The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1880-01-01

D. Dord. vmcsboso and Albany are hhs
easss, cd IL rsjsctioa a Tie Hseuru iron
thmo tUvD a66cn tie election Of two Rep
rsssntAtivsa
sThe rsprsssntakives districts, in most
caeee. 40 composod Of several toWnA In
some of The towns tie full christian names
| of The candidates seem 70 have besa used;
| In Others, only the intiale; and We hem
tate q 10 whether We could count the
initial manner with the full names. On an
examination Of the Law Ne find that The
Supreme Court (vol "a, pags 5O6) has held
that the Governor and Couocil must count
them . distinct and seperata. By sdoPt-
ing this rule, laid down BY the court, the
election of Eve Representative seem to b
affected, viz. F. w. Hill, Of Exter; Carson
81. Woodccck, Of the DanfoRth District;
james II. Clark, of New Castle; John q.
Browu, Of the Hodgstovn District and
james W. Leighton, Of the Blank DIS
trict.
"The revised statutes require that In the
rase of the plantations, in addition to the
forms required by the towns, list OF the
voters of the plantations shall b sent IN TO
the Secretary Of State, othsrviss that the
retuens from such piantations shall nos b
counted. We found the returns iron
seventeen plantations irregular in this par"
ticular, and We have specified then On our
tabulation. 1t will then appear that the
rpiecsiop Of thess returns elect the election
of Ivo Representatives.
"The statute requiremsnt of setting forth
in the returns the whole number OF ballots,
in many cases va not complied with. We
have found that It has besn the practice OF
the Governor and Council for many years
TO reject such returps, and We have not
deemed il safe to deviate from this long
established Interpretation of the Law, %
folly recognised BY our predecessors and in
making our tabulation have omitted all
such returnA
at will Be perceived that these reieetious
Affect the election of several Republicans
In the county of Washinstoo The candidate
for the Senate seems to have been voted Tor
in some of the towns of his county By the
name of John T. Wallace, Jr.' and in
Others BY the name of John Wallace bat
We have tabulated the votes - thrown foE
two different men, - we have no legal
knowledge that the same person 10 meant
Secretary of Stste from the town Of Fair
field, each Of which contradict the other
and itlwas impossible, from the contradic.
| tory character of the returns, to determine
the result of the election in that town. VIZ
have, therefore, rejected the returns from
| that town in the tabulstione. The rejec'
tions affects the election of one represents
tive.
Accompanying and attached to the Re
publican returns from the town of Skow'
hegan. there was . statement signed by
the selectmen that . certain numbel
of ballots were protested to - being illegal
under section %, chapter 4, Of the
revised statues. One of the ballots objected
/ 10 was attached to the returns OF the -
| lectmsut, in their certificate of how many
such ballots were thrown, and in this Ger.
tiicate they inform the Governor and
Council that they make the return sub
;ect to the legality or illegally Of ths
kind of . ballot. The ballot Vas in IN.
form of IN ordinary sheet of paper, foldet
to make two lssves. On one of the pages hal
the candidates names are printed and OF
the next page the balance of the names o
the candidates appear. We are fully sat
fed that that kind of ballot is clearly i,
violation of the letter and spirit of tn
foregoing-nsmed statute and We have &C
cordingly rejected number of these bal
lots in making our tabulations.
"a protest WAS fled against counting tn
returns from the town of Cherry6eld, OF
the ground that the officers who attestet
the returns were not legal officers. Th
afidavits presented with the protest estab
/ 4. Al a~I~ ofuna
presided at the making-out OF the return
and the receiving OF the votes. One OF tn
selectmen was . foreigner, and could no
legally hold the Office of selectman.
"The Superior Court have held that
board of town of town officers consistin
!. of less than three is not . legal boart
Acting on this opinion, We have rejects
the returns from the town of Cherry fele
This affects the election of one Republi
, can.
! Several protests and af6davits to SUI
. port them we're referred to Us, asking Il
. rejection of the returns on sccount OF II
{ legal defects in calling the town meeting
Q also on account of Improper check list
D The copy of the record presented to
from the town of Skowhegan shows that Il
the election in that town only one copy
4 the warrant was posted, and the record do
!. not show that one was posted in the tow
"rhe objection to counting The vote OF q
= city of Auburn was made because u
voters names were added to the check liz
- in three of the wards, in violation OF la
=. while the voting was going on, on electl'
Is day: ,,;.
. fact. and other afi1avits show the Sal
4 condition of things in other cities.
- Eve consider these facts as not lesa
"a cognix.bie by the Governor and Council,
10 . canvsssins board, and We have disIega
ed them in our trbulation.
no I'VE recommend the reference OF all 30
= papers to the legislature.
r "The returns fromiP Portland are defecti
/ because they do not comply with the G
l. stitutional requirement which provides q
10 the persons receiving the votes shall
At stated in the returns. A large number
Il. votes were returned from said city ~ 70
IN tering," and there was no possible mel
y, afforded by the returns TO determine
I'D whom such votes were thrown
u. The returns from the cities of saco, Il
Us iston, Bath and Rockland are fatally del
ID tive, because they were not signed b,
be majority Of the Aldermen. Uoder
~ Statutes and by the decisions Of the COZ
Ct such returns can not be counted, and
ed have been obliged to reject them.
he ut will devolve ON the HOUSE OF Rep
%. seutatives to determine in these instaI
Ite and finally Who have been elected to
House from these cities, ~ We have no
ire sAl evidence before us to determine
AZ Cuoatio.,
to- FIGHTING AHEAD.
DIG BosroN, Dc. 26.-The Bangor Wing
Courier says that the arms of the Hs
On On Light Infantry, of Oldtown, one OF
e State militia companies, we're taken POI
ius mon Of By the fusiouists LAST night, betv
~ IL and II o'clock, and removed from
compsny's armory TO the residsncs
No Lieutenst Governor Mills, commando
the company. The company has 81
Springfield breech- loading rifles.
VA town Is the rssidepoe Of the Fusion
~ didste Tor Governor.
IL INDIGNATION EXPRESSED.
IL DAxARIscArrA, Me-, Dec. 26.-AI
N. dignation meeting was held this aItein
are with Large audience, every town In
"a. county being represented, some col
our fifteen or twenty miles, notwithstandin'
extreme cold. Gen. Joseph A. Hall
.f6. At length. The closing portion Of his ~
~ va - fc1lous:.
IN sBelieving that patriotic sense OF
Iees upon the part OF the people will bril-
~ ont of this trouble, my voice y %.
~ pescs-decidedly sgainst force; but, Il
A. citizens, when the approach OF anarchy
: or the dstruction Of civil liberty shall