The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-14
The Otiicial Count.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE gains ana losses
in the returns of the board of cauva5sers, so
Tar As tie canvass has been made, a. com
pared with the press returns sent out election
night, are aS follows: First Assembly dis
ulct-ThIrd election district, Blaine gains
10 votes; Sixteenth election district, Blaine
loses ! vote and Cleveland loses 40 Second
assembly district-Third election district
Cleveland gains 3 votes; Twelfth election dis
ulct, Cleveland gains l vote; Fifteenth cleo
ton district Cleveland loses l vote; Seven
teenth election district, Blaine gains IS votes
and Cleveland loses l55 votes. Third assem-
bly, district-Tenth election district, Cleve.
land loses 2 votes; Twenty first election dis
trict, Cleveland gains = votes; Twenty third
election district, Cleveland gains vote;
Twenty sixth election district, Blaine loses J
votes. Fourth assembly district-Twelfth
election district, Cleveland loses 10 votes:
Iwenty-frst election district, Blaine gains l
vote
The New York board of canvassers re
sumed work at 1918 Thursday morning.
Col Bliss, Senator Brodsky, Robert Sewel
and Lawyer Sherman were present in the i'll
terest of the Republicans, while Counsellols
Miller, Scott and others represented the
Democratic interest The board commenced
to canvass the Fourth assembly district, and
proceeded to the Twenty-first election dis
trct with no incident except the occasional
reading of the county clerks re
turns, where the inspectors returns bore
some clerical error of omission or commission
While the Twenty first district was being
canvasSe1, Hon William NJ Evarts entered
the chamber, and made his way toward the
corner where the Republican counsel were
He was shown to the committee room by
| Senator Brodsky. No change occurred il
the canvass Of the remaining seven election
| districts, the assembly being completed a
! ll:25 The board then commenced the can
vass of the Fifth assembly district and wheI
the Sixth election district had been com
pleted without any change, or contest il
either of the electi on districts the board a
| 1880 adjourned until 2: 80 p. m.
| The county canvass of the Brooklyn electora
| ticket was completed at noon Thursday, and
a recess was taken for an hour The board
sumed their work Thursday morning on th,
| Twenty third ward, and in the canvass o.
the remaining wards and county towns NJ
change i'll the figures already given wert
| found The total vote was: Cleveland 90
274; Blaine, 53,512 Cleveland's majority
Is, 762.
All evidence of the unprecedented excite
ment which prevailed at the various politica
hea dquarters only week ago have disap
peared. Nearly all the members of the Re
publican national and state committees have
| gone to their homes, and the Democratic
committees are represented by only smal
number of members. Treasurer Weeks anC
Chairman Jones, of the Republican ma
tional committee, were closeted 70
some time Thursday morning at the room
| engaged by the committee in the Victoria
hotel. Mr.. Weeks said that the nationa
committee still adheres to its address of Sat
urday last He had no news regarding tn
canvass. The Democratic national commit
| tee has received numerous subscriptions to
ward defraying the expenses of preparing TO
and defending any contest that may arise
The amount received, however, is inadequat
to It's wants, and the committee asks TO
| more financial aid.