Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-08-04
UNioN COUNTY somINATIoNs.

ron THE 1EessIsrvRE
Hon. ID. b. ARMSTRONG,
ubect g d7cision Of the Legislative Conference.
nIsTRicT ATfoRxEr,
TT. hEAtsY, Esq. of Bedford.
ASSOCIATE JrDGE,
s-sPf- ADAM WEAvERLINts, RacoIy RUN
Capt SIMON DTcKERH0OF. Bedford
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
DANIFrslfe sgsHB niece 4vssIs,.s.s.as,ce.
cess and rise q higher and more fespdfsib
positions. To no one instrumentaity-
you except the common schools
American public more greatly indebt
for thedniyersality ofaits knowleIgs thsa ~,
newspaper press. 1t is one of the In
Archinlide;gh levers that moves tlie enii
tene9.FPFEdan and the fapHertwhqp qpeeleq
provide himself and family with one or at On.
oftRe5' fbest papers published ii the eouht-==
is standing directly ip the way of his oN
and 'family's prosperity and adYanceut -
He shuts out the light which brightens *:
the intellect Of his household, and viii s.
find that he is outstrippetl BY his more sa ~. ea
cious neighbors. Aiother article that is ~
most indispensaple.in home educationiEt
good dictionary 1t Is a dafiy want in ey ~.
intelligent family, ard heisl ''periny
and pound foolish, who negects tt' prov nv
his family with the best standard lexieoI
the languages The pages of Webster af
Illustrated Edition furnish such vast tt
Of useful information that It should bed o.;
consulted in every family. no one who IN
any aspirations to culture and refbeH -.
can afford to dispense with it. The ''o'
dollars that it costs are Soon compenSi,' 'o"'
for and returned tenfold Better far be -
live on5plainef food, or wear the old clof ~
a Iitfllss-s ssts -, sles,y4a ,sf.ur.self' otes
.,ad false returns from the army. Ihls cry
Is raised against innocent persons By those
who were really guilty in order to conceal
the part which they themselves took in the
fraudulent action 1t viii be useless to no
tice the various falehoods contained in the
paper thus circulated Itattempts to prove
that the returns rejected BY the Prothouo-
tary could not be certified by him This
absurdity is fully answered By the Report
of the Legislative Committee whose report
we publish to-day. 1t was clearly shown,
and is the fact, that not a voter in the army
residing outside Of the county, voted for
any county candidate 1t was just as clear
ly shown, and is the fact, that not vote
was cast for any district candidate by any
soldier, who; when at home, did not reside
in the proper district.
A weak effort is made to show that
Messrs. Meyers and Findiey were elected to
the Legislature, and that F. NJ. Kimmell
was elected Judge A complete answer to
this is found in the fact that this result is
effected by the entire rejection Of every vote
east in the army, both by soldiers of Bed
ford and Fulton counties The return
Judges Of Fulton county rejected about
one half of the soldier votes cast for that
county. Out Of 81 solsiIeF votes cast in that
county only y were counted. In Bedfort
county Igg votes were not certified by Mr.
Shannon All the balance were counted.
There is an impression in many quarters
that if the action of Mr.. Shannon in with
holding l39 votes, and the action of thu
Fulton county Judges in rejecting 25 votes
should be legal and proper, that Gessrs
Kimmen, Meyers and Findley were elected
This, however, is al mistake The act 0
Shannon and that of the Fulton count.
Judges, in rejecting soldier votes, afecte'
no candidate except those for Congress
True it diminished the majorities but di,
not alter the result.
Admitting that the action of the Fulto
county Judges and Mr. Shannon, was COZ
rect still KnmmeT, Meyers and Findle
were defeated. The returns as made by tn
Judges Of Fulton county and by lhr Shan
non, himself defeat The lohole three Of the,
men. The official returns Of Somerse
county, as made out, signed, and certified !
every Judge in Somerset county, of bot
parties; by every Judge of Fulton count!
of both parties, and BY every Democrat
Judge of Bedford county elected Messr
King, Ross and Armstrong, and defeate
Messrs. Kimmell, Meyers and Findley.
The returns of the several counties wei
certified and copies duly fled with the Pre-
thonotaries of Bedford, Somerset and Eu
ton counties. They are to be found in tn
evidence taken by the Committee ofInyest
CATION on pages 81, 5S, &c, 81 and 68,
their Report
We give the official figures and defy con
tradiction
OFFICIAL, RETURNS