Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-02-15

lFndllS, II not lnitpI5d, roo me OF that GOO
name, without Which to nc public trust v ould
be a reproaeh, ana eAistelce Itself bat "a bul-
then"
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hDWAaps VI IN, FEBRUARY Is, 1895.
80 " AaA 5e u arr the urce8aitg
qJarsptiHg al t,e4er Of a smaller size
tAan asaaI, Jar q .f-4v weeks.
81 IRE eas'era nail dee yesterday
morning, did not arrive until hle hour
last nigh, at whch time our paper was
nearly ready for the press; and, for wan,
10. time, NC have 10 defer the joaroal of
legislative proceedings to our next. The
mail has brought nothing from places
east of Vinoennes.
Dr. }esIaH 7. PErrs is appointed Postmaster
at kaskaskia, in the place Of Mr.. Brecse, re.
signed.
WILLIAM T. 3oprurs, ESQ is appointed
Postmaster at Jacksonville, vice MI. Cooper.
",Na'i,nGl Poftice finder this head we
have inserted an address of Gen. SuYrn to his
constituents, and reply to the same BY Mr..
ApAas, which We hope viii be attentively
Pernsed. Tic for er has been rtpublshed
in 'he St. LOUIS Enquirer, and in the Star of
the West Of SATURDAY last ; and it now remains
"a be seen, Whcji.rr these "boih-saes" prin-
ters viii, or viii not, insert the reply of Mr.
Adams.
Strange Doigga," Information from Van
dalia is received in Ills town, that the House
f representatives. iias ,yconsts,ered its vote,
Mich was passed 4 tie commencement of
thc session, declaring that ,Aycho'os Hansen was
entitled 10 a scat IN that house, as a repre-.
sentative from Pike county, and admitted Mr.
ghorO in his place.
Having heretofore refra;nel from making
any remarks upon the contested election be.
1ween sessrs. shaw and Hansen. it may not
o@ be improfer to state tie case.
y DE last electionin Pike county, dispute
lose relative TO the appointment of judges,
" the principal trecnct, [he county seat Of
J0stlce) which termna;ed in a separation ofthe
= parties, ara each chose set of Judges.
bus arranged, the citizens proceeded to give
20 their votes under the superintendent of
the judge BY them, respectively, elected and
tue close of lhe polls, it was found that Mr..
shaw had received between eighty and ninety
votes and Mr.. Hansen twelve only. The re-
turns from the other precincts gave Mr.. Shaw
majority of nearly forty votes over Mr.. Han
sen, ont of about one hundred and sixty, the
whole number in the county.
The Clerk of the couary, (altrough a very
honest good sort of a mani thought proper to
reject all the votes given at the principal pre-
cinct, excepting the t1velpe for Mr. Hansen, and
accordingly gave the lattera certificate of cleo
ton.
In pursuance of this certificate. Mr.. Hansen
took his seat in the House of Representatives
which was contested by Mr. Shaw. Our rea-
ders have seen the proceedings in the House,
on this subject, at the time. Mr.. H. was de-
clared to be entitled to seat, by majority of
SIX votes. This result was truly surprizipg TO
us, and we believe unprecedented in all legs-
lative assemblies. Decisions relative to con
tested elections in Congress have uniformly
had reference to fair expression of the voice
of majority Of. the people, although the letter
of the election laws may not have been strictly
complied with; and the same rule has been
observed by state legislatures, as far as our OBJ
servations have extended
But tits is not the way we do business in Hi
nois. POLICY, not troprietM seems to govern