Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-04-01

authorized written statement which was the
only legal evidence, Bashfords vote was writ er
out four huddred and serenty-four"
| The certificate gives the whole number Of
votes cast for Governor Sol. The unauthorized
tabular statement did not account for GO votes
and the State Canvassers deducted them with
out authority.
SHEBoYGAS CoUNTY.-The original return gave
Barstow 11l2, Bashford 93l The Canvass gives
Barstow 1906, Bashford 1898.
Attached to the original return was a supple
mental document from Sbeboygan Falls, giving
Barstow IS, Bashford III. Attached to il was
certificate by the Clerk of the County Board
that this was intended as an election return.
but in the tabular statement of the original re-
turn, the vote OF Sheboygan Falls was marked
Thrown out the number of votes not CORES
Ponding with the poll list.
WAUPACA CoUYrY-This was the Wappaca
return The canvass was made on the 18th of
November The original return gave the whole
number of votes cast for Governor at lI0l. Of
which Barstow received 723, and Bashford 37S
There was another county return from this
county, made at Mukwa, stating that the whole
which Barstow received 269, ,Bashford 296. These
two returns were made in consequence of a con-
tested county seat There had been a supple
mentary return attached to the Waupaca return
This was filed on the 18th of December. in the
Secretary of States ofice-one dav before the
State canvass. 1t purported to give the vote of
town 25, range 10, and was made out by the
county board of canvassers, and gave Barstow
% votes to 4 for Bashford He called attention
to tie fact that the original canvass was dated
Nov. Is, and filed in the Secretary of States
offce' Nov. %, while the supplement was da-
ted Nov. l9-only 4 DAYS after the original
was filed here the 18th of December-tweD-
ty-one days after date. He wishes the Court to
notice that this was the same old fools-cap IA
per used at Spring Creek &c, except that
where the other was stamped &" Plymouth, this
bad obviously been wet and pressed to oblit-
crate the stamp. He wished the Court to note
that in the town of Waupaca, the official returns
gave Barstow 543, Bashford So that for Ii.
Gov, Macarthur received SD to 58 for Sholes,
DC. There was no evidence attached to the
supplement from town % to show why it was
not included in the original The Court must
either receive or reject both county canvasses.
They rested upon the same authority, both
places claiming to be lhe county seat, and their
respective claims not having been, as vet set
tied
He had produced the returns with which we
quarrel. The rest of the counties we admit rs
stated by the canvass.
Mr.. Howe here interposed and asked Mr..
Tgr,o HI l.,l u
county.
Mr.. Jones said there was not.
Mr.. Ryan than presented a certified copy Of
the official returns of La Crosse Co., by which i
appeared that the whole number of votes polled
at the last election, in that county, for Governor
was 134, of which Coles Bashford received 39I
and VIM. A. Barstow 343 If there had been
an issue made up, and it had been necessary we
should have shown by the clerk of the Board of
Supervisors of that county that the official re-
turns were made out and mailed at the proper
time.
Mr. Ryan then read af1idavits Ist fro,l A.
B. Balch, Surveyor of Waupaca Co.. was in
town 25 range 10 in August and September
1855, and at that time to the best of his knowl-
edge and belief there V ere no inhabitants in
the town.
The 2d was from Peter Grover, dated Dec
25th, 1855. p He says that there are but 3 faml-
lies in town 25, range 10, that no justice of the
peace other town officers are in the town, that
no polls We're opened there last November, that
no votes were polled in the town, and that there
were only two or three settlers there.
2. Bovee was called.
Geo. B. Smith here interposed, that this ex-
animation was exparte. AS witnesses were
now called to impeach the State Canvass, feel
ing interested of the late Board of State
Canvassers, and as citizen of the State an in
terest both politically and personally, he asked
that the State Canvassers might be permitted
to present their views of their duty and the law
in conducting the State Canvass. 1t was due
to every person interested that such important
matters were presented-inyolving forgery
and fraud-should be tried before jury.
1t must be obvious 10 all that by tins exparte
examination, that injustice might be done not
only to the Canvassers but to the Court No
one-sided investigation could show which can
didate had the highest number of votes. He
only asked to be heard by the Court and TO state
the circumstances under which the Canvassers
acted, and the law and authority by which they
acted. AS one of the parties interested and af-
fected by this investigation he made this re-
quest.
Chief Justice Wilton said one of the parties
in this cause had taken such as to pre-
vent the Court from hearing anything but al ex-
parte examination. Even if the Attorney Gen.
eraI had remained in the suit fuller iDvesti-
cation might have been had. 1t was impossi-
bic now to have a jury, but the Court would
take his position under adyisement.
p Boree soorn-Know Town %, r. 10. Wau-
paca Co. | was there but once--on last Christ
mas-went there to see if there had been a poll
held there-went into the town but a short dis
tance-could not find as there were any reads
but a lumber road, and found no one In The
town-went into the south part-searched for
population-on his way there inquired if there
were any inhabitants, and was told there were