The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-12
DE1An XNTMLLI1ENCB.
The Alleged ELECTION Frauds.

NISI PRIUS-Judge eThompson.-It will be remem-
were holding their session in the Supreme Court room
yesterday, number of the Democratic Judges filed a
military votes from Fort Delaware, the ground of
BSad %as Us yss
on Of the 1eSSy of th eenT 20 pass upon the ques
Immediately afterwards application was m ade
70 restrain inc judges from counting their votes, and
granting OF the injunction the Returns We're sent to
the office OF the Prothonotary OF the Court of Com
to the secIeiay Of the State at HarrsSurg M:'e
The matter under the title of William Leech vs.
court IN the shape Of a confirmation OF the
end Of i've days for want Of expression Of the nten
t9n Of the plsintihs to press the matter Mr. VIM. s.
bearing Of thS matter but Judge ThompsO
proper notice of IT, would not permit to be had He
said that In SO grave and serious matter the Court
be improper to proceed without the defendants having
Mr.. Hirst then moved for permission to amend the
pSinaHs 81 G by an aGdii0na Sega!ion Of the fcap
ants. and the forgery OF The papers.
The Judge replied that If no one appeared to oppose
No one made any remonstrance, the defendants not
being represented by counsel, ana therefore the
Mr.. Hlrst asked that the Court make an order that
the Injunction shOu stand until hearing heard,
and offered the following evidence in support Of his
Thomas o. Webb, Deputy Prothonotary of the
Court OF Common Pleas swornIIhese papers tmssen, s
were bToue ht to the officer Of the Court Of Common
Pleas about noon October H. by two persons, one re-
iOr the purposes do not know them, never having
seen see anS ds a sa az % 'ne np 2,
was sealed, and cannot say what they contained
Thomas b. Reeves, Clerk in the onice Of the Court
Of Common Pleas, sworn5These returns were
were in session; do not know the man who brought
before the election the returns were OPEN they were
In the condition they now are with the exception of
the file marks on the back. which made; made a
certed copy Of their cOntents; all that said
that they were the returns of the votes tFom Fort
Delaware; would know the man who gave them TO
me were 10 see him. do not recognize the hand
The Judge then asked counsel If a minute Of the
order made yesterday Vas was served upon the defend,
ONCE OF Colonel snOwden, Prothonotary of the
SSSG sPGn 6ng g ssr8a RelSrn m
were then In session in the room opposite (the su
SSIGa nd n ne Of
Hancock, President, Samuel schlede, b. s. Wright
Return Judges afterwards read 1t aloud 70 Luke
wills office; the paper stated that there would be
MI. Blair. OF the Supreme Court office being sworn
Summers, A. J. ,Buekus' and d. NJ Matthews (all
MI HIST thsn asked that the order be granted
ing at 10 O'clock and also rule to show cause why
an ehSuld not Issue sgSinss o the & deien EN-
Injunction had been read 70 the Judges as S directed
so evidently dishonest and fraudulent in the Common
Pleas office, and had mailed copy of them to Har
would ask leave 10 amend the bill by adding Francis
Jordan, Secretary OF the Commonwealth, as q de-
fendant in the case. He knew that gentleman would
be thankful for It, for 1t would him from lending
his honorable name such disgraceful proceeding
The Judge said he had doubts about that It seemed
to be forgotten nowadays that Return Judges were
judges. II thought they were to act only minis
terally. They seemed only to have counted up the
numbers that given them and TO have abdicAted
their judgeshin entirely.
But the njunctlon was not had In time and these
returns had gone Harrisburg the Secretary of the
State could not be restrained, because he had no
power 10 change them. This application was useless
and only served TO lend greater excitement TO the
matter by using Mr. Jordans name.
Mr.. HiTst withdrew the application.
The order was then granted continuing the injunc-
tiOn indefinitely until hearing had; and, asO a
rule to show cause why attachment should not issue
returnable Tuesday morning, at 10 O'clock.
On motion Of Mr.. Newlin, deputed by the Attorney
General directed that writ OF quo pdrrdnto be issued
against the washington Library Company, returnable
on the second wednesday OF January. 1868 10 show
by what warrant claims 20 have, use and enjoy Ia
franchises. rights, and privileges.
COURT OF QUARTER sfssIoNs-Judss Lud-