Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-14

found 70 re elected We must put some limit on
rascaliiy IT electors. 90 shortly re would hsye no
elections ct all. The gentleman argued The
quest'ou AZ great length. snalyzing the testino
ny. and insisting. upon MS SIDE OF the question.
the right OF Nessrs Laoe and Hsmrck 10 seats
- representatives from Putnam. as against
hessrs PuetG asd Colover.
He argued 10 favor of The right Of students at
college On this instance, OF the students IN the
Gfeencastle institutiou) to vote Certsiniv.
these students. although they might keep bache-
Tors hall, ought 20 be admitted to the same foot
ing a. regards the right OF suffrage. as the indi-
sidual from old Ireland Who worked on = rail
road. and Who 10 one month. or ten or two DAYS
or one day, even. might be far away from the
precinct in which he baloted IL was clear that
these students acre legal voters-l5 of them
Their votes were just as legal a, any vote he
ever cast, But throwing them Out-and he stool
read' 10 throw them out ii il was necess iry-Mr
Lane was sill elected, according to the report
of the committee by eleven votes, and Mr. Ham
riek by one vote This thing must be ascertain
ed, Tor the time was come 10 throw, legislative
acton, additional safeguards around the sanctity
Of the ballot box # -
Mr. Puett followed in defense Of his and his
colleagues right, o their seats He analysed the
testimony He went into the statistics relating
to suffrage in his county he demonstrated from
his polut of view, that il frauds were committed
IN Putnam county, republicans had been guilty
what man. however. WAS there that would come
here snd say that these frauds had been commit
ted with the knowledge of the Judges and in
spectorsT Would any one of the ninety Eve
men who testified that they voted for Lane and
H4mricK. say soi
A high-toned gentleman as ever lived-Mr
Davis-would testify that no man bad ever tam
pered With the ballot box in Cloverdale town
ship.
He thought, il an impartial view of the case
was taken, such as due from one man TO
another, this thing could be easily reconciled
Ninety-bye men came here and testified that
they had voted for Messrs. Lane and Hamrick.
when the highest vote the township had cast
since 1862 was only 81 Taking the testimony.
taking the record altogether, he could not be
lleve the ballot box had. in the township ever
been tempered with Soldiers votes were not
challenged. although they might have voted
when not entitled
For himself he would rather be beaten than
dispute the right of the man TO vote who was
serving his country in the field However. the
soldiers, or persons dressed in soldiers clothes
whose true names we're Bedel and keppel. had
voted under the names of Smith and Brown
had voted the union ticket; at least Governor
Morton's name was at the head of the tickets
thew voted.
But the gentleman said there had been no fair
election in Putnam Let u.s. then go before the
people again, and then voc would see. if nobsdy
interered with us, who had the majority He
bad been candidate without his consent. and
only on the understanding that. if he is turned
out of his seat, the matter should be tried over,
he would become candidate again
Did YOU ever see q student-so much talk Ell
of by Mr. Newcomb in favorable comparison
with the lrishman-did you ever see a student
that was taxpayer, that ever paid ANYTHING to-
wards the support OF the countryf You never
did, yet on election day. from ~ years old and
and upwards, they were all at the polls He did
not wish to see any man voting unless he was
legally entitled He would to God we had an
Efficient law to protect the purity ct the ballot
box. Putnam Was n democratic county
Gentlemen would find It out IL, ~ he proposed,
they ousred him. they would try il over again
Mr. Lincoln. he took il. about the strong est
man on the republican ticket. yet III Putnam he
WAS Isl behind
On motion of Mr.. Newcomb. Messrs Lane
aud HamrIck, contestants, were allowed To sd
dress the House. ut such time during he discus
sion might be convevienI for Them
Nj. Ba>kirk comhatted the positions of the
gentleman from Delaware (,lr Kilgore) -nd the
gentleman from Marion Mr. Newcomb.) rels-
tive 10 throwing out the vote OF Cloverdale
township. aud insisted unon the purity of The bal
LOT box. which he hoped would have additional
safeguards
M Rods demanded the previous question
Nj Bu kirk said he was ready % take vote
upon Mr Lanes case. bat for Mr. Colover's we
We're not set ready He WAS here irving To- Get
along in good bath IT the previous question
related only 10 Mr.. LINES ea-e a vote might be
"a Inn I,tf -
Colovers be included. he would move nm ad
ournment. AMI demsnd the yeas aud nays
Finally IL was agreed 10 take vote M be.
tween Messrs Lane aud Puett--- the resolution
heing that Mr. Lame was entitled 20 the seat from
Putnam
The result was IA follows:
Yeas Messrs Atkiuson. Banta Bonner BOYD
Br'nham. Burnes, Chambers, Church Cook
Crosn Crook. Emerson. Ferris. fouike. Good
man. Gregory OF Montgomery Gregory OF War.
ron Griffith. Groves Henricks. Hershey Hig-
gins. H1gate. Hoover. james. Johnson. Khgore,
Lnckhart, Major. Meredith Miller OF Tppecsnoe,
Montgomery. McVev Newcomb. o leman,
Reese Rhods. Riiord Ssbin. Shney. Sim, Stew
ard. Slivers = ringer. Trusler. Epson. Welch.
Whiteside. Willis. Woodruff. Woods, Wright.
Zeigler Mr Speaker-55.
Nays-Messrs Bird. Burton. Buskrk. Con
roth. Collins. Colover. Glszebrook. Gregg. Hsr-
grove. Htrrison Howard. Humphreys, Hunt,
L,sselle. Lemon. Lopp Miller of Clinton. Mi
roy Osborn, Perigo. X chardson, Roach. Sho n
o. Allen. Shoaii OF Jay. Stenger. Thatcher,
Neach. White--2s
Mr kngore thereupon moved that Mr Lane
be called aud sworn In
So ordered and Mr. Lane took he oath and his
seat
On motion House adioured until ~ pm
NIGHT SESSION.
The House met at ~ o'clock. pursuant to