Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-12-27
Gr}bune 4 Gtlegtap6.
KENOSHA, WIS.
The State Canvass.

sary in looking over the official returns OF the late
election for Governor In virtue of the information
obtained he gives full account of all the matters OF
the canvass in dispute, which should be glad to
publish but find ourselves unable to, in full He
says:
"By the table we published December I2th Bash
fords majority was 365. BY the official canvass .
Barstow's majority is 157-a difference in the Two
counts of 522. This change was effected by throw
ing out the Mukwa canvass. by the failure OF La
Crosse and ST. Crox to send up their returns ana by
supplementary and precinct returns.
1.-The aggregate additions to Barstow vote from
these supplementary aud Independent returns, ana
from counties by the state canvassers were 81 DE
sides the l27 majority for Bnshord when was as rem n
AdaIns "a in Chippewa, 81 in Manitowoc, III IN Mon
roe 10 in Oconto, 81 in Polk. II in Sheboygan, and
70 in Waupacca
Barstow, it will be seen il declared to have lo'
majority. The supplemental returns from Chippewa
and Polk alone add l6S Barstows vote, or eleven
votes moro than the declared majority. We give
In full what Mr. b. says with reference to these two
returns:
'sThe county canyassers of Chippewa county re-
ported 81 votes for Bashord and "a for Barstow
"a minority of 80 for Bashford. But return was
sent from Bridge Creek-wheth:r town or precinct
L not stated-signed by James Greenwood and Hen
nv French Clerks and Albert HARDWOOD and w Illian
Jones Inspectors certifying that at an election held
at Bridge Creek, on the 9th of November, VIM. A.
Barstow received 81 votes and Coles BashiOrd %
This return is not TO, nor was 1t sent 10 the
county canvsssers but forwarded direct to Madison.
There s nothing on its face to show when or where
il was made when sent. 1t is little singular to
say the least that county canvass should be made
of only trcohs of the votes, and the County Board
know nothing of the other fhreetkhs OF the votes OF
the county, TIL they learn them from the state can
Vass."
1.-THE most suspicious supplementary or independ-
ent return is from Polk county. The county can
vassers returned votes for Basllford aud az for
Barstov But there is precinct return from Spring
Creek sent not to the county board but to the state
oanvasscrs giving Bashford I3 and Barstow I04-a
majority of 81 for Barsow The vote of this precinct
of which the county officers knew nothing, was more
than double the vote of the rest OF the county And
what is still more singular, LeRey Allen and John
Ellis sign their names Clerks, and Peter Barnum
and james Goodenough sign theirs us inspectors, and
each set pretend to have taken the usual oath to sup
port the constitution, &C. which oath is twice trans
oribed and both sets say "subscribed and sworn to
before me, but when looking for the person before
whom they swore, no name OF any person to admin
lister the oath be found The names of the clerks
Leroy Allen and John Ellis, are evidently in one
hand writing 1t was to us suspicious looking Ger
iifcate, putting all the circumstances together"
We have not selected the above because they are
especially and particularly bad, but while they in
volve in the number of votes the whole question,
they are only an average sample Of the conduct OF
the canv nssors. Mr. Booths statement makes to our
mind thi. fact evident; that the canvassers and 9th
or of Barstow particular friends perhaps we should
say tools had determined to elect him at all hazards
and had Bashfords majority been loco or 1900 instead
of 500 or Co., they would still have cheated him out
Of the certificate AS for instance to make the thing
still more plain the canvassers rejected the Mukwa
canvass of Waupacca county because the towns or
precincts casting the vote not specified in the
return Admit this to be proper it appears that in
every similar case where rumor had ascribed ma
jority to Barstow they wrote letters and sent mes
sengers and spared effort TO got statements and
explanations under of which they could admit
the vote for Barstow at the time keeping quiet
with reference 10 the course they intended to pursue
in the canvass so that Bashfords friends might not
be able to correct these errors on their side And be
sdos this particular effort in Barstows behalf to show
the utter dishonesty of the canvassers the extra re
turn from Chippewa, which gave Barstow "a major
ity did not specify whether it was for town, pre-
oinct or county for all TIE knew to the
contrary, might have been intended for return OF
the whole of Chippewa county. And to show still
further the fairness and animus of the canvassers, to
the return Of Shcboygan county, they added votes
TO the Barstow total because in footing up the items
thew found that difference, although thoye reason
TO believe that the total as returned right and
the error was in TRANSFERRING 30 into 60 in of the
items while of precisely the same character
in Jackson county of IL in Bashfords favor the can
vassers did not perceive
Mr. Booth SAYS further: 'The supplemental and
separate returns all i'll favor of Barstow, with
the exception of Door, which was an original return
They all, DR. Hunt assured u.s. received by due
course Of mail. On the other hand. ex-sherh Nam
said that he saw the Clerk make out the supplement
tary return from Clifton Monroe CO., and senator t.
B. Kelsey said he got the supplementary return from
Adams, which by mistake was dated Dec. 18th. IN
stead of Nor I2th. He probably mailed IT.
Is it not manifest, said, that the eanvaSsers
with few other particular followers and dependents
of Barsow, had determined getting the certificate
for him at all hazards, and these supplemental re
turns were manufactured got up and sent in for that
purpose Look at these supplemental returns from
Chippewa and Polk which elected Barstow. If it
was incumbent the canVasscrs to receive ana
count such returns what ia the Of elections. 1t
is only question which side can scratch down the
greatest number of figures, for those returns pro
perly entitled to more weight, than if they were
confessodly las probably the case manufactured
at some grocery in Madison ard il, instead of only
giving Barstow ono hundred and seventy votes they
had given him FIVE thousand las they would have
done had it been necessary still they lie reco
we'd And besides the laundering frauds on the face
OF the returns sufficient to have caused their recc
pulation of the two counties we'll represented in
the first returns aud such number of votes these
supplemental returns contain could have been hon
eStly cast
And yet after giving the facts, Mr.. Booth says
From the record, we do not think the State Can
vSssers can be convicted Of fraud Intentional
wrong, or that charges Of maeasance as Board can
he made to lie against them, that their decision
be reversed before any court without going outside
e tho official returns
From the record! Pray tell us, Mr.. Il. did not
these facts which you publish from the rccord
And is there fraud, intentional wrong, no NAL
feasance in them' We say there is nothing else uu.
mistakeable and palpable We had no idea that the
canvassers had been guilty of such shameful con
duet before reading this statement of Mr. Booth. We
supposed they had some kind of Justification at
least bubble, behind which they could tiud some
kind of shelter, and which perhaps might operate
10 their benefit in court, hut we find nothing but
shameless, unblushiug rsscaty The truth is, these
scoundrels have commenced revolution. They
have done just what Louis Napoleon did in France.