The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-04-10

joritv, and his seat has not been contested; {;
and further says not. And what Of it,
Mr. Chapman, late city attorney, coun'
sci for the sitting member, swears that Mr..
Thrcop as county clerk and as the sane
thing is proved in the printed testimony,
page 81, think it ought to be considered
as established.
A. w. Sprague, Benjamin Spailing, Ju-
lius 8. Blodget, John Croman, and John
Fuller, each swear they knew the charac.
ter of Edgar for truth and veracty was
bad. AS they knew it at the time, and
have made 10 discoveries since, the cues
ton is quite portinent-Why did they not
swear to this reputation at the time p
They could then have been cross. examined; ;
parties could have met face to face. Why
attempt so ungracious task twelve montf
afterwards, and then er parte? But if
they could successfully impeach Mr.. Ed.
gar, which / do not believe, they would
only affect nine votes. | do not think tho
case will turn On this.
Mr.. c. +. Davis swcars that Frank
George, and Bunty, are his sons. AS
there is no testimony about George and
frank, or either of them, / fail to BEE tho
relevancy Of his testimony, as he afirms
nothing in regard to them except that they
are his sons. He thinks Bunty was out Of
the city at the time of the election: I
think he was at Tom Howrigan's, "drunk
as a lord" Mr.. Davis might with truth,
and if he had been cross ss,examined, pro-
baby would have spid that he and lis
boys lived in the 4th ward Of the city Of
Detroit.
Mr.. Chipman, the counsel of the sitting
member, makes the second affidavit, also
dated in December, in which he gives the
names of ten of HoNrgan's board-rs and
says hc Knows them, and thinks they are
voters in the city. He is very careful not
to say they are or ever were voters in the
second ward. If this information be i'm
portant, it was no less so VIXEN the testi-
mony WAS taken than now. His inlorma
ton was as full then as in December last.
Seven of the list are tho same who have
furnished their own afitdavits, as already
stated, but who observe the Same ominous
silence as to residence in the second ward.
Mr.. G. !. Walker is very worthy citi.
zen. lie thinks. ON the whole, that the
elccti II in the second ward was tolerahly
quiet. He was the democratic candidate
tor State Senator. rs the ward usually
gives twenty five or thirty republican ma
iJriiy, it must have seemed rather comtor-
table to have it give seventy or eighty the
other way, although by colonization, fraud,
i,.t J.. i'll,
Mr.. Eiwood sweals that Mr.. Stowell ap-
piled to him, ho being member Of the
State Central Committee. TO get place
in the district custom house, in January.
1859, ami offered, if he got it, to prove
tlat some Illegal votes were cast for con
tcstant. lie showed him list, and he
thinks they are the same names that Mr.,
Edgar ,wurr ~ as having voted for sitting
member. ~ Mr.. Stowrl docs not swear
to any important 'act, do not appreciate
he Importance Of what he said to Mr.. FL
wood. As Slowel's list WAS seventeen,
and Edga,'s only nine, the crdci idcnttV
might he difficult to prove even If impor.
taut.
Mr.. John Clements swcars that he at.
tended the election in Leoni, Jackson
County; that one of the magistrates did
not appear at the opening Of The polls, and
4 Mr.. Gardner was chosen inspector. lie
says he accepted, but was no, sworn, and
did not act. The other inspectors did it
all until within half an hour, when the
missing magistrate appeared, and acted
through tho day as Inspector. He also
says an assistant clerk was appointed who
aided the town clerk, but he did not see
him sworn. As there is nothing about
this in the answer to the notice of contest,
expect it would hardly be competent to
prove this if the time were extended.
Mr.. Champ swcars thai he went to
Cleveland and cot Mr.. OrviS' affidavit. -
Mr.. Sage swears he knows Mr.. Orvis, and
lie was in his office on election day, and
he would believe him under oath.
And now come Mr.. Weller and Mr..
Goodrich, vino it seems came to Detroit
as strangers, TO do some paving; and Mr..
Edgar showed them a list of seventeen
names which he S i'll were worth $4,000 ;
at least Stowcl would get that for them.
lio asked if they knew Cooper: that he
"must be seen before six o'clock Now,
if all this were proved in legal form it
might show that Edgar thought the sit
ting member green enough and w'cke2
enough to squander somc Of his money for
an illegal ana wicked purpose; in which, |
am happy to know, he was mistaken -
And, although "it was money he wanted"
"and not friends" he did afterwards 90
quietly before the Recorder, in obedience
to legal process, and swear to a list of nine
illegal votes cast for the sitting member,
for the moderate fee of seventy five cents,
or pcrchahcc one dollar, advanced 10y Inc
and paid by our worthy democratic Recor-
der, in every respect according to law
which sum Of money | shall lose unless re-
imbursed by the United States.
In this hastily prepared abstract, be-
lieve have given the full scope and sub,
stance and true meaning of all these TWEEN
ty.six affiGavits. All that relates to the
Howrigan voters is confrmatory ofthC
regular testimony; all that relates to con.
versatious, and promises made to get an
office, is irrelevant, unimportant, and worth
less; all that looks TO impeachment Of par
ties in an or parie'way is irregular, unjust
aud cruel. The degree Of consanguiniey
and official position, so elaborately cstab
lished as in the cases of Davis and Smolk
l.