New-York tribune., 1884-11-14
CORRECTING fnE RETURNS.
LIVELY MlEIlNG OF me CnNMliiEE-MiNo
IMANGLs LIZ III lnINI.

A LIVELY MiEIING OF me CnMMIiEE-MlNOk
CHANGES rs Tnr COrNI.
Before the Committee on Corrected Returns yes
terday some cmin NJ lawyers appeared, bui thci
duties were irh and The results oi little effect ~
Tar ne regards changing the vlteon the Presidential
tirket Among those present at different tunes
were William NJ. Evarts. George Bliss, Jo I'm n.
Lewis Charles \. Miller, General Francis &. Bar
low, Nelson J. Waterbury, Robert Scweil and /. Il.
Bacon.
The returns Of the Fourth aud Twelfth Election
Districts uf the let Assembly District were laid
ovpt until tu-dav, after some discussion, ~ order
that tho returns npd with the bureau ~ Elections
AZ rnliDp Headquarters may he obtained tu compare
With hpn, Tho inspectors hal hii.d ~ snul ~
the defective ballots with tho isnfhs lrt lhdsrs at
the Court of tuminoh leas, judge H. W, Alah
and IdNaid Patterson are making olose inn ini
Que nf these positions, ana counsel aie Watching
the count for them carefully Ga The return oi the
Twentieth Election District the corrections did not
affect The totals for Presidential candidates,
bEMORALIIi fLtCiIoN INsrE' IoR.
On the return OF he Twenty y-second Election Dis
triet while the total vre cast for Presidential
electors was set down at $780, the votes o, the sew
eral tickets added together amounted to only
356 Three of the inspectors of tins dis
trict appeared before the committee. One of
Them William j. Scott, Democrat. swore that
ballot was found inside of each nine Republican
ballots that he opened and that he protested against
receiving them. There were eighteen ballots more
than the books called for. some Republican and
some Democratic, and these were thrown out. lie
SAID that there great excitement at tne polling
place that the Other inspectors told the policemen
TO arrest him that one policeman prevented an
other from striking hIm with "a club. and that
deputy marshal had tried i'll VAN TO pull him from
behind the ballot boxes
Mr.. Bliss SAID:
This does not account for the discrepancy Of four be-
tween the total and the number of votes Tor the
various tickets.
William 1iute, a Republican inspector, who said
that he was too nervous TO understand the ques-
tons put TO him. created much merrlnent by his
several of the lawyers carefully ex-
planned to him that it desired to correct the
discrepancy alluded to. and after they had done SO
he replied " am all III muddle gentlemen. |
don't understand either OF you" He declared
that 364 ballots cast and that thIrty-sx bal
lots put in hat and each of three inspectors
drew out nine to make the vote tally properly.
His statements were incoherent that Mr.. Sewell
asked him to take pencil and set down the num-
Der of votes for each ticket. This he declined to do
saying: "Tm suffering from bronchitis on the
lungs. At present am nervous. Pm under little
excitement"
Inspector Scott SAID that three tickets for Assem-
blymen and Aldermen founC and were counted
III the total.
"Whv not count these three as scattering 7"
asked General Barlow.
"No Florida counting in New-York. my visiting
statesman of '76" SAID Mr.. Bliss sarcastcslly, at
which there was a laugh.
After comparing the return with the tally
list from the Mayorso sofice, Alderman Jaehne moved
that the inspectors be instructed TO insert four
blank ballots. but withdrew his motion NJ MIR.
Blisa's objection. and the inspectors amended tho
return by inserting Il blank" On the same return
it was set forth that 34s votes poIlcd and only