The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-26

sons voted FOR II may prescribe ne manner Of de-
terminins contested elections, 2 Ac
Thss ssssy rs;as sssm the power g s ,,sia
70 report the facts II the csss; sad amer that com
mittse reported, they Get ia report aside aad PRO-
ssss ss.l Ss ~. received sas
while Daml d. Denoon has received T44 votes, - -
shown by the tickets What authority Of evidences
Ss sss.s q Sss Da no.
nhieh Dr.. Snead wasa member spPoln. ~ = psrnes
Q. 4. Cmtchfeld, w. Rutherford, and n .: LIPS
comb Commit sicners to superintend said oiectiony
And thew were required to take an oath TO perform
their duty faithfully, &C.. Nov. bad voice are re-.
corded whoss fault III certsinly mot the fault Of
any bat the Commissioners. Therefore, II 10 all nom
sense to talk about bad votes 49,
would not do the injustice 70 any portion Of the
voters on tne po INA ~. % snst 9. mJse 20
10 to that ell votes are good before
they recorded. II they choose TO receive votes
SsSs NO IL law to :trfs tss e
power to strike OF one vote gives the power to
strike OF ALI and also gives the Commissioners the
Il they choose 30 70 DO A. the Council has already
set the report OF it, own committee aside with what
show OF consistency can they again appoint com
mittee on Or Sneads motion TO do that which they
have already set aside, manifested in the case OF
Mears. Saunders and Hills reportss What authority
has the Council to strike of any voters name with
OF contested electionl Besides, each voter has a
right to be heard to the validity of his vote be-
.ore Justice OF the feace and his deposition may
be tab en-.
Again, the body of which the parties are members,
and they alone. eau decide the validity of vote
In relation to illegal voting, the 18th article of the
charter says: IF person vote more than once all
his votes except shall be stricken from the poll"
This shall be done in election for members Of the
Council and for the Court of Hastings. Thpoik il
Oh. wn clearly, from the above, that the chaf Ny
refers to persons voting twice 1t does not gV the
pos yer even to strike off both votes but only ONE
Ho,y then, In the face of this clause does the Coun-
Gil c lain such menstrous power7 But" says the
Cou neil I'VE cannot 60 behind the certificate of the
Com 1nissioners!" Suppose for mere argument sake,
that xhe Council knew the certificate of the Com
issi oners carried fraud upon its face full and COM
plete; and had been deprived by them of the re-
turn by fraud, still they cannot go behind the certif-
cates And presume they would give the to the
minority man, as they have donei
My fellow citizens, have thus given you brief
outline of the facts as they have occurred in this
election. The reasons have given to my mind,
sufficient have received legal majority Of vour
votes at the polls, reported by committee Of the
Council. and your rights have been outraged and
trampled under foot The course to be pursued re-
mains with you. For your uniform Kindness and oft
repeated confidence in me, shall feel grateful SO long
as life may last. My case is before you. will
ing to be judged by my fellow citizens among whom
was born, and among whom l expect to die.
Respectfully,
Your fellowcitizen,
ap 6-lt* SAML. D. DENOON.