New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-14
C4NT1SSING BROOKLYNS TOTE.

SLIGHT GAINS SHOWN FOR wuRsTER-ILLEGAL
AND VOID BALLOTS IN PLENTY.
The Board OF Supervisors OF Kings County met
yesterday morning in the County Clerks office as
board 10 begin the OF the State and county
vote II was found that many OF the district re-
turns imperfect and the entire returns OF the
Tventy-eighth Ward were Jack for correction.
The Supervisors discovered many defective ballots,
and they got in a tangled discussion as to whether
detective marking for Palmer. for instance, would
ryaiidate vote on the ballot for another
candidate. say Asphalt. The Board is like a house
divided against itself this point and. as it de-
sres legal aid. the matter will be brought up before
Judge Cullen In the Supreme Court to-day, Super
visor Norman 5 Dixie taking the initiative in the
proceedings Judging from the present situation IL
is safe 10 say that about three weeks vii be spent
In canvassing the vote. Each Supervisor receives Sc
a day for his services. extra compensation, and
each clerk gets q a day.
l. Is probable that before the final and official re-
turn Is made nearly all OF the county canvassers
vii. have to be summoned before the Board All
sorts OF egregious errors have been made. More
over Il - evident that many men employed as can
vassers were incompetent. and did not understand
the rules issued by the Board OF Elections.
The work yesterday divided INTO senate as
,rc;s the supervisors from the wards in each dis
,r,ct forming the committee to the vote.
Each committee had not completed ward al noon
yessr5ay ana large number OF returns from cleo
ION districts had been sent back for corrections.
IN A great many cases defective ballots were not
cent in with the canvass OF returns Some were
treated "a void when they were valid In some cases
erasures on tickets had been made by smearins
with finger, leaving blur, and making the oa-ot
void. -
The Board OF Aldermen OF Brooklyn also met and
Immediately adjourned until 1C o'clock this morn
ing and then the Election Committee resumed the
canvass Of the vote the municipal election Yes
terday the official canvass gave the following re-
suts in the Sixth Seventh and Eighth wards, the re-
suit in the first five wards having Deen given III
yesterdays Tribune: 90. =,
Sxth-Wurster 1852: Grout 1872: Shepard, 5S6 F
G. Smith "a Matchett. sc; c. E Smith,
Seventh-Wurster 1853. GrOut, 2.Iol; shepard o4o'
r G Smith. 81: Machett. ~ {. Z. Smith. =. 80
Egtth-Wurster, 1855: Grout. 3.ls5. shepard 49,
2 G; Smith SO: Ma.chett. 1913; {. +. Smith. O.
Making allowances for all the discrepancies dis
covered up yesterday afternoon. the o1clal can
vass OF the first eight wards show gain OF twenty
a GOOD many defective ballots were found through
out: cross marks were In the wrong columns. cross
marks were put after instead Of before them.
practical jokers had tried to how much trouble
hey could give by fantastic marks, and many
neople apparently had only vague idea OF what
he new ballot meant. There were 81 defective bal
lots in the Eighth Ward and AZ in the Seventh
Jerry Weinberg a Democratic friend Of Edward
NJ Grout said the Democrats In Kings didn't expect
- seat Grout by the methods they are pursuing.
bur were only trying to reduce Wursters plurality
and teach voters "a needed lesson for 1896 II
seems however. that far these benevolent Demo
crats have been hoist with their own peiard, for
Wurster has gained steadily
IN 10 this time 355 defective and 23 blank ballots
have been discovered