Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-10-30

closed the inspector and judges took the
ballot boa outside of,he precinct TO room
IN the north precinct There we're tao
sdjouruments, one OF forty snd the other
OF thirty minutes; during these times the
ballot box WAS left in a room without any
ooe to guard H. Before proceeding TO
regularly ccunt the tickets the officers ran
over The VOTES for Governor aud an
nouueed the rcsult. | believe this was
done before either of the two adjournmen,s
occnrred. Thus designing meu knew The
exact numhsr of tickets In the boz, and
had ample opportunity 10 change them.
Again, the officers OF this prcciuct never
msde, nor pretended TO make. either a
registry OF lis, OF electors resident there.
In.
Or course the Board Of Canvsssers
promptly rejected the returns Of this poll.
aud Yet the journal prints telepi I'm
from Rchmood that this poll was ihrown
out simply because msay tickets, ether
vie Republican, contained the name OF
John ), Held tor Congresrl The instiga.
tor (il not. indeed, the suihor,) Of that
Telegram, isa small beer poIiticisn, Of dis
loyal proclivi,ier, whose whole lie has
been one protracted struggle Tor infamous
notoriety of "a smsll kind; the Struggle
has been crowned with complete success;
his moral attributes psrtuke In about
equal qnaniiti,s of the mark. traits Of
joseph Surface, aud OF those oI Oily Gam.
mon, vastly diluted. aud the polar star by
which he steers his little BARK 10 the max
i'm that Tic. we'll adhered TO, IL NJ good
~ the truth suy day OF the week.
They who denounoe the action Of the
Board of Canvsrssfs urge but one arpu-
men,, via that the Board has no right,
duty ot power ~ rejeof or revise a vote,
no matter how sross the negligence, how
Transparent the fraud or how terrible
soeyer the misconduct complained OF.
The argument resolves itself into this
proposition, boldly avosed even by men
claiming TO be lawyers, to-wi,: That In
every AID any event the Canvassers must
count and estimate Us legal vote every
ticket found In the ballot box; OF Ia other
words, they eau not refuse TO count any
poie cast, no matter what objection may
exist 10 IL.
Let us examine this proposition. Sup.
pose the tally sheet Of a .precinct shows
that the officers received votes cast by wo.
men, can not the Board reject them? Yet
men who howl their jeremiads over the
acnon Of the t'anvassers must deny their
right 10 east out the vote Of women, or ad-
MT The right to reject votes against which
there is any valid legal objection.
IL Inspectors aud Judges receive the
votes OF negroes, or open The polls aud
receive votes before day light, or receive
the votes Of minors aud non-residenls be
tween sunsei aud midnight, IN raipabs
v'oia''oa Of the law. IL 10 absurd 20 say
that the lanyssserr can not reject u poll
81 tainted With fraud. Take plain care
that might a'ise under our registry law
that Lac provides ia express terms that the
officers shall not receive a ticket that is not
printed % white paper Now suppose
that the cler, produces to the Board tue
tickets voted at any precinci, aud they. or
any OF them, are printed on red or blue
paper. the csavassers dare mol count them
US legal votes, aud no man with three
ideas above an oyster, will contend Tor a
prvPssissen absurd. Ia IL the duty of
csuvussers ITO estimate the vote" LII they
are limited to merely counting il, then
vlllalnous candidates eau practice oil man
ner OF frauds, relying perhaps on the Pc
cunlary inability Of opponents to bear
the expense of contest
Before dIswissing this branch of the
subject, may rs we'll notice false state
ment of the enemy not involved in this
Issue, but made by our opponents for the
purpose of divertlng attention FROM the
real issue. William Parry, the Trustee
Of Wayne township, prepared list OF all
the voters resident Ia the township. aud il
Is commended that Inasmuch us he did not
prepare registry of the voters OF the
North precinct alone, of which he acted
as Inspector, therefore there was no proper
registry OF that precinct. Let US see about
this. Mr. Parry, as Traslee, must regis
ter all the voters OF the township. Now,
if the officers of the South precinct had
made the list required by law then, on the
last Tuesday before The election, Mr.. Parry
should have revised his township registry.
But, as the list for the new precinct was
never made, what basis was there for Mr..
PaIry's revision? A careful, or even a
careless reading Of Section six of the
Registry law will satisfy any man that so
far as the North precinct is concerned the
registry was sufficient
Having disposed of the matters involv-
ed in the motion, propose to examine
the question whether the ballot box of
this south or second precinct was tsmper-
ed with, or Sfgted to Use common ex-
preston. That il was stuffed have no
doubt, but | make no charge against any
particular individual. | have no eyldeuce
that warrants me in charg ny the iuspec
tor or judges and my previous acquai .
lance with them warrants me in scquit-
Ting them of everything but great care
lesness. And although many Democratic
leaders were no doubt privy to "a gigantic
s. stem of political swindliue pracIiced in
this county, including the stutfing OF. this
ballot box, yet the trsnscendent infamy o.
the transaction is confined to few Dem
ocrats and several Republicans, who from
time to time have been mortally Wounds
in leading forIorn hope for political ad-
vaDcement and who still persist in hang
ing on the verge of the party.
On the evening next preceding the cleo
ton it was known to a few Republicans tina
} spurious tickets had been scattered in III,
western part Of Wayne county, contain
ing the names Of all the Republican can
l.