Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-12
THE COUNT In NEW YORK.
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NEW YORK, November, 1.-THE
offic ial canvass Of the vote cast . weeh
ago began to-day in every county in
Inc state. In none were serious
changes made in some the canynaa
was completed in the larger counties
1t Was only begun, and bore NO stems
were taken beyond organizing. Where
any returns were missing. ~ In Niagara,
board IL required by law to sdiourn
lover for enc day before taking action. n
secure the attendance of the In spectors
from the missing districts or tovns,
In Brooklyn it was decided to postpone
until the end of the canvass the consid-
erAtion Of the defective ballots. on
whose determination much hinges,
The canvass Of the first four districts,
which Is to be begun hero tomorrow.
brings up the same issue, and its deci-
sion Is expected to 70 far to settle the
result of the inquiry and its effect on
the aggregate vote.
| The total number of votes upon ich
In some form or another Mr.. George
Bliss expects to take exception to the
formal count already had IL about 1000.
About one third Of these are detective
or blank ballots, and the rest are But
ler, St. John and other votes, which
were miscounted, excluded, or other
wise aided to swell the Cleveland vote.
NO definite statement can be made 70.
night as to the strength Of the case to
be presented tomorrow, but there u
little reason to believe that its decisive
results will appear, II 1t all, for several
days.
In tine strongest case Of direct fraud
which has yet been discovered, In 8
nefghb0ring town, an important Wit
ness WAS secured to-day, but IL Ia
scarcely necessary to say that in all
election cases Of this order 1t il meyer
easy TO say what tbs result Of an in
quiry will be until the Witnesses are
actually sworn.
The New York Sun, at midniRht. had
heard from forty Of the sixty Counties
In the State, giving net gain Of 33 for
Cleveland, leaving the plurality 1928.
This practically ends any probability OF
any serious increase to Blaine's majori.
ties in the rural counties, although it
Is fair to bear in mind that where gains
are expected the canvass is delayed,
and case may yet be presented In the
eight or ten counties where case has
been made up. The real fight Is in this
city, and Republican hopes were great
ly dampened here when Elihu Root
announced to-day that he found the
majority to be 1926, wiping out the
gain of 1876 votes announced on Satur-
day.
NEW YORK, Nov. II, Midnight.-Up
to this hour the result of the ballot for
Presidential Electors has been declared
in SO of the 60 counties of this State.
taking the last previous reports of the
County Clerks, it Is found that the
Democratic plurality according to them
was 1880. To.day's canvass has made
changes In eleven of the counties, but
only trifiing ones.
The result Of the canvas shows . net
loss to Blaine of4 votesl Tho remain
ing 27 counties have, with two excep-
sions, reported that progress was being
made. They will for the most part, re-
port the result of their canvass to-mor-
row. To days reports speaks of several
Irregularities, as to form which have
compelled the return of the ballots to
superv isors for corrected lists in legal.
form, but none mention any serious dis
crepancy in the count. In New York
anu MIX COuntACb ku0 IuulCA~
tions point to long and tedious count.
Several of the COUNTIES which did NOT
to-day complete their official canvass
reported that there was no reason to be-
lieve that, when completed, the figures
woul show any change from those al
ready given. Those figures have not,
however, been taken into account In the
statements above made.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11-To.day at
noon the Board of Aldermen were sworn
in as Boerd OF County Canvassers.
Charles B. Waite. Republican was cleo
ted Chairman. The Board room was
filled with lawyels interested in the
count, and spectators.
Among the lawyers present repre-
senling the Republican National and
State Committees were William A.
Evarts, Col. George Bliss, Robert Sew
ell, Clarence A. Seward and VIM. Allen
Butler. The Democratic National and
State Committees were represented by
Gen Francis @. Barlow, Franklin
Bartlett, Aaron j. Wand erpoel, Charles
P. Miller, Francis M. Scott, Francis L.
Stetson, Edward X. Bacon and James
G. Carter.
A resolution was offered that none
but those having business with the
Board should be allowed to remain in
the room during its sessions. This was
laid on the table. The requisite commit
tees were appointed on protests, super
vising the returns, etc.
MIR. William ?. Kirk, Tammany, read
. protest against any votes being count
ed that were cast for VIM. r. Grace. for
Mayor, on the ground that it has been
publicly, and sem il fficially, asserted
and believed by many people that Mr..
Grace was not naturalized citizen,
This matter was referred to the Com
mittee on Protests. The Board then I'd.
journed until tomorrow.
KINGS COUNTY.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Kings
County Board of Canvassers met to.
day. A number of citizens were pres.
ent, as were also counsel representing
the Republican and Democratic Na-
tional Committees. John Y. McKaue
was elected Chairman and the usual
were appointed, after which
the Board went to work on the can
Yass.
H0adly and tho Miners.
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