The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-12-13
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JoHS E. GILLESPIE, HUGH Brown. s. H. BuRroy
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
Des Moines, Nov. 81. 1862.

Clerk of District Court of Wapello County
Iowa Dear Sir The abstract sent to
you few DAYS since. of the Military vote
for County Officers of Wapello County, was
erroneous. Thc error occurred in adding
the votes cast for John E. Gillespie, candi.
date for Clerk of the District Court Of Wap-
clio Coudty. The total number Of ballots
east for John F. Gillespie. for the Office of
Clerk of the District of Wapello County nv
the Iowa Soldiers, is 500, instead of 1919"
| hereby send you corrected abstract
which please file in your office in place Of
the one sent to you rs aforesaid.
Yours truly. 3. -.
ELIJAH SELLS.
Secretary Of State,
| By j. NJ. Davis, Deputy
We the undersigned Board of State Can
vasserS, hereby certify that we have this
day canvassed the official returns of the
ballots cast for County Officers of Wapello
County, Iowa, in the several Regiments,
Companies and Batteries of Iowa Volun
ceers, at the election held October l4th,
1862, and find the result to be as follows
Whole number of votes cast for Clerk oe the
District Court, was, Three hundred and
Ninety-one, (39I) of which number John
E. Gillespie had Three hundred and twenty
nine (329) votes, and Hugh Brown had
Sixty-two votes. The whole number OF
votes cast for County Surveyor was fifty, oil
which SAMUEL ii. Burton had Fifty.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto
set our hands and caused to be affixed the
Great Seal of the State of Iowa. Done a;
Des Moines, this 18th day of November, A
ID. 1869.
ELIJAH SELLS, Secyof State. Board o.
JSo W. JONES. State Tress'r. State
Louis KINsEY, Crk S. G. Canvass
The whole number of home votes cast fol
Clerk of District Court of Wapero Co., wa.
1902, Of which Hugh Brown had 1866
and j. E. Gillespie had 1925 Majority for
Brown on home vote. 24o. My majority by
Soldiers vote was 2G7, from which deduct
Browns 240, and | have a majority on
whole vote of27, of which would with hon.
est impartialidy, entitle me to cert iicate
Of election. And yet, with all the foregoing
evidence before them, the said Board o.
Supervisors Eight of them-acting unde,
oath, saoorn to give an impartial canvass
without due examination and investigation
voted to give Hugh Brown certificate OF
election. A motion was made to admit the
candidates-either in person or by Attorney
to seat with SAID Board, in order to
thoroughly, and fairly canvass the whole
matter. The vote was, Ayes, Messrs. Knox
Hinsey, Osborn, Fairburn, Simpson, Dick
ems and Bidwell Nays. Messrs Cloyd
Rose, Neville, Israel, Myers, Knight, and
Dresser, being tie vote the President de.
c!ared the motion lost. then publicly
stated before the Board, that if they would
postpone further action for two weeks, and
failed within that time to produces further
evidence, which should be entirely satisfac-
tory as to the majority I claimed, | would
then and there bind myself, together with
abundant security, to pay the whole ex.
pense Of said adjournment, and that il
should not cost the County cent.
Whereupon motion was made to ad
journ for tHo weeks, which resulted as fol
lows: Ayes, Messrs Hinsev, Knox. Osborn,
Fairburn, Dickens, Simpson, and Neville
Nays, Messrs Cloyd, Rose, Bedwell, Myers,
Israel, Knight, and Dresser, it being tie
vote, the President as usual declared the
motion lost A motion was then made to
receive the erroneous abstract, with the fol,
lowing result Ayes, Messrs Cloyd, Bid.
will, Myers, Neville, Israel, knight, Rose,
and Dresser. Nays, Messrs Hinsey, Knox.
Osborn. Fairburn. Dickens, and Simpson
Ayes, Dsmscrats Nays, 6 Republicans
The following protest was then signed, and
t e Clerk ordered to file the same.
We the undersigned, members Of the
Board Of Supervisors ofWapello County, do
protest against issuing the certificate Of
election to Hugh Brown, as Clerk of ths
Wspello County, As they believe that he
was not legally elected to said office.
Ostumws, Nov 80, 1862.
j. c. Hinsev, j. Y. Simpson, Moses Fair
burn, Silas Osborn, Peter Knox and Martin
Dickens
should have stated that after the Board
met and organized, the President, Georgs
w. Dresser, presented tho aforesaid CHROME
Gus abstract, as being the only one in the
possession of the Clerk, and very dignilied
ly proceeded to expound Blackstone, and
other learned dignitaries. in reference t.
how the returns should be made, both by
aoriting them out at length. and also II
figures; but the returns he was urging than
to receive had "nary figure" on them, mel.
Their have they yet. but they were good
enough to answer his purpose. Ths cor.
rected returns being called for several times
Mr.. ID. F. Gaylord, that gentemanly O.
Deputy, denied several times knowing any
thing about them, as also did the President
Mr. Brown being called up. and sworn,
pulled said corrected abstract out of his vest
pocket, without even an envelope bsing over
it.
Does any person believe that tho whole
crew had not seen said 40 ,tract ? why hide
it and deny it If d.,irou, Of d lin, tae fair
thing? Why deny me the privilege offur-
ther investigating the matter Why did
the President try from the start to crowd
the thing throug without an examination of
the testimony before him and wolld here