, 1880-09-15

would have voted for the other candidate,
Wilson; for, if for instance he had voted
for a third party, the election would GER
tainly have been valid /; ia fact, if we even
won'C attach much weight to the declara-
tion OF his having intended to vote for
Birch, it is sufficient that he did not intend
to vote for Wilson. But taking the
declaration of Mr.. Heibrok as it is. it
affords a proof that he would have voted
for Mr.. Birch; and the result Of the cleo
ton would not have been different 10
what it is now.
4th Member for Frcderiksted's Country
District "a. Latimer) found the subj ect
quite clear; be must totally disagree with
and dispute the assertions made by the
last honorable Speaker. The course fol-
lowed in the instance Of the election under
consideration is a departure from the
rules that have existed ever since tho
Council Was established the Council
should support what had been the rulings
of previous Chairmen on behalf of tie
Council besides which there is a para
graph of the Colonial Law which could
not be brought in consistence with this
new course, hence, he thought there was
every reason for overthrowing the election
in question. As for the declaration intro
duced from Mr.. Heibrok, too much stress
or weight should not be put on it it was
generally believed, that the voter went to
the election room with the intention to
vote tor MIR. Wilson. He, the Speaker, res
pected aud held in esteem the legal opinions
OF the honorable Speaker tol the Commit
tee; but the Council should in this case be
guided more by good common sense. He
would therefore recommend that this mat
ter be decided according to old custom
and precedent.
The Speaker did not doubt that there
were precedents in the direction argued by
the last honorable speaker the,e might have
been cases where an ~elector, who was on
the list, but not residing in the place, was
admitted to vote but he could not admit
that the question was thereby decided !;
because the attention of the Elective Board
might not have been drawn to the facts
of the case at all events, he did not think
that any previous Gaze had been decided
by the Board. On the whole his stand
point was, as already stated, not to look to
the legal points or 10 presidents, but to
hold to the fact that the elector would
not have voted for Mr.. Wilson.
1st Member tor Christiansted's Country
District (Ha9cnssn) found that there was
one thing in the whole proceeding, to
which he co aid not be reconciled. namely
that it should be left to the arbitrary will
of the Elective Board to reject or receive
a vote, when the name of the voter is on
the list of voters. The political rights of
the inhabitants would be lost, if hat arbi.
trary will should be allowed therefore it
appeared proper time now to get the mat
ter decided. He could not consider it
right that the vote Of the party in question
on this occasion mad been refused hence
he thought that the election should be
Overthrown.
1st Member for Christiansted (WiNardl
believed that nothing any one might say
would influence any vote on this question.
The view be held is this, that Mr.. Helbrok
had q right to vote, but was refused ;
whether his vote would have re turned the
one man, or the other, was to him quite
immaterial. But so far as he had heard
and had read, he thought that whenever
a man was entered on the lists as an
%elector, he remained there till the new
list was framed, and circumstance then
led to his being erased. Some time ago,
this question was before the Colonial
Council in connection with certain cleo
tons the same rule was laid down here,
and il was ruled in the Councils room,