Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-13

he room. The iswycats leaned ov.v a.
| the dcsks IL mont Of them. The commit
tees appointed hy Tsmmsny Hail. tho
county Dmocracys and Irying Hill got
fcsoy 10 compare The returns read Cd with
| those in their Possession. and cyrrv.h,ug
WIS In readiness for the canvass 10 brv.n
4 The envelopes containing the ajdermsnjc
and county clerkS returns were brnke,,
The former was handed 10 Alderman
O'Neiil. and the latter 10 County Clerk Kce.
nan. Alderman tpNe,ll had scarcely rsid
msttbe firsteh ction district gave Cleveland
20 aud biaiue itf before twas discovered
\ Thai Tho returns had not been made out &C.
cofdipg 10 law. The Number Of the e,ec.
ton district bad been emitted ON ono AZ
the pages al the county clerks rc,urns
Tbs csused hitch st the beginning OF the
csnvess. Tue aldermen did not appear 10
know what TO do. Finally Alderman
OConnor, Republican. asked II the fjgurcs
on both returns agreed. lie iva, told nv
Alderman VNeiii that they aid. and that
the sldstmanic returns were made ont cor.
rect. IL was decided 90 accent those
relurns, ana the Second election district
| wss taken up. There was no dispute over
It's returns or over those from the Third
eiectoh district There was another little
| squsbtlc over the returns from the Fourfh
~
raj tickets agreed on both OF the returns.
| hut the totals on the county clerks vere
not written oct correctly. Aldermen Grant
! aud Kirk wanted the vote canyassed. claim
| ING shai ! was mere clerical error. The
! adcrmsnic returns were found correct and
/ were canyaSsed. The inspectors. however
| were sent for 10 write out the returns on
the county clerks sheets according 30 law.
! There were several other election districts
! in which there were clerical errors. and the
| inspectors were sent for TO correct them.
| There was no difference whatever on the
| electoral vote. la the Twentieth election
district the total vote east for electors
vas 3lB, hut the inspectors. by mistake, |
fooled Up 3l3. They were sent for TO do |
me sdding mp to make their returns cor. |
rect. There was quite debate over The |
now famous Twenty-fOurth election.dis- |
trici. This is the elcction-distrlct the four |
INSPECTORS OF which were arrested for |
falling 10 file the returns with the |
clerk OF the Board OF Aldermen. After
their arrest they made out an Official |
sheet, which tailed with the vote recorded |
by them on election night. The return |
which they should have fled with the |
Board Of Alderman was found In the
mayors office. where the poll clerks tally
should have been left. When the Twenty
fourth district returns were opened the
Tegistry-book was found In the possession
OF the Board OF Aldermen, instead Of the |
original returns. A duplicate return,
signed 10y all the inspectors. was on hand
10 he compared with the county clerks
returns. When IL was moved to proceed
With the canvass OF tins election district,
Alderman O'Cennor objected Colonel
Bliss got behind him rs prompter.
"ThcSe returns should be referred back 10
the inspectors" shouted UConnor; "tbey
were nOt filed accorning to law. Imove
10 refer them TO the Committee on Cor
rected Returns"
Five Democratic aldermen jumped for
ward and cried, ''Mr. Chairman. Mr.. !
Chairman"
The Board were thrown into excitement.
and the spectators expected TO see nice
little row.
Alderman Jaehne: "The returns are
before US. They seem to he made out cor
rect AS long as the comparisons are cor
rect. we have nothing left to do hut to
canvass. unless there should be clerical er-
rOrc discovered"
Alderman O'COnnOr: ~ learn that there
size some irregularities in the returns"
Alderman KIRK: 81 object TO the refer
ence of these returns. There Is no reason
why they should not be canyassed. The |
inspectors made n mistake aud filed the
returns in the Mayors Office instead OF |
with the clerk Of the Board of Aldermen
They have since corrected their error"
Colonel Bliss whispered INTO O'COnnor's
eaT that The four inspectors Of this district
got drunk and failed TO tle their returns
and were arrested.
"They made up these returns" said
Bliss.
L. U;ncs oo,,,,,v 6f1oou vuords ,yoro con |
vassed to-day; few changes in the figures
a. published we're noted and all of these
favor the Democratic candidate. In the
Tenth election district OF the Sixteenth |
Ward OF BROOKLYN Cleveland has been
credited with 3i7 votes. The returns
show upon their face 377 as well, and as
the lower figure has been taken 1t is proba-
bic thatthe inspectors will return the larger
figure, and thus Mr.. Cleveland will gam
here thirty votes. There are also many OF
the Cleveland el6 ctOral ballots where one
or more names have been scratched and tho
police returns invariably take the lowest
vote. When this is corrected it will shsw
slight gam for Cleveland. In the Fourth
election district OF the TWELFTH Ward 81.
John is credited on the face OF the return
with 420 votes. which was the number
credited TO Cleveland. This is evidently
a clerical error, else the population OF this
district are far more pronounced in favor
OF prohibition than the rest OF tue ward,
since st. John in the other districts re-
ceiycd but votes. This and many other
returns ell go back TO the inspectors for
correction. Only the five county-towns re-
main to be canysssed. In one OF them the
Republicans charge that the vote exceeds
the registry, but this has already been dis
proved.
A large mass OF evidence relating TO Re-
publican frauds OF various kinds which
were penetrated on November 4th were
submitted TO the grand jury TODAY, and
before adjournment, whica took place at
1870, indictments had been ordered ag iinst
several persons. one OF them, il was ru-
mOred, being an Official connected with
the Bureau Of Elections, who recently
ran afou Of committee of lawyers,
VINO went to the police headquarters
in the interest Of the Democratic
State Committee to examine the returns
filed in Mr.. John J. O'Bricn's office. The
names OF the persons indicted who still en-
ioy their liberty were denied during the
afternoon. one Of the blank forms used
in the District Attorneys Office was filled
out, and the most conspicuous name ~ it
was that of stephen b. Walsmley, the chief
clerk Of the Bureau Of Elections. II may
have been a Subpoena; it might have
been something else. Assistant District
Attorney Allen was kept busy all
day attending to election cases. Sew
eIal downtown businessmen who had
been assigned to different polling
places ON November 4th called and re-
ported certain irregularities that had come
under their notice. Their statements were |
taken by stenoGraphers, and they Will swear
TO their truthfulneSS when they are written
out. At the headquarters Of the Republican
National Committee William ii. Barker, as
sistant secretary Of the committee, was
asked If the committee still claimed the
State.
I've not only claim il. but we know
that Blaine has carried it. Why, the official
returns indicate that Blame has received
sixty more votes than the plurality we
claimed before. We do not either take into
consideration the 600 blank ballots which
were apparently cast in this city by the
mugwumps and counted for Cleveland"
- Al what fiourps do Won now estimate |