Mr. DAWES. Mr. Speaker, I think that I stated the matter with entire accuracy, except, perhaps, thntI used the words “common council" when I should have used the words “city authorities.” It is true, Mr. Speaker, that an effort was made to designate the place earlier than the 3d of November. I do not know that this circumstance, inasmuch as no place was desig nated till the 8d of November, has any other bearing than that which I suggested, that one branch of the cit government wanted one liquor shop selecte, and anotherbranch wanted another. In point of fact, no place was designated until the 3d of November; and that was not made known until the 7th of November. which was the day before the election. All the other places designated for holding elections had been since October published every day, I think, in the daily papers of NewYork. That publication, instead of containing a designation of the place for voting in the 15th district of the 18th ward, contained these words: “ 15th district of 18th ward not des i ated;” but all the district was informed by teoflicial paperthat it was of no use to attempt to hunt up a place, for none had been desig nated. So that there was an official proclamation to ever elector in that district, up to the day before teelection, that there was no place forholding this election and making the registry. It was officially promulgated up to the day before the election that no place had yet been appointed for holding this O ectiou; and therefore there was no place for the board of regis try to meet; no place for making up regis try; no place where the electors could apear before the board of registry, and no place w era the board of registry could accoing to law pass upon the qualifications of voters. The registry appointed was appointed in violation of the law by the selection of 3 men, no one of whom was, as required by law, a resident or voter in that district. 3 men who were strangers to the district were selected. Although the law specially, and for the reason I have suggested, provided that they shouldbe residents and voters in this particular election district, these men were neither residents nor voters in the district. They selected their own place for meeting. They could not do otherwise; for the body required by law to select for them had failed to select it. They selected their own place of meetin; but they did not give notice to anybody, so that nobody had any knowledge of where they were to meet. They organized by the choice of one of their number as chairman, who having business in the country left and was not present at all during the remainder of the sit tin of the board.