Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1890-11-13
THE OFFICIAL VOTE
At Last it is Correctly
CanVassed.
Cumberland County Board of
Canvassers in Trouble
Yesterday.
THE DEERFIELD RETURNS DID
NOT SHOW UP.

The Results Of the Election at
First Given not Changed.-Van-
SyckeI Still Holds His
Plurality.
The vote is canvesse6, but not with
cut a struggle.
For the first time in many years the
Canvassing Board of Cumberland
county met two days in succession.
Under an act OF the Legislature, en-
| titled IAN act to regulate elections"
Revision approved April ls, 1876" the
Board of Canvassers are requested to
meet in the Court House on the Fri
day succeeding the election at twelve
O'Clock, noon, to canvass the returns
| made to the county clerk.
Friday at noon, twenty -four gen.
tlemen were present at the hour
named in the Grand Jury room of the
| Court House. There are thirty-two
! voting precincts in the county, but
eight of them were not represented.
County Clerk Trenchard called the
| gentlemen to order, and on motion of
William Shaw, of the Fourth ward,
Bridgeton, Theo. B. Woodruff, of the
Second ward, Bridgeton, was made
Chairman of the organization. The
Chairman elect, administered the legal
oath to the members, and q member of
the Board from the First ward, Mill
vile, administered the oath to the
Chairman.
j. L. VanSyckel, the successful can
didate for the Assembly from this Dis
trict, was present. He was accom-
panied by Prosecutor Logue, and both
gentlemen took great interest in the
proceedings of the Board. l. T.
Nichols, the defeated candidate, was
also present
The greatest interest was taken in
the canvass of the returns on the AS
sembly nomination in the First Dis
trict. All the other returns were pos
tive and the pluralities of the candid
ates SO large, that there was no ques-
tion of the election. But the narrow
plurlity announced for Mr.. VanSyckel,
caused some anxiety on one side, AMI
hope on the other that possible
mistake or two might be found to
make difference in the result. But
the hopeful ones were doomed to dis
appointment. In the entire canvass
there was not a single change in the
figures already announced for each
candidate. Mr.. VanSyckel still had
plurality of four Mr.. Nichols told
some of his friends in the room that
there would now be recount.
The Canvass went bravely on until
the first precinct Of Deertield town
ship was called for. There was no re-
preventative present from that pre-
| cinct, and County Clerk Trenchard an +,
nounced that no certificate copy had
ever been filed with him This pre-
cinct was then shipped for the time
being, and pretty soon motion pre-
| vailed that messenger be appointed
to go to the precinct and secure the
representative of the Board or the Re.
| turns.
The canvass proceeded until nearly
two O'Clock, and every thing was ac-
complished but the making of the re-
turns of the First precinct of Deerfield.
1t was evident that the messenger
could not return for some time, and
the Board adjourned for one hour.
During the adjournment, County
Collector Trenchard paid off the per
diem of the members of the Board.
At twenty minutes of three o'clock,
the members of the Board were assem-
bled, awaiting the return Of the special
messenger, when Prosecuting Attorney
Logue and j. L. VanSyckel came in
the room. Mr.. Logue asked the indul.
| gence of the Board for a moment, and
said that during the adjournment he
had been looking over the statutes,
and from the reading of the section he
did not think the Board had been
properly organized. He said also that
he had taken the precaution to call
upon County Solicitor, J. Boyd Nixon,
and his opinion was the same as Mr..
Logue's. The Prosecutor then read
section 81 of the Election law, which
is as follows:
''That, if, on the day appointed for
the meeting of such board, a major
part of such board shall not attend at
the Court House of such County at
the hour of twelve o'clock, noon. of
that day, or if at that time the state
ments of the results of such election
from every township, ward, or district
in such county shall not be produced.