Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-05
The Devnuo.Morgau Case.

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To show how justly General MORGAN is
entitled to his seat in Congress, from which
he has just been displaced by Congress at
the instance of Mr.. DELANo, the Washington |
EUening cypress made an examination of
the reports of the Majority and Minority |
Committees on the subject, and in an edi-
torial on the 1st thus summed up the case
The election which is the subject of this
contest, occurred on the 9th of October,
1866. The candidates were Columbus De-
lano (Republican), and George W. Morgan
(Democrat.) The official count of votes
cast at said election, and returned to the
Governor, gave General Morgan 271 ma
jority, and certificate of election was ac-
cordingly issued to him. The defeated can
didate (Delano) served a very imperfect
notice of contest upon his successful rival,
and in due course of time the case came
before the House committee on Elections.
After celebrating upon 1t for several
months, the majority of the committee
composed of the seven Republican men,
bers thereof agreed to report in favor of
OustinQ Gen. Morgan and giving his seat to
the contestant (Delano) The minority OF
the committee, Messrs. Kerr and Chandler
(Democrats), presented their views in
separate report. Both reports have been
printed, and from them we gather the fol-
Irx rfr1rr nuy hnaa
tos.ads saieot;ons orc deo;Jod nowaS,a, a.Isv Son-
'01 ~, tho firSt nioce the maior;tH of thayoc,,
,,;.toa S;sfronnhiSe ono b1ndrod and t.,,n,,
tvNSiy c;t;zens who Voted for tha ao s;t.;na iwEn
memher 1Moroan.1 becanse ga ;s sIlaaad
hv the contestsnt thew faiIed to rennrt fo-
dntv when drafted dnring tbe wor .nd
therehv forfeited their ri9bt to vote aI-
thongh thew have never been tried and
found guilty of the offence wherewith thew
were charged The majority of the com,
mittee also flisfrancise In pike townshin
Knox county. rs votes in ali. because. as is
alleged, one of the Judges of election in
said township was a deserter from the
draft in 1854. but it is proved bv the testi-
mony introduced on the part of the sitting
member, that the Judge aforesaid had fur
nished, according to law, a substitute, and
was released from the draft of 1864. The
majority of the committee also report in
favor of disfranchising 46 voters in Linton
township and 20 In Monroe township, all
of whom voted for the sitting member.
1t Is In evidence that enormous frauds
were perpetrateo In Blue ROCK township,
caused by the presence OF some four or five
hundred strangers who were there tempo
rarlly 6ori'ag 1or oil. In this township 2O6
votes were returned Tor the contestant
(Delano), and e1ghty-n1ne for the sitting
member, oelng nearly lO0 more than were
pollea IN the same township the year pre-
vlons' IL Is also IN evidence that at the
pons in ILLS IoWhsnlp Ihe irlenus Vi Ine
contestant carried tnings with hlgh hand,
ana Ine minority ol Ine EommlC!ee recon-
meno tnaG tne ehtire poii DC reJecGeu, the
reason Inerelor Delns gwen, ana Ine case
Deing sucn as comes cIearly Witnlu Ine law
autnorizing the relec1lon Oh VoGeS cast
unHer sucn circumscances.
ihls princlpie WIS recoghlleu anu ap-
Rlleu W nore Inan NV voses casG ior MT;
nUosness, IS ;tsa vi nn9laua' ~rcn T mele Iuteo
ouS uy Iuo h. 0oiTSoo In r,ooui9I9 ~ .ne
contesI peeween Wasnourn ana Yoornees,
curing thS las0 Oons[Sss. 1he recoru Vi
the case OF Delano VS.. morgan upon Wnlcn
we are now treatlngG Is nlIea WIN evil
dence OF the grossest Irau9 ana lrregular1-
tles IN numDer Oh C0Wnships IN tne ols,
trlct. IL Is Iurbner SHOWN enat nearly all
these frauds ana lrregularities were com
mlGseu oy ene supporters OF Ine contestant,
yet the majority OF the committee, taking
the contestants Drief as Dasis, nave re-
ported SUBSTANTIALLY as ne (the contestant)
desired, leaving out OF consloeratlon the
most Important testimony taken In the case
Dy the sitting MEMBER, and In numerous
instances aoInICIeu ny Ine other sue Inc
reSulGO OF CnlS engineering on Gne part OF Cne
majority of the committee has reduced the
%nu % l Is soee ,of t ~ 1e7 W Sto st.Srns
nlemuer ironi lo' 1Sl W - 1oI,auu ny chang-
contestant they give him majority of 81.
rTbo ,n;nor;tv of tbo oomno;ttao on tha
thsr or tine on
dence to have heen iIleoaI makes his total
vote -, 422, and by making such deductions
and additions as are shown by the evidence
TO pc proper, the iegai Vote Ior tne slttlng
neinr;t1 % of SaS viii be reroa;ned m,n ~