Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-24
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Tie extraordinary attempt made last
week by Attorneys for John ;. Miller,
backed up by Others to set aside the en-
tire legislative return Of Huntingdon CO.,
merely because the republican judges, out
OF good nature and from a desire to do
right by the people, did not complete
their returns on the day the return judges
met, but waited until next day so that
lazy or ignorant copperhead judge might
add his returns, shows such an utter reck-
lessness. such a cormorant desire for Of
flee even against the expressed wishes of
Il majority. that il becomes a grave ques-
ton whether We should not retaliate on
that parCy what is unquestionabiy within
our power The readiness with which
Mr.. Dean, the return Judge from Juniata
county, III into this pettyfogging scheme
by refusing TO sign the return-an act for
which he ought to be prosecuted under
the election lawS-shOws that had they
had the bower they would have given the
certificates of election to Messrs Willis
and Miller, and thus made them the sit
ting members until ousted by the report
Of committee, and action Of the House,
which might have run through several
weeks. We will however do Mr.. Willis
the Justice 10 say we do not believe he
would have made himself party tos such
a fraud, or attempted to take a seat to
which he knew he was not entitled.
Suppose now, under the new demo-
cratic motto ito creep in, steal in, or get
Into oiicc any way you can" the repub-
cans CONTEST THE ELECTION OF
THE ENTIRE PATENT DEMO
CRATIC TICKET On CONSTITU-
TIONAL GROUNDS-in short, to give
them Il dose of their own medicine-a
strong .jet0 dc Sc pill. 1t will be renem-
bered that some years ago Chief Justice
Woodward, with the sanction of two
other copperheads, laid down the law that
soldiers could not vote because the law
required the voter to reside and vote in
the precinct of his election district. That
decision remains law to this day, and ap-
plies to every voter in this State unless
in the military service us subsequently
provided by the constitutional amend
ment. Granville, Derry, Wayne and
Oliver do not Uote IN their districts, and
are therefore clearly violating constitu-
tional decision made by judges of the
true eopperhead stamp, and consequently
their elections are null and void in law.
Under that decision, NO COURT OF
JUSTICE COULD HESITATE A
MOMENT in throwing out those districts
in case Of a contest, and thus Banks and
Ross for Associate Judges, Keams for
Commissioner, and Butler for Auditor.
would be defeated, and McEwen elected
by out one majority, which pauper and
deserter votes would soon settle. How
would you like dose Of your own medi-
cine, ye praters about law? The Repub-
Gcan party, although knowing that the
late election in this county was carried
by palpable frauds, and believing that
the republican ticket had majority OF
the resident legal vote, submitted to
what appeared to be the majority; they
also took much "nigger slang" during the
past campaign with patience and good
nature, merely combating the viIest an
peais to ignorance and stupidity with
reason and truth, but there is point
where "forhearance ceases to be a virtue ,,
and therefore we warn that party It's MOI
Yet too late to give it more law than If.
dtmagogues bargained for when, under :
frivolous pretext, they endeavored to SCI
aside the will of majority.