The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-10-31

THE fIAMlt TON REPRESENTATIVES,,
We Have taken sorno. pains to ascoraih
tho actual state Of facts in regard to tho re-
presentation Of this county; aud tkus pre-
sent il, ~ we understand it.
The returns have been opened, and
asinpe abstract" including all the county,
and The NAMES Of all the candidates, made
out. The names Of Pugh,I Iapd PsiIce, Spen- 4
Ger and Runjan, Webb and Hamilton, are
only distinguished from those of ether candi.
dates, BY having the phrase "lstv Dls'rlss'
wrinen over them, .E III ~
Tho votes cast for. .encb Of these gentle.
mon, as wellin tfe country townships as the
ninth and tenth, Wards, as inihe eighth. award,
are carried out and credited in their respec-
tive columns az in the abstract we published
yesterday, So also the votes cast for Oubb',
ssnator, In the fourth ward are credited 10
him. And the "fooiiug up Of each candi-
date s column includes all tho votes returned
as cast for him whether in city or county.
This oi course must be SO, as the law
stands; since the Clerk and Justice arc re-
uuired to make an abstract Of the votes re-
turned and az returped-being specially
prohibited from determining upon the .yaldi-
" of the returns. As the Judges Of Elec.
,ion have returned them, they are bound TO
enter and count them, and have done so.
The result 10 set forth in the following ex-
tract from the official certificate at The ioct
Of the abstract: ......g t.s..I .,a
"And we do further certify that George
E. Pugh had 6482 voics for Representative
in The Stale Legislature Lf Ohio; Alexander
| N. Perce had 642l votes for Representative
in the State Legislature of Ohio; Oliver M.
Spence, had 1854 votes for Representative
in the State Legislature Of Ohio George W.
Runyan had 445l votes for Representative
in The State Legislature Of Ohio;S. r, HIM
ilton had 966 votes for Representative in
The State Legislature Of Ohio; Alexander
Webb had 1909 votes ior Representative in
The State Legislature of Ohio; Henry Roed.
ter had 6l0O votes for Representative in tho
State Legislature Of Ohio; Edwin l.. Ann
strong had $3.50 votes for Representative iii
The State Legislature Of Ohio; Alexander
Long had 6225 voes for Representative in
the State Legislature of Ohio; Stephen 5.
L'IIommedieu hid 1926 votes for Repre- SEN
,a,ive in the State Legislature Of Ohio; Join
8. Nixon had 2l76 votes for Representative
in the State Legislature Of Ohio; John Mar.
tin had 2277 votes for Representative in the
State Legislature Of Ohio; Henry Miller
had Oil votes for Repre- sentative in tho State
Legislature Of Ohio; Stockton West had s65
votes for Representative in The State Legis-
la,ure of Ohio: Henry Rodgers bad $50
votes for Representative in the State Le-
gislature of OHIO" n..a cas ..,
Looking at Tie fact that the five candidates
chosen are each and all of them "Reprcsen-
ta.iyesof the county of Hamiltop"-so de-
signaied by the Co situlon, and so denom-
mated by The very law Of las. w;ntcr--,hs
s to all intenis and purposes certifying that
Messrs. Pngh Peirce, Roedter, Long and
{, Armstrong are duly elected. If they have
, the highest number Of potes, which are re-
. turned az competent, legal votes, by the Jnd-
f ecs, and opened, counted and ''cer,iied" by
The Clerk and Justices, they are elected
And that this is so, the above extract furn-
i,hss abundant proof. u.
f We learn however, that the just &C, NJ. P.
\ Tay'o. and f. v. Books, Esqs, were Of
4 opinion that they were bound by The provis-
ion Of the law Of last winter, which directs
: the counting and certifying TO be ''by Dis
: ucts''--that they have, in fact, no po'pers 10
9 decide upon the cons,i.u,ionalily OF this pro-
d vision. Tha, they were sincere and honest
in this conviction, we do not entertain a
= doubt, Wo think il crraneons but do no.
g question that il was conscientious. If We
are correctly informed, they would have had
IS no Hesitation, had they felt warranted to de-
y cido the point, in holding the provision
IS clearly unconstitutional. III aWlsTp
10 And fior this conviction, that they were
y so bound by the Law, as il stands, resulted the
J further portion Of the declaration, which il
10 in these words: {f 1Tie 8g .a
o "And we do further certify that Oliver
}, NJ Spencer and Geo. w. Runyan were duly
Il elected Representatives in the state Legis
is lature Of Ohio, for the first District, composed
f. of the lst, I'd, Sd, 4,h, 5ih, 9th, 5rb, and
e |S,h Wards Of the city Of Cincinnati, they
$ having the highes, number of votes given in
said wards for that Office at said election; and
e that Edwin l.. Armstrong, Henry Rpcd,el
n and Alexander Long were duly elected Re
% presentatives for the s.cond District, com
ir posed of the 9th and 10Th Wards, and the
# remaining townships otibe. cornty, they hav'
ling the highest number Of votes given in
said Wards and townships at said election
E for tha, Office" Is fT{fsl. EC) a. on
u The, reader at once perccives that this is
n grossly contradictory 10 the preceding rart Of
;, the declaration. Ii 10 q contradiction, how.