The morning call., 1890-11-08
NOT YET COMPLETED.
The Canvass of the City Votes
Still Drags Along.
Cluuie Says H Will Not Contest the Congress
sional Seattle Excitement Of the
Campaign Subsiding.

The defeated braves are now talking about
a recount. They do not appear to derive
any solace out of the available returns and
are pinning their hopes to the possibility of
recount Indeed recount is the sole
topic of interest among them now.
Just how to come at one is the veXlng
problem. The Democratic leaders are in
venting every excuse and argument their in
genuity is capable of to justify it and pre-
vail upon the Republicans to consent to it;
but the Roadway made is not encouraging.
Their most fOrcible argument, of course,
is the buugllng work made of the count by
the Story system, and the fact that so many
inaccuracies have crept In. But even that
loses most of its force when it is remembered
who did this work, and that the Democratic
party had quite as large finger in it as any
body else.
The legal phase of the case, however, must
not be overlooked. No matter how many at
tempts are made to obtain stipulati on from
the Republican party, the law in the case
will most likely govern, and the Regis trar in
this respect is tied by power much higher
than a stipulation can reach.
THE LAW ON THE SUBJECT.
Section 1865 of the Political Code reads:
Upon The receipt OF the packages Nniea0lns Tue
Teturms) the Registrar must hle the one contain
ing ballots, and must keep il unopened and I'M
ALTERED for twelve mouths, after which time II
there is not contest commenced in some trlbu-
nal having jurisdiction about such election he
must burn the package, without opening or ex-
aminiDg the contents
Referring to this section, Re gistrar Smiley
says he will be bound by it, and all talk
about a stipulation is nonsense in the face
uf it. a count in which contest is being
heard is the only power under the sun that
can compel or autho rize him to surrender
the ballots in his possession. But, suppose
for Arguments sake that Mr.. Smiley were
to ignore this law and consent to surrender
the ballots upon stlp ulation between the
two parties, how much better off would be
the case?
ANY citizen who felt so dispased-and
there would be many such-could sue out
writ of mandamus In an instant prohibiting
the Registrar from surrenderng single
ballot in violation of the law quoted. There
may-doubtleSs WILDE individual contests.
The Mayoralty is sure to be contested But
the law expressly holds that contest of
that character must be confined to the sub
ject-matter and cannot concern any other
office.
NEARING THE END.
The count is gradually narrowing itself
down to a fnality. During the day the
Registrar succeeded, by dint OF rigid SCOUT
ing among the unheard-from precincts, in
receiving twenty-five more bulletins, swell
ing the totals already reported about 1000
votes, but really making no material differ
ence il the results.
Some of the bulletins it will be impos-
sble to find fer two or three reasons. In
this connection few discoveries were
made in the search for bulletins yesterday
that will add to the interesting crcum-
stances already known about Democratic
tactics.
The chief inspector in all the precincts
of course was Democrat. 1t was neces-
sary, too, that he be of the right kind of
material, and if such was not to be found
residing in the precinct. as the law required,
lie had 10 be found elsewhere aud surrep-
tiliOuSly tranSplanted. 1t is morally certain
now that this sort of work was done more or
less extensively al over the CITY, Yesterday
in his search Tor missing bulletins the Regis
trar sent messengers to four Democratic in
spect0Is, who, it was found do not live at
the addresses they. gave, and probably never
lived in The precinct.
DEMOCRATIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Democratic inspector of the Fifth Pre-
cinct of the FOTty-ffth District gave his resi-
dence at the northwest corner of Fifteenth
and Minna streets. He does not reside
there William Coyle, inspector OF the
Fifth of tile Thirty-SiXtn, gave his residence
al 500 Market street. II was found out
yesterday that he never lived there. E..
AultT, flTSb OF Tue ITO
avenue, never lived there. and 2. Sections
residence, 720 Ivy avenue, in the Eleventh
OF the Forty third, is a vacant house.
In all probability more OF this work will
be discovered and 1t may 60 hard with them
all when they present their warrants for
payments. The Registrar Is keeping a care
1ul record of all such.
a canvass of the waterfront boarding
houses, where Registrar Smiley was SO sue
ceSsful in spOttlng over 200 suffers, proves
that his vigilance was amply rewarded. AS
published III The CALL a lew days before
election, MIR. Smiley took every precaution
to have every one of them arrested If they
attempted 10 vote. The officers provided by
the United States Supervisor of Election
were ON duty, but the suffers scented them
and failed TO show up.
No SPOTTED MAN VOTED.
II is a TACT that lot single one of those
spotted made an apl earance. There were
forty-three in one house, the Rest for the
Weary" on Clay street, and not one of
them voted. The same thing happened all
along the front.
The sixteen precincts still unheard from
are as follows:
Thirteth District-Thirteenth Precinct.
ThiIty-third District-Tenth Precinct.
1hiriy-tllh DlstricJ-First and Third precincts.
1hlrIy-eghIh Dislrict-Flith Precinct
FOrtleth Distict-fiIth and Eleventh pre-
cincts.
Foriy-ffth District-Fiflh Precinct
forty-seyenih Dlstrict-Ibird, Fifth and Eight
eenth precincts.
Twrniy-nuh DIstrict-Thtrd Precinct
Thirty second Distslct-Ninih Precinct.
ThIty-slXth Dislrlcl-Ninth Precinct.
Forty-SeVenth DIsIrct-TenlE Precinct.
The last four named Will not be heard
from at all until the official canvass takes
place. as it is now definitely known that
their bulletins are sealed up with the re-
turns and placed i'll the vault
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