Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-14

and belief, every ticket had the name OF |
candidate for sheriff on it.
JOE. ID. ELLIOTT.
August 18th, 1880. a.. IS
1t will be observed that Mr.. Reeder was |
informed twice by Mr.. Davis that this vote
was 1879, and that the 1873 was arrived at by
the failure to count the extra vote IN the
sac tally. This certificate establishes just
what / claimed, to-Wit: that the tally was
the correct criterion and where 1t conhIcted
with the figures. the tally must be relied on
Moreover, if Mr.. Reeder wished to give the
public the whole truth, why didn't he tell
them that j. B. Davis, one of the judges,
had told him the vote was l39, and had
refused to give him certificate to the con-
trary?
/ also give statement from w. q. Nc
Adoo, jr., as follows:
"Since giving Mr.. Reeder my certificate
Yesterday, / have examined the tally sheet
kept by me, and have also examined the
foregoing statement of j. b. DAVIS. ma
that the first tally contains five perpendlcu-
lar marks and tally mark across them,
making siT in all. l recollect making
these six marss and that some person told
me to make the other tallies by making
them. l counted up the votes by t0es, and
counted the first tally as five and not six.
If the first tally is counted S1T. 1t makes
| 139. In my certificate given to Mr.. Reeder
Yesterday I stated that according to my
account Anderson received 13S votes AS
| I counted up the votes by JiUeS my count
may not have been correct, and Anderson
may have received 139 votes. | told Mr..
| Reeder that | was not certain about this,
| and refused to sign the paper he brought to
me until had inserted the words accord
ing to my count
"WM G. McAtoo, JR, Clerk"
| August 18th, 1880
| e. bof
Mr.. McAdoo inserted a qualification in the
certificate he gave to Reeder. which is ex-
plained in the above. This qualification
and explanation completely destroy the
effect Mr.. Reeder intended for the state
ment to have.
| leave the public to determine VIII ether
Anderson received l39 or l3S votes IN the
1st ward Mr.. Reeder is very tender on
the 9TH ward. He says mo proof was be-
fore me except the official certificate sign
| ed by all the judges, and clerks and officer
holding the election" It will be remem-
bered that this Official certificate? was the
one furnished after the election returns
were all in; and that there was prior GER
tifcate, which Mr.. Reeder detached from
the returns and gave up to Gentle. In my
former article, | stated our belief that this
prior certificate sent up with the original
| returns, showed that the ballot attached to
it had been counted for Gossett and was
included in the 1S9. If this were not so,
then it was important for Dir. Reeder to
show that this certificate did not contain
such statement. He had had it in his
possession and read it and knew what was
in it. 1t was very easy for him to make
this plain, but he quietly ignored this
prior certificate, and thinks he has ex-
planned to the voter of Knox county why
he detached this certificate and gave it to
Gentle, when he says that l am Influenced
4 Il
ward. He says | want to drag him away
from the papers " If he means by ''pa-
pers" the seco1d certificate of Gentle and
! others he is exactly right. That was a
paper he had no right to look to. viii
Mr.. Reeder please publish to his constitu-
ents the contents of the certificate which
he detached from the returns and gave to
Gentle? That is paper we would like to
see.
Now we come to the 8th ward. Mr.
Reeder produces a certificate from John
Leahy, approved by G.. j. Weary, both
judges of the election, and also certificate
, from ESQ. Hunter, officer of the election.
These certificates are produced for the pur-
pose of showing that Gossett actually did
receive and was entitled to IS votes instead
of 81. In the Leahy and Yeary certificate
it is said there was dispute as to whether
a Gossett and Swan ticket should be count
ed" Again, the ticket was lad aside.
Again, a majority of the judges decided to
count the ticket" 1t will be observed that
ticket is used in the singular. No one
would ever imagine from the language that
two tickets, or an unlawful double ballot
was meant Now, this certificate is paraded
by Mr.. Reeder for the information Of the
people, to show them that Gossett was law
fully entitled to IS votes, and that was why
he counted them for him.
I hear give certificate from the three
IL. ala hnt
ward, which gives a complete history of
that ticket and how it came to be
counted, and shows that both Mr.. Reeder
and his attorney knew that the ticket
which they are claiming to have counted
: for MIR. Gossett, was an unlawful double
ballot and could not be counted at all
At the election for county officers held
in Knox county, August 9Th, 1880, the Oil
Ger of the election in the 9Th ward of the
city of Knoxv lie, was Squire Hunter; the
Judges were John Leahy, 9. }. 4eary and
Thos. Dunn the clerks were T. j. OCon-
ner and Michael Sullivan. In the progress
/ of the election in that ward, cOlored man
: came to the window and handed his ballot
to Squire Hunter, to be put into the ballot
box. Hunter held the ballot for moment
until the clerks finished taking down some
other name, and di covered that it was two
: ballots folded up together. The attention
y of the judges was called to the fact and il
!, was decided to put this double ballot into
. the box, and to throw it out when they
: should come to count the votes. The
! double ballot was creased by Mr.. Hunter
! so that he could identify it, and was then
put into the ballot-box. When the vote;
; were being counted, and this double ballo
was reached, Hunter took it and put it into
: his pocket, and it was decided to throw il
= out The count was then finished and the
figures put down, and, without this double
, ballot, the vote stood "a for Gossett E. c.
; Camp then insisted that this double ballot
= should be counted as one vote for GOssett
= and told the clerk to change the figure:
3 from 81 to 85 and O'COnner changed the
figures as instru ted by Camp. Hunter
and Dunn opposed the counting of thii
E vote and the changing of the figures, bu
Leahy and Weary consented to the change
! John Leahy further tates that the certif
!. cate he gave Alex. Reeder, August l1th
y 1880, was written by h. r. Gibson, in hi
d office, and he informed said Gibson tina
the ticket referred to in said certificate
: was the double ballot @. J. Weary fur
= ! ther states that on yesterday, when Alex
y Reeder brought him the statement of JOhI
. Leaby and asked him to sign it, he TOLD
J Mr. Reeder that the change from 8lto 81
. was made on account of counting tn
double ballot one for Gossett. E. 9. Caml
e claimed and insisted that Gossett ought t.
"a have one vote on account of said doubl
Il ballot Squire Hunter further states tina
y he told Reeder that the ballot in d;sput
:, was the double ballot.
: SQUIBE HUNTER,
G. j. WEARY,
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