New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-08
INVADING THE BUREAU or ELECTIONS.

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INVADING THE BUREAU Or ELECTIONS.
tttt.,rr,t,1rp COMMITTEE DEMAND 1nr
utott 40 iNANtNr I'M nttthNs- tiurhIH
| rttpnttN CuANutn,
| Aaron i, Nnndoipocl Francis 4, lh,oW.
Aihrt riiotnry and CHARLIE T. Miller went "'hn hui'""
IT ilo,liunH ioHtntdni muhne aud drmhnd'd r'ilhl'
sinn to examine iho nonlrd rrunH 81 the thn'aA "l
Presidential tiroioin at lhc recent election, when N''
on Me ~ the huItau, john i. u'iiitt, 'hri "i 'h'
hueau wac not ~ HE office, und MI Mnlmsltli HE thlr
CLERKS sad he could no, permit the cn'o"ps containing
| the returns a. be opened without MI oliehH Orders
The election law of lhs9 provides for "riplcae state
ments the result Of the arr" lii each "f the e
ton districts la the city, and directs their distribution ~
| follows:
each NJ the statements shall hc ncosed in an envelope
which shall then he ,ecnrrl1 seated WIN WaN, All r,
of the inspectors and each Of the pOrlcrks SHAH WrIc
hi name across every fold at which the envelope II u
fastened could be- opened and the seals thereon
| one of the envelopes shall be directed on lo
another TO the County Clerk and the third 10 the Cie
of the Bureau of Elections. Each set OF talIcs nan
uer and of the envelopes shall be- directed on ne
outside the chief Of the ihreau of Elections and inc
other The Mayor. On the outside OF every envelope
shall he iudorscd whether II contains the Statrun' or
the allies and for what elect lon aud '>e1bly District
sections 900 and 19OI direct that " the envelopes
delivered the clerk of the Board of Aldermen sinai
bee kept sealed. and ,hal not be opened nn'l the same
are produced before the Board of County 'anyaSrfN
when they shall be opened for the Canva-SnG OF ts re-
turns and when so opened the Wrai%"R s" ",gi
sheet Of the statements with the initials OF me-
nimc and that "thc envelopes delivered to me County
Clerk shall he kept sealed and unopened until the same
shall be- required lobe opened by me Bodr Of Ionhy
orcucd: the officer or person opening the same shaii
marx each separate sheet OF the statement win the IN
tha, been the custom for several years TO keep the
envelopes i'm the Bureau "f Elections sealed ala" ana
this custom hd, often been Of service when The other re
turns did with each other The ARA ot an
the courts have often ordered ne examine
special value from having been kept in
unopened envelope, IN the Bureau Of LECTION. rue re-
turns tnl- received have been regarded ~ ol ''ula
value check on other returns which are hnth IN
Democratic bands while the Bureau returns are III re
The demand of Mr. vanderpoc and his associates was
based section 80 of the election law which reads
All data aud statistics and al registers, pol pNok~'
and record Kind and nature which, under tE-
| board OF Police of the CRY of New York. an"
OF may he required be made. ascertaiucd. or
me Bureau of Elections or the Register of Ernid-h "
! Boyrl eli Health -hali Al all times. during o"ce honr@
cop, Ing Of any citizen or eecor free oil any charge
/ whatsoeyer."
ArrTNrNG To THE COURTS.
messenger who sent To sIr. O'Ercns house re
turned with the reply that the envelopes must not he
| opeucd TIE committee Of Democrats then went down
town and procured from Jlls Barrett order direct
ing Mr. O'HrcI To show cause at D. m. Why he slou'd
not lc them The returns. Mr. O'Brien was not foo
/
.c. m. returns aud om' OF them acted ire manner tla
loudly. We'll. Cleveland, The next President ana W.
/ ci.ae al those thanked hcre't~ ont ~ "tre fm'I
explained the lass fully The police officials hi' herh
| under the impression that the envelopes Ought io
bui upon examining the law thcy passed me L"loNlnt
soind HAT m ut "ncr "i s'iol -, ogI u
% IA. Doc and is hereby directed 20 allow any riiI'n or
c,ctor f." n4,ect examine compare ana copy. free of
H. al ST.. Tf
ord, of cr} kind uul nature r''uur lo me get 'r'
tun which have been ulcd in bis office. thr
same ~ bee done the presence under Inc super ~"
ot hr -ai Chcfo ' - Bureau ol Li',.l"n, ana "" '"'
Mr. Nil cr appeared especially excited as hc waited for
tie report ot the Commissioners Tie on one az h- u.s.
s,,i. lll .retv been down town uul taking into hi'
,oUrd.i.. U,rrt G. Allen. the cNci'ahr partisan Who
prepare. the uiictmeut4 for the p-ucihtt"rncv hdl
Fone h.i.ic hc Grand Jn. ln' mae" VINO i,,la
ICON oi .w had been committed hy Mr. br cn ia l- re-
i.io".r tn open the sealed return. which had Away
been guarded win sctuullous care. and II J.. I'D
tIt uu indictment was "rI'ud h"uh-l VT,
he laWicr Tho result tbs rr,,cc,due nd.nt b. Ia
that Mr. uliriou had boon eIiiy Of ~"m' irHld " l1
u.ul WHOM such compai9, BE- nude a.'n,t ,n o,"riM
! pain matter, uc."re hndns Hn iudclmct|
Inv rNNtIorf orE>rp.
After receiving the Police Comm. ,oncrs resolution
Nr O'brcu directed the envelopes TO be- opened AMI
thr committee began the work of examining th" OFT rel
A. .r,,ts I'm MI office Tiny com Hnrrd The r'turun " IA
/
John . nr,dsiy aud william ~. Towulcy. representing
| Mr. OI1,u aud the Republican County Committee
watched tIr count, ana colonel Nrlt' ''H Was I'''
on "a ttr ~ thr time. As the afternoon wore
| away The Democrats began to Ui Ike iicr party
uu.r, aaI very thr 49,. at1 bottle "I 'r.'dN Wa
introduced. come of the 80 ot' hIui-rd 100 frequent dhd
/ lon. dI.ught- from the bottle While proceeding VITA
f..r Lhur. When NJ. tiiir came odi oi ilt go i Hi
$50 H. l the rrturn- from Use Assembly Districts htd
uccu examined Tie m" u"r. "i Ihr count ,'' i' hl.N
edged tAat they found iir nsnrro accurately rioiI'd
Tue oul, change Was tlr ~ Assembly District whrre
Democratic loss az ~ from some "l lh' ""i"i'I
7 rttf 8 L. . o.
lr Office hours I'm thc + lrcu Of Elections are from
| "a u To- D. iu. shortly before o'clock W. NH.n-Iry
toi the cnocra's that he woud like To eos. ih Office 40
tn usual hour. They insisted that they ought to be- per
m'fird stay long enough Q" make up Tor ' delay IN
morning. After hr"f hut warm dl-i' 'i "h l''
point the committee walked out of the oHcc and "er" ON
tur oui uf leaving tIr hll.l Wh,h ""rI "I ,"' oi'
u.r Vas carried tO the Police tuhm -l'pti>. DIT. BAR
low who app,Arcd 10 br excited and talked with rather
| thick tol-uo al times, Stood IN llc hdilW"y
ami declared that Mr. - B1cn had committed q gross
anime the returns without an order rom th' court I,n
he iDlioWcd the other members 81 thr commute ana lne
Police Commissioners back into The Bultah al lrrunu,
The Commissioners held an lnpr"upth meeting hl4 ~
rec cl that the bureau should be kept open huuI 80
T. u. to enable the committee 10 continue their WORK;
m. returns from eighteen Assembly District, were found
pended. Returns from The Other districts VI" &c
this MORNING - ~.
accompanied by Mr. Orrieu, appeared before justice
parrcti and stated that Mr. OBgieh wa not present
when the request "f me REALTORS vas h"'' que va, "I
" n The wi-hc, Barlow and IN, ds-oclitS' VINO az
t,i moment were engaged I'm examining tie returns on
This statement Justice Barrett AZ once uISeAil-0u MI
O'BIicn from further Attendance
TIE INTEREST UPTOWN.
INCREASED BUsrLE ~ THE EyENING-oRDER IL
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