New-York tribune., 1884-11-14

oGs Of these were accounted for. Inspector lin'e
read a memorandum which, he said, would account
for this He said:
man came to me and said: "Jmst give me the la,
carv vote I wrote this for him lie must nave uioPP'"
d"oi for / have never seen him since. Laughter
On this memorandum the votes for each OF the
candidates for Judges of the Court oi 'o'p,"o"
Pleas were set down as 100 less than appeared oh
the Police return. o ...
Mr. scott sad-r remember thcrc we're 700 ,, more ore
ynics that we forgot to put In There was ter'i"' W
ciicment that nghi-trrihle excitement
The IOj votes were added to the return
Tnr rANGiE ~ TnE rwrNrY-Fpuhih p'Si"'' l.
The ,nspectors ana one poll clerk of the twenty
fourth election district who were IN IN" lolnns ior
fonr avs and are awaiting trial for neglect oi thef
duties. were next brought before the committee
one return partlv made ont. had been lilel IN n
poli-list envelope Mt the Mayors office. Nillihm
Hunt. chairman Of the Board oi Inspectors
of that district. said that on banhs inr-
,isbnd him bv Chn,lps + miller he hal
gllpi oul two n,ore ebpi"s ~ the return We We
ela,ed that the ins,eetuis had given THEFT returns
"a poli Vip,b tiilen i0 iilp ioi tthh MI hiisa
asb ud him n he did not know that wac contrary tu
law, iin ansWeieii
Wn rm perepli, salishld ihai nia'ie mlsiahh 49,
sat luui daAs in the iN,nhs ln, W lihnsh'efil y"
hein an inspector iur Twelve years
roii Clerk Giiien confessed that he was "riao'l-
oally not ia condition to remember whether lhe
inspectors had given him the returns io fle' ~ inc
fact isn said Mr.. Hiss, " that the inspectors gave
the returns Ia pOll clerk who was mot Iraotloaly
in a condition to receive them" The Inspectors
filled the blank spaces IN their incomplete To'"'hs
and ded one blank vote Ia the ires'dehli"'
figures making them as follows: Oh he-
publican. 900 Democratic Q for Butler,
for St. John and blank total 324
TnE LAWYERS BECOME vIvACIous.
The inspectors of this district then procec ded to
correct their returns in regard to the vote ior
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. lhey COIL
suited with Peter Mitchell and Richard NJ. Henry
IN doing this and Mr. Lewis objected to allowing
counsel to help the inspectors in making out their
returns Chairman Duffy told the inspectors not
70 allow the counsel to interfere with them. Mr.
Mitchell said:
You must remember that these inspectors have pecu IN
the Tombs and have the benefit OF counsel
Mr. Lewis responded:
Yes: but they must have the benefit OF counsel In
changing the returns.
Finally the inspectors presented to the commit
tee the corrected return minor city officers. Ar.
Lewis asked leave to examine the inspectors say
ing that he could show that they were incompetent.
Mr.. Waterbury and Mr. Mitchell argued that the
committee could not 90 behind the return now pre-
scnted. In a sharp passage of words between the
two lawyers Mr.. Mitchell said: :" don't want you
to address me-" .,,,
g And don't want you to address me- said Alr.
Lewis ,,
"TIl take a crack Mt this" shouted William
Hunt of the inspectors.
"Well. youli take a crack at state Prison II you
get your deserts" retortcd Mr.. Lewis.
The committee declined to permit Mr.. Lewis to
examine the inspectors and accepted the return
as corrected.
After several trl1ing corrections had been made
as the inspectors OF the other districts whose re-
turns are TO be corrected did not appear, the con-
IN tppp prH summoned
meeting this morning at 1890 o'clock and then al