The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-01-27
Report
Columbus, Jan. %, l849.

OF the Joint Select Committee Of the
General Assembly, appointed to er.
anime the abstracts Of rotes giuen for
Governor in Ociobe,, l848, and as
certain who (of The two candidates.
has a majority Of uotes.
The joint committee appointed pur.
suant to a joint resolution Of the Gener-
al Assembly, to whom was referred the
Senate joint resolution relative to APP
pointing a committee to wait on the
Governor elect, having been furnished
by the Speaker Of the Senate with The
returns OF votes for Governor, transmit.
ted to him, and having procured from
the Secretary OF State, the abstracts OF
votes for Governor returned to him, and
filed in his office; your committee did
carefully examine the said abstracts
and returns, in obedience to said reso-
luton, and now beg leave to report:
That upon such examination as di-
rected by your said resolution, it ap.
peared that the whole number Of votes
poIled for Governor at the October
election of 1848, was 2%97,943",hat
neither Of the candidates for Governor
had a majority OF the votes; but Seabu'
ny Ford having received l48 1855, and
John B. Weller, 148,445, Seabury Ford
therefore, had the highest number Of
votes for that office.
TIN returns Of the votes for Govern.
or from the county of Lorain, transmit
ted to the Speaker of the Senate, was
not authenticated by the official seal Of
the clerk Of the Court ofCommon Pleas,
OF said county, though in all other res.
poets, the said return was formal
Upon comparing said return with an
abstract duly certified, and transmitted
to the Speaker ofthe Senate, datet Jan:
uary 9th, 1849, as well as with the alb.
stract Of votes for Governor in said
county, duly certified under the seal.
and on file in the Office Of the Secreta.
ny of State, the unsealed return was
found to,contain the correct vote polled
for each candidate for Governor, in
said county. The majority for Seabury
Ford being GOA, was therefore counted
for him.
The return from the county Of Def
ance was found to be defective in this;
the persons voted for, in that county,
for Governor, are not named IN the alb
stract of votes or certificate and return.
The number Of votes polled in that
county for Governor, your committee
believe are truly stated in the informal
return Aforesaid therefore they were
counted as follows: For John B. Wei.
468, For Seabury Ferd, 3o8. shH
Also, the returns from Crawford
county. The defect appeared in the
abstract as being the vote in the town,
ship Of Auburn, "a votes given for Gov
ernor for Seabury. The COMMITTEES
being satisfied the votes aforesaid were
given to Seabury Ford, and the mistake
was occasioned by a defective return
the said "a votes were therefore count
ed for Seabury Ford. t'"'a' sas ara
The abstract Of votes for Governor,
returned from Portage county, con
tains 1877 votes for J. B. Weller fol
Governor. These votes were added t.
the aggregate vote Of that county Civ
en- to John B. Weller, as they ought Il
have been certified and returned 4
him in the first instance. hI
The correct vote for Governor with
in the limits required by law to be- can
vassed and certified by the clerk Of hi
ICourt Of Richlahd county, was Sascei
tanned by your committee, BY tbesex