The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-12-18

cast for you in the county of Hampshire,
with a designation ofkthe precincts at
which they voted, to all whom object
as not being qualified to vote according
to the Constitution and laws OF the
State n To lf.G BiNf ~
4th. l will ask the Court to reject
from its count the entire vote taken
at the following named precincts, usu-
ally known as Beans, Harpers, Peters
burgh, Matthias and upon the grounds,
without agoin repeating them, which l
have set forth against the validity and
legality of the vote taken at the precincts
above named, in. the county OF Hamp-
shire. fssis 1F'l - set
5th. will ask the Court to restore to
my list of voters the votes polled at
Befgdolls Mill in the county of Hardy,
where l received SO out of the Sc votes
polled This precinct. l understand. was
rejected from the general count of the
vote of that county by the Board of Su
pervisors, upon, the grounds that the
oaths prescribed by law. were not at
tacked to the Poll Book, or returned with
it, talthough the fact as am informed,
is susceptible of proof, that the said oaths
were actually taken by the officers con-
Quoting said election. | claim the right
to supply, by proof, the fact that the
oaths, though not returned, were taken
in pursuance of law. | shall also append
a list of the votes so rejected, if l can
procure them in time, and ask, upon
proper evidence, that they shall be added
to my poll.
9Th While your objection to the &c
tion of Supervisors of the county OF
Morgan, in rejecting the polls, giving
you majority of seventeen votes at
Timber Ridge and Rock Gap, might well
pass unnoticed by me, as the facts al
legged are not supported by the affidavit
which the law requires. here give you
list of votes cast for you at these two
precincts, to whose right to vote / object,
as persons not having legal residence
in the State, county or township, and
being otherwise not qualified to vote &C
cording to the constitution and laws of
this State.
9Th, The Board OF Supervisors OF the
County of Jefferson having in ascer
tanning the true result Of the election III
that county, stricken from the count
the vote given at the Charlestown town
ship the Board of Supervisors for the
County of Morgan having, in ascertain
ing the true result in that county. re-
iected from the count the votes given at
Timber Ridge and Rock Gap. and the
Board of Supervisors for the County of
Hardy having in like manner, in ascer-
tanning the true result in that county,
rejected from the count the votes given
at the precincts of Beans, Harpers, Pc
tersburg, Matthias and Brakes, Gin the
last of which precincts received small
Majority will call upon the Special
Court TO ratify and confirm the results
so officially ascertained and declared by
said Board, unless by evidence taken by
you, YOU are able TO show that the town
ship and precinct elections thus declared
invalid by the proper local authority
were conducted by officers duly author
lied and qualified according TO law, and
that the voters thus excluded are enti-
tied to vote according to the constitu-
ton and laws of this State.
9Th / will further maintain before the
Special Court the soundness in point of
law Of the action Of the Board Of Super
visors of the county of Jefferson, in re-
iecting from their count taken at
Charlestown, upon what am informed
was the ground of that decision, to wit;
lst, That the Supervisors and Inspect
ors who conducted that election were not
elected or appointed according to law.
2nd That the persons assuming to act
as Supervisors and Inspectors, even if
they had been duly elected or appointed,
were not qualified 10 act, by taking the
oatbs prescribed by law
3rd That it was publicly announced
by the officers conducting said election,
that no challenges of votes would be
listened to or recognized, and voters au-
thorized by law to make such challenges,
and who were there present for the pur
pose, were by this annunoiat'on con
strained to abandon the exercise OF that
legal right
4th That persons we're allowed to vote
who were citizens of New York and Ma
ryland-many who had not resided
twelve months in this State; some who
we're residents of other townships in the
same county. and many again otherwise
not entitled to vote according to the
constitution and laws Of this State
5th, Some twenty-seven tickets were
received printed on colored paper, in ex-
press violation of statute of this State
9th, | will ask the Court to reject
from its consideration the vote taken in
the county Of Pendleton, upon such in
formation as justifies mo in believing
that the vote in that county at its vari
GUS places of voting, is liable to the OBJ
jections urged in Section No. 2. against
the precinct elections named in the
county of Hampshire 1t is only within
the past few days that | have learned
certainly that an election was held in the
county of Pendleton, and only to-day
that l have learned that any returns had
been made to the Governor of the State
from that county
10th, will produce evidence before
the Court in addition to the grounds al
ready stated, upon which ask to set aside
the returns from the several precincts of
the county of Hamshire, mentioned in
Sec No. 3, of the active interference of
the military authority of the United
States in favor of Kerners precinct, and
perhaps other precincts, through which
military interference, you received every
vote cast at the Kerner precinct | ex.
pect to prove that Lieut.. Brown, in com
mand of that force, placed there osten
sibly to preserve order, was bribed to
this interference by a compensation
promised In money, and that said Brown
is now employed as a Deputy Sheriff in
the said county of Hampshire