The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-24
document as an original or amended return
which Submits questions for the judicial de
II Termination Of fhia tI---l .t..

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only question now Tor this Board to
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lamined T, .,brn;t ..i.h aa aaaSa ~ ~ q, "a
tupon a fair constrnc,ion ~ tba sta.,,.o n, and
anon general nrinninIes tha easa Is ,nn nsa;a
| for ff,riber aro1,mant -. s'e . IVY e'"'n
/ "Rut if the Ro.rd shor,d ororr,,1o .h;a
noint and dec;de tho, nn Sed a,s .o,s .n,s
Ta.rrha recs;vnd =. anrn, ~ d.neu ,a.
Ieoai ~ a snen taes no
the connIv NJ pruoe Gao ao u.en ees;reu ~ l.U
trio tha oo,t;s ~ ;s.n.a e osot anu tnat oe
awarde1f to mo nnrnna,;tas w, Sannv. :n pe
ceiye from nm ~ .ho u ar MI. Pei pc
nortinp To he the original rotrn ppS rror, pu tha
cotlnty Of Prince George tSat :, 10 ~ ir,,th
land il, fact mo ret,irn ot NIL II dnes no, ,s
bear upon its face the evidences Of cen.
luineness which tha lom roo,,ras IN o7Sor
words, II is not Iegaiju ai,tbsn,;oateJ rn. NO
| per. Il ia nat .certif;ad hu the conons;s- G
sioners of election. nor 10 II attested hv the
clerE of tha corrt Tha ae.h san,sn, - ~ ~. ~
/ fer 8 of the Code .r,rn,,s1a that - aor,' :,
the commissoners sba,l ho,,o ,L 10
nareono sybo ba ava ,.ooa,,sa w
Iber of yotes for nv1ofsseasfba eierIf % sha II
make out ahstracts of!the.;vnta. uubioh OK.
stracts. being certified and sionea I,s.sn;d
| commissioners, ana. .Shdae shaS Ssahe Sscierk
tshaH ry tfeYSsffe IN ff1e 5fffce of The latter
and certified COPIES of abstracts nnder tho
official seal of the clerk. shaIl he Directed n
the Secretary of tbe Commonwealth and
forwarded immediete,u to The soat of e,o.
vernment bu mail y o.
wWbere Is the authority for tb;s Ro.rd
| to evamine anv abstracts u.bi oh orc ,,at na,.'
Efed?,: :. ''' w.
Several cases directly in moi Mt were quoted
by MIR, Goode among them Luce rs. Nav.
hew, 18th GRAY, SO: Howard Us, Cooner.
| "contested election cases.'; 275: HINT ne.
Sheldon. same. $40: Coyode rs. Henry d
Foster same. 600: Mann re Cassidy Rrew.
ster Penn Rens. .Thomnson p 7 Tbomn.
son Ms Ewing Ist Brewster. e7. Weaver re
Given. lst Brewster. 40: Myers rs. Noffett.
before Congress.
"We are told in Mr., Cusbine,s work on
Legislative Assemblies. n. IS. section 233
that it is indispensable to regulate before.
hand by law both the manner in which the
elections shall be conducted aud the evidence
by ,rllich the result shall be authenticated.
Our Legislature has done both. 1t has regu-
lated the manner of conducting the elec.
tions. and has required as The icGal authen.
ticdtion Of tie result that the abstracts of the
votes shall be s,oned and certified bythe com.
nission2rs and attested 6Y the clerk. The
abstract from Prince George not being
signed. certified. or attested. il comes in sucb
questionable shane that the mandatory pro-
vision of the law compes its rejection. You
cannot. under the statute which creates Won
board. examine any abstracts which are not
certified.
81 have thus adrerted briefly 10 some ofthe
nrinciaI noints involved In his invpstip,.
t;on Yor Gill boar me witness onn, lan1s,
thaf have NOT drawn into tha edisc,,S.ion
onv ex,roneons matter. that have not ad-
dressed Won nc nortissns hmt a. h;oh officers
Of the State charged with the q performance
of resnonsiblc dItv. Whatever yonr drci-
sion NAV he. I entertain no doubt that you
will will diScbar1e vonr Gmtv f,i,hf,,lv ond s,;th
evcnS;va reforenre n Tho rnru,ira,nerts .nf
the l.wv
Wv -, ,r,,s n-s,o,.,,,
Mn. rLAii hksfoNsh'
MIR. flatt SAID that not DelnS aole 70 antl-
clpate tue argument OF Mr. Gooue De was
unprepared TO RESPOND nlmseh. ne Wouiu
ask the boara oi commissioners 10 'et MS
couhSei, captain 9ohh hyon' oe neafo III HIS
penah'
Goiernoi' 'henipef salu Ine Deai' hao no
oolec!lon.
Captain Lyon, III eoin'nencinS MS aisu-
ment, said ne was instructed by his cllentto
say hrst that ne was glad too speak an tfe ~
terest of right, law, aud justice, before the
Governor and Attorney-Genera', VINO nave
the imprmatur OF the people, ana The secre-
tary, treasurer, anu Auditor OF fuDllc Ac-
counts, who nave the imprlmatuf ot the
representatives OF the people. lie KNOWS
bis cause has every guarantee Wnlch rank
and character can allord: ,
On the question Oh lhe lunctlons OF !ne
Board ne was giaa 10 oe aDie 10 agree WIN
Mr. Goode. lie could array vast mass OF
testimony 10 demonstrate tnat these powers
are ministerial ana not Jualclal tnat lhey
are here, as IT were, only as calculating ma
chimes.
he argued that the 5otn section OF cnapter
OF the CODE OF 1919 naae IL tne uuty OF
the oecrey % tne ,hn ratrns rsnopd upp
thelr receipt TO tear open tie @ re'arnS m ;h ie1oru
Inel a Il, - raooro on tpe rat,rus m and the
poSei anu ~ p.h;ah ,hou oon,a ,nt,I tho
pS Iups,Tpoo o, IL re- % aI ~ theSo th;nos nod bean
dona t t,,;s Hs. oo,tast uonid hava haen rendorcd
,,onossihIe The returns had been onened
linl'osslo'e. ss ~ 49,. ro..inod bnt Tho r.onrd
an1 Sue ense.opSo ,.,o ~ rona,tion ~ ,ba
nau no1 pee th thaue "p ,it otias spd connt;as
ae tS'u, thn 90 district T. n Wv ' 0''''0 '''
Monday week ago, Mr.. Platt, through
his friend and representative Mr.. Wash.
burne. had applied to the Secretary of the
Commonwealth for permission to examine
the amended returns. The reply was that
the amended returns had been received,
that they were sealed as they came, and Mr..
Mcdonald proposed not to open them until
the Board Of Canyassers met.
Mr.. Mcdonald l desire to say that that
statement is not strictly correct. Mr.. wash