, 1876-11-18

hoard cel'd not throw ont the vote Tor any T.
regularity, nor would the toart scTnrd on It.
regularity Of any consequence In determining
"a cvcrr nnc ~ i,,drmcnt shnnii ,ro,,t thr t,c,'
snat tne people eo'la ee alsiransn'ssa ~ tio
n'is.c,sec, t " noh-icasavci ns ea' y!
1;, .ass u HoMSle"se u Tue ge IT, ,,a,s, S Ms @ ~
question was Nhttlcr they could llsfranchtsu
any uno by omission.
IN tho I'd Iowa, pagc 49, was anothcr casc.
A loose piece VI ,xl',,cr, whirli would appear to
with the poll.oo1k. Il was not signed by tho
Judges, nor identified IN any way rs hcing
tal1y-slcct, but II showed The number Of votcA
east on the county.scat question. Il was re-
sad:
Such counting IA but The giving a fult fair, and
legitimate e1y1cssou and execution OF The viii of
.hs people - legally manifested.
The icauing objection IL tile making of tho
order Of the Court below the or,rr to count The
rctuvns) was based uput, tho ground that tho
Boari ii Supervisors could nut know from the
face Of the alleged return In looso paper That
signed and not annexed to the poll.book; aud
YET the Court held TINT they sutld have count
cd ths vote and cartiied to IT,, They did 50
simply because form should not override suo-
From the First Michigan, page se2, The fol-
lowing was quoted:
lnu republican government. vbarr I'm rreres.e
Of oliclal powcF ii but deriyat,vc from The pco.
pic through the medium Of t,Ic ballot .Ox, II would
BE- 4 mon,tro9a a9e,.lne thu. would subject the
rnDl!e WI anl pube voice thus expressed to oc
lsfcateM oy cline. inc lgnoranGS of ts corruption
oa anI oata =! oS aaes ,shn,o S as,s
tons,s, n .scrriaInins yio a.. cpcted nma IN s
thentieana md nfr,eryine WIN tbe ey.jsncs @ al n s%ch
elccliun. II sueriv cannue Le mafnlaIucd thst
lhcir omissions Or n!stakos arc to have coutrol-
ling influence upon the election itself.
Apply tItls language to tho julgcs Of cleo
ton. Suppose they desired to iefeat m cicc-
tion, or sutne c,nlidatc, md they purposcly
ptntttel 10 keep the tally, That, ~ II l1ad bcvil
int1matrtl by one vi the lnonberB ut the Board,
would dofcat candidate.
Nj, Smitt.-lle could get remedy before tho
Grand Jury.
Mr, fiurd continued: II It could he done,
ehs authority was ny good. II WIS mockery.
rand rnnI nm srstinn NJ !amSnte ~ II IL az ~.
frntc Il II srr., nossit,lo -, n."rt ~ tba vii
tsAtIaf ~ ~ "e1o Po9''o'o W "secAt-ata Sno Will
so.ri nagp III tNc E,cr,iUn i,,. IN ,.t a,n.n
bcn, n,ost antiai viii that - nreraiiin~ iu T.,
Iilimsds Thc C,H,rt s,ti Thai tNe Inn",a,,s, ~
tna statute eoulne,i the C,nntx CisrH sna
fnw .Instt'ca ~ thc ,ntur.s ,,;a,o hr 1 49,,
im,irra nf ctcrtion Tint sncv ',o,iI
!,nt m f"b,nJ .i'n y1.mit,,ue ,,+ s%'u tllnu
t,n,1 nnthnr tn Il, ri, vtiin., i,,+ ..rtfrI,y
IN thc rs5.t " An" In tls s. n"se uns ta NJ III
m riT,,t IN s.r t.'Tha tnIiv liz i,,.s III ns,J
lilo md tr"S,r" ~" Jill ,arn
In taiiviise snh r,.,;t In srtis,o t.a,,so euno
II lima n'et r,,,,[,r j., tSo t,iir'1ist y TM..s
h,1 n.thtnr ~ H.. III, -" ~ =, ,"i;s r AuJ
tp, NJ liz i,,dvc. sI WA .ae ii }tns h, r. III, IL
Viii rhnv e, ~, Tast,i H. o,r ruog LAT ~ uo
trnvcrte 81 ;viiS - "a .tin", G a.y yuen.o" eo
sn Inv No ,at H., ~ ssra a iAecrt
t sv ~ " - 3 "t i. ~ se'ufS so"eo was toe 1e
in tht as,i siiss',,,,, ,oroE,o s.,,, .o.,.
cos I'll, fat,. n"t.. ,sr NV. s ~. autns' ...,
cu,r.f, ~" votS,s -, iss 1890, III % ~" ~
NJ i.,1s1 ronistrat{nn -, IT,. s,.r h t.s Was
sh,ns ro,,th i,r ~ Il .I ~ ~ .oWu ~
~ rns!s,r 49,; wv -ot,iIsr.. ~ .os
r'ndo r. ..onT'r,,,,v 1 , 1s T.e ,, III usSn M
si,nwc ihat hc !, ~ liz h ,,'s IT.
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49, iiI.,."I ~ ' W. G s ~ .oa1 'oe 'oteS east