The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-10

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Ia. elected Supervisor Of Harrisburg
I..v,..;n at IL hss slecsioa BY aajeri1v o.
lo.,v tho yotsa NJ oppouspt for that o1ces
Mesahev Creswell, ESD, q The instisatcn
Of his Democratic friends, and for the sole
purnose, - think, Of trying 70 manufacture
some political capital for ~ future NJ q
,he;, narty. nv proper 70 contest nv elecsion.
He 6Ied his sworn statement before the Coun-
~ Judee. Hon. II. Ssacktisg, whose legal
.h;,;,v. Immortality and uprishtuess % . ia.
dicial officer il we'll attested By the fact that
he 4 nov holding his sixth year Of that of CO.
He CHARGED that there were ten illegal votes
cast for me Il sid election, and chose, - BY
Law hehad : risbt 70 do, for one Of the judges
At the trial Jacob G. Vale, ESQ, of Harrisburg
rown,h;p. whose moral worth, learning and
ability are too well known in this community
Ii, need n.ention from me. I chose - the
| third Judge Joseph D. Israel, Esq, who
ha, long Teen . citizen Of Harrisburg, and
whose integrity and fair dealing have
never ret been questioned by those best ac-
Iouainted with him. claimed Is counter
Oh urs that there were Eve illegal votes cas-,
at said election for Mr.. Creswell, two oil
whom were tdiots, and never were entitled to
vote, and we're not allowed 10 at the election
one rear ago. The trial was begun at Keo
sauoua, November 10th, ana after long, full
and fair Investigation, continuing through
four days, the Court found | was elected by
one rnojosity, and, as / have since learned,
they took no account ofthe two IDIOTS votes,
bu. allowed them TO stand for Mr.. Creswell,
a. cast.
Nv majority would not have been changed
Il ali hnt for the fact that one of their illegal
voters who voted Tor Creswell, viz: William
Calhoun, was very suddenly taken with q
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within the reach OF snbpnns, and his
whereabouts TO this day cannot be ascer-
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ne was IN """a.".a''1e" J"es"u' anu
wastaken to the polls by one OF the leading
democrats Of this township, Who vouched foi
him n n. ;ud.es If III. el.c,;on a. b.;as ,
Ilegal xoesf, VINO tneh Knew spo nov Anov'
that he was not entitle TO vote at that election
His absence from the county AID from tn.
till /, .ns4c;.n, and ..,;sf.c,orv nm Tia,
poln'.
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