The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-16

The Board Of Canyassers Complete their
labors.


labors.
Yesterday morning at ten O'Clock the
board Of -canvassers, consisting of
County Clerk Loeb, and Justices T. N.
Fisher and John Slaughter, reassem-
bled in the county clerks office, to COM
plete the count Of official returns from
the several precincts in Laramie county.
A large number of spectators were in
attendance, several Of whom being par
ties specially interested in the result of
the election. The discussion of the re-
turns from Cheyenne Pass precinct was
resumed, Judge W. H.. Miller appearing
in the place of Col. Steele, who, on
Thursday afternoon. protested against
rejecting the returns from this precinct.
The objections made to counting as
valid the returns from the precinct are
briefly as follows:
First-That M. o. Healey, one Of the
clerks at said precinct, did without au-
thority of law swear in the judges of
election at said precinct.
Second-That the returns rendered
show that the votes therein recorded
were east at Cheyenne precinct, and
whereas, there being no such precinct
known iu that portion of the county, an
informality exists, rendering it impera-
tive by the law to reject the votes.
Judge W. H.. Miller made a lengthy
speech claiming that a triHing infor-
mality should not result in depriving
the electors Of any precinct, of the right
to express their opinion at the ballot
box In other words, that they should
not be temporarily DISTINGUISHED by ig-
norance or carelessness resulting in
clerical errors. He claimed that officers
chosen to conduct elections were in
fact officers whether sworn in by proper
authority-or not sworn in at all for
that matter.
Mr.. W. p. Carroll followed with a
carefully prepared speech; taking an OPP
posite position from that assumed by
Judge Miller. He claimed that the re-
turns were not only Objectionable on
the grounds of informality but that
they bore upon them the imprint of
fraud. MIR. Carroll made the eagle
scream and the goddess OF liberty weep
during his ~protracted address, after
which the board Oh canvassers retired
for private consultation. After being
out abou twenty minutes they returned
- " A.
n announced that they mad decided
not 10 ehter the returns from cheyenne
Pass precinct upon the record as legal
votes. 193 llJ
Inc votes thus thrown u are as foi-
lows: Downey i've; Pease nineteen;
helphenstine TWO; Drapert wenty-three;
+. .. whitney Tor PROBATE Judge and
county treasurer eleven each; y. r.
Miller Tor same offices fourteen each;
.. n. Je1rey Twelve; ID. w. Fogiesong
thirteen; 4. +. johnson eleven; w. II.
Miller fourteen; Bullock nineteen; Lei
pey nineteen; Coad ten; Holt seven;
Hecht eleven; Durbin seven; MILFORD
three; Chaffin twenty-five; Carroll eight;
Cowhick sixteen; Goldacker twenty-one;
Lee three; provinces twenty, n Rogers
nve
Inc returns from Granite Canon
precinct were then opened, examined,
counted n acknowledged correct.
The Laramie river returns were
then opened. Here some trouble arose
from the fact that the returns were
mol properly signed. 1t was also claim
ed that Thomas A. Kent, one of the
judges OF election at said precinct, is at
present a resident of Cheyenne, and
therefore had no right to hold the office
OF judge OF election at Laramie river
precinct.
After speeches by Miller and Carroll,
the former in favor of receiving and
the latter for rejecting the returns, the
board decided that the votes should be
counted and regarded correct. They
were 80 entered upon the records.
Pine Bulls precinct returns were
next opened, and upon examination
found correct. AT this precinct no
votes appear to have been cast for
either or the candidates for county
clerk.
Egbert precinct was not taken into
consideration. The returns, upon ex-