The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-26
TRYING TO SAVE WALLACE,
His Counsel Induce the Board to Go
Over tho Returns Again,
one MISTAKE III HIS FAVOR FOUND,
But Another Against Him Also Uncarthed,
Which Still Keeps Him Out-The
Totals TO Be Made Ont To-
Morrow Morning,

The Board OF state Canvasscrs met
again yesterday morning in tho ONCE
OF The Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
The Governor. Secretary OF the Common
wealth Auditor OF Public Accounts ana
Treasurer were present. while the At
torncy-GoncraI was suu absent on ac-
count Of sickness. The purpose or tne
Board was to add up tho figures cast lor
the different presidential ciectors.m the
various counties and cities. AT the
oonyening Of the Board, however Mr'
Charles II. wallace. Jr, was present
with Mr.. william NJ. Juatis .his counsel
claiming that DE was SIN elected 's
silver clcctor. and That on the previous
dav "a large number OF votes hao Doo"
deducted from those cast Tor hilh' 10
which he was justly entitled
HIS ELECTION CLAIMED.
Ar ruefis briefly addressed the boaId'
stating his clients case. and the bo"'"
,-tl.e4ucnty decided 10 examine once
moro fbc returns from the various co""-
ffes and cities. This examination htpt
thc Board busy until O'CLOCK }" 'ne
.fforuoon. when recess was taken uh'n
FRIDAY morning at n o'clock. AT th't
time Tie Board viii start an 10 make
nm thc totals for the various electors.
.rho examination Of the official returns
Yesterday morning revealed the TACT
fhat in the tabulatod statement ON the
cmrial return from Alhcmarie county
o cs votes were entered ass cast l'I
Charles n. Wallace Jr. while IN the "h-
nouncement Of the successful electors
al the end of the statement written
by the county clerk, these votes were
credited TO Charles w. Wallace Jf. Ih
view Of the fact that In the body OF lne
return. 10 the CORRECTNESS OF which iho
county clerk testified. Mr. Wallace
name was written correctly, while the
error wns made only jn the addiuon'l
statement the Board concluded tn"t Nli'
Wallace was TO be credited by 'he NO'e
Of 261S from that county.
Bv this action. the number OF votes
stricken from the total vote of Mr.. Wal
lace on the previous day, ON account
of the incorrect recording OF his name,
was reduced from 21212 10 lN0h.
ANOTHER ERROR.
anothcr error. however was dis
covered when the vote OF inNce
Edward county was reached. Nd
that instance. g9l votes were credited
in the body OF the returns 10 Mr.. Charles
W. wallace Jr. This fact had peoh
overlooked hy the Board on the previous
fav whon that number was counted lor
-rr. Charles NJ. Wallace. Jr. lnasmuch
as that number will have TO be added TO
tho 1SCN. il appears that Mr.. Charles
ST. Wallace. Jr. runs 20.6i' votes be-
hind his ticket according to the compila-
tion made by The Times. Mr.. hryan
majority over Mr.. Mckinley i'm this state
is 1881. II Is manifest. therefore tnat
81 Rcpubican elector is entitled 70 Mr.
Waliace's seat in the Electoral College
Of VIRGINIA which viii meet in the
'Canitol i'm this city carly i'm January next
unless il should be proven that Bryan's
majority over Mckinley is more than
1865.
AS stated in yesterdays Times Mr.
I u. g.. poJarnottc. Of Caroline. viii in
Am probability Dee the Republican Hector.
THE AMENDED PETITION FILED.
Afessrs. Edgar Allan. w. i. Royal ana
lanes ID. Brady counsel for Mr.. j. Host
iu his mandamus proceedings against The
Board of State Canyassors filed the
amended petition with the Court Of Ap-
peals Yesterday morning. Mr.. r.. Car
ter Scotts answer viii be nled to-inor-
row.