The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-11-16

In which the ballots were returned to the
Registrar or not He delivered some of the
ballots TO the Registrar and produced
receipts to show that he had. He explained
that at the booth the ballots and a semi
official tally book had been sealed up in one
envelope. This mistake was soon discovered
and the envelope was opened, the book
removed and the ballots put in another
covering - then taken TO the Reg istrar's
Office
p. j. Cassidy was next called and cor
Ioborated Almon in almost every particular.
The board then adjourned till 2 o'clock.
the converting of the board at about 2 25
O'Clock in the afternoon. He testified that
he was one of the judges OF election at the
disputed precinct. He saw the envelope
containing the general ballots opened by
Almon. 1t was cut open from the side
opposite the one bearing the seal. The
ballots were afterward placed in another
envelope and sent to the Registrars Office.
Mr.. C1unie called the attention of the
commission to the fact that the envelope
supposed TO contain tbs general ballots
from that precinct had hole in it and the
Commis sioners could see inside the Ell We ope
ana ascertain for themselves IL the allOts
had been returned and settle the question.
Lawyer Cook said that would not do. He
wanted to know how the ballots got in that
envelope and asked the witness. Bohannar,
that question direct.
Mr.. Bohannan replied: 81 gu IS they got
ln through the hole"
The witness was allowed to go after that
ana IL. ID. Byrne was called. He testified
that he was employed as extra clerk at the
booth and identified the envelope which
Dir. Cook and DIR. O'D1nnell built their
hopes on as the one in which he had sealed
up the semi-oftlclal reports and taken them
to the Registrars Office. The official re-
turns were ineiosed in an envelope in the
regular way and handed in to the proper
orlcers to receive them. He explained that
the object In sealing mp the sem l-ufficia re-
turns was To keep them from being scattered
or lost, as almost every body Who came into
the booth picked them up and IL was neces-
sary 10 do something to keep them safe
ms teStlm0nyssettled the whole question
ana the court rose and said it was not
necessary to take up any more time on that
proposition as there was no evidence TO
show that all the returns were not in.
the Commissioners at once proceeded
with the count and asked for the official re-
turns from the First Precinct of he Twenty
eighth Assembly District.
The envelope containing the returns
was brought In. but it was not correctly
certified to. and the Commissioners refused
to open II.
The Second Precinct returns were found
all right. but the returns from the Third Pre-.
clnct were not properly certified to- and the
the envelope containing them had not been
marked with the number of the precinct
from which they came. so it was passed.
The Fourth was also correct but the en-.
velope from the Fifth contained no returns
for the general ticket.
The returns from the Sixth Precinct were
in good order. and the official count of the
Second, Fourth and Sixth precincts of the
Tive ty-eighth Assembly District was CON-
pleted.
The Registrar was instructed to cite the
election officers of the First, Third and
Fifth precincts and have them explain the
irregularities.
The count as far as proceeded with re-
suited as follows: