Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-11-11
BALLOT BOX STOLEN.
True to Its Golors the Gang Succeeds
in Getting Away with the Go
listeo Returns,
A veritabIc Boomerang Rio Arriba
Heard from The Law Govern
ing the Canvass EleC
ton Echoes

The CANVASS OF the election returns hy
the Santa Re county board Of commits
sioners developed II sensational feature
late Yesterday afternoon when it was dis
covered that the ballot box and poll books
IRON Galisteo precinct had been stolen.
They were taken out OF the vault in the
county clerks Office, nobody appears to
know Just when (ialisteo is strong Re
publican precinct, and OF course the theft
Of the box was designed to help the Strug
cling candidates on the Democratic tick
sized boomerang that has pretty well
ratified the whole crowd OF en-, County
Clerk Garcia says that he feels especially
hurt over the circumstance, and well he
may, for it is direct reflection upon his
methods OF keeping the clerks office and
furnishes the otherwise very satisfactory
record he has made as county
official. Judging from what he said
this morning Mr.. Garcia has very little
further use for the gang that put up this
job. He admits having received the
tialisteo ballot box, and thinks it must
have been stolen sometime during Sun
day night. He stated when questioned
that to his knowledge the only persons
beside himself familiar with the comhi-
nation of the vault lock are his deputy
clerk, Rafael Ortiz y Lucero, and Deputy
Sheriff Perfecto Gonzales.
Soon after the theft was discovered T..
NJ. Read and others had search war
rant issued by Judge Seeds and the sher-
i'll accompanied by large party Of clti-
zens made thorough search of the court
house, but it developed nothing
The theft, however, may be of little con-
sequence as far rs the result is concerned,
since new certificate of election from
Galisteo precinct was made out to-day
and signed by two OF the election judges
and two clerks and will be presented to the
county board tomorrow. J. j. Sena
one of the Galisteo Democratic judges Of
election, refused to sign it.
THE CANVASS.
A great crowd assembled at the clerk S
Office during the canvass OF the vote yes
terday afternoon. Several Of the Repub-
lcan candidates requested that the vote
as it appears in the poll books footings be
considered the basis al action, but the
board refused to do this and decided to
be governed by the figures set forth
in the certificates on the back
OF the poll books. 1t was also de-
cided to lay aside those precincts
in " hich there were alleged irregularities
and count the straight ones first. AG-
cordingly seven out OF the eighteen were
canvassed during the afternoon without
any objections being raised on either
side. When they reached precinct 4,
however, the trouble began, for the GER
titicates on the pell books were wretch
eddy defective for instance, one OF the
certificates set forth no vote at all for the
candidates for the council, while another
gave MARTINEZ but one vote and another
gave him 800.
Precinct 4 was then laid aside and this
forenoon the canvass proceeded, the board
OF all precincts save those OF
Pojoaque, Tesuque and Espanola, where
the poll books we're not locked up in the
boxes precincts 4, Lower Santa Fe, where
the certificates were defective, and Calls
teo precinct, the returns from which
were stolen.
This afternoon the board resumed its
sitting and settled the controversy in the
4th precinct by accepting the figures con-
tanned in the certificate wherein the num-
Der OF votes received by the respective
was written out in full. This
to be very satisfactory all around
The board then adjourned to 10 q. M
tomorrow, when the precincts of Pojoa-
que, Tesuque, Espanols and Galisteo will
be taken up.
TIE Law On THE SUBJECT.
Section IS, chapter 1855, laws OF 1889,
provides THAT the board OF county COM
missioners sitting as canvassing board
for the purpose OF canvassing the returns
Of any election hereafter held in this
territory shall not adjourn or become
functus officio as canvsssing board un-
Ill such board of commissioners shall
have canvassed each and every return
of election before them and shall have
declared the result from the face OF such
and if any board Of county com.
nissioners sitting as canvassing board
shall fail or neglect or refuse to canvass
any return OF any election before said
board under any pretense that such re-
urn is irregular or for any other pretense
t shall be lawful for any qualified voter
10 present his petition under oath to the
Judge of the district court having juris-
fiction, at his chambers, briefly setting
'orth the facts and circumstances, and
praying that such board of commission
ers shall be required by writ of man.
Janus issuing out Of such court to count
and certify such returns" etc.
HEARD FROM RIO ARRIBA.
At 8 o'clock this afternoon the New
MEXICAN received the following:
CuAMA, n. M, Nov. 1.-THE Republi-
AN ticket in Rio Arriba county is elected
" from $50 to 800 majority.
Otero's majority in the county is 273.
Jaramillo, for the legislative council, has
majority of.360 in the county, which
elects him over Sullenberger, Democratic,