Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-13
COUNTING THE BALIgrS.
NEARLY ALL IIaE COUHT Iy's IN
NEW YD1k CANvAN~EB wzv1x-
OUr MATERIAL CAANGf..

NEW York, Nov. 1.-THE city canvass TO-
day In the Second Assembly Districr gave
| the hrst decided ain ofthe fficial o. u0t in
the addition In all Of 209 votes to lainr's
total IT 1t has stood sin the mAiori r Of A.
80 was reached by correcting earlier tixu-cs
1t Is claimed by the Democrats that II u. Ia
" Il be offset by reductions later. 1t ie said
that the err jrs on both sides raisuee wi hin
lUO votes
Hoveve- this may be, and no proof -xists
for the assertion. the oiscreF anc. d seovered
70 day abundantly owes the necessity for
close scrutiny Of tho returns on wbiNi this
| narrow lurslity hinges
The canvass through the State took an0ther
step f.rward to-day without material
new development wss In Delaware Cognty,
where 1t appears that the inspecto sin ssye-
/ raj towns, when they came to IL AXE n tho
return, cut sample b,llot out of u circular
the return on Its face appears ~ ow that
ballots OF this color were voted. when the
law requi es white aper. he democrats Of
the county refuse to peru 1t the retnrn to be
TO raise an o. lection TO . Dumher CT Elaine
votes, although 1t can fcarcely exclude them.
The law OF this State is distinct. that the
reason bic and intel ,igible will Of the voter
IL to be accepted and canvsased, aud Judge
Barrott to-i. Xnve an informal exposition
Of the accepted doctrine on this subject ia
W. 'stc! ester where the supervisors laid be-
fore him electoral ballots with the endorse
r CURED for the State. Jodgs Ba rstt pro-
nnunced this iDforualiiy Of trifing cOnsc-
quence and advised the supery isors to count
the vote.
STILL MATTER OF CoNJncrunE
Nothing has appeared yet, however, TO
change the opinion that the char actor and
extent OF the changes which the examination
OF the returns will make necessary are still =
matter for conjecture. Tho outer limit set
by the Republican hopes is the aggregate
exception. The reality Will, rs in ali cases,
fall below Outside of this city little is ex-
p cted beyond scatt ring votes. NO legal
re@edy exists for the Butler ballots with
were countel for Cleveland. The cases OF
fr&u I'D which exist have led, In o Q instance,
from which much was expected, IN Long
Island City, to the recipitate flight of two
Int est. Is really OF n much importance in
its be- ring on the count There are districts
In this city, where the two Democ attic fac
tions, in their vigorous efforts to cat each
other on local Offices managed to NIL in
! large n mber of Cle' Gland ballots, but there
are 10 imms diate sgns that this will re un-
= 'arthed.
| BLAINE TICKET COUNTED FOR CLXvE'AND.
WASH NGrcH, Nov. Ian afternoon
paper says that Assistant Secretary Josiyn
has Received information from excellent
DcMOc attic authority In New York that the
partial recount Of tee baliors cast in New
vrrk County has disclos. fraudulent
| Democrat t.ick which Will give Blaine at
least 500 votes The County Democracy are
coming to the front and test;fying and fur
nishing the ballots they cast as positive prcof
thpt the tickets they voted, headed Demo
crate Ticket" and containing the name of
Grace for Mayor and the names of Blaine
presidential electors, we' G all thrown out
=" My informant tells me-" said ,losfyp
" that If the Board of Canvassers ever cli{
for the counting of the ballots in the q UNITY
Of New Yok, Blaine W II ba proven elected
as sure as fate. as he knows Of his own know.
ledge that more than 5000 of these D,Do ra-
tic Grace-B,aine ballots were cast By the
County d. m crazy.
Joha Kelly is clam oring for the produ- i.
tiOn of these ballots So are the men who
| cast them ! believe that n great fraud will
be uno rthed and that Blaine will b. shown
~ have rye and decided majority in New
ork: My authority Is responsible Dcmo-
crat."
EVENING UP.
New YoRK. Nov. l2.-A ch ange favorable
| 70 Mr. Blaine Of 233 votes in the sseventee 9TH
Election District OF toe Second Assembly
District as against the press returns publish
cd on Wednesday morning last was made by
| the Board of Canvassers Of this cohnty to-
day but on careful CON pparson, made
| between each ofthe election districts of the
police returns and those Of the press, 1t has
been found that the difference will be made
up In the district to be canvassed, except,
possibly, on the name of Oswald Utten Tor
| fer. who runs behind the other electors