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


The following dispositions disprove the above
affidavit, and establish sundry other facts dsre-
putable TO the Loco-foco Federalists.
Isaac w tanning being duly sworn on behalf Of
John D. Aycrigg and his associates does depose and
say He was IN Freehold, Monmouth Co. on the
iIth, 18th and l9th of Sept 1888 He went 10 Free
hold on Monday morning the 18th and left on the
i9th at half past ten in the morning While he was
there Mr.. Daniel III. Ellis, Clerk Of Monmouth Co,
requested hlm to bring certain package TO Trenton
ior nun lie agreed TO do When ! about
leaving Freehold on the morning of the 18th, Mr..
Ellis stated TO witness that young had arrived
and had taken the package to the Governor. un-
derstood from Mr. Ellis that that package contained
the list of nominations understood from him also
that the Governor had sent for them to give them the
publication required by lawthat from the 10Th day
of Sept 1898 TO this day, have been in Free
hold-thai on the first day Of April inst had an in
terview with Governor Pennington, James d. West
colt, (Secretary Of State John s. Darcy and George
Haywood, Esqrs., in the Office Of the Secretary of
Statethat there made the statement with reference
to the time was in Freehold and that had not
been in Freehold from the 18th Sept. 1888, TO the
time of that nterview-that Gen. Darcy replied TO
that statement that the statement Of Daniel IL Ellis
with reference to the election returns Of 1888
mistakethat James ID. Westcott then stated that he
had informed Gov Vroom, month before that inter
view, that the representation Of Mr. Ellis was not
correct. Mr.. Westcott stated further that witness
had informed him, some three months prior To the
time that, Mr.. Ellis could not by any possibility have
sent those election returns by witness witness had
never been in Freehold from the said 18th Sept 1898
that Information was communicated TO Mr. Westcott
about the first of January, 1910, or very alter
Witness had another conversation with Mr. Westcot
10th inst-that Mr.. Westeott then stated TO witness
that he had communicated the information which he
had received from witness to Gov. Vroom long time
ago Mr. Westcott further stated that when witness
gavethis information to him he was satisfied that
witness ccrrect-that il was subsequently stated
to him, Mr.. Westcott either by Gov. Vroom or some
other person. that Mr. Ellis had in his possession the
letter which he had received from Gov. Pennington in
reference to the election Of 1885, and that up
on receiving such information he, Mr. Westcott, con-
cluded that witness must have been mistaken in the
representation which witness had previously made to
him. Mr.. Westcott stated on the first day of April
and again on the 10TH that the election returns of
1888 came from Mr.. Ellis to him either by mail
private messenger, and that Gov Pennington did not
either send them TO him deliver them to him him
self-that he received them from Mr.. Ellis on the
10Th day of October, 1888. Mr.. Westcott stated to
witness yesterday that he had informed Gov. Vroom
that the representation of Mr. Ellis must be false that
1t could not by any possibility be correct He stated
the first of April last that he had given this nor
nation to Gov. Vroom month prerious to that time,
and yesterday he stated that he had given him. Gov
Vroom, that information long time ago Witness
resides in Nottingham Township, Mercer County,
about two and half miles from Trenton Has an
Office in Trenton and practices law there. There is
no other person of the name of Isaac W. Lanning to
witness knowledge in the city Of Trenton, or the
County Of Mercer, and no other lawyer of that
in the State Of New jersey Has kept diary for the
last four or five years Witness produced his diary
finds in his diary that he was in Freehold on the
morning of the 18th of Sept. 1888, attending spc-
cial term of the Court Of Common Pleas of that
County, for the trial of Appeals. Was there the
the 18th Judgment was suspended until the
morning of the 10Th, and after the rendition of the
judgment on the morning of the 10Th | left immedi-
ately. have carried my journal from that time up
to the present. Have never been in Freehold since
the morning of the 10Th.
Signed ISAAC w. LANNING
Sworn this 18th day of April 1910, in Princeton be-
fore me, JOHN LOWREY, Judge
Aierander w Ball, of full age being duly sworn
according to law, on his oath deposeth and saith
went to the county of Monmouth on the 18th day Of
September, 1888, (Which Monday at the request
of the Governor of N. Jersey. the bearer of a
letter from the Governor to Daniel H. Ellis the Clerk
Of Monmouth county. 1t was addressed to him as
Clerk. saw the Governor write the letter in his
office at Newark stating that he wished the Clerk to
hand me list eff the persons nominated for Congress-
and requested Mr. Ellis the Clerk to detain me-
had TO go further. reached Freehold the county
town Of Monmouth, the day in the evening; /
delivered the letter to the Clerk that same evening
He was in the Court House; the Court was then in
session; went in and asked for the Clerk they
man 10 tnat was Slttlng at desk
writing | called him out side and handed him
the letter; after reading it, he asked if had come
directly from Newark, and if the Governor was then
in Newark; ] answered yes, the Governor was in
Newark, and | came directly from there. think the
letter dated Newark He Mr. Ellis the Clerk
stated that the list of nominations were all ready and
he had handed them to some person who going to
Trenton, to take them to Trenton; don't think
could remember the name of the person Mr. Ellis
named the individual he handed the list of nomna-
tiope to chn ha r,aIt
would get the list from that person and hand them to
me. He stepped back inside of the bar 1--WE being
then outside of the barr and then got them from some
person in the Court and handed them to me; thew
were the list of nominations expected; they were in
sealed letter. he gave them me as the list Of nom
nations which had been sent for
am about - years of age, in my ODD wear |
made memorandum at the time went to Freehold,
of the day, and have consulted that memorandum
within few days, and find them to be as stated
Another circumstance enables me to recoect the time
by reason Of attending the sale of VIM Compton's
property that day and account of that sale was
kept by myself was clerk of the sheriff of the
county of Essex, and have consulted the book of
shcrifs sales since that time and find the time as
have above stated | remember that the time of nv
going to Freehold was previous TO the election be-
cause went from the Court House in Freehold to
the hotel and there saw Mr.. Ellis and two or three
lawyers, and they were talking about the coming Oc-
tober election. Mr.. Ellis asked me what would pro-
badly be the result of the coming Essex county cleo
ton in October
left there the next morning; could not get away
the evening. then went to Mays Landing in
Atlantic county. started the next day and reached
there the subsequent morning at or o'clock in the
morning. went there to get list of nominations for
members Of Congress for that county. | returned to
Newark and reached here Thursday morning
left the letters at the Governors house he was not at
home; never went on any other occasion messen-
ger for the Governor.
Cross-erdmined by Mr.. Rycrson saith When
got to the Court House they trying some cause
about horse trade ! think II excited a laugh II
is more than can tell what court was then in SEES
sion--dont know. ! was looking at the letter while