Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-02-05
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TREASURER OF STA T Z
CONT TEST.

The Hon. I-.4t - -, -ii--'' 'Hi i"s1
Friday, his answer The contested
election case for the Treasurer OF state.
In this case Geo ge Weiner, the
Democratic c,1dio-. for Treasurer,
claims in his po-ice f contest, for his
main points, il forr iities ii. CGyahoga
County, such a. the voting = Repu6ll-
can tickets wi h v..-re not printed on
plain white Do~spa. ..1r; the absence Tor
one and hal lour- # one OF The clerks
of the election durius the time the bal
lots were ueing counted; the asserting
and counting % ballots in punches; the
postponement of the count of ballots
cast in one township until next day
after election, and the like.
He claims, : =, 81 votes in Morrow
county cast f.. George Weimer; that
more votes were counted in Stark for
Welsh than he received; that the polls
were kept opan an hour after they
should have been closed in one town.
ship in Tuscaraw " Is county for the ben
eff of Welsh g,.d informalities in Cham
paign county.
Mr.. Welsh, in his answer, sets up
that the sane class of irregularities ex-
listed in all the Democratic wards and
precincts of Franklin, Hamilton, Mont
gomery and Muskingum counties; and
in fact, in most of the counties OF the
State. In addition to this, that he re.
ceived "a majority in one township in
Ashtabula, which was not counted ow'
ing to clerical error which was made
in not certifying the abstract properly
In Paulding county 342 votes were re
turned for Welsh for Attorney Gener
al. In one of the townships, where
part of this is reported to have occur
red, it turns out that the return of A.
votes for Welsh for Attorney Genera
was a clerical error, and that the whole
vote Was cast for him for Treasurer
and in another which was reported a
having given Welsh 1877 for Attorne!
General, there were instead, only g.
votes cast for hin for Attorney Geuer
al, and 12S Ior Treasurer.
In number of counties, through in
advertence Welsh's name was omitte'
from the ticket, AMI in other countie
Democratic comm i.teemen had frau
dulent Republican tickets printed wit
the Treasurer omitted.
A summary of tie errors against MI
Welsh, so far as we have been able
learn, foots up as follows:
Clark co. no Treas. on ticket-loss u u
Darke " IL
Stark 1t
PauIding voted for Welsh for Atty
Gen., as reported officially 81
3 81
Add official maj. as reported, II
and we have the actual intended mi
jority by the 20! !sgs of the State of ON
THOUSAND AND TWENTY-FIVE.
In the above statement we have owe
drawn nothing, and have made no v
olent presumptions. Referring to tn
informalities specified by Mr.. Weine
as having been practiced in Cuyahog
county; some similar proceedings ma
be found in almost every county in Il
State. If the Senate takes cognizan'
of these informalities, and Gusts M
Welsh, the same rule applied in tn
county, would oust the Democrat
Auditor and Treasurer elect.
OF course The letter of the law Shoui
be followed, but failure in this r.
spect has not heretofore been conside
ed a sufficient cause for rejecting r
turn.
In this as we'll as all other cases I
contest the equities of the case shoul
govern. What was the evident aate'
tion of the electors? This decided an
the die is cast. We have faith in til
gentlemen of the Ohio Senate that the
will hear and decide this case upon il
merits, without regard to any seemin
political advantage it may be to eithe
party.
1t is conceded by men of all polite.
parties that Mr.. Welsh is high-minc
ed, honest and honorable gentleman
that he has made an efficient and a,
commodating officer. This being tn
case, we feel that his case will be fairl
and candidly decided, even by hi
political opponents. We await the a,
tion of the Senate, on Wednesday mex
when ii will come mn for hnarinn