The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-16
Mr.. CONKLING PROTESTS.
FIRST FOR HIMSELF AND THEN FOR
MS sLAUGHIERED CANDIDATES..

FIRST FOR HIMSELF AND THEN FOR
ms sLAUGH7ERED CANDIDATES.
Declares That the Aldermen Treated Him
OutrnEe ousIy In Compelling I1iu, to SIT
with tho Other Watchers While the
Return, OF the Vote Were Cnnvassed.
Ex-Assem blyman Alfred r. Conklng. special
counsel for the Republican party and watcher
for Edward T. Bartlett. Republican candidate
for Associate Judge Of the Court OF Appeals.
marched into the Common Council chamber
yesterday morning to attend the session OF
the Board Of County Canvassers. He walked
up 10 the dais where President McClellan's
chair Is and perched his derby hat jauntily
over tho marble ear OF the bust Of John Mar
shall. the FIRST Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States. Invested himself OF
his top coat. and was ready for business.
President Mcclellan resented the Dissertation
OF Marshalrs bust and removed the Republi-
can watchers headgear and placed 1t in
chair. Alderman Robert Muh OF the Eigh-
teenth Assembly district sat in that chair a
minute later. Alderman Muh weighs 300
pounds. and when Mr.. Conkling recovered his
tile 1t bore O close resemblance to an overdone
Hapjack.
This was not the only outrage" which Mr..
ConklIng endured at the hands OF the wicked
Aldermen. He had taken possession OF the
Clerks desk. and proposed to do his watching
from there. Unfortunately, there was not
room enough for him and the three officials
who were Obliged to sit there. He did not
seem to appreciate the fact, and when reso-
luton was adopted that the front row OF seats
in the chamber be reserved for members Of the
press and the others for the accommodation Of
the watchers he made no move to take
Watchers chair. He even remained at the
Clerks desk after Alderman Brown had IN owed
that the Serg eant-at-Arms remove all persons
from the well OF the house who had no right
to be there and the motion had been adopted
Three or four Aldermen arose threateningly
to demand the clearing Of the well. when Mr..
Conkling got up. and. approaching President
Mcclellan shook his finger under that gentle-
mans nose and declared that Mr.. Mcclellan
had perpetrate ed a most dastardly outrage. Mr..
Mcclellan smiled and said:
1T will be Just as well for US to be politeto
each other. Mr. Co" king"
Mr.. Conkling declared that he would go to
the courts and get nandamus compelling
no desire to deprive him OF any right and that
every access to the returns would be given
Signed pde TSs he did, and ali
turns were taken to him for his inspection
1t was decided that all notices OF, contest
Alderman Wund IL Chairman. Alderman n.y.
der is the Chairman OF the Committee on Cor
There were several protests made and no.
tSe Of Sy hs Ties Of hsTo
can candidate for Civil Justice in the Second
Judicial district. who alleged that gross frauds
inspectors. Mr.: Astaritn says he polled many
hundreds ofItalian votes in the way of pastera
counted as straight Democratic ballots. He
was many thousands in the minority that
he cannot Imagine that he would have been
elected if all the votes he claims had been cast
for him.
Samuel Gompers. defeated candidate for
delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
filed protest against the canvass and notice
Of contest. His claim is That many DemocratiA
returned as straight Democratic ballots and
that his name. which was on so many different
t,ekeIs,the Repuhlienn hempnrrite md
ferent samuel Comprises. He declares TINT
4 one Samuel GompersS got the Cgregate OF
score or more of affidavits in support of his
claim. One of these Is made by Joseph Baron,
Sa he pocs Of nha
:, Protests were made against the election Of
defeated Republican candidate for Assembly |
IN the Nineteenth district. on the ground that |
"a forema in the Street Cleaning Depart |
mental the time Of his election.
Ineligiblity against Patrick F. Trainor. the
Tammany Assemblyman elect in the Seven |
teenth district. Trainor Is nm Excise lnsnec-
Assem- blyman elect In the Eighth district is an |
employee In the Sherifrs Office; and his de.
feated antagonist. Charles La Madsa; gave
promise. too. that Abraham Gruber in the |
Thirteenth Senate district will ile protest
against granting n certificate to Charles l..
Guy. the Tammany Senator elect because
Nj. Guy is law assistant 70 the Surrogate.
The Board of County CanvasSers is not q |
judicial body and cannot go behind the face |
Of the returns. so that there is no danger that
any Of these protests and contests will avail
the contestants.
When the returns from tho Ninth and Twen-
tieth election districts OF the Tenth Assembly
district were reached yesterday. Mr. Conkling
presented protests against canvassing the re-
turns which he said were false an fraudulent.
This he proposes to establish by at1idavts
The canvass of the returns for the First and
Second Assembly districts was com peted