The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-01-22
KALIDA. PUTNAM COUNTY OHIO FRIDAY JANUARY a. ls4z

4 The deposition ofM. w Pinkerion il taken
4 as to this error. Hewas iownsbip clerk, and
4 swears that there were, two tickets not con.
sdered as votes for Senator, one Of which Is
attached to his disposition. There were two
( tickets with Willfsrd's name erased, and
!, Cox's inserted, besides The one,at,ached to
his depositiob, and another ticket with Will
\ fordh name crased, and no other name in-
serted. George shipley and samuel Gfabet,
jjudges Of the election, swear the ticket was
not counted, because they could not make
| any thing out gift, and in the opinion sf the
Judges, from an examination Of the ticket,
your committee fully concnr. Il was a dem
ocraiic ticket with Williard's name erased,
and in tho opinion Of your committee, Csx's
name inserted 10 the right; but the name. of
Cor d as clearly erased as Is he name Of
! WiiIford 'g n'.eiHi'e ~ sesssi'Ssf3its'' ?
In the township Of Baughman, under the
first point, the contestor claims he isentiled
Ite one more vote than was returned for him
by the judges; and his testimony is, the de-
position OF Asdrew Auh, Judge Of The cleo
tioa. McFarlan, one Of the judges, took
out ,sf the ballot box ticket, handed it to-
Aslt, the deponent, who read il, and passed
il TO the Third Judge to be strung, when it
was discovered TO be double; Two votes for
Cox, and both were thrown aside az Illegal.
This the law requires, aud il could hardly be
expected your committee, or any member Of
the Senate, would vote 10 exclude member
from this floor, il this alone was the point of
contest, and such the evidence to sustain it.
Under the FIRST point, the confession also
claims one vote moro than was returned for
him fronthe township of Chippewa, hut he
produces no evidence IN proof Of this allega-
ten; but on the pari OF the eentsstee it is
proved, BY Jos. G. Smith, clerk Of the town
ship, that there were three-hundrcd dsd ftty-
three names on the poll books that on liis 1
Sth November, he with Shaffsr, Donahey aud
| Franks, counted the ballots ON the string,
and found 35f. 224 for Wi,liord, 1913 for
Cox, for Hoffman, for Taggeri, and 2
blanks; the three last on the string for Cox.
Double tickets were twice taken from the
box and put under il without reading, but
i BY counting il was asceraaed that it re-
! uuired both Of the double tickets 10 make
the number correspond with the poll books,
| Three Of these double tickets we're Tor Cox.
and ono fer Willford. If, therefore, any
j error existed in this township, il consisted in
counting both Of tho deubic tickets, when in
fact but skres Of the four should laye been
counted, and Mr..Cox having the three last
i on the string, the last one sh9ald have been
1 excluded, which would have made his vote
4 one less in this township, TIE frss peini
! Of contest, therefore, in mons af lis particu-
4 lars is sus,aned by iho9,es,imony; and yosr
committee canuo, bur believe that their opia-
ion, as regards this point, will be unanimously
csncurred in by the Senate.
j The next,poini stated " The notice 10 that
the Judges 10 Congress township raiurnsd
two moro votes for WifoId ii.an be actually
recsivsd. S8f lGsa.tt.aas 10 a4 I'D
To prove this poa,, this, deppsiiians Of
Graver and Van Osdall, two af the Judges of
the election, Hickok the assistant clerk, and
Carlin, Leopold and Howe are taken on the
part of the confession. Graver swsars there
were 276 votes palled in all, fer Senator;
4 Cox received l7S; Willford 50, and Tag
CART 8. These numbsrs were returned by
| The judges. On the 10Th October, the lnitd
day after the election as appears by the de-
position Of IIickok and others, an sxamina-
ton was made Of the balleis in this township
On,hs evening previous to this examination,
Powell, the township clerk, sad Hickok the
assistant clerk at the election, and who has
since been appointed township clerk, made
an examinations, al tho house Of Hckek, in
Ia i L.,
! The result Of this examination ,ras that there
yas found on the ssring t'ss hundred and
] screntg-siS potes, the wboa number certified
by the judges 10 have been pollsd, and &,
this examination no efaslre was discovered.
The erased ticket was first noticed BY Leo
J pold on the first count, on the nexi morning,
u October l6;land al that ti,ne, also,it was
i frs, asceriained thai ballot was missing.
4 The examination and count made the aext
morning by Howe, Leopold, Bsall, Csrln,
and others, resulted in finding for Cox l7S;
Willfard, 81, not counting the erased ticket,
i Taggart 4; which last, added 10 the blanks,
made eleven. 4,
i There was found and counted as blank,
i one ticket now attached To the deposition Of
Carver, with WillErd's nsme erased; and
\ This ticket, the judges testify, was counted,
4 which would make 80 votes found for Will
fsrd, sill leaving one missing. Upon the
{ grounds that this erased vote, Il counted, was
n Illegal, and The abseRce Of the other vote
l from ihe string, Mr. Cox claims that two
!, moro votes were returned for Wllford frsn
i This township than he actually received
Fl yV;thort In tb;a race refsrrin o. particlilarlv