The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-01
The COMPLETE COUNT.
Official Figures Show Increase Of
Republican Pluraliiies.

The city clerk has made his official re-
cord OF the Aldermanic count of the bal
lots cast at the recent city election, and
IL corresponds, without exception, to the
hgures published in THE News yesterday,
showing gain in the pluralities OF the
successful Republican candidates and
falling of in the vote of the
two gentlemen elected by the
Democrats. Mayor Olney's plurality
in 3S2 instead of 15i. Harbor Master
Gardner's is 853 instead OF CSC while there
is falling OF in the puralities OF Granger
and Cummings of l4l and 220 respectively.
The counting done by the Board at this
election was never more thoroughly at
tended TO and the figures were never more
carefully checked. The vote was large
one. There were four candidates in the
field for three of the four general offices
and innumerable independent and fusion
candidates on the Council tickets. For
that reason extra pains were taken with
the returns sent in from the wardens.
In an alleged "study" published in this
mornings paper in connection with
the eleventh insinustion within a week,
that the city clerk and members
of the Board OF Aldermen are all knaves,
there is presented what is called remark
able'stste OF affairs in the second district
of Ward 5, where Mayor Olney ran 247
ahead of his ticket and received 140 more
votes than Granger, the candidate for
both parties. The master of satire
might have run down his
column for four more wards and found
the same thing true of the first district OF
the Tenth in favor of McGuinness. In
that district Mr.. McGuinness received
648 votes, AZ more than were cast for
Granger, the candidate of both parties.
In the same district McGuinness also ran
SO ahead of Casey, his party candidate for
harbor master, and 5s ahead of Cummings
who was not only the Democratic candi-
cate for overseer OF the poor, but the
choice OF large number OF independent
voters.
Another fact relative to the final result
for the second district of Ward is that
the count in that particular district was
made by Democratic Alderman West, and
he went over his figures twice to verify
his own work.
For the purpose OF showing that the
normal Republican vote of the second
district of Ward is 200 or over
IL may be we'll to state that @ year ago 1t
gave olney 735 votes, and at the election
last April polled 739 for Governor Brown.
Half a dozen city officials said.today
il the "study" was not so absurdly
ridiculous, that they might resent the
iDsinuations implied.
1t was rather an amusing incident when
Alderman Mccarthy of the Demncratic
persuasion found the first Republican
gain over the wardens' count. 1t was an
increase of 90 votes.
Mr.. Joseph b. Grinnell, who has served
as an election officer in either the Fifth or
the Sixth Ward for the past sixteen years,
and who is now clerk OF the second
district of the Fiiti, says that he had
personal supervision Of the count last
Tuesday night which gave Mayor
Olney his big plurality, and the insinu-
atlons concerning the figures in this
mornings whine, styled by the wilmer as
study" is rather more ridiculous
Grinnellis past record and reputation
as a ward officer. There isn't a voter in
this district OF Ward that does not de-
nounce the STUDY and on second
thought laugh at it.