New-York tribune., 1905-11-15
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The aldermen of the city yesterday morning
divided themselves into boards of canvassers in
their respective counties to count the votes cast
| in the election. In NewYork County, 1nciud-
ing the Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx.
and in Kings the boards of canvassers con-
tented themselves with organizing and adjourn
ing until to-day. In Queens the canVassers hao
a short session for counting votes. and in Rlch-
1nond the canvass was continued nearly all
| day
Contrary to expectation the canvass in Rich
mond did not develop any fighting between the
! counsel representing William r. Hearst and the
! counsel for Mayor Mcclellan. The proceedings
were not particularly interesting. although some
discrepancies in the returns We're discovered
The real fight VIII come to-day. when the Jaw
yers representing Mr.. Hearst will try to have
the envelopes containing void" and protested
! ballots opened by order of the courts. The tally
sheets of the Richmond election boards showed
that ffty-two protested ballots had been
counted. while the election officers refused TO
count 100 ballots On the ground that they were
void
The unofficial count gave Mcclellan 6.l2S
WINS 4, ,494 and Hearst 3014 in Richmond,
and the ballots rejected as void" could not
change the situation much if they were all
counted for Mr. Hearst. Alderman Gillies was
apparently defeated for reelection in his dis
trict by David S. Bendt. who on the Hearst
ticket and had a plurality of nine votes ac-
cording to the unofficial returns Alderman
Gillies may try to get recount if the Official
canvass shows Mr. Bendt still ahead
In the ID District, where Justice Burr. OF the
Supreme Court, credited with 164 votes by
the unofficial canvass, it was shown yesterday
that he had received 1879 votes. In the 18th
District IT was found that Mr. Hearst had ten
than the unofficial count had given
to him. Twenty-one districts were canvasso
IN Richmond yesterday
President Cassidy of Queens Borough disre-
garded the appeals of Herbert r. Lmburger
and Ira T. uarrin counsel for Mr.. Hearst, for
orderly proceeding in the count of the Queens
vote yesterday The lawyers wanted the re-
turns compared with the tally sheets. district
by district, before being turned over to the |
clerks for tabulation. The aldermen who sat |
with Mr.. Cassidy canvassers voted as he di- |
rected in the short session, opening all the en- |
veIopes containing returns and passing them |
to the clerks. Mr.. Darrin. who is District |
Attorney-eect of Queens went before Justice |
Dickey in Brooklyn in the afternoon, and got |
an order to show cause why writ of mandamus
should not restrain the Queens canvassers from
conducting the count without comparing the
with the official tally sheets
Justice Dickey's order requires the canvassers
to count the returns only when they agree with
the tally sheets. and in of discrepancies to
call the election officers and have them correct
the returns. The order of Justice Dickey probably
Will delay the count in Queens. unless Mr.. Cas- |
sidy changes his mind and permits the orderly
comparison of the returns with the tally sheets
In opening the returns yesterday, Mr.. Cassidy |
and his Aldermen found the envelope from the
SD Election District of the 1st Assembly Dis |
trict of Queens empty. This district, according
to the unofficial count gave Mcclellan 55 votes |
WINS 33 and Hearst 81. The district is in Win |
field, and is known Peanut Hill Mr.. Cas- |
sidy and his associates could not understand
why the returns were missing from the envelope
and they sent out order for the inspectors of
elections to appear to-day with the returns.
In the organization of the aldermen of Man
haitian and The Bronx board of county
yesterday. Alderman Doul
elected chairman. He asked later by coun-
compared with the tally sheets at the beginning
IF the canvass this morning. and he replied that
he would not have the official tally sheets pro-
iuced unless ordered by the courts. Accord
ngly, Austen q. Fox, representing Mr.. Hearst.
obtained from Justice Amend in the afternoon,
an order to show why the official tally
sheets should not be produced and compared
With the returns in the canvass, district by dis
rict. Justice Amends order viii prevent the
beginning of the canvass at 10 a. m. to-day un
ess the tally sheets produced and used as
directed.