Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-10-05
THE COUNTY CANVASS.


De- recorded 49,
The L a,l mel on las, Monday for this
purpose. The mem bers present were John
W, Lewis, Of tGis township, W. d. Squires,
OF Little S1oux. AID A. ID. Graves, Of Cor
rection.Ila. We said the Board met, but it
didnt exactly. Messrs. Lewis and Squires
repaired to the Clerks Office, the place where
'the meetings are held, ut two o'clock, .. m >,
bot thagentlemsn from Correctionville did
not pssiu an appearance, although he was
in town and was known to have eaten a
hearty dinner. After waiting reasonable
time, the two first named gentlemen started
on prospecting tour to SEE if they ccul1
''pan OUT the recusant member. A short
search discovered him comp'acently watch
ing the approach aud landing Of = steam
Loaf. he was ''correled" and conducted to
TO the CLERKS Office; but he had scarcely en.
tered its classic precincts, until he was tax zen
suddenly short" and wanted to see Judge
Hubbard (of Indiana, upon which pretext
he left the Office, and was not seen again
for an hour or 50. Again he was discovered.
and conducted TO the place of meeting, but
before anything could be done be was fast
ened upon by Hubbard, Davis, the Winnie.
haso Chief, Smith, and others, who secretly
but vehementiy exhorted him about some
thing or other not known TO outsiders, and
again he disappeared. Thus it went the
whole afternoon the fng .eman aud treasury
leeches running FROM strset to street in an
uncomfortable state Of excitement. evident
ly closely pressed between a sweat and a
stew, while the democrats were sorely per-
picked to know what was in the wind, bu,
fully impressed with The fact that there was
the biggest kind Of "a hen on
Finally, for the want of quorum, the
board adjourned unit! Tuesday morning a,
Q o'clock. A. The appointed time the Dosgd
mes--Graves being present And here the
"eazelle" came in, explaining the cause o,
the exci:em ent and button-holng Of the
previous dag. 1t leaked out that the election
officers in Lakeport had not been sworn in,
and consequently the returns from that town.
ship were entirely illegal. 1t also came to
hghttha' Rock township had been orga,.i zed
s'uh OF the Correction Line, instead of
north, as directed in the order of III. hoard
OF supervisors. Now, Graves was a candid
ate for re election TO the board from Correc-
tlonvi'le tcwnchip, but was sec COPIED out BY
Morris Kellogg. Graves didn't like this
He is ambitious, and extremely fond of the
renown and emolunen:s of Office. He had
found that being a member of the board.
when swamp land was to Be disposed Of and
brcges to De built, wasn't hard to take-in
tact it was very soft snap" and bis sen.
sit'Ve nature revolted At the idea Of bein.
compelled to retire to private life, aad doom.
ed to the lily reqaited dradgery Of selling
crockery and ealesa.us to the inapprseiativs
den'zens OF Correct.onville. Ergo, be be.
came possessed Of brilliant idea, and i. was
this: lie would Cor once, do an honest act
move to throw out the votes of the illegally
organized townships Of Correction Vile and
Hock, and (here comes the motive) thereby
rerpetuste lis official career for one wear
longer To make bis action appear conss-
tent he would also move TO exclude the vote
OF Lsksport for the reason above named -
Well, the Board me-, and Graves made his
motions TO reject the returns from Lake
port Rock and Corractionvins, and the
motions prevailed But rlght here the "deyil
was to pay" The leeches began to wr;pple
and look sick. The Winnebago Chief "uu-
ear'hed his Aa'che.' and began to look
aroaoa tor the ""ar path squires got sick
AZ the stomach, and retired to the sidewalk
~hece ne made desperate but Intellectual
enofts to throw up something that seemed
10 lay unpleas sanity on his stomach Davi.
and Stone and Smith also gave evidence If
severe distress at the stomach, but seeing
Inc poor success that attended Souires
efforts, they did not try to puke, and no,
having time to resort 10 the next best means
OF relief, they concluded, as was evident
rom the eepious perspiration which exuded
from their bodies, to 'sweat it OUT Tb;s
seemed to De the better plan, for thev re-.
covered their speech and vitality long be-
,ore she.r unfortunate companion had ceased
lis 'hehec'uaI heaving and retchiug. Upon
'neir recovery they IN mediately bese, Graves. ,
and by the use of such arguments a. thew
knew to be most effective with their man.
succeeded, BY the time squires became con-
s'need that he wasn't very heavy on q puke
and returned to the Office, in investing
'ra'ss with sufficient new light" to induce
hltn 10 move reconsideration of the votes
by which the returns of the tbrss ,ow,sh;n.
had been rejected.
ne Board then proceeded to canvass the
vote OF Lakeport, but when it came to Rock
Graves renewed bis motion to rejec. Then
'ne "inneoago Chief made speech embel
ished with anIa.onations and side-no,es bv
DAVIS Notwithstanding the strong pur1.-
i've tendency of such ap exhibition, the
"oe-oegone appearance of squires induced
BY bis sidewalk exercise, constrained the
hearers to resist their feelings-aud nobody
puked.
But 1t made Graves sick. His courage III
90 ever had any honor or honesty, be lost
II before coming to Iowa. oozed out Of the
enas OF bis fogers, and when the Chief
gave bis last whoop, Graves, with euttsral
ugh !" withdrew his motion to reisc. And