The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-15

having received the official returns from
all the precincts in Laramie county, met
at County Clerk Loeb's Office to make
the official count.
There were present Justice John
Slaughter, Justice 7. NJ. Fisher and
Louis Loeb, county clerk, constituting
the board; also Col. w. r. Steele, Hon.
E. p. Johnson, Hon. II. II. Helphen-
slime, Hon. Geo. A. Draper, Hon. j.
N. Keller, Lawyer Mann, Lawyer Car
roll, ]. II. Durbin, Judge Bean, Clerk
Jeffrey, Judge Miller and others.
The board began its labors by exam
lining the packages turned in, which
were as follows:
Pine Bluffs returns, submitted by j..
II. Goodwin; Cheyenne No. /, by -
-; Cheyenne No. 2, by --;
Egbert, by ]. NJ. Culver; Hat creek, by
W. H. Munro; Lower Horse creek, by J.
II. McMinn; Laramie river, by T. A.
Kent; Granite Canon, by NJ. A. Ar
mold; Upper Horse creek, by George o.
Latham; Cheyenne Pass, by P. Near
thur; Chugwater, by T. A. Maxwell;
Pole creek, by Fred Schwartze; Fort
Laramie, by G.. E.. Partridge, and
Bard's ranch, by Isaac NJ. Bard.
The first returns opened and examined
were those of Cheyenne precinct No. 1;
passed MUSTER and entered upon the
records. Besides the votes for regu-
larry nominated candidates there were
scattering votes for Rutledge for sher-
III, Sam Deal, G. P. Goldacker, John
Martin, A. Gueck, and Z. p. johnson,
for constable. A. Gueck also received
a few votes for delegate in congress.
Cheyenne precinct Nc. 2, a then
taken In hand. And right here the
trouble commenced. Col. Steele set
the ball in motion 10y objecting to the
counting Of the votes polled at this
precinct on the ground of informally.
The colonel set forth In a carefully pre-
pared document certain charges, to the
effect that the law provides for the
employment Of but two clerks for duty
at a voting place.
He claimed that after Mr.. Nowlan
and Mrs. Joslin had been sworn in as
clerks and after voting had been in
progress for some time, Mr.. W. G. Pro-
vines was also sworn in as a clerk.
This he regarded unlawful, as there is
no warrant in the statutes for the en-
ployment of three clerks. He believed
in obeying the law to the very letter
and spirit intended therein. Another
objection: The counting of the votes
did not take place in the same room in
which they were polled, the ballot box
having been taken from the reading
room Of the Inter Ocean hotel to the
parlor on the second floor where the
votes were finally counted. In support
of this last argument he presented and
had read a statement signed and sworn
to by Judge w. II. Miller. Col. Steele
also stated that the counting of the
votes did not continue without inter-
ruption until the work was completed.
The colonel was followed by Hon. E.
p. johnson, who made a speech Of con-
siderable length, claiming that the
whole matter rested with the board,
which had the sole right to decide upon
the result and not to interfere with the
voters p~rerogatives.
The board decided adversely to Col.
Steele's views and the votes of Chey-
enne precinct No. 2, were declared legal.
The Hat creek, Fort Laramie, Bard's
ranch, Chugwater and Pole creek re-
turns were then taken up successfully,
passed upon and recorded.
The board ran against a snag when
it came to the Upper Horse creek re-
turns which were not properly certified
to. Several other matters of informality
were pointed out and the returns were
rejected.
The Cheyenne Pass returns were next
taken up and the boardfound itself un-
able to pass them. Several passes were
made, however, between the lawyers on
the subject, Messrs. Steele, johnson,
Carroll and others, making lively
speeches. A member of the board OBJ
jected to receiving the returns because
one of the clerks Of the election swore
in the judges, an act which he deemed
unlawful. Other informalities in the
returns were also ventilated. Col.
Steele thought the returns ought not to
be rejected on mere informalities, but
only in cases where it is evident that
fraud Is intended. Ii
Carroll, and others, favored rejecting
the returns. Pending the discussion of
the Cheyenne Pass returns the board
adjourned to meet again this morning
ct 10 O'Clock at the office of the county
clerk, where the Cheyenne Pass bust
ness will be settled and the count of
returns prosecuted until concluded.
The official vote of Upper Horse creek
precinct which was rejected is as fol-
lows: Pease 81; Downey z; Draper 20;
Helphenstine s, W. II. Miller 81; John
son @; Foglesong .; Jeffrey 90; Y. f.
Miller 2s; Whitney 0; Bullock "a; Lei
hey &c; Coad G; Holt II; Durbin 4;
Hecht 2; provinces 20; Rogers 1; Gold
acker %; Lee 2; Chanin 20; MILFORD /;
Cowhick %; Carroll o; G. o. Latham
20; Henry Chase Q.