Morris tribune., 1884-11-19
THE COUNT COMPLETE.
BUSINESS RUSHED IN THE NEW YORK
CANVASS.
The Official Review Finished on Presi-
Dental Electors in Cleveland's Favor
An Interview with Dorsey
Note and Comment.

NEW YORK, Nov. IL Ex-senator Conk-
ling and his fellow counsel talked over FRI
lay night the proposal made by Alderman
Kirk in the course of Fridays canvass that
the count of the electoral vote be first COM
pletei an | announced, and that the canvas"
Of minor officers be concluded afterward.
They saw no 'eral objection, and AS it was
stated that Messrs. Evarts and Bliss, OF the
Republican counsel, had reached a similar
conclusion.
The-board of canvasSerS went along rap
idly, commencing at 8 a. III. and canvassing
only the elec toral vote The Fifteenth, Six
teenth and Seventeenth assembly districts
showed only trihing errors. In the
Eighteenth assembly district Blaine gained
81 votes in the First election district. In the
Third election district Cleveand'S vote, as
published, was 3l3; the correct footing
gave him 2l3. Cleveland's loss here
was 100 votes The Sixteenth cleo
hon district showed a big mistake. The
published returns gave Cleveland 70 votes;
he county clerks and supervisors returns
gave him 272 votes; it was so canvassed.
The Eighteenth assembly district was COM
pleted by l o'clock, the canvass having
shown that Blaine up to that hour had
gained 1T votes. and Cleveland 200 votes
over the press returns.
The 10th, Goth, 21st and 22nd assembly
districts were counted in eighty minutes, the
votes being found to agree with the press re-
turns. There was no reference to the COM
ulittee on contests lin the 23rd or 24th assem-
5ly districts, the latter being finished at p.
M, when a recess was taken to await the re-
port of the committee on contests of the
returns submitted to them Col. George
Bliss has conceled that Cleveland will have
a plurality in this city of 43, 100.
A hasty computation + y the clerk in charge
of the city returns of which the canvass has
just been completed, leads him to state that
the plurality for Cleveland in the entire state
will be 1,147. He figures that Blaine made
net gain in the city by the canvass of 120
votes.
The Kings county canvassers met again
at 10 o'clock Saturday in the supervisors
chambers. When the Board adjourned Fri
day afternoon they had completed the Four
teenth Ward. Out of 1S5 districts compris
ing these wards but thirty-one returns have
been found to be in conformity with the re-
quirements of the law. The other 104 are
full of clerical errors. When the board re-
sumed their duties there was
large attendance of spectators. As 500
as the chair called the board to order Super
visor Willis arose and said: II move that we
shall not undertake to pass upon any of the
returns so far as there are changes in the
electoral vote until Monday, when we can
pass upon them district by district. Then
we can make that our special order of busi-
ness"
Chairman McKane declared the motion
out of order.
Supervisor Willis-Then, sir move. now
that we pass finally upon the electoral ticket
and have those which are not correct sent
back to the district canvassers for correc-
tion on Monday.
Supervisor JEWELL move to amend so as
include the country towns.
Supervisor Collard jumped up and said:
"This is a political move, and is done for the
purpose Of holding these returns back until
the 18th, when by law they would be thrown
out. l know that some Republicans had
in Gen. Tracy's Office"
A vote was then taken on the motion
Of Willis, and it stood, ayes, 10; nays,
TO- The vote of the chair was then called
and he voted, no, and declared the motion
lost. Mr.. McKane said he was Democrat,
but he was there to see fair play. Supervisor
Jewell said he was a Republican, but he did
not sit there as Republican or Democrat;
he was there as canvasser to do his duty,
and was in favor of fair play. It was finally
decided to continue their usual custom Of
the returns as they came in.
The Evening Post says: "Alth ough the
of the electoral vote in this city has
cen completed, the total result could not be
..~.shed Saturday, because three of the as.
sembly districts-tne Seventh, Ninth, and
ThirteeIth--cannot be included, owing to
the fact that the returns from some of their
election districts have been sent to the COM
NIT tt.e OH CO Erected returns, on account of
or informalities.