The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-21

been the list Of nominations which he had sent fo
and not the returns Of the election He informed mo
he had sent for the list Of nominations by SON az
DAVID Ball Knowing Mr.. Balls son, he answered
the description Of the person who said TO have
been sent for the Of Election by the Goyerno,
believed IL the After dinner the Govern.
asked to 60 with him to the Office Of the secre
tary of State and inquire into the matter wen, with
| him and also in company with Judge Haywood OF
Mount Holly. Inquiry made Of the clerk Of The
Secretary of State who then alone in the Office
when arrived His clerk examined the files he
produced the files and we examined them The clerk
under the impression that the Monmouth returns
of election not received in the Office from The
hands Of the Governor. There were endorsements
the back Of all the returns except the Essex and
Middlesex returns, stating when they had been re.
ceived and filed in the Office The Essex and Middle.
returns think had no such endorsements on them
and Il understood then that those returns had
been delivered by the Governor in person. The Sc
cretary OF State was sent for. He came in very
and corroborated what had been stated by the clerk
and said that he did not think that he had received the
Monmouth returns from the hands Of the Governor
and further stated that he could tell through wha,
channel he had received them, whether by mail OF
otherwise The return of the county Of Monmouth
was marked received on the 10Th of October which
was understood TO be the day the Governor had
handed in the other returns The Secretary of State
said he he did receive the Monmouth re-
turns from the hands Of the Governor; that he had
received it, but whether by mail or otherwise the Sc.
cretary of State did recolect
The Secretary Of State stated that he had informed
one of the members Of Congress, think il was Gov
vroom, that the Monmouth return did not come
through Gov Pennington that the Governor did moi
hand them in He said he told Gov vroom that there
might be some mistake about the of Mr. e.
lis, for he did not receive the Monmouth returns from
the hands of Gov. Pennington. He said he had said
this 10 Gov. Vroom week or two before-it NAV have
been longer Gov Pennington the Secretary of State
and his clerk, Judge Haywood and myself were pre-
sent at the time Of this conversation. Mr.. LanniDg
was in and out Of the Office at times during the
versation-don't remember whether he was present
when this last conversation took place respecting Gov
Vroom, or not. ! understood on all occasions that
this matter talked Of that Mr. Lannng's name
called in question: and that he had the returns Of
the votes Of Monmouth referred to above for the pun
pose Of taking them to Trenton, at the time the Go
yernors express said to have arrived at Freehold
for the purpose Of receiving them. Mr. Lanning was
sent for He into the Secretary of States office
and stated that must have been the list of
tons which he was requested by Mr.. Ellis to carry
from Freehold Trenton and not the return of votes
for that county. He said it in September that he
was in Freehold and that he not there in Octo-
her, and said he could show it by his diary that he
was in the habit of keeping very full diary Of all his
transactions He was requested by the Governor to
produce his diary He did So and read from his diary
memorandum going to show that he was at Freehold
on about the 18th 10th ofSeptember, 1888 and he
further stated that he had since that time been
in Freehold, that he had been in the county of Mon
mouth, but never within three four miles of Free
hold All the gentlemen present concurred in the
opinion that Mr.. Ellis must have been mistaken in the
Governors having sent for the return of and that
it must have been the list of nominations and not the
return of votes
Signed
JOHN S. DARCY
Sworn and subscribed April 18th, 1910, at II o'clock
p. M. before me-
THEO. FRELINGHUYsEN, Jr.,
Master in Chancery
After these conclusive affidavits, viz 18th of April
Ellis came forward and made another deposition con
tossing that he had made mistaken And thus the
conspiracy to defame Gov. Pennington ends in the
disgrace ofs authors