Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-06-25

damn whether we (referring to the Jayne
party had the majority or not; We would
swindle them the Todd party) out Of i
anyhow I replied to Mr.. Hartsough
that You cannot carry any election thai
way. As a republican,, I was Disguised
with this practice Of the democrats il
Kansas, and that no iraudulenr vote
should 20 into that ballot'box unless il
walked first over me. He turned away
from me in seeming disgust at my reply
l heard very shortly after that Mr.. Skin
ner was appointed in my place on the elsc'
ton board
Mr.. Skinner was not permitted to serve,
however. On the morning Of the elec.
ton he repaired to the polls, before 9
o'clock as the witnesses think, at any rate
before any voting was commenced, and
found Jacob kiel, the servant ofthis same
Harvey Hartsough, and known % the
Dutch boy in this comfy, installed in his
| place, and the United States marshal re.
| fused to admit Skinner into the room,
declaring that Jacob Kiel should act as
Judge. The voting was done through a
window. One witness [ SEober there.
upon stationed himself at the window on
the outside, and requested the voters to
vote open tickets, while he took their
names, and those who voted for Todd did
so, numbering twenty-five in all, whose
names be gives. And there were fourteen
other voters making ,hirty-nne iu ALL
A recess Of an hour was taken for dinner,
and during tha, time Moses Herrick, Quo
of the Judges took the ballot. box aud car.
ried it away with him into room in his
own house by himself. The balloting
continued in the afternoon, aud at the
close Of the polls, when the counting COM
menced, which is described by the witness
As follows
Tho Judges proceeded to count tho
ballots, denying admi.tance to the electors
at the polls. The judges first began the
canvass of the votes by taking the tickets
from the balot>box and separating the
same into two different piles,-ths Todd
tickets in one pile, and the Jayne tickets
in the other. The Jaynetick cts were dis
tinguishable from the Todd tickets by
their blo,ted surface, the ink showing
plainly through the tickets. 1t became
at once apparent that fraud had been
perpetrated, by the substitution Of ballots
during the hour had for dinner. There
we're at this time about twenty-five per
sons around the polls, and much excite
ment ensued. AS soon as saw the ex-
citement, demanded to be admitted, and
to have the canvass made public, ,whichwas
at that time peremtorily refused by the
judges, and by Mr.. Pinney, who was their
spokesman. During this time Mr.. John
son and myself were standing at the win
dow, directly in front of the judges. Up
on this refusal Of admission into the room
the excitement still increased. The judges
,hereupon gathered up the tickets aud
threw tnem back into the box. then
again demanded admission. After some
hesitation, Pinney suggested that mysalf
and Edward Clifford be admitted: we en-.
tered together. and went up to Moses Her
rick, one of the judges Of election, and
asked him to proceed with the canvass,
which be refused to do Ithen asked him
to show me the tickets, whereupon he
hand me thirty Of the tickets to examine.
looked them over in his presence, ar.d
found that was right in my conclusions.
then asken him to show me the other
nine Of the tickets, which he refused. /
found fifteen tickets, among the number
banded me, for Jayne. I then laid them
down on the table aud remarked TO Mr..
Herrck that there was prima 1acie evil
dence of fraud; that there had not been
fifteen votes cast for Jayne whereupon
the judges and clerks jumped up, under
the lead Of G. NJ. Pinney. and left the
room, leaving poll.books, ballots, and all
papers connected with the election, lying
on the table. Great excitement prevailed.
The canvass was never completed. The
crowd rushed in and took possession of
the ballo. box, and ballots, and proceeded
then to hold new election
The committee were o. ropin,on that the
conduct Of alt parties engaged IN this
transaction was dtsgracetul and .Craudm.
lent, and that no votes should be counted
from that precinct"
Everything developed BY the committee,
goes to show that the friends Of General
Todd acted fairly and honorable in election;
and does not show = single instance,
whero they astemptedto violate the sancity
Of the ballot box. On the contrary, the