New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-14
DELAYED BY KINGS COUNTY.
THE STATE ELECTION RETURNS NOT YET
CANVASSED.


BrNG. THE BROOKLYN SUPERVISORS MADE
\ BIG MISTAKE IN REPORTING THE
vorE-TltE rAYLoR-MNULTy CASE.
Albany. Dec IS tspAciaD-The Kings County
noard of Supervisors after dawdng along with
the election returns until weeks after all the
other counties had filed theirs with the Secretary
of state. finally submitted them to-day In such
grossly inaccurate form that the State Board OF
Canvassers could not declare the vote OF the
state for general officers. The returns had To he
sen; back to Brooklyn post haste with an officer
~ the State to see that the Board of Supervisors
makes out the returns in proper FORM
For many years the Supervisors OF Kings
County have canvassed its election returns so
slowly as 70 excite suspicion that they worked
with view TO the fact that they obtained So
each day for every day they were occupied
with this task. Year after year the State Board
Of Canvassers has been delayed from fortnight
"a three weeks in canvassng the State returns
hy the tardiness Of Kings County. This year the
DELAY has been harmful to the commercial inter
ests of the State as the canvassers wished TO
certify the vote on the proposition to spend So
600 900 in canal improvements and thus give the
state Engineer a legal right 10 put 300 men at
work on the necessary surveys for the deepening
Of the canals. Controller Roberts also has been
delayed in Issuing 100000 of canal bonds
The Supervisors Of Kings County have dhiy-
dalred with the election returns 50 long that the
State officers heard with pleasure that the Board
would 60 out of existence this year. There was
scarcely more than feeling Of amusement to-day
when the canvassers met. and Freeoorn q Jew
ett the clerk who has charge Of the tabuation
OF the vote announced that the Kings County
returns were 20 600 votes out Of the way. This
discrepancy compelled tbs canvassers to adjourn
I'LL tomorrow without accomplishing anything.
BEFORE they adjourned however, eX-Congrcss-
man William A. Wallace. OF Brooklyn. submitted
a petition from James Taylor. Republican.
against the granting Of a certificate OF electlcn
10 Peter H. McNulty Democrat. as senator from
one Of the Kings County districts. on the ground
that NcNulty was ineligible. being a memoe! or
the Board of Education OF Brooklyn al me timc
NJ his election. Mr.. Wallace said that the voters
of the district were Informed OF Major McNulty 5
ineligibility In TIE Sherwood case in 1871 II VIII
Be remembered the Democratic state Board ol
Canvassers refused to issue certhcate OF elec-
tion to Franklin II. Sherwood, Republican VINO
had received 1900 majority in the Steuben senate
District because the Court of Appeals had de-
clared him to be ineligible. This was an assump-
,jon bv the State Board Cf Canvassers OF the
movers Of e. Southern returning board. ana II was
assailed II is doubtful If the Republican STATE
Roar1 Of CanVassers will assume any sucA powers
The Constitution gives the Legislature ihe power
- pass on The qualifications of its own members,
and Mr. Taylor must appeal 10 IT, On motoh OF
kftoruey-Cieneral Hancock, the papers OF MI.
TIE yor were merely put on hle, Whlch is ueC-
oIous way of avoiding action on the subjec.