The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-01-22


should moi have been counted; and il no
counted and seturued, Willlord would have
had fcsr and Cey one vote less, which wsula
have reduced Willfords vote to 2432, ant
Cex's 10 PAS. n s.,@sy IL 4. 4t
6,b. That the Jsdgss Of The slectisn in
The township Of Chesfer, 10 The county q
Wayne, had ii the ballot box t,cs more
votes than there were voters at the election
ons Of which was counted for Willfavd, and
the other for Csx, leaving Willfsrd's vote
24Sl, and Coxs 2449.
9th. That the Judges sf Tho citation il
the township sf MokecaS, and also NJ each
Of the other townships in tie district, closed
The polls at half prst o'clock p. NJ, and
between that. lime aud o'clock P. NJ, re-
fused the voiss Of ten legal voters ia said
Townships, whs offered their votes Tor Mr.
Cor. ea ss84 issl ~ ssis as4
7ib. That the Judges Of the election in
Canaan township, Wayne copnty, closed the
poll before o'clock P. M, aud refused the
vstcs Of ton legal voters Of said township,
who offered 70 vote for Mr. Cox. ~
-s,h. That the Judges Of tho election in
Sugar Creek tswnship,; in the county Of
Wayne, took one yoteaf for Willford after clos.
ing the POLLS, and after 4 o'clock, p. M.
9th. That The Judges of the slseiion in
each Of the Townships in the district, during
tho hours the elections were kept open, re-
fused the votes If twenty legal veters ia said
townships, respectively, which werc offered
fer Mr.. Cox, aad Al the same time, erronesus-
ly received sad returned for M. Willford,
twenty illegal vstss fren each Of said tswa-
ships. ss a2s
loih. That although Willterd appeared
10 have majority Of votes given, yet he,
(Cox,) had a majority Of the votes given,
sad i therefore, entitled to seat az Sen
ator.
In the Memorial referred 10 yeur con-
mittes, Mr. Cox more particularly rleges
that Jssl Cradle illegally vetcd for Mr.. Will.
ford in Paint township, hot being legal re-
sident Of that township, or Of any tswnshipi in
Wayne ceunty, but q resident Of the State
Of Missouri; and that Matthev Taegars, whs
had ne legal residence in Sugar Greek town.
ship, but whose residence was in BauKhman,
illegally voted for Mr.. Willford; and ina,
EmanueI Hostsster and Jshn Fike, neither oi
,hem residents OF voters in Wooster town,
ship, illegally ssted in tha, iswnship for Mr.
Willford; and that Daniel MarkIingsr
George WiIdea snl George r. Wildes, O
Plain township, who were oil foreign Ger
mans by birth, and had nsyer been natural
ised, voted in Plain township, for Mr.. Will
ford: and that William Immell, Jacob Kali
Ssmsel Kline, eilizsns, legal residents and
lawful voters Of East Union township, offered
to vote for Mr.. Cox, but the Judges refused
10 receive, and the coniesior lost the benefit
of their votss; and that JOHN Wesley Carr,
a legal water Of Perry sawnship, offered io
vote for the conissior, but his yots was re.
iec,.d BY the Judges, Whereby he lost the
benefit Of that vote. Also, that in The tswn-
ship Of Mohecan, in Ashland county, the
pols we're clsssd Al half past . O'Clock, p.
M, whereby William Miller, William Tyle,
and Peter Sharp, legal voters, were unlaw.
fully deprived Of their righ, Of yeting tor Mr.
Cox. 1t ia also stated in the Meiaorial, tha
! in the townships Of Jackson, Perry, Mohccar
and Lake, in the county Of Ashland, bu, ont
ballot bex was kept BY the Judges, ,whsy
the general Law requires that two should b.
kept. No evidence on this point in The
Memorial, can lsgally come before you
committee, as no notice was given BY Mr.
Cox that this vas enc Of the points Of con
test. Your committee are however Of III,
opinion, adIittiag this fact to be proved, tha
4 il would net render an election void, as tn.
law requires the keeping Of 1--WE poll book
only
4 In the notics given BY Mr. Cox, and in hil
Memorial, allthe points Of coatest are stated
and your committee, n as brief manner Al
the. nature Of the case will admit, will apply
to each poiat, in the order arranged, the tes
|iimony that has been presented 10 them.
In the first point il is clsimcd that ther,
was returned from tho townships Of Wooster
Paint, Baughmar, and Cbippsssu, for III,
csatestor, one ycts less than be actually re
lceived.
To prove the error ia Wosnss township
the Testimony Of William Slit 10 taken. Hi
was Judge Of the election; the ticket a,
iached to bis deposition was voted at ths
lelsc!ien, and was not ceuRted for Mr.. Co,
/ as Senator, or any ons as Senator. 1t wa
no. counted for Mr.. Coz, because ths Wort
q Ger" was written under the word /" Repre-
senSafipe." To this ballot, the COMMITTEES
would ask the attention Of the Senate. /
was democratic ticket, with the name o
| Isiarkwsathsr, for Congress, erased. ase
Lahm inserted; Willford's name erased, ans
no name inserted; the aame Of Toiton, VII,
was candidate for Representative, erased
and 10 the right Of the word 7otten, unds
the word epresentatise,n = was written sin,
ply, /" Cex.n Whatever may have been Oh,
i Intention Of the voter, be voted for Mr.. Co!
for Representatives, and the Judges coul'