The morning call., 1892-11-22
ATTORNEYS BIG FEES.
Commissioner o 'Brien Objects to Them,
The Canvass.

COMMISSIONER " ID hCu OOleClS 10 IHem.
The Canvass.
The Election Commissioners were univ
ten minutes behind the specified time in
getting to work yesterday morning. Com-
mssioners Sanderson. Smiley, burst and
O'Brien responded to rollcall. Commits.
sioner Tilton was absent, and he IA nor
expected TO return until the end of the week.
Very good progress was made all day. and
when tho board adjourned for the dav 10
precincts had been canvassed sipca the
count commenced. week ago.
AS soon as order was called yesterdav
morning Commissioner O'BJen rose To his
feet and with majestic wave of a ruler
asked that the vote awarding ATTORNEY M
A. Dorm 5000 Tor legal services be recon-
sldered. as IL was In his opinion, very ex-
cesSiye.
The bills OF L. j. Welsh for so00o and n
/. Hsggerty for $500 were also exeessiva
in the Commissioners opinion, but not 40
much SO as Dornrs. Still. he was willing
to allow Messrs. Welsh and Hagger,y the
amounts asked by them. He said that the
board had recently allowed Dorm $1,000 and
now he wanted 5000 more. That amount
was as much as the Governor of the State
receives for whole years work. He was
the election fund. 1t was Illegal and had
never been done until two years ago when
a lawyer received little fayorjtism which
he should not have got. Mr.. O'Brien asked
for vote on the question Of reconsIderlng
the bills, and on the roll being called tbe
motion was lost. Commissioners O'Brien
and Sanderson voting aye and burst and
Smiley no.
On the motion being lost Mr.. VBrien
grabbed his hat and as he made for the
door asked the board to excuse him.
Attorney CIunie objected to Mr.. O'Rrien
being excused as there was important bnsi.
ness on hand.
II don't care whether they excuse me- or
not. am going anyway" relIied the
wrathy Commissioner.
Registrar Drawn caught Mr.. O'Brjen n [
the door and asked him to remain as Their
was some important matters TO come up.
Il don't care what you have to transact
1 am gong and that's ali there is about II. %
The door slammed on the last word and
tile Commissioner strobe of to his Office
swearing vengeance on all attorneys and
their big fees.
The election officers of the Seventeenth
Precinct OF the Twenty-ninth District were
thenscalled in and asked to explain WHARF
the taiiy-sheets were: One Of the judges
named LAWYER, said 1t was sealed up viii,
the ballots. He said he protested against It
being sealed up In that envelope. but his
protests were OF no avail
There was no use protesting" he said.
when the booth was full of healers who
"ClO iCdul tue sOte oil Y0ur head
on II you said anything that did not suit
them"
There was hole in the envelope which
contained the ballots and the tally-sheet
was pulled out, but as 1t was not signed the
Commissioners refused to convass the pre-
einct until all the inspectors had been heard
from.
The precinct officers who are accounts BILE
for the returns from the eighth precinct
OF the Thiriy-second District were heard.
They all agreed that when the vote was
finished Buckley had 100 votes and Hoey
IS, instead of, as the erased returns showed.
10 for Buckley and 167 for Hoey.
Only three of the Commissioners were
present at this time. and as Mr.. Clunie
wanted a full board present when the testi
mony was beard, IL was decided to take the
matter up again on Monday next
The canvass then commenced in earnest.
and the total official vote as far as counted
is as follows: