Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-02-19

the gpesker's <ar. and - being PIT. Vas
carried. Thereby. Mr.. Basnon eilI have
one mere opppTfanily % test lie reform
spirit Of lfe House. TIE eontested
plecl;on case mas nrRned before lhe
Comsnsliee ID 80 Hall 81 she Houtf O.
"Wednesday nlehi. ~. 8. Thonss Me-
CuIsnsseh suoke awo hours and sen min
ufes, whirk RS one of ihe nsoet forcs-
BE sreumenss ever had the pleasure
Of hesrng- This speech sbounded 81
reason and eommon sense. lie stood
before The Committee o. q democrat,
but snch . one &c could defend the
rights Of q republican against the un-
Just charges OF democrats; that he ap-
pesred Ia The interest Ell Mr. Graves be-
eause be believed his cause was jnsf-
lie beIieved him a. fairly elected rep
resensstive ~ any hist - ia ibis House.
Nc. BicCuIioagh read Matiingiy's no
ice 10 Graves, and commended that IL
was defective in not stating the place Of
taking the testimony. lie read fhs' acts
bearing upon each noiiees and made i
gerry clear. So Ser rs tie charge sIf in
iimidasion, be asked Mr. Fisher 10 men,
ton The name cf one witness By wlhom
be could prove Intimidation. He said,
II pause for Q reply, = and mot receiving
any answer, be continued, 'sinstebd Of
proving Naturalization IN The Ist district.
DR.. John 81. Bronze. J.. Thomas Biome
and Col. Jos. 3. Allston, all gentlemen
standing in The front asks SC MprV'a
noble sohs, s1o g TO wealth The most
afIlueni in that district. and more than
this, all democrats. These gentlemen
cav upon their cath ihatthe ELECTION was
Is iair - any ever: held 10 that district
within their experience" he next
paid his respects 20 The charge Of pud-
ding tickets which we're cast ~ the 9Th
district, aud On account Of which Mr..
Mattingly asked the Committee 10 throw
this district out. He said that they bad
put pair Of scissors and some tickets
IN the hands OF an ardent supporter Of
Dir. Mattingly; The Judges Of Election
discovered 10 trimmed tickets in the
ballot-box, and kir. j. +. Ford states
that these 10 trimmed tickets were cast
for Mr.. Matlingly, and IL was FOR The
Committee 10 say who cast the pudding
tickets. That supposIng Graves friends
10 have voted the 10 or 81 trimmed
tickets. then his majority would be 81
throughout the county. II was incum-
bent on Mr.. Mattingly to show that
Graves friends voted said tickets, but
be was astonished to see that Matlingly
attempted 10 do osuch thing--that be-
fore Mattingly could unseat Graves, he
must show that he received majority
Of the legal votes cast-that Il was not
sufficient 70 say that he would have re-
ceived more votes had not his friends
been intimidated by Graves. Mr. Me-
CuIlough here defined intimidation IS Il
is expressed in McCreery on elections,
after which be referred directly 10 Mr..
Graves as fighting, not only his battle,
/ but the battle Of has party-that this
case was only test case-that should
The Committee throw out The 1st and
9th districts and thereby unseat Graves.
/ u would be Immediately followed by
wriss Ct gao tcarronfc against oil those
whose election depended upon the vote
Of these disisiels and turn republican
victory into democratic one, and thus
defeat the will ofthe people. As re-
CARDS the technical defects in the re-
turns in the 1st and 9Th districts a.
charged BY Mattingly. they were not
such as effected the result OF the cleo
tion--ihst the statlses which require
the Judges Of Election TO make out two
fair and distinct statements on the poll
books were to be regarded as directory
and not mandatory. AT the close Of
MIR. McCullough's speech. Mr.. Fisher
spoke about IS minutes in the interest
OF Mr.. Mattingly. He waived the
charge Of intimidation, admitting il 10
be insufficient in itself. but commended
that the vote Of the LIST and 9th districts
should be thrown out because Of Insult
6ciena returns made by the Judges Of
Election. He contended that Il was
the duty Of the sitting member TO sup
ply testimony to show that an election
had been held in those districts. He
admitted that Mr.. Graves could have
done 80 by producing the ballots. but it
was too late now. The Committee adj
iourned 10 meet the following morning
ct $50 o'clock. Afier Q shert consul
sation BY the Committee. when reassem-
bled, Il was decided unanimously to re-
port in favor Of Graves.
SE-yARc.