The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-29
THE GATECITY
& E1,KstK. IOWA:


TAA M1BTAA6
That il the heading under which our CO.
temporary sllsss =. ilT-naesrsd article con
corning The oorrecaion Of the cosnt il The
Third Precinee. The s'missske, = us sakaits
is that our contemporary WAS not wise ssoush
10 lekthe subject rsst, and M writs hist -
ticle. That, however is doubtless too much
dissection to sxpecs u our contemporary, .es-
pecially in his chagrin and modification ovsf
the result Of the election. j
We have no quarrel with him on this Or
any Dther subject. Our readers will bear
witness that W have been compassionate
and mild Tks withsu Of our contemporary
werS un..rups. and ~ have had no wish TO |
mali the gAllyd jade vince. We have pit |
led the sorrows Of poor old man." and
have been foIAcar,ng. We have been So
rene, radiant, ienient and altogether lovely. |
We are sorry that the late Democratic can-
dida,e for Ecusss h the first District viii
uncover Ms ht4d ma invite acalping. II i
eminently indiecrsat; besides, it's IN III rev
tu7 lpss4r idaAnDe. EAsd ve ars dst.r-
miss( "a r }efsstoks into the ill-tsAper
of OF q0ssnp6fSfy.s We 5rafs your scalp,
Judge.
But what il thu matter With eur cotempo-
rsry? What does be complain Of? Does be
want votes counted for him that were cast
for his competitor? Thr facts are ihess
There was miscount Of the votes in the
Third Precinct, as to Congressman. Col.
Wall. wis was present when the votes were
couatsd, npon the evening Of the election,
came 70 oar Office ard announced The vote.
A fsy h0'Hs ,laaee tbs veport ofsths s0iFiciaI
count was brought to MS by the clerk Of the
prseiaet, 9sd his showing gave MsGnu -
voiss 1ess tfAn Col. Y. had stated. The lat.
ter kenilsnsp, who bad himself. vitnesssd
tht6fsft onhf, said 1t once there was mis-
take. The clerk Of the precinct conceded
thSs *a.eee wsss. Some question had arisen
- to ths count, and he generously conceded
thru t6sn6hppdsisioA on the ground that
McCrary didn't need them and ClAgett did.
Thirxen11o3tSto Clagett tho Inter nov n
qnites by an ungenerous insinuAtion that the
increased .yese for McCrary npsn the second
counting, is due to the fact that "the ballots
haze remained in the exclusive possession Of
ono Of bis tMcCrary's) partisan friends !"
Which should convince our friead W.
that Kindness to snakes Is cruelty TO
ones self. But the matter hay.
,"8 Se1n broogtt to tho attention OF Mr.
McCrary be desireda recount. Two Of the
Jsases, n. Hiekids and Mr.. -Chsnowfh, The
former Democrat, reconnted the ballots be-
fors the Clerk Of the Precinct. That re.
count, the statement Of which, signed BY al
three Of the gentlemen W published, gave
McCrary twenty-s'x more votes than the irst
cosnt. Where upon Clsgets ssts mad, and
sayssthat only part Of the Judges and CLERKS
wSa4preseat 1t tAe second counting, and
that between the two counts the ballots have
remained in the hands of ono Of MoCrary's
partisan friends. Well, what does judge C..
mean BY thas9 Does he mean to intimate
that Geo. T. Higgins, Thomas Chenowith,
and Recorder Wilson. have been guilty OF .
franda Does he mean that that Bipartisan
friend Of McCrary's tamper,d with the bal
lots while in his possession? II he dossn' I
mean this, then he will have TO concede that
the recount was IN honest one; and j! so,
he gets mad because he don't get credit for
twenty votes cast for Mr. McCrsry, which
certainly isn't very crsditable, even to .
Democratic candidate for Congress-.
ClAgett tries to make point Of the fact
that upon the recount Mr.. McCrary is three
votes behind the electoral ticket. Well, We
know that Ne knew just who they would be;
in Our previous article We gave them credit
Tor controlling their own votes. And
since they went to the trouble Of get
ting Republican tickets printed with
UlaSstt's nams for Congress, il certainly was
the least pay possible for that time,
trouble, snd money Tor did oar kotsmporary
print the tickets and do il gratuitously y that
the gsntismsn should vote their own tickets.
hn p~eof q this popularity Of Mr.. McCra.
ryahAs hey couidss get apy body else 10 vote
with them.
Again, Clagstt reminds MI. McCrary that
he got smaller majority 10 this District than
the candidAtet in any Of The other Districts
TAsother Districts are new and are rapidly
filing IN. E.sher ons Of fhen &c : ten families
Of immigrants TO one that stops in the Frst
l,isuict. II may be misfoslune that We
havst ncrs kepnbiirzz s4terslin this Dis
tr,oi. bu. ve should thnk Clarett would be
the list man to complain on this score. A
Democratic candidate for Congress ought to
think that We have Republicans. enough, in
all conscience. IfClAgest isn't satisfied with
i've Thousand majority against him, let rim
run sgain aud we will make il six thousand.
ABOUT A RAILROAD NATTER
We don't knov anything shout the merits
Of the case, but we put men before money
and against fha world The welfare OF many
men ssem 10 fs in issas in the matter herein
referred to, and SO We publish the communi-
cation:
&. r. r., Iowa, Nov. 24th, 1868.
En-. GArE CIrY-Sir: There is . move
msntA on FOOT throughout the State to do
away wit, . certain law, which a. it nov
stands, provides that the employees Of Rail
rad Companies may racovsr damages for
irl6sfiss received while performing their re-
spsctivs duties.
Iis known among Railroad men a. the
death warrant" and the manner 10 which
it IS being accomplished, 10 causing great
dissatisfaction among the employees Of Rail-
road companies, and more especially among
train men, who are exposed night and day
to the dangers incident to running.
These death warrants are gotten M, Il
nnders'and) By the Railroad companies
aoRsthine like n affidavit, and sach man is
nads = sien then Or leave the road. These
adidavits, or declarations. are preserved, to
b. used With = petition to the State Lesisla-
ture, setting forth the fact thas oil those
interested in Tbs aforesaid law have given
thar conssnt for the repeal Of that Law.
:. Nov nay look Il il from one side only and
b unable 70 200 the justice, 81 h;s proceed
ing esing eratirosd mas andrs stschAeld1r.