Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-12

who tain. Thetweuty three frur ana cooa
men formed In line and marched m Tho
county clerks Office. aud At once err dnd
into that gcntlemsp's priva,e room Tho
Tammany and the Republicsn nlde,mcn
whispered 10 each other, and finally Alder
man Grant suggested that Mr.. Watt. a
Republican. should be elected e,,alrmsn ~
The Board Of Canvassers. '''' -
The roll was then called with the fol
| lowing result
FOR alderman Waite (I,eD.5ijcan,
Finck. Miller. O'Conuor. Pearson. Roth.
man. sayles. and Wendell (Rcpublican,l.
Duty. Fuligraf. Grant, Kirk. McCabe.
Mclaughlin. shells ('ammany HaHl, Far.
ley County Democ-acy)--I5.
FOR Alderman Ukca; Cleary. De Lacy.
Jscbns, McQuade, Reilly (Cointy Demo.
crac,D, and Dempsey (rammany uaID--g,
Deputy County Clerk RI. =. Bcatfie adj
minis'ered the customary oath OF Office TO
chairman waite. He, In turn. swore In
the other aldermen. and they Immediately
returned to the City Hall.
There was 4 large crowd O, polit,cians
present when the city fathers filed into
their room. There were also others nres-
ent. whose names are familiar to the NIB.
lie. Slr. william NJ. Evarts was In cor.
ner talking 20 Colonel George Bliss and
Robert Sewell. The trio OF LAWYERS reDre-
sCntCd the G. q. p. aYowedly 10 proicc
the interests Of Blaine. but purposely 10 see
II by some legal hook or crook their choice
for President could not get more votes than
were counted for him on election night.
Mr. Eysrts wore very plain suit OF dark
clothing and light drab oyercoat. He was
pointed out TO every one In the room
McSsrs. Francis C.. Barlow. Charles II. Mil
Ter, aud Nelson !. Waterbury were in rear
seats. They were there 10 see that Gov
cinor Cleveland received every vote that
nc was entitled TO.
Before Chairman Waite called the can
yasse,s 10 order there was good deal OF
talk to the effect that that gentleman had
been elected by q combination OF Tdmm.ny
Hall and Republican members. and that il
did not mean any good TO Cleveland.
Waite denied that there had been any
deal. "Wbat can | do, anyhow" he
asked, II have no power to decide any.
thing. merely preside, that's ALL"
Alderman Grant. the defeated candidate
for Mayor, said: "Thcre's nothing In this
at all. Waite is going out OF the Board.
We have elected him just out OF compl-
mcDt. Who wants To be chairman OF the
Board and be present all the time for ten
ui}NF iit Da> no dllinOlEf.
"iieappoints the Committee on Corrected
Returns" said the reporter.
"Oh." replied Grant, "therc will be no
funny work. There cant be any. Why,
we Tammany Hall men will fight to get
Cleveland every vote wc can. ! was Just
talking 20 Colonel Bliss. / asked him II he
was here 20 raise points. and he replied
that nc was only here TO look on to see that
Blaine cot a fair show"
The COunty-Dcmocracy aldermen and
The Democratic LAWYERS did not look upon
Alderman Waite's selection in the same
light rs Che TammInv.Ilall men. They
resolved TO lie more than ever on guard.
II was ten minutes after noon when Chair
man Waite raped for order. The cham
her WIS so cIOwded that Alderman O'Con.
nor wanted the room cleared, but he with
drew his motion when Alderman Kirk
suggested that the crowd would not inter-
fa with the canvaSserS. rs the counting OF
The votes would not begin until tomorrow
morning.
The Poard will meet at 10 O'Clock. In
REGARD to the selection Of Aldermen Waite
as chairman Of The Board OF County Cm-
SasserS, Colonel Tracy said last night: at
has no bearing on the presidential count,
but only upon the canvass for local officers,
for which the County Democracy and Tam
many had opposing candidates. both Of
whom pollcd more votes than the Republ-
can candidates. IL is fight against Grace.
Alderman Waite, although a Republican,
has never been much of partisan. II is
Ia matter that concerns Grace alone
Senator NJ. c. Murphy said: "Therc is
no particular significance In the election OF
Alderman Waite. II Is merely compll-
ment paid to al outgoing member. Every
Democrat in the Board will stand shoulder
10 shoulder in the count OF the electoral
ticket. The members OF the Board may,
and no doubt will, differ IN the canvass OF
the municipal ticket; but mark me that
every Democratic supervisor Will be loyal
10 bis constituency in the counting Of the
Cleveland ballots"