The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-13

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The guests then repaired TO the main building,
where magnificent collation. was served up.
Speeches were made by Nathan Hilles President
of the Gas Trust, hessrs. Wllltts, Potter, Duty,
and Smith, of Councils; District Attorney Mann
City Solicitor James Lynd, ana William Elliott,
of the Gas Trust. In the course of his remarks
Br. william Smith, of Select Council asserted
that the newspaper press sought TO degrade and
beat down everything in the shape of an i'm
pHovement that was advocated.
TEE ELECTION CoNrEsr.-In the Common
Pleas, ID the matter of the complaint of jacob
W. Colladay and others, that an undue return
was made at the last election for Register of
Wills, Clerk of the Orphans Court, and City
Commissioner, the answer of Messrs Leach
Megary, and Baller thereto was filed Yesterday
In 1t they deny that the return is false and
illegal one, or their election an undue one;
on the contrary, they aver that at the said
election they received more votes than is
included in the general return for the con-
testants. That the second specification in
SAID complaint is so far as the same goes,
true, but does not state the whole truth
that there we're ll0 votes counted for the con.
testants purporling TO be return of votes
OF soldiers from Fort Delaware; all of which
should be excluded from the return
for the reason that they were grossly and out
rageousIy fraudulent, and imposed upon the
Board OF Return Judges as the votes OF vol
unteers from pennsylvania in actual military
service at Fort Delaware, when the fact was
motor rous that there we're not any volunteers
from Pennsy lvauia at Fort Delaware. The re-
sp0ndents further say that they have no know
ledge, information, or belief OF the misconduct
or fraud IN the election of officers IN the dlyi.
sOns Lamed in the specifications, and they ex-
pressly deny, II 1t be so, that they promoted or
procured the same. They also deny all know
ledge of the reception of votes from persons
not qualified, and they believe the returns of
votes pOlled TO be true, so far as relates TO the
divisions specified IN the petition. Tue answer
then charges the reception of fraudulent votes
to the number of ten and upwards in the wards
and divisions named, TO witt
First Ward-First, Second, Third, and Sixth
Divisions.
Seventh Ward-First, Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth, and Sixth Divisions
Eighth Ward-Fourth Division.
Ninth Ward-Frst, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh
Tenth Ward-First, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
SIXTH Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Divisions.
Twelfth Ward-Fourth Division.
Thirteenth Ward-First Third, Fifth, Seventh,
and Ninth Divisions.
Fourteenth Ward-First, Third, Fourth,
Fifth Sixth, and Eighth Divisions.
Fifteenth Ward-Third, Fifth, Eighth, Tenth,
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth
Divisions.
Sixteenth Ward-Secoud Division.
Seventeenth Ward-First and Third Divisions.
Eighteenth Ward-First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Filth, Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Di-
visions.
Nineteenth Ward-Fourtb, Fifth, Eighth.
Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Divisions.
Twentieth Ward-SiXth Twelfth, Fourteenth,
and Fifteenth Divisions.
Twenty-6rst Ward-Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, and Eighth Divisions.
Twenty second Ward-Third, Fourth, Fifth.
Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Divisions.
Twepty-thiId Ward-tirst, Third, Fifth, Sixth,
and Seventh Divisions.
Twenty fourth Ward-First Fifth, Seventh,
Eighth, and Eleventh Divisions.
Twenty-siXth Ward-Flrst, Third, Fourth,
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and
Eleventh Divisions.
Twentyseyenth Ward-Second, Fourth, and
Sixth Divisions.
Twenty eighth Ward-First, Second, Fourth,
Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Divisions.
The res pondents also allege that in the Fifth
Division of the Ninth Ward, in pursuance of
criminal conspiracy, a large number, amount
ing to two hundred and nifty and upwards, of
soldiers ds a0le1 und supported by the Govern
ment of the United States, who were not citi-
zens Of the state of Pennsyl ylVania, not entitled
to vote in the city of Philadelphia, were brought
within two weeks preceding said election from
the State of Ohio TO the city of Philadelphia,
and quartered within the said Fifth Division of
the Ninth Ward and that in further pursuance
of SAID Illegal and criminal conspiracy, the said
soldiers were brought to the polls in said dlV-
sion to vote, and did vote at said election, for
the contestants.
1t is also alleged that band or gang of
persons, TO the number of one hundred and
upwards, did trauduently vote in many election
divisions in different wards, under names which
had been fraudueutly placed upon the assess
ment lists, expressly for the purpose of enabling
members of said gang, commonly known as
"Rounders,n TO vote under such names; and
that the fraudulent votes thus illegally cast by
said "Roundecs' were counted for the con.
tcstants