The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-06
he official vote stood as follows: Marshall

he official vote stood as follows: Marshall, l.
1881 Sehring, 1869. Marshalrs ma
ority, II. Now it is plainly proven $50
votes cast for senator were illegal and void,
and that of these 143 were cast for Mar
shall and for Sehring. When these lille.
gal votes are deducted from the official
votes stated for each candidate, it is plain
that Marshalps legal vote is reduced to
1888 and Sehring's vote to 1862, giving
Sehring majority of l24, Of these facts
there is no doubt, but the contestee. MIR.
Marshall, and his friends, allege that the
facts are not properly before the senate be-
cause the evidence was taken before sub |
committee, and portion of it was revealed
by q stenographer for whose employment
there was no warrant Of law. Such were
the arguments which prevailed with ma
| ior;tv of the senate, and induced that ma
;or;tv tn vote that Mr.. Marshall, who was
not elected senator, should occupy seat,
while MIR. Sehring, who was elected.
should be prevented from occupying the
seat. and representing his constituents.
While this vote in the face OF the admitted
facts ia great surprise, the persons vot-
inc against adopting the majority report
make up strong list, The vote is as fol-
lows: 't- %- @'H -54fD
YEAs-Messrs. Archer, Arntzen, Brewer, Brown,
Buehler Burke, Casey, Gundlach, Haines, Hodges
Hundey, Kehoe, Krone, Lee, Murphy, Raiuey, Rob
inson, Shut, Smith, Thompson OF Fayette, Ware
NAYs-Messrs. Garfield, Castle Casey Dow, Early,
Glassford Green Harold Henry Hunt S sonS
II Thompson Of Cook, Upton, Waite, Whiting WILCOX
I-6.
i Its to be observed that of those sena-
d tors who voted in favor of allowing MIR.
Marshall TO retain the seat he has illegal
lly occupied from the beginning OF the
session, a majority are those Republicans
? who voted against the bill to repeal the
registry law. The 143 illegal votes cas-
: for Marshall, which gave him his sup
nosed election, were cast in violation o.
. That law. and the Republicans vote to keel
that law on the statute book, and ais
8 vote to sustain the claims of senate
f elected under such conditions as to shoy
the law to be not only the cover, but tn
cause of fraud and illegal voting Th
. intent of the senators who thus vote
g sustain a law, and to sustain most nag
]. rant violation thereof, is plain. 1t IS
maintain such restrictions on the baIlo
as will hest serve the interests Of the Re
v publican party, while they claim for thei
. party friends immunity from punishment
|" when they break over those restriction
81 for party purposes. We also note in tn
u list Of those who voted to sustain K.
D. publican 10 illegal possession of a seat
!? Che senate, Messrs Glassford. Harro
and Plumb, who were elected as membe
of the reform party, and who show the
. detachment to the principles professed
r their constituents, by voting on this que
as ton in favor of the corrupt and tricky Il
a publican dynasty which it was the pu
"A pose of the reform party to destroy. Cor
nent on this action is useless, because /
~ treachery and venality is apparent
I'd The possession of the seat for four yea
Ie having been given to Mr.. Marshall b
IF vote will be at the service of John A. l.
: gan, or any other Republican who may
~ the partisan candidate for United Stat
o, senator in 1877, and it is to be hoped t
nd people of the 18th district, when they a
IS, mlsrepresented,a s they probably will be
- that occasion, will remember that the M
Nc representation is due to combination
Use tricky Republicans with venal retorme