New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-23
WHAT WILL, The SEAT, srEALERs Do9

THEY HAVE REACHED THE LASf DiiN"
pUrCuEss COUNTY.
porc,,recns,e Nov. 90 (specisD.-The result OF To-
oow,s work OF the Board Of Supervisors OF Duchoes
Comfy will determine whether or not ions ~r.
tedious DELAY I'm the courts must follow 10 pe'eno VIZ
seating Of Edward b. Osborne, WHO WAS U'e
cratic candidate for the State Senate against "oe
Deane Only one or two election districts arc now ou
Tor corrections TO be made Of clerical errors WHICH
were committed By careless inspectors IN miAins Wy
the returns 1t is not possible for the Deh0r@s W
ro,o any change in the returns as they stand' anu ~
"a s.,e TO say that the Democratic candidate ior 'e
Senate will not take the seat to winch o'iper' ="
Dcane was elected. The test VIII come toh'o'io"'
when the committee which was appointed 10 .aon'.'o
the returns makes its report. Then II VIII no seen
whether or not the Democrats intend to ignore the ih
etructIons given to them on Friday by Judge Barnard
that they had mo power to 60 behind the face OF INC
returns Ia couut the seven illegally voted ballots the
were cast in the town OF Dover II this Is attemp.eo
Judge Barnard will grant a mandamus conpelins %o
supervisors to show cause why the seven votes shoiu
not be counted the inspectors OF election onginay
counted Them blanks
majority of the Board Of Inspectors at the polling
Mace where these votes were cast and afterward
burned were Democrats. With the Republican In
spector they agreed that the ballots were Illegal and
ought not to be counted They therefore ouereu hal
they be burned. This done, ard no one was sup
posed to know what the political complexion " the
ballots was. The af1idavits Of these inspectors,
affixed 10 the sample ballots, which here follow, are
decidedly interesting lnasmuch they show the des-
peration OF the Democrats in trying to obtain few
more votes for their candidates:
There were seven fac smile 10 the hereto
attached (Which is not original ballot but sample 70
show how the folded and to show how the paseF
was attached).
These ballots accepted by the inspectors and at the
canyo.s were counted blanks.
The above true statement 10 the best OF our knowi'
edge and belief. JUN WILLIAMS
know Of seven ballots, but do not know Of what
kind S. ID. wHALEN.
There was a Social Labor official ballot with Repub-
lican pastcr on the back, to when IS attached the
following:
Edward A. Brush OF the inspectors Of election for
District No. l. town OF Dover, November B. 1891 do
depose that there ballots voted at such
election which ballots had paser ballot pasted on the
outside OF the official similar In form to the one
herewith attached looked at the pastors on only Two
Of aforementioned seven ballots, one OF Which was
paster ballot and the other was Flower paster
ballot but was Informed by Mr. X. p Ketcham, who as
sisted at the canvass votes In District No.
November 1884, and who counted the aforementioned
seven ballots and placed them under lamp, when
and placed them under He stated four Of such
pastors Flower pastors, which last statement De-
Iieye TO be correct ballots counted az
blank ballots I'm our return. EDWARD A. BRUSH.
Sworn before me this 10th day Of November 1877
ALLEN III. BUTCHER, Justice Of the Peace.
Is D. whalen one Of the inspectors (Democao In and
for the first election district Of the town OF Dover anc
county Of Duchess State OF NewYork and acted As such
inspector on 1891 at the general election held
in aforesaid district do depose and say that there was
seven ballots counted blank ballots, with pastors at
tahed on side OF ballot but cannot swear as
the nature Of such ballots whether Democrat Republican
Prohibition or Labor. 81 D. WHALEN'r
Sworn to before this 10th day Of November, 1871
ALLEN II. BUTCHER, Justice Of the Peace
All Of the inspectors agree that the ballots which
were attached TO the returns were merely samples
show how the ballots had been voted Notwith
standing this. tho Democratic majority OF the Board
of Supervisors counted them original ballots Judg(
BarDard told them on Friday that they could MOI
DO this and It remains to be seen whether or no
they viii deduct the votes from the Democratic
| column OF their own wl or walt until after they arr
compelled to do so by an order OF the court. Ih'
only opportunity that the Democrats have OF reducins
the majority given to Mr.. Deanc Is by throwing ou
the eighteen votes In East Flshkll which they CLAIM
are marked balots These are splits but there Il
nothing to show that they were marked In an!
way. As it is they have majority OF ITO 70 over
como in Duchess County Alone and IT not possible
| for them to steal enough votes TO do that.
Senator Deane's funeral VIII be - ut his nome
| at COpake tomorrow afternoon and 1t Is expected
that q large number of leading Republicans IRON
| various parts of the State will DO present.