Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-06
THE SITUATION,
Candidates for PIP pOintments Under
the New Council.

Candidates for A appointments Under
the New Council.
The election was so close in two in
stances that the official canvass will be
required to make the matter absolutely
certain. The vote as returned yesterday
showed that the contestants for the
Treasurership and for the Office of City
Assessor were go close together that
there was no certainty as to who was
elected. In the case of the City Asses
sor, it is claimed that the officers of one
Of the election boards made mistake in
copying the returns and credited Mr..
Gaffey with Mr.. Fishers vote; and if
this is 80, Mr.. Fisher is elected by a
small majority. On the other hand, it
is claimed that number of ballots were
not counted in East Los Angeles, aud if
these are counted the probabilities are
that Mr.. Gaffey will be the City Assessor.
meeting will be called to order in Gen.
The fact that the returns from the Fifth
ward are incomplete also gives to the re-
suit an element of uncertainty, which
will not be settled until this morning in
the Council chambers. The fridnds OF
Mr. NJ. D. johnson claim that he has been
elected by small ms jority, while it is said
that Mr.. McManis has been elected by
10. This question will not be settled
either until this morning.
AS to the ballots which it is claimed
were not counted in the First ward, it is
stated on good authority that q number
of voters appeared with certificates from
the County Clerks Office stating that
their names were on the Great Register
These were allowed to vote, but their
ballots were kept separate from the 9TH
ers and it is said were not counted. If
this statement is true the ballots will be
found when the returns are opened by
the Council this morning. Quite num-
Der of people were not allowed to vote on
certificates and it is claimed that this
lowered the majority of the Democrats
by about 300, or enough to have elected
the whole Democratic ticket.
The candidates for appointments under
the City Council appear to be very
numerous and the names of prominent
in which vacancy is likely to occur.
For Chief of Police the names of 7. j.
Cuddy, Chas. Gassen, N. Covarrubias,
H. H. Benedict, Sergeant Davis, Ter
renee Cooney, George Russell, J. j.
haulOTu anu Eu CmltQ were mentlOneQ
yesterday and each had his friends al
work trying to obtain the pledges Of the
Councilmen.
For City Clerk the candidates are
Judge B. E. Taney, George Hermann,
E. F. Kuhel and Joe Davidson, and the
friends Of each seem confident that they
will be successful.
For Health Officer the names of the
present incumbent, DIR. Reese, and DIR.
E. M. Griffith have been mentioned, but
it is probable that nothing will be done
in this matter until the new Board of
Health is organized.
The Chairmanship of the City Council
is also question which was discussed
quite freely yesterday. There were some
OF the opinion that Captain Barrett would
be the right man, and there were others
who thought that Mr.. B. Cohn, or DR..
Bryant would fill the position equally as
we'll. A caucus will probably be held
Tomorrow or Saturday and these matters
will probably be settled without much
DELAY.