, 1874-11-13

had 1uradiotion Of contested elections In Cook
County nui} bo claimed that no othor BODY orc
atod by tho General Assembly bad power to go
baok of tho roturns. aud inquire into questions
ny0ysa Inv ~ the ghs 2, 9 scto nstcf Gng
clear, from tho authorfsos and prlnc-
pic, TINT tho Board was simply q
Hoard ot Cauvaaaors, and tint 1t Ind no 1uria-
dlction ever any questions except Questions OF
plote upon their face, they had no right 10 20
THE LAW PROVIDED 4 REMEDY
whore there WIS difficulty Of any kind whethor
who administered tho Election law In tho pro-
cil,ct excluding. tho ttlen TINT there, could bo
any other remedy applied excluding tho it1oa
that tho Board could bo court to hear and de-
Tho idea TINT my question Which could be ad.
iu1icatod before tho County Court In contested
election could bo raised loro. The law settled
tho mattcr. and. II my ono was dissatisfied
! With tho result Of tho election. and could
sfow. tho County Court that there had boon
fraud In every precinct in tho ldstrct that WAS
the proper tribunal to 80 to to got luis rights.
M1t. TttuMnuLL
hoped ho WaB not 20 unfortunate in bot1,Q unlor-
stood by the Doard as he was by tho counsel
thoro to try contested election. lie WAS not
there.-aud he tried to mako himself under
stood,--for tho purpose Of asking the Board to
reconsider tho action Of the judges OF election
tho election Of Mr.. Faewoll or Mr. Lo Moyne !;
but he waB there fnr tle Aiuglo purpose OF OBJ,
1octing to tho reception OF what purporied to bo
returns from Certain proo,tlot8. lint WAS not
an election CANVASS that was not determining
who Ind the most votoa for any Office.
Tho broad poHitfon waB hHsumed by tho gentlo-
mon TINT In no conceivable etate Of tbs caaa
could Board of .Canyasyora, whoso duty he nd
nistcd to be ministerial aud not judicial al
which was brought to 1t, mud mas III due form,
on itB faco. was q return or not. The ntidnyitH
wero not looked ut. For aught tho gontlomen
knew, 10 could show tint tho return
from tho first precinct :, Of tho sovon-
judges ovor signed It that not Que Of tho
clorks over put his namo to it: that not ono OF
tho men ever acted as judge at nll J. aud vet
ho was mat with tho objection that ho could not
tho votes. Waa that not = monatrous PROPOSE
t1on7 Ihoy did not know but tilat he
had Testimony to ahow tint these persons
who uala up tue roturn wore Chinese. It WAS
many votes wero caat for A, j, aud at tho eloc-
ton because three porsonB had eigned paper.
saying TINT thoy were jndges Of tho election.
Flo was prepared to attack that. but tho goutie-
men aaid in no possible caBo could any inquiry be
mado to show tho facts.
Mr. swott Inquired il ha expected 10 SLOW
what Ae had alluded to. lie {the Bpeakor) ui,-
aerstood they were arguing nn objection to testl-
mony, and it was certainly proper mad relevant
roto;.od ~ ..nt ~ .1ss o''eG
IL 'rr,n,hrI, nms,noxo1 1tat ~ ~ "i';ot,a.
showed the improprloty Of the poHiton nBsnnled.
lilo came md flied u, objection. fortified with
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was @ return Or rot. Il two returns were seut t
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