, 1880-09-15

Inc speaker cuQuIfcu WISH VIC UcClSlOW
alluded to was given.
LIST Member for C~hristiansted, (Wiuard)
said it was laid down in the Council after
the general elections sometime last year.
The Speaker thought the case then in
question referred to quite a different ques-
ton; at that time he remembers that
objections from certain persons were raised
against the election of Judge Jurs because
he was absent from the Island but it did
not refer to the question OF the right TO
voting.
4th Member for Chrisliansted Willard
had not referred particularly to that case
of the election of Judge Jurs, but he had
referred to that and other cases of election,
where it was claimed by the disputing
parties. that tho whole election was unten-
able because there were parties on the
list. who had not the qualifications and
who were not entitled to vote; he believed,
that it was more the high opinion enter
tanned of the parties elected, thai caused
the matter not to be pushed at that
time.
The Vicechairman (JarS) pointed out
that the case referred to from last year
arose from some objections having been
made against some few persons, whose
names were on the lists of voters without
! the parties possessing the qualifications,
but not against the parties having voted
He would beg now from the chair to say
a few words on this matter. He held the
same view as that he had expressed i'll
the last meeting. Although the Commit
tees Report does not enter much on that
part of the question, still he did agree with
the majority in their view; hence, if
nothing else or more had come forward III
the case than the fact Of Mr.. Eleibrok
having been refused to rave his vote re-
corded, he would nave been OBLIGED to
give his vote against the validity of the
election: but the circumstance OF the
written declaration from Mr.. Heibrok had
in his opinion altered the case, since after
D that there could be no doubt that If the
said voter had been admitted with his
vote, the result would have been the same
as if is now. The honorable 4th Member
for Frederiksted's Country District a..
Latimer) would have no weight attached
to that declaration; but hero he, the
Speaker, could not coincide with the Mem
Der. When q man gives a declaration in
writing on q fact, we could not say we
will not give it any weight; there is
nothing to make it doubtful that the inten>
ton of Mr.. HeibrOk was as he has declar-
ed; there has only been some general
remarks or rumours that Mr.. Heibrok
shall have expressed himself to the con-
trary, but there is nothing positive
advanced. He found that the election of
Mr.. Birch should be upheld; he would
certainly vote for it, and if there should be
a tie of votes when he is in the chair, he
would give his vote then also in favour of
the election.
3rd Crownmember [Fdberl would. as he
had been a Member of the Elective Board
when the question under consideration
arose, abstain from voting here on this
matter, so much the more as the ssOther
Member of the Board, whose opinion had
differed from his own, was absent from
the Council today. He had already last
meeting stated his view i'll the matter; ON
the subsequent circumstance OF Mr..
Heibrok's declaration he could not lay so
much stress as has been done it is we'll
known how often people go to the poll
with the intention to vote one way, put
change Their opinion and vote quite diff
ferently when it comes to the point. How
/ ever, his only wish was to see the question
now mooted properly discussed and decid-
ed, so that the Elective Boards could have
one certain rule to go out from. AS tar as
he had understood the discussions here, it
appeared to be the ruling opinion that
when once voters are ON the list they are
always emit led to vote; and he could
not see better than thai when the names OF
voters are found ON the list, the Elective
Boards are in their good right to allow
them to vOle.
The Sneaker did not think that the deci.
sion of the Council in this matter would be
of any great importance, because The queS-