The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-23

The Contested Election Gases Under
WRy-PetltiOns OF the RiRhtful Proc
thOnOtary Of Common Pleas, District
Attorney, and Receiver OF Taxes.
This morning, in the Court OF Common
Pleas. the Republican candidates for the Offices
Pleas, District Attorney, and Receiver OF
Taxes, at the recent municipal election, pre-
scented sen.ea their petitions G setting toTtn tns
opponents, and claiming that they were right
fully elected. The, petitions were sigued by
the equisite number of voters, among them
being the most prominent citizens OF Phtla-
delphia.
THE PRoTHoNoTARY OF COMMON PLEAS.
In behalf OF Captain Richard Donagan the
following petition was nled:-
To the Honorable the Judges Of the oour. of Com
mon Pleas OF the county OF Philadelphia.
spetuuly show; That they are Ctlzene ana qualified
electors Of tine city and county 81 P5Iladslpha and
second uesdey OF Octaber, Ammo Domini eghteen
SAID general election therein. for the ocs OF Pro.
thonoary OF the Uou OF Ce mmoA Pleas Tor the city
Your pc itloneIs further show Thetit has been re-
eeVed sixty ." thsusAnd niue hundTed ana sixiy.ave
votes for The office OF PTohonotary of the Court OF
hat Richard ponassn rseeysd SHY .hoasasd ihres
tbat he sald Albert W. Tsrcher has beea return ID
as elected thereto by msioelty Of ak hundred
TO be false return, and undue e, ouon of the said
said once Of Prothonoinry Of The CoprG OF Common
Pleas for the Cly and county of phiiadelphia. Tnat
bert W fiecSer is false irSucuient, and Untrue In
tns that a. ,he ssid general eleeton tTo
Tor to wil the said Albert w. Fletcher who was unduy
and as 6 3 s $
turned having received so 3a4 votes for the said
SeFy eeve hst ne sSd
asSfVeG RSd Ina. the d Richard poHSsa Ssss
received q least ss. votes for SsId once WHEREBY
said hct AID Donagan has received the highest num-
The sSid &ueri FecSer wssseSy @ yGiss t3s
said RcbaId Donegen is elected TO the said office of
turned; your petitioners So, cfy more pafsioS-
larly the following grounds OF contes -
Then follow the specifications of which the
following is sample:-
And your petitioners further represent aud charge
on Of sss ssS
tlon officers Of said division franduienty oonducted
Of all the requirements OF the laws gu aog eiec:
,Gns By means Of I1 Which h only the true votes and
sion And yOnr petitioners petitioners specify lhs, the
mapner, to witt The election officers in said
division falsely ana fraudu emily permitted
ofsSd division to vote At SAID election, to the NUM-
genei al etuTn fot Albert W. etc6eT Tor SAID oice
ofProlhoDotary, whose names weI not Oh the list
ottce,s wiihou requiring or receiving proof OF the
euafca.ioss q said voters and wihoa. recurring
In said division Of said voters ano with adding
missioLe,s.
They falsely and fraudulently permitted q large
number OF persons, to the number of - and no
wards not qualified to vote In said division whose
were iakeD and counted in the general return
for Albert W. Fletcher for he ssid office of Prothono
taTy, whose names are 10 your petitioners unknown
who voted In the names OF those who were upon the
list furnished by the City Commissioner to the cleo
tion officers of said division.
They falsely and fraudulently neglected and re-
fused 10 mark the letter Nv" opposite names OF
all vott,s tn list furnished by the City Commits
soners aforesaid, who voted in said DIVISION thereby
gle cling to make the record required oy law the
names and residences OF those who voted,
They fraudulenty refused to receive proofs
inquire into the qualifications of voters whose right
TO vote was legally challenged.
They falsely and iraudu emily received the votes of
onresioens OF said election division, qualified
voters therein, at said election.
THAI all said acts were done and committed with
aud with the desire to prevent an honest expression
of the popular will at said election, and true
tanmenI of the real votes of the qnaihed voters
siding In said division who voted at said electou and
that In OF SAID % ON he part Of The
persons who aided and abeted them in their nesrious
designs the popuar will of The voters In said division
not ascertained, but was defeated; and your
petitioners thereby cna that the said election
held in said division raise, frauduent undue, and
stricken from the general return. and be wholly dis
that at said election In said division the returns OF
votes received taken, and counted in the general
return for ProthOhotary was:-
For bert w Fletc her votes
tor Rlcharu ~
The following fraudulent votes are then speci-
fied;-
Illegal UoteS