The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-15
THE NEW YORK VOTE
NOTHING STARTLING HAPPENING IA
THE OFFICIAL CANVASS,
ohe Vote for Grover CIeyeland''-Cg,5,
pietion of the Ninth Assembly Dis
trict-Senator Gorman's Views
The Recent Report Denied.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15-The Uni.e,l Pres.
mas official returns from fifty-nint. of tie
sixty counties OF the state Counting New
YORK connty's plaraiitv at a, 226, ClevelanlPs
plurality foots no PA
A comparison of the returns from the
eight assembly districts thus far cauvas5el
Win The bulletins sent out on election night
by the City Press association has resulted IN
showing "A net Republican gain of 81 votes.
In regard to this, The Evening Post SAYS:
At first sight such statement seems impor-
tant, but, in reality, the changes thus far
made will have no effect upon CEeveland's
plurality as already announced The re
turns made up for newspapers on election
night contained many errors, but, strange
to say, subsequent careful examinations of
Tie official returns make scarcely any
changes IL the plurality for Cleveland ~
given unoili ially. The explanation of this
Is found liz the fact that errors made
on one side We're balanced with
extraordinary evenness by errors on the
other A gentleman who is very familiar
with the figures of the vote in all the assem-
bly, districts said that the official plurality
for Cleveland would not vary half a dozen
votes from 43, 226, which is given him by the
press reports"
squad of over forty delinquent inspector
ciamored for admittance to the room of the
ahiermanic committee on corrected returns
Friday morning Mingling among them
and scattered about the aldermanic meet
ingroom in which the canvassng of the
city was being done were number of
Central office detectives, not the same who
6ntNy fTlnpc,lau b,1t snt ,,f
of men, Officers in uniform were numerous
and kept the crowd of spectators, which was
larger than on previous days, in order
The reading of the returns from the
Ninth assembly district was begun by
Supervisor Kirk at the opening of the
days session and proceeded smoothly, only t,
few trlfing errors, or omissions, being dis
covered. When the Tenth election district
was reached the first brush of the day tool
place. There had heen a slip deposited ii
the electoral box with Grover Cleveland
written upon it, and no names of electors.
The result was that Grover Cleveland's name
was recorded on the sheets and opposite 9
credit of "one"
The dreary drone of the canvass was mo-
broken until the Twentieth election district
was reached. regular Republican elector;,
ticket had been cast, and on the bottom wa
written Blaine and Logan" After sOmt
| discussion, the ticket was recorded de
| fective
The chair announced that on the Thirty
first and last election district of the Nntl
assembly district only the poll clerks list wa
at hand and the entire district was conse
| quently referred to the committee on cor
| Tbo liCf,
| at 1905 having consumed one hour an.
| four minutes in the canvass
| In the Eleventh assembly district ther
were no material changes.
Hon John E. Brodsky, who in the interos
Of the Republican national committe
recently figured out 426 more votes 70
| Blaine in this city than given il
the United Press returqs, has beel
watching the count of the New York boarC
of ranvassers. He said Friday he did no
believe Cleveland's vote would be reduces
here over 200 votes, and there was no furthe
use of attempting TO overcome the pluralit
ut / 900 10 200 for Cleveland in this state
| The COMMITTEES on corrections met in til
| governors room The first assembly diStric
was completed without any change In th
| Twenty third election district of the SecOn
assembly district, defective electoral ballC
was reported. 1t was an ordinary ballot fc
the Democratic electors, but it had been Gu
in half and four names in the mddl
were cut ont and the ballot had been paste
together The committee decided to coun
the names of the thirty y-two electors on tn
ticket. The Third, Fourth and Fift
assembly districts were completed wit
minor alterations not affecting the totals q
before reported. The Sixteenth electio
district of the Sixth assembly di~trict ha
four defective electoral votes. TIL
returns were passed without chang,
In the next election district there was OF
defective ballot 1t had been cut down tt
middle of one side thereby cutting in ha
eighteen names of the Democratic elector
On motion of Mr. Brodsky eighteen names
Democratic electors were added to the tot
vote. In the Tenth assembly district, Q
wald Ottendorfer, Democratic elector VIZ
scratched off ten votes,