The Morning herald., 1878-09-20
THE ELECTION CONTESTS.

H., LIE IAIC llON CON i 1Eo1Ds
THE HEARING OF MEssRs. ROBINSON, ASH
AND NEwToN's GRIEvANCEs BEFoRI
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
YEsTERDAI-NOTHING PROVEN. 5isaly4
The Democratic Executive Committee
met yesterday in the Office Of e. B. Frazer
at Third and Market streets, for the pur
pose of looking into the election contests oi
William Il. Robinson VS.. William Dean
Charles G. Ash VS.. Charles McWhorter and
sWm. II. Newton VS.. Charles Now horter.
All the members were present except J.
Il. Publ, Esq. The proceedings were made
private, and all parties were excluded from
the room except members Of the committee
and those particularly interested. '"' y
I! The notice of coptest given below was
presented BY James A Ray, on part Of VIM,
.,aaE rat 4lt NEWARK, Sept. 18th, 1878. qs
b TO WILLIAM DEAN, Esq.--Sir From
the figures showing the result of the nomi-
nation, election on Saturday last, the 7th
inst, for Representative, you appear to
have q plurality Of six votes over me, the
full returns placing me the next, highest. >
q Feeling that I have been unfairly dealt
with, having, as 1 am able to sho y re
ceived a greater number OF Democratic
votes than any candidate runniug at that
time IN the Hundred Of White Clay Creek
for the Legislature, hereby notify YOU
that 1t is my intention to contest your nomi-
nation before the County Committee at their
meeting on the 10Th inst.
TyThe contest shall be- based upon the fol-
lowing specification .;,p,.>. }r .,.,- ,,,
5 First, That sundry Republican votes we're
received by the judges of ele.tion contrary
to the protest and advice of many leading
Democrats, and contrary to Rule Q of rhe
party rules; and that said Republican votes
were cast for only you as Representative,
and had such illegal Republican votes not
been cast received or couu;ed, my nomina-
ltion would have been assured. An a.
d srs1.5 ,... ..ldfgt VIM. II. ROBINSON.
Mr.. Ignstius G. Grubb, as counsel fol
William Dean In quite a. long speech,
questioned the authority of the Committee
to hear the case, and said that looking at
1T in all aspects it were wiser and better not
TO do so. 4E'-4-sDy -t,5G--yt JEtE.5 :
Without hearing Mr., Ray inreply, the COM
mittee, acting on q motion, of Mr.. O 'Byrne,
decided to hear the case and determine 1t.
Mr.. Ray stated that he was q witness,
and asked the permission of the committee
to act as attorney for Mr.. Robinson, which
was granted. rgT,t, t@EST .'.s,,I =
james q. Ray was sworn and testified
On the morning Of the 9TH inst, Atmore
Woodrow, q Republican, offered to pledge
himself for the successful nominee If his
vote was taken, VIM. a. Smith, one of the
judges, refused to take his vote unless he
would Internationally pledge himself to
vote for Mr.. Dean. he went away saying
he would not vote. About q quarter OF
seven o'clock Mr.. Dean came to the voting
room and.ssid to Smith, 4 Do you want Q
man to pledge himself to vote after be- ID
dead. Woodrow here came up and repeat
what he had said in the morning, Smith
then took the vote without an uncondi.
tional pledge. Those who voted without
an Unconditional pledge, as Woodrow bad
done, are VIM. Thornly,I VIM D. Cornag,
Benjamin Butterworth, Alfred Curtis,
Edward Gilmore, John M Williamson,
Dale Roberts and VIM. T. Lee. Those who
voted with no pledge at all are Lewis Nc
Cornick, Theodore Wolf, Joseph Wilson,
- .Jeffefs.7 Thomas Reiley came up to
vote, he is q known Democrat. His vote
was refused on the ground that he had no
papers; he had made knewn his
Intention of voting Tor VIM. H. Robinson.
protested earnestly against the taking of
the above IA votes. r."
/ Thomas NJ. Robinson-After the man
Woodrow had voted / heard him say that
he did not consider himself pledged and If
the candidate nominated, or words to that
effect, was Objectionable, he would not vote
at all. I am acquainted with Lewis Nc
Cormick, and know him to be q Republi-
can. 5,,g1 '-..J ~ 49, r,,,, ''.'.'
Cross-examined--I have not. heard Nc
Cormick speak Of politics for year. do
not know that Mr.. Desn knew Woodrow
intended to violate his pledge. MAs
The hearing of testimony for the contest
ant. here closed r44 w,vZTgv-.g
VIM. Il. Smith, was one OF the judges
Of the election on the 7th inst. I know
Woodrow: His pledge was administered to
him and he took 1t. II was fully and un>
conditiopally taken. VIM, Thornly said he
would come to the elecSiob and vote; I do
not remember his exact ctlanguage, but under
stood him to say he would vote for the sue
cessful man. All the Judges concurred in
the matter. Cornog pledged himself and
voted without protest as also did Butter
worth and Curtis. do not know John M.
Dale Robert did not vote; w.
T. Lee said he was "A Democratic, do not
know Joseph Wilson. Neither Lewis Nc
Cormick or Theodore Wolf were pledged,
they voted but no one objected.
Cross-exarnined-I know McC Cormick but
do not know that I solicited him to vote;
I was one of the judges and was also can
dldate for Road Commissioner. The persons
objected to, all voted about the same time.
The case here closed and John O'Byrne
moved that It is the sense Of this meeting
that the contestant has not proved the
specification of his petition, and that VIM.
Dean was properly nominated for the rosi-