretary of
State. The board has power TO adjourn from day
to day for a time not exceeding five days. The Off
cial announcement of the exact vote Of this State
for President cannot therefore, in any case legally
be delayed beyond November "a. The county
boards OF canvassers declare the vote in each conr
ty exactly as it is cast. If John Smith is
cand date for Office all the votes for John Smith
are tabulated under his name but any votes for j.
Smith are tabulated separately W hen the State
Board tabulates the returns IRON the counties on
State and district candidates, the votes
for j. Smith are allowed to John
Smith II it is believed that they were intended for
him. This is done without opposition when IT
does pot affect the result; but when the counting
Of the vote wOnld change the result It is
only reasonable to suppose that the Board
would act with extreme caution. III
previous years the votes allowed in this way have
not been enough to make any important change III
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