Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-02-05

tIAsIs COUNSEL. Through IN or
der 81 House, The committee was
aushos e g direct ihe prodnklion Il
TIE p rs used Il The last tlectinh.
As 10 reporters mere allowed In ne
eommi..es roam, the iniormalfon maa
oblaanA ailrr the adjournment "a lhe
meptin& Eferea0goFc rnmipsted cIee-
ton cess were always held with 0pen
d2oka ssne 81 he members Of the
were aVerse toailowing even
served By the contestants 90
Be see0. AZ the outset dispute arose
Is 10 lhe admissibiliiy Of certain poll
books lhe committee deciding the ques-
ton - favog Of the contestant. Dir.
Fishes The counsel for Maflingly. Of
Tered sabmiE the poll books of tie
First md Sixth districts as testimony
. shoR Irregularities IN the FrlnFns n
that lhey were not swoFn 10 before .
justice Of the peace. There was obiec-
lione she other side. but the commit
Zee decided ID favor Of admitting the
books The Republics members voting
sRainss y. These tao districts gave
Dir. Graves . large majority. aggregate
ing oyer two hundred, and The objects 10
throu sutEhe votes in these twodistricts.
and . give the seat 20 Msttingly. who
hasa naiority IN The other distFieass-
!. ler THIS decision Of the eOmmifl n.
mes, counsel Cor Mr. Grarts 6aef.
ii - 60 10 - evidence the pbll b6.
of The Third, Fourth. Fifth and Ser,
ensh districts Of The county. 90 The
grUund that the same irregularities
Claimed 10 exist ia the First and
SIKH also existed in those districts
Dir. Fisher demurred, holding that the
notice Of contest charged irregnlarity in
the returns for the First and Sixth dis
tEiets. and that in bis response Mr..
Graves denied the existence Of such ir-
Irregularities, and claimed fraud and vio-
lence 10 have been committed through
out the county to accomplish Mating
ly's election, but that 20 mention was
made Of any IrregularIty in the returns
in the Third. Fourth, Fifth and Seventh
districts. Mr.. Holmes reioined that IT.
regulaFitIes IN the returns were charged
IN the second notice to which Mr..
Graves was not compelled to reply IN
I'll last'night, and that therefore i was
entirely proper that the poll-books Of
the other districts should be admitted
as evidence. The committee discussed
this question at length. and decided
against admitting the poll-books Of the
other districts, as asked by Mr.. Graves
counsel. Tie members OF the commit
lee stale that they based their conc!u-
sions on the ground that while the no.
lice charged irregularities in the First
and Sixth districts, the respondent did
not charge, in his answer, the existence
OF irregularities in the districts the poll
books of which he sought to have adj
mitted Is evidence. They say that the
law clearly defines the manner 10
which the examination Is to be conduc-
ted, and they cannot go outside OF il.
The respondent only claimed intimIda-
ton and fraud. and this, it was held,
could not be shown by the books. AT
Ter deciding the question, the commit
tee adjourned until tonight. The tes-
limony taken before a magistrate in ST.
Mary's county was fled with the com
mittee, and will be read. The two
points so far decided were both in favor
Of the contestant, but Mr.. Graves Is
confident that the examination will
show that be was legally elected.