Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-09-29
SOLDIERS READ!
THE NAMES OF THE SOL
DIERS DEFRAUDED!
US. F. Meyers and d. IL. sham
NON throw Oaat fiReSeVOleS
to elect their Con-
greSsDlan.
THE MOST ASTOUNDING FRAUDS .


ed to inquire into the frauds practiced up
on soldiers and leave it to speak for itself
'sfhe great end and aim ofthe law were to
insure, TO the soldier on duty, the exercise
Of that elective franchise which was enjoyed
by his fellow citizens at home The Consti-
tuition of the State guaranteed this to him
The people Of the State declared, by ma
iejty Of nearly one hundred thousand at
the ballot box, that he should be permitted
to exercise this right. While these one hua-
dred and diI9y-a,ae soldiers lcere carrying
the Hdg Of The couttly and dcfeadtng her
cause ri the time these Uotes ,0ere being c0uR-
ted, u petty fyraat, like the protkoaotaTHg
cotatty, By D,djtgetty or stupidity, assuming,
10 himself PoleerS and jla1SCtlct6oH 1clict lid
not beJ0ag to him, oUertu,9sS their toiH, and
absolutely diSfiunchi5eS the 1choIe number.
Much Of the eUidence loeat to conrtct Hr.
Shannon Of bad faith a. The premises He
called, as a witness, Major ID. Washabaugh,
to prove that he had sent to Harrisburg to
get these returns, or au explanation of them.
so that as he alleged they might be count
ed But, unfortunately for him, his witness
testified that a full aud satisfactory explana-
ton had been discovered and made to him.
These returns were duly copied. certified by
the Secretary Of the Commonwealth, and
said copies handed to Mr.. Shannon on the
day before the meeting Of return judges.
Again, after the argument before him on
Friday morning, in the prothonotary' s Office,
he declared that he would go home and de-
eide the question and prepare his certificate
Before he started d lcas prOced, by SererGj
aoitnesses, and especially has o3cn cterit, that
he sent for b. r. Meyers, Esq, one Of the at-
tol7,e7is for General Cofroth. and one Of the
candiIateS for the Legislature, that he did
not 90 home, as he declared he sgould, but
carried his papers atp stairs, and there had
Mr. Meyers tc,th him from an hour to an
hou. and halt, aRtd The ao].ole business aeas
l3lcted
He absolutely refused, even after demand
in writing, to make copies of those returns,
or of any returns, and made out only gen
eral table of all the returns in his own way,
leaving nothing whatever for the judges to
do. He added up all the returns, then slL-
tracted such as IN his Uje,o ioere not such re-
turns, and made one general certificate tor
the aggregate Not satisfied to stop here,
but disregarding or forgetting every sense Of
propriety, he went before the board of re-
turn judges in person, and made speech
of some length to prevent them from re-
ceIving the two returns which he had rejec-
ted, terrified copies Of which were sent BY
the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and
argued to the board that they had no right
| to receive any paper whatever, except such
as he gave them This effort, strangely in
consistent with his allegation that he had
| sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth
for copies and explanations, in order that
these returns might be counted. After the
argument closed before the board of return
judges, upon the suggestion Of the attorney
for Gen. Koontz, the room was cleared Fin
order that the the judges might decide for
themselves. Scarcely had this been done,
when it became apparent that some of those
who had been counted upon to aid in carry
ing out this infamous fraud We're alarmed by
what they had heard III the argument; when
Mr. Shannon again comes to the rescue; and
having been sent for by a few OF the more
faithful. actually remained with the board
until the whole work had been eonSumma.
ted
The following is list of the Bedford
county soldiers who we're disfranchised.
d. W. SN0WBERGER, NJ. Woodbury..
GEO. NICHAM, St Clair.
MATTHIAS SMITH, Bedford.
ADAM ShUSH, East Providence.
A HARTLEY, Bedford.
ZACH. CLARK, Snake Spring.
A. POTE, Middle Woodbury..
JAG EASTMAN, do
GEO. F. M0RTZ, Cumberland.
E. KAY, Hopewell
SAM. SMITH, Bedford.
E GRIMES, do
d. SMITH. do
WM SWARTZ, S. Woodbury..
AMOS MCRAY, Bedford
S. C. MULLIN; do
A. P MILLER, Harrison.
SAM. DAVIS, Hopewel
WILLIAM BRANT, Harrison.
j. MCDOWELL, Monroe.
G. w. SLARKEY, Colerain.
L. v. WRIGHT, Napier.
ENOS ELLIS, do
J. W. GROWDEN, Cumberland V.
A. j. DAVIS, Colerain.
G. C. RENZER, Napier.
A. IENHARD, Snake Spring.
w. b. gibson, Bedford
JOHN ARMALI., Juniatta.
J. SMITH, do
f. HILLEGAS, Monroe.
J. WARD, do.
SAM'L STRAIGHTZ,
AARON C0RL, st. Clair.
FRED. CLAYB0RN, Union.
j. S. GINODEN, Cumberland
w. j. BRANT
NJ. MILLER, Southampton.
j. MANSPEAKER, +. Providence.
JOHN WANFIELD.
SAM'L L. BURkART, Harrison.
DANIEL B. BULGER, NJ. Woodbury..
LEVI STEPHY, do
JOHN HINES, do
DAVID S. JOHNSTON, do
DAVID b. BULGER, do
LEVI CRAMER, do
DAVID f. KEAGY, do
GEORGE G. GIBSON, Hcpcwel.
JOSEPH ROSS, do
JOHN r. FLUCK, do
JOSEPH GATES, do
SIMON COLLEGE, do
JOSEPH FRY, do
JOHN r. OAKS, Liberty.
JOSEPH G. LONG, South Woadanry.
WILLIAM G.. EICIsnLTX,
JOHN M'D0NALD, do
ADAM CONNER, Monroe.
ALEXANDER SKIPPER, Broad Top.
JOB S. AKERS, Monroe.
JACOB CRAWFORD, Southampton
JAMES A SHADE, South Woodbury..
JOSEPH L. D0UGHERTY, do
ABRAHAM NJ. MAY, Monroe.
WILSON L. SANS, do
JOHN robson. ton age) do
WILLIAM FAULKNER, NJ. Woodbury..
LAFAYETTE BURNS. do
GEORGE KEAGY do
WILLIAM FREDERICK, do
JACOB COLLEGE, do
JOSIAH T. BARKLEY, do
JOHN. A. SLICK, ST. Clair.
]. w. HANN, West Providence.
JESSE PECK, East do