, 1864-05-19
CONTESTED. ELECTION.
The Vote io the Thirteenth Ward---Comaa.
ni:a1'on Of Gustav Fischer to tie
=. Cemmen CouuelI.

VIC publish today the Communication to The
Common Council. Of Gustave Tisher, the Union
candidate FIR The Office Of Alderman in the Thir.
teepth Ward at the last election. Il wxs presented
by Alderman Holden at tho tea .ton Of that body
on Monday evening, but crowded out Of Tuesday 4
fstue by prcsa Of other matter:
To the Common Gouncil of ths CFty or Gicooo::
The undersigned, Gustav Fisher, becs leaye re-
10 CONTEXT before your honorable body
Mafd of satd city Of chteaso, held On thc 18th day
q April, a D., 1861, aud 70 els1m that he Is el.
hued TO said ot1ce Of Alderman Of said ward, and
to teat In your honorable body az snch Alderman
IN the place and stead Of Matthias Franzen. Who
has been declared elected, and who claims said
ollice and seat. Amt the undersigned hereby re-
spectfuiIy etates and shows unto this honorable
body, that be MAS the competing candidate for
s4ld o1nce of Alderman OF SAID ward At sid elec-
ton, and be verify believes thai he Is tho person
who received the highest number Of legal votes
Of Alderman, and should have been decl.red duly
elected In the place and etead OF the ead Matthias
Esanzeu, but that through mistake OF otherwise
ie Fotes for Alderman a. said election In said
ward were incorrectly canYassed; that votes
that should have been counted as 7otes for the
untersignsd were, Ia some cases. counted as
voter for Matthias F1snzen- That in other cases
the Judges OF Election in said ward overlooked
and otitsd to eount votes cast for The undersign-
Cd ior taia o1cc, and In still other instances 6al.
lots were counted for said Matthias Frsnzen that
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dernan. And the undersigned further respectful
II states and represents that ho verify believes that
come q the 7otes actually given for said Franzen
1eI sald oee ws5s sas by peEsons n9t entitled
he further states that he Raw ballots which co.,
tained No vote for Alderman for said ward counted
q v9tes for satd F5anzen for said Office; that he
has been informed BY several legal voters Of tAld
ward thst they cast their votes for the undersigned
ior Alderman upon the aamo ballot coataiuing
vote for John +. Sendelbach.ior Police Commission
r TNHA Il Ia
to ASCERTAIN land be WRs present during the entire
canyaes Of the votes Of said wasd) no such votes
were counted for him for Ha1d Office, and he has
that Illegal votes were cast at said election fur said
Frauzen for said office; and the undersigned etatcs
thst said Franzen vas ONLY declared elected by ten
mnjogisy over the undersigned, and he verify be-
csnvassed and the Illegal votes cast for said Frnn-
zen dtsallowed, the undersigned will be found duly
elected. And the undersigned further states that
the premises from tue fact that he hns been unable
to procure IN examination and inspection OF the
ballots cast at said election IN said ward, which
the ssth day Of Apri',. issa, b presented
G ssk haast pss;;1ous l noss :a9
the facts as, Aforesaid, and requesting the said
CieIS that the package OF ballots returned fton
presence Of said Clerk and ot said FEan=tn Qf he
should choose to attend) for the purpose OF a4cer
tainlng the real facts Of the cnee, and to enable
Witnesses to examine and refer to tho same, pro-
paratnty to- and at the time Of said contest~ Bat
said Clerk refused to open said psekago OF ballots
or to allow such examination, inspection or refer
euce, until snch time Euch election should be in
fact contested before the Common Council.
The undersigned therefore respectfully requests
Your honorable body to take immediate steps to
ascertatn the real tac:s Of the case and to deter;
mine who wes duly elected Alderman Of said
ward, and to allow the undersigned to inttoducc
testimony upon the question, md, II upon examl-
nation and proof, 1t ehan appear that the under
siere1 was In fact duly elected to grant to lliu,
ssid office mud q seat tn your honorable body. 81
euch Alderman, In the plsce and stead OF asld
Matthias Franzen.
lSisneul CaudTAY FI6cIfER.