Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-01-09

proper authority or not, do not pretend
to say. but it is evident Mr.. Lamoure did
not think so after wards, as be obtained
other pa pers from the regular Clerk. As
! an induceme at to secure the entire vote
of the settlement, DR.. Jayne talked Of a
"hay contract by which means twenty or
thirty voters could be imported from other
parts of the Territory, or enough to carry
the county seat. This, Of course, was
grand object to be gained for Brale Creek
"A sufficient inducement to call into
active cooperation almost the entire set
! element. 1t was afterwards feared that
voters could not be- spared from other
Districts, aud hence this programme was
never carried cut, but as a substitute the
following: On Sunday night previous to
the first Monday in September 1862, Dr.
Philips, NJ NJ Rich, VIM. Frsby, John
p Glaze and Mahlon Gore (who had not
been ia the District) and others, met at
the house Of Mr. Andrews nearly mile
from the place appointed by law to hold
the election. At this meeting the ballot
box was opened, and al election was held,
DR.. PhiIips, as judge OF election received
the tickets.
Mr.. Andrews seems not to have under
stood the programme previously, and
when these men came to his house at ,ha.
late hour of the night, he supposed they
had been drawn there on account Of fear
of the Indians but on reaching the
foot of the stairs, coming from his cham
Der, Mr.. Frisby met him, gave him Il vote,
and asked him t, deposit it in the box
Mr.. Andrews he,itatei, bat On an expla
nation he voted.
On the next day, the regular election
was hel3, using tilis same ballot box con-
tanning these spurious votes. At the close
of the polls Mr.. I. Andrews took the box
and turned the contents on the table,
counting the votes as he replaced them in
! the box The number of votes counted
were IS. Of which only - were legal, to
! which may be added about II soldier
votes Mahlon Gore and Mr.. Belts acting
as Clerks, proceeded to canvass the votes,
Mr. Gore having been elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the ahsense Of Mr..
Lenoure, who on seeing and hearing
things tina, he did no, like, tcigned sick.
ness and went home.
! As Mr.. Lanoure, Saml Crooks ana
Vim. Tate were on their way to dinner,
Mr. Lamourc asked bis companions What
writer wrote these words, viz-"An honest
man is the nob|cst wDrk Of God" Doubt
less he was then considering the rropriety
of returning. He did not, let it lie said
to his credit On the poll list was the
name Of not only Mahlon Gore, but his
brother Albert Gore, present editor Of the
Dakotian, pho ,ras al that time IN -Vtchi'
gan. During the canvass of these votes
it was found taat there were six votes
more than there were names on the poll
list TO obviate this, six Todd votes were
taken from the box and destroyed.
At this time n. j. Wallace was the Reg
ister Of Deeds Of this county, appointed
BY the Governor and confirmed by the
Council but only few days after this
Mr.. Rich, in company with Mah!on Gor'
went to Mr.. Watson's for the purpose ot
canvasst.g the Brule vote, the question
was asked if be, Rich, had all me pon
books OF Cole county, or fine had notified
all parties Of the proposed canvass He
said he had not. He was then asked
%ef'9 EFs 9 ssa s GfsTs fspy 'p ~s ssss n" h%
you to act with Mr. Lamoure who has re.
ceived a commission from the Governor as
a Justice OF the Peace. Objection was
raised, as Mr. Lamoure had not been
qualified. To which Mr. Rich replied that
it made no difference. Mr.. Rich was
further asked # Mr.. Wallace was not the
proper Register Of Deeas-to which he
answered BY saying that Mr.. Wallace had
been removed, and he had received an ap.
pointment in his stead. To all of which
Mr.. Watson replied by saying he had not
been a party to their frauds thus far, and
would not have anything further to do
with them. After this rebuke he reto.ted
by threatening him with the law, If he
refused to assist in the canvass, calling
~ 49,.
After some further talk, during which Mr..
Watson denounced them as the perpe,ra.
tors Of a villianons fraud, and their object
only to implicate him ia the same, Mr.
Rich persisted saying if he would act
there was no law that could reach him
After being denounced again. the party
left, Mr.. Rich going after Mr.. Frisby, and