Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-11
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The tGIt Et"i5t = THtciNG g 'iitiN''
+t.t the Legislature Of New Ham,
eL-ra had met. ;nd the SeI-ate had OF
c4n.z-d ; that twelve Senators la,
0nauf,d and that the five RepubEcoi
Senators had Withdrawn, after tn
Democrats had eI, cted PIe.iGeDs
sn'.,. 0ucrtiy the Republican SENATOR
i..i tu.-t aud otganz-d also. IL 1t W
;..v.. ttr. AlaIaE41s. and Louisiana ltg
i.latIvc imbroqlins over again. IL bod
,fvi.l.l She Federal government III
4..,rerf.1 directly, and n one instauc.
with the strong arm of th" military
What is to be don" IL Ne" Hampshire
raaa.ae t., be seen. Doub,Ies~a tie
# no se1ous conflict eusues.
IN the meantime, IL order that oul
readers may be fully posted on the sit
nation. we repnblisb the statement ot
Mr. william ButteTfield the S cret4rv
If State Of New Hampshire TO tie New
YORK Nation, Is giving clearly the case
al The Demoerats. which fully iu~ titles
their action in the matter
TEt. Constitution i New Humpsllir..
nr,yile, that the votes cast Tor Selu-
t,~s ii the several Districts shall be
returned to the Secretary Of State by
-. several clerks OF the several towns,
and that IN due time the Governor aud
Council shall examine the returus ana
jzsue crtifcates TO those who appear
f. he elected. Their action iii this
matter Is subject to review by the Sen
ate when organized, under the rrov.-
sion making that body she 'staaI
8. irIc-z Of the elections. returns and
" qualifications Of their own mem
..j,,r-' The Constitution also pro
viIrs that to be clgihle to tie Senate,
q man must be an iDhabitnnt Of the
Dss-rjc. for which he IS chosen. and
mast have been an inhabltsnt OF the
State for seven wears immediately pre-
cscdjug his election. An absolute
,ngi,ritv OF votes is REQUIRED to elect.
vharo'i. also statnte IN relation to
a,.ctions which reads as follows. The
:. fnli Christian and surname Of every
spcrson voted for, With the initial
letter or letters Of the middle name.
and the usual abbrevlariors Of
junior, second, third, ard the like,
shall be written or printed npou
every ballot, and every bAilOa not
thus prepared and cast shall be It
garded as a blank and not counted.
These are all the provisions OF tie
State Constitution and laws upon the
subject.
The returns Of The votes for Sena-
tors were duly laid before the Cover
nor and Council, and upon examine
ton tn. Y found ten Senators who's
election was uEqueatlonud. five o each
party, while III the other two Districts
(the Second and E0urt4) the returns
were as follows In the Second Dis
trict, james Priest (DemocraD had
ISL; Matt HEAD O.. publlc3n) had
","l ana there Were l0l for other
persons. Ia the Fourth District, john
Proctor (Democrat} had 3.495; George
l. Todd (RepuDIIoan) 3,4J7 Arthur
Deer-18 ana others. 64.
In regard to the Second District,
objection was made 20 counting til,
votes returned for Matt Head on the
ground that the votes were av0wcdIv
intended for Nathaniel He'd. and Is
they did not have on them the full
Christian name Of the person voted
for they must "be regarded as
blanks, and not counted" -" as provided
~ the aboye~quoted statute. Il ap-
paarcd that Head was named and
christened Nathaniel that his name
so stands upon the checklist of his
town, and he voted uDan Il last March.
that bv ballots bearing that name he
was chosen moderator of the town
meeting OF his town last March, and
that by that name he has always been
voted for and elected to various offices
IN his town and never by any other
Therefore, by the provisions of the
law above quoted, the votes cast for
MN IN the name Of Matt Head were
Vold' blanks when they Were put into
'he oaIlot box, and their reception and
return to the Secretary OF State could
not give them life and legality-they
were VOID and blanks still, and the
Governor and Council hal no alter
native but to SO treat them. Those
votes dd not bear ''the full Christian
name Of Nathaniel Head, but an ali
breviation- just what the statute was
aFowedIy passed to prevent the use Of
IL EotiDg-and, IN strict compliance
with the letter, spirit ana purpose OF
the law, those votes were regarded as
blanks and not counted" and Mr..
Priest was declared al9.4o1