Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-01-12
70 The Editor Of n, Enquire
"WAsHINGruN, 7lh Dec. 1888.

"NAsHISGruN, 7th Dec. 1885
Ny Dear Sir:--l have this moment recrN.
ed luufs ct yeslerliy, and hasten Ia answer yeur
cnquueS respecting the Keystone State |
can readily CONCEIVE, that her plcsen CONDITION
must occasion anxiety AID alarm IN her si,tet
Safes aud ;hey must all be dtsrou, TO leAa
TIT tHe aud exciting cause oi the revolutionary
movement, at Harn>hurs.
" Al the aeneta election, on the second Tues.
day Of October last, two Democratic Senator,
aud eight DemotrAuc Representatives, were
elected over their Wing competitors 10y Il ceat
maIoIly oi the people ol the count, ii Phladcl.
pIa. Ia al The II Election DtsuiCs mao winch
that county Is divided Z. Brown, the highest
Demucrauc candidate Tor the Senaie, received
lt,v36 votes, and ". Wagner, the highest wing
candidate Tor the same uifce, received 9,49O
VOTES, leaving an uudspuicd majonIy OF 546
votes III favor Of Mr., Blown. The majority Of
Mr.. Stevenson, the other Democratic randidalt,
| over Mr.. Wagner, was 52U Vote1. On the tick
1t In heArrsepiItS4>-. the, A.ns.t 'A' - -"'
| $50 Votes over the highest Wing candidate. Aud
vel strange as II may appear, all the lumult aud
al the Outrage al iiansbmg, have arlNea lt"m
.he attempt u Inc tao drlrated Wing cand'dlt.s
| OF &,
didiic, lur me iioIsc, 10 srZe and occupy ne
seats Of lhpse, who have been elee''d D! ma
Ionly OF The people.
You vii naturally ask, how any difficult,
cuuId have uiisrD III case 50 PLAN l Thdt'
proceed 20 iell you; bat II wlll hr,l be neces'R}
10 luunlsh you brirl statement ct the c.tet"l
Jaws OF penn,,iya i, 20 Ial As they relate io INC
relu,n OF Senators aud Representatives, hon m'
county Of Philadelphia.
"In this county, there are seventeen elecNol
Districts, and consequently seventeen rt"l'
Judges, beng Oh from each District. II l. ll'
duly OF these Judges To meet at the State ii"usc
IN lie city Of Phadclphn, On the hist ftila
succeeding the General Election, and to ;''cer
tam, from HE retuitl, Of ali tIte Dl,Ilc llS per
sons elected Senators and ReprescNlllIves. h"'
m, pcrlormcd lh,, duty, they are then bound =
,rl,e ,upl,ute general returns 81 tie whole att
lmn one ol which Is 10 DC utF"S'" q ~ ~ -
H.. n,,,,', Office, a, PAtlade hm and tlie ottt
. 81 C,rnsl relates 10 the eirchon "i Srna ID
4 h,,,n, been first rnolu>,d, stated aud dua't'''
(. t. the Senate, i, htu, under second scar" g
! var. directed 10 tie SECRETARY oi ne Common
Il wealth. 10 hc placed BY Tie nhnn J"dEtr'
II mo nj the nearest Post Oillrr,.' \ ~'uoi
i course !, 10 be pursued 10 regard 10 ma p"''i'"
l. the General rtiutn Whth tclai'o tt ne '''"''.
{. members Of tie House, except tIhl y y y ~
., rrct,d 10 the House 81 Representatives,. -
II return Judges are, also. required 10 ha",''"
.. each Of the persons elected Senator'S or heP'
a. seu,a,i,es certificate ol has election. Ills
;, die sum and substance Of The la~.
% " In obedience 10 the law, all the sevenlt
n mum ,Judpe, Of Tie county u Phmdefhe', n
ne -, the State House IN The lgst Friday att'
I'd General Election, for the purpose ct rr'i"i'ul
ut Their duty \ question was raised he'",' u"
assembled Judge, whether the return o. 'hS y"
en- 81 lie Northern Liberties should be receive
he Arer investigating the alleged frauds and re-
d. artlies ~ tins District, II Vas decided, ny u
NJ ioriiy Of ten TO seven, that THIS return sh'n'o
ed rejected. Whether tbs decision be n-A
| wrnnr, il ca2nh affect the election 81 the Dei
hi, cralc Senators and Representatives 10 itir ~
"a. Legislature In either alternative, they b
CT been elected by decided magnify OF The peoI
BY rejecting the Druct 81 the Northern III
RS. ties thelr jrIty e INCREASED lfon some Nv
nal fifteen hundred votes.
her "fhe return lnd-es, having ascrriared
el. the two Democratic Senators, and the eight u
.uli ocrarc members Of the House, had been
rn. eerted, then prepued duplicate returns ct
ent election, according to the Act 81 As.en
reat wh,ch we're signed by ten OF thelr number.
old Of these returns was deposited m The fnla
ncl- larys Office, a, Philadelphia, and the "ihef
and transmitted to and received by the secel"'
lem the Commonwealth. 4 regular notice wa
IS 10 10 each Of the successful candidates Tor Inc
ale aud the House, Of his election; AID
per- their duty ended. II will thus be perct"eo'
:, be the Drnocraiic Senators and Representa-
win elect we're regularly returned as elected
rally majority Of The return judges, according e
the acquisitions Of the law.
e of Afer the Return Judges had completed
pte. busiaess and adjoufaed, SIX Of the whole
n,on bo, or ssyso,een retired to another ROOM i