, 1875-01-16
lE M0YNE---FkRWElL.
Tic Weary Business still Drags
Along.
Cross-Examining Gen. Lieb.


oEa. 1tEn's EXAMINATION CONTINUED.
Discrimination Of Geu. I.ieb In the contested-
election caso Of LoMoyno ". Farwc WAS re-
sun,ed Il l0:l5 yesteruay morning. In answet
to anea.iona by Mr.. Le Moyue. witneea stated
that "a County Clerk ho wna by the lsxs OF lii
noie exofflcio netnbor aud tho prosidlns officer
OF the Board of CanyaBsera Of tho election ro-
TUNA Of Cook County; al such member lie
aatod in canvasaihg tho returns Of Tue
claction held Nov 8. 1874, ol that por-
ton Of said Congressional District In
Cook County. He examined the polt-books,
and took tho returns ss made BY tho juagcs Of
election. The total number o! votes received BY
contestant and conteatee appeared by the returns
to be !; Le Noyna, e,17G Farwoll 6,7oG, In ths
Fifth Precinct of tho Twepteth Ward the rote
appeared 10 stand 125 for La R1oyne, and ITO for
FArwel!; In the Third Prccincr OF the Nineteenth
Ward, 1875 iof Lo Moyne aud 1856 tor Farsell in
the Town Of Wheeling. 81 for LIS Moyne mud 142
for Farwell.
hIr. Van Dnrep then proceeded to
cAoss-rxAN,NE TIE w1TsEss,
who, In answer to queries. stated that the vote Of
tho First Precinct OF the Twentieth Ward a{a-
peAzcd by tue general abstract Of the
feturna of election t. bo, Ls aloyne, 351
Farwen. 422; he aacsrsained these numbers
by taking tha figures OF tbs abstract Of tho re-
turns made by the judges Of electione; tbs ab-
nttact was mado up By clork If witness named
Hitchcock. The judges Of election Of The First
Precinct of the Twentieth Ward wore ". Chap
Lin, ". F. oBnen, and G. Blakely; tbs clerks
vera Il. Jarnesan, and Horny NasGi. Tbs nit
neas appointed W. Chaplin, and did not know by
when tie othesa were appointed, but supposed
1t was by tho County Commissioners. Lie did
nov kHo" ~ "Atat p'''sN"' faits soa !"okc" e"o
clerks or majority OF tben ociongea' or to what
political party mn 1crity OF the County Com
missiopcrs belonged when they appointed tho
tr5uo, ~ th,, .,oction. w,tnca. vna not cor.
.ues", y. ~st]s 'ee>A' ~, ~.
taln *hotaof ne "aa OF WA uot Sill taetk OF t''o
1nsrd Of County Commissioners, but by law
hs sppeared to DO cx-o1lcio such Clerk.
~. h-na,' go .n,a.v;t. I'd nj, hoo,,. ,or.
.1o p"pe's ouu "'aunD A"e N ,,n
aoll7ored 70 him. 1boy were oonse1eo ~ o'n ef-
| eps hourH two or three dass after tho election :;
,;,o.,N ,o,ao,,.1,v croyv .v.rjno durinr tha
a'"'ot fa ~. 49, h A'ae :1s
TWO or three Gays Tue elcctloh setafna eatno H..
Witness examined the packages, and found ~ Of
carefully slowed away IN tho vautt. They we're
| in wituess' o{ica when he first saw them. Msx
sohullsr reeeived and bad Charge ot some OF
them neither Asx ssaner nor ny ~ other a.
ttEt ~4sA0fso 4lh4 V+ tAtAh Au0
vault III which asoy were placed was in wituesa'
office; 1t WAS oponed in tie morning and
closed at night by either Chief-uoputJ
I Drury. Deputy Cornieute, or Horny Atctz, tue
cerk In charge Of the books and papers, tho
oaly ones who had the combination Of tho vault !;
| the vault vas usually oponed 1t About =. M,
and cosed about p. NJ, except when there
WAS night work, and tho boohs wore left out.
| lilo bad nino depNties aud clerks, according to
! circumstances. sometimes asventy. appointed by
| witness all tho deputies and MIX Schullcr.
| Henry Netx and Adam Kempling. clarks. Ind
| access to the vault. Witness politics were &C.
! cording to circumstances ho WAS eiocted by =
| party csllcd 1t tho time BY aolne people the
"Soas haah party, by others the Peoples
placed. No never blew h,s own horn, but
| loft bis political friends to determine
tue value Of his erortions. lie refused to
lnHwer whethor he had Or had not l. pecuniary
satsFest in the election Of John Y. LIE NoYno !;
| it waa nobody's bueineAs whether be had any
| bets on Le Moynes election. lie refused to Az
awer the question wbothsr he lad so bot or not !;
tiis re&Bopk for his refusal to answer tbs queS-
| tion veso hi14]en vlkhin hiB hrcast.
| Ha could Dot stAta the exact number of doru-
ties bo appointed 10 attend tbs polls. Thete
| must AAva been about lD9 or I'D; they belonged
| to the Peoples party, and Wcro appointed in tho
iutsrost Of votefa who wero not registered or
| whose votes wers challenged; thoy were fecom-
tnended to witueHa by the dlderent
liz did not cona'daF himself mere m
capable OF couotAb tno fotos tnsn VIZ
!uaese " sa ~ .ta ..,e Tia ,a ~
@ord IN tha hal]nta wbiIa lie Notnries put tl,s