Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1864-10-22
ELECTION MATTERS.


under-current of destinations in relation to
the manner in which the election of 1868 was
conducted on the part of the officers
of said election, casting reflections upon
that body which are unjust and without any
foundation whatever; and the insinuations
coming rs they do from members of the
Democratic party in private circles, and also
heralded from the stump by two of the prom
inent speakers OF the late canvass, gentle
men, TOO, above all others, from whom such
unkindness was least expected and the uu-
dersigned having acted as one of said board
Of judges OF said election, at the unanimous
request of the Democratic Club which was
organized 10 conduct the canvass of that
year for the best interests of the Democratic
party; and having on my part yielded to the
request of my Democratic friends, accepted
the domination and went into their service
by pledgiug my honor as a man and as a true
aud unwavering Democrat, that would, to
the utmost Of my ability, and with an IN
waverlng and vigIlant eye, watch the proceed
lngs Of the election and make a fair and im-
partial account Of the same to them-all of
which was faithfully performed on my part,
land must, in all candor, say the same for
All who were concerned with me in the mat
ter,)-for the satisfaction Of the curious, an
explanation may be necessary 10 show how
the business was transacted It was com
menced by unlocking the baIlot-box and
spreading it open before the assembled crowd
aud Their attention called to the fact, after
which it was again closed and the polls de-
clared open for the reception Of votes. Vot-
ing then commenced, and from that time I'M
I'll the close of the polls at night, the clerks
were almost necessarily writing the names oil
the electors. After which time we unlocked
the box and counted the tickets deposited
therein TO see how the number of tickets
correSponded with the number of names On
the poll-list, as directed by law. We then
to open the tickets and lay them
in two pies-oue Union and one Democratic. /
aud all the scratched tickets were placed in
a third place, and the last-named tickets l !
think amounted to twenty seven, while the
whole number OF votes cast was something !
over twenty-six hundred. We then commenc-
ID by counting them in numbers OF five
counted first by one OF the judges and passed
o the inspector andagain counted and passed
% the other judge, aud be again counted and
,rled TO the clerk five Union or FIVE Demo
'rstje, 80 e---s--..ssss Ue. They chen tai
led i've cast for all the candidates named.
After this process was gone through with we
hen turned to The scratched tickets and call.
d and Tailed them one by one. We then
ertified and signed the returns, placed the
lckets back in the ballot-box where they re-
NAMED, suppose; until the late election
1here any one might have seen them if thew
ad desired. Now, the main object in pub
shing this statement on my part, is to place !.
lyself Alright before the public, and that can
G done only by calling on the parties who
ave from the stump, in the late canvass,
harged fraud upon the officers of the cleo r
on Of last Fall, and in this statement / can
My say that no one has spoken Of the mat !
# publicly, in my hearing, but E. D. Hol-
rock and Joseph l.. Allison; the former
iade his statement in the Democratic Club,
a special meeting held Thursday evening
efore the election on Monday the latter
ade his statement on Sunday evening before 1
lie election on Monday. At which times
icy spoke as follows, to wit: After having [
'oken Of ballot-box stuEpg and fraud gem i,
ally, each of the parties made use of nearly N
lie same language, to this effective hope
AT this year we viii have different kind (
ballOt-boxes from the ones we had last
.ar we don't waut those hungry kind OF "A
,llot-boxes that have to go to meals three AZ
mes per day, and leave the presence of the
tiers. Now, charge that this language
as used at the times and place as aforesaid, \
d believing as do, that The aforesaid YER in
j advertisement Of fraud in the election Of
SO, does me palpable injustice, and all an
ose who were concerned in the matter as "a
icers of election, and my future course in
is, as personal matter, viii lie governed =
the action Of the parties themselves in re-
z; which reply respectfully demand,