The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-09-07


political fEisnds. A number Of other inhu-
entail friends Of his went long distance to]
Kanesvills prior to tho election on % cleo
campaign 10 his behalf; while tho
actual Sheriff or Monroe county, political
friend Of his, did tho Same thing, and was at
Kanesyille and voted there on the day Of
election. The contestant, it seems, had po-
litical friends at Kanesville; but it does NOT
appear that either he or any OF his friends
from distance ever visited Kanesville ct or
before the election for political purposes. No
question was raised at any time by any one
against the correctness Of the proceeding,
until after the election. The balloting seems
20 have been conducted, and the poll-book
Kspt with more than usual care and regu-
srity.
The poll book in this case was duly made
mp and delivered BY the proper officer to the
clerk Of the board of commissioners Of the
county of Monroe, ~ the law requires, whose
duty Il was to receive il, and sc the proper
time, with the assistance OF two justices OF
the peace, to open it, and make an abstract
OF the votes of that and other precincts, and
transmit them to the Secretary OF State, to
be counted and canvassed by the board Of
canvassers. But the clerk Of the board OF
commissioners OF Monroe county, without
calling to his aid the two Justices Of the
peace, as the law requires, but under the ad-
Woe Of J. @. Hall, Esq., one Of the attorneys
OF the sitting member, (and who travelled q
hundred miles to give suoh advice,) refused
to receive or take care of the Kanesville poll
book, and it was actually carried away by
some one, but NO one knows who or how,
except that through some unknown agency it
was in the carpet bag Of Mr.. j. O. Hall be-
fore he got home, - he now tells u in bis
evidence. Mr.. j. G. Hall gave the poll book
to the sitting member in the spring Of 1849,
who in the winter Of that year, disputed the
existence OF suoh poll book before the
committee; but on tho 10Th day of January
last, Judge Mason, another Of the attorneys
Of the sitting member, in attempting to serve,
st his own of6ce, notice on the contestant,
to take testimony in the case, accidentally, %
10 supposed, served on him the original poll
book OF the Kanesville precinct which the
contestant, after duly examining in the
presence Of several other persons, returned.
This poll book WAS, of course, never before
the Congressional oanvassers; but the COM
mittee think that, under all circumstances of
the case, the vote OF this precinct should be
received and counted, which will increase the
number of the votes given to the contestant
to 6,50l, and the number given to the sitting
member to 6,507.
All the facts rscited above are clearly
proved by the testimony, but We have space
only for one interrogatory, and answer Of j.
G. Hall, which shows the completely Of the
leaders Of the party in Iowa:
Question S. Did any Of your said friends
and advisers, after the disposal Of said poll
book, approve Of what was done with them,
and OF the course taken with them?
Answer. l, as Democrat, took an ac-
tive part in the election against Miller; and
am now Thompson's attorney in the contest,
and always approved the acts Of the clerk in
rejecting the poll books, and the Democrats
in procuring and retaining them. ] believe
! have conversed with Gen. Dodge, v. p.
VanAntwsrp, and others; and, upon stating
the facts and reasons Why advised that the
poll book should have been retained in the
possession OF the friends OF Thompson, they
have approved it. recolect that General
Dodge, at the barbecue near Eddyville, in
Wapello county, ia the fall Of l648, called
for three times three cheers for the Demo
cratic clerk of Monroe county who rejected
the Mormon vote, which was loudly re
sponded to BY large meeting.
Thus it will be seen that the leaders of the
Iowa Democracy coanseled, approved, in
dorsed and applaudsd what their friends in
Congress were forced to admit merited the
severest censure. And rs an evidence that
the people Of Iowa conourred with Congress,
and not with the Locofoco leaders here, a
law was passed at subsequent session Of the
Legislature for the punishment Of election
frauds, under which, if such deed was now
perpetrated, the actors would DO sent to the
penitentiary. But 40 the law was not then
on the statute book, the Looofocos propose,
instead, to make them Governors, Judges
and Legislators.
0karl Hsinsen, Editor Of the Boston
Pioneer, one of the Ablsst German journal,
in this country, in one Of his comedies, lately
published, has the following description OF ,
German Democratic editor. "Lasher, J" for.
merly literati, says to "Scraschsr," violin.
virtuoso:
| will tell you OF what elements German
"Demooratic' journalist 10 composed. Take
. hundred weight Of hogs meat, hundred
weight OF humus from the Wild forest, one
barrel OF beer, two gallons Of rife whisky
ONE gallon Of OF gall; put the ingredients ID
. ortar, mash them and work the mass into
a dough, out Of which make thing in tie
form Of q wild man OF the forest lay the
creature in gutter and lot the sun shine on
it. After half an hour tho thing will begin
to move, and beooming alive il will suddenly
pounoe mp and run in the street, calling out
"Hurrah for the Democracy! hurrsh for
beastliness hurrah for tho Republic hurrah
for slavery hurrah for the free press hur.
rah for rowdyisme" Then he runs forthwith
to whisky shop, from thence to q printing
ofics, and the next day pattern journal Of
Democracy makes ito appearance"
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