The evening world., 1893-11-15
The Vote.
The Aldermen Pass an Exclusion
Resolution Before Canvassing.
Protests Against the Returns from
Some Districts.
Conkling Declares that Bartlett
yotes We're Not Recognized.

The Board of Aldermen. sitting as
County Canvassers, began his morning
the count of the vote cast at the cleo
ton on Nov. Z.
A big crowd OF interested spectators
was present, brought there by the an
nouncement that ex-Assemblyman
Conkling, representing the Bar Asso-
citation and Wheeler II. Peckham's
Committee of Fifty, would move to have
the vote of the Second n Third Dis
tricts thrown out on the ground of
fraudulent registration.
In order to sustain his case Mr.. Conk,
ling would have to present evidence. and
the politicians were On hand in force to
hear what he knew about election
frauds.
It was stated tina Mr.. Conkling would
be given a hearing as soon as the Sec
ond and Third districts were reached.
The ~canvassers began with the First
Alderman Brown made a motion to
exclude all who are not ~canvassers
from the clerks desk. President NC
Clellan asked If the motion applied to
The Chair is of the opinion that can
didates have a right to have watchers
present" said Col; Mcclellan;
piled Mr.. Brown. II insist on IT."
The motion was put n carried.
These committees were appointed:
On una, flynn,
Noonan, Brown and Long.
On Corrected Returns-Aldermen Ry-
der: Morgan. Saul. O'BrieH and S. w.
MIR. Conkling announced thai he in
tended to protest against the canvass of
the votes in the Ninth and Twentieth
Election Districts of the First As
sembly District on the ground Of ir-
Mr.. ConkIing declared it was an out
rage to exclude him from the clerks
s snsf Son as count wss tn and had In the q ri iaserf fs se ee
that 1t was made. If he had time. he
said, he would go before the Supreme
C9urt to set a ma ida ntn to compel the
Mr.. Conkling made his protest in re-
gard to the First District in writing.
1t was referred to the Committee on
In the Ninth Election District of the
First Assembly District. three votes
were recorded for Bartlett on the re-
turns.
Mr.: ,Conkling said to ar Evening
of six persons who voted for Bartlett In
that district. and before night he x
pected to have fourteen more.
Mr.. Conkling, proposes to have the
returns Of all districts, where he alleges
irregularities occurred, sent back for
have the inspectors of Election exam
ined and confronted by the citizens
whose votes 1t is charged, were not
counted Dy tneIn.
Mr.. Conkling sits at a desk in the
Council Chamber. After the official poll
sheets have been read and checked off
they are handed to him for examination.
Mr.. Conkling says that with few ex-
ceptions these returns are defective.
Some of them do not show the total vote
cast in the election district. as they
should, and there are other irregulari-
ties. The returns are not invalidated on
account Of these defects.
Mr.. .Conkling said he merely called
attention to the fact to show that ignor-
ance among election inspectors is a
rule, not an exception.
Charles La Mazda, Republican can
didate for Assembly in the Eighth Dis
trict, will protest against a certificate
Of election being given to McDermott.
the Tammany candidate. on the ground
that McDermott is employed in taking
prisoners to and from the Tombs, which
makes him a city official and in conse-
quence ineligible.
When the vote for Constitutional Del
egates, In the Ninth Senate District, Is
reached, Samuel Gompers will present
~fidavit to show that he was elected.
Mr. Gompers was the Republican
Peoples party. and independent candi
date In his district. He says the vote
Tor him as an independent, Republican
ana Paopulist, was counted as having
been cast for separate candidates, anC
many votes for him were not counted
St all, he AYERS. If the ballots cast fol
MIN had been properly counted. he de
clareS he would have been elected,