Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-24
THE REPUBLICAN ROW.
SAN nAr1. rR1DY COUNTED IN.

Tho Scenes OF Yesterday In Detail.
In the meeting of return judges yester-
day, amid great confusion, the motion to
reconsider the vote appointing the special
committee on the Third ward and Pequea
return judges was made, and ON 4 division
being demanded the yeas were 80 and the
nays 30. A demand was made for vote
by districts, but the mob was determined it
should not he taken. A dozen members
of the convention were yelling at the pres
ilent, all at one time, and Levi Sensenig
and his gang of bummers in the par9uet
circle were bowling, swearing, gesticulat-
ing wildly and threatening tho president
with all sorts of violence. A courier
was sent to bring in the committee on
contests so that they might not lose their
votes should a call of districts be insisted
upon. Frank Musselman, of Strasburg,
and Geo. Wallace. of East Earl, came to
the front, shook their fsts at the president,
and swore they would never give up the
returns they had been appointed COM
mittee ON contests and they would not
yield their rights to any other committee.
J.P. Albright and Adam Bacr insisted
that the appointment Of committee of
three was right and proper that the
functions of said committee were simply to
find out who were the legal election Off
GERS of the Third ward, city, and Of
Pequea township, and not to interfere
with the committee on contests.
Everytime Ad. Baer took the floor the
Sensenig "heelers" would yell "still
house at him and when Albright would
talk they halloed twenty-five dollars"
you're price is twenty-five dollars"
we've bought and sold you for twenty
five dollars
The president attempted to explain his
position but he was hOOted down with such
jeers as "shut up, you u-- gut you. !"
A motion was made to adjourn but Sense
mig and his gang yelled mo, and johnson
called upon them to stand firm " and
protect their rights, and Scnsenig called
upon some one to have StOber expelled,
and this threat was answered by the other
party hooting and yelling, and some one
cried out ''bring in four beers, En-, one for
YOURSELF
Pandemonium could not have presented
Il more tumultuOus scene than followed for
the next half hour, when, both sides having
exhausted themselves, 4 motion was made
at StOber's instance to postpone the con-
sideratiOn Of the whole matter, and, on
being put, there was a loud yell of aye
aSiO d StlIl IOuuCI OUO Vl HOs Uut buS
president having grown shaky under the
storm Of indignation he Lad already en-
cOuntered, declared the motion carried,
and there was a howl Of triumph Oh the
part Of the 6 s'RefOrmcrs.''
The returns from the uncOntested dis
tricts were then read in alphabetical order,
and the reading continued with very little
interruption until Donegal East had been
reached, when on motion recess was
taken until o'clock.
Evening Session.
The convention was called to order ut :
o'clock, tho house being we'll filled. A
number Of other districts were objected to
and the returns sent to the committee Oh
contested seats, the mob greeting those
who made objections with dcrision.
Amos Cast made motion that the
house be cleared of all except the return
judges, the candidates, the reporters and
tho police. The motion was carried and
the police cleared the house, and 4 large
| crowd was thus collected in front Of the
| hall.
The count then proceeded quietly for
| some time.
Samuel Evans, esq, made 4 motion that
| when the board adj djOurn it be to re-asscm-
/ uNS Stt lV ~ ClVCh tO-HOIIOW JlC
stated that the committee on contested
seats, Of which he WAS q member, lIad ad
jOurned to re-assemble OH Tuesday at the
! call of their chairman. A vote being taken
Mr.. Evans's motion was declared to bo
agreed to, but there WAS I, large dissenting
vote.
Kirk Brown stated that the committee
after being in session I'LL afternoon, had
been unable to get any testimony tending
to invalidate any of the returns. lie moved
therefore, that the comr,ittcc be instruct
cd to report forthwith.
Frank Musselman and George Wallace
members Of committee, asked for III extern
sion of time, that they might get witnesses
as to the validity OF the returns. and the
rules were read in behalf of their claim, to
the effect that upon the request Of any
two members OF the committee for an ex-
tension of time to get evidence, not longer
than 4 week, the board of return Judges
must grant it.
}. W. johnson, esq.,, who had been
bobbing around in all directions like 4
jumping, jack, beckOning to this ono,
nodding to that one, and whispering to
the other, being one moment upon the
stage disputing with the officers and tho
next in tho parquet hOb-nObbing with and
giving hints and instructions to the judges
and candidates on his side, was 4: source
Of great annoyance to the opposition.
While engaged in 4 close cOnfab with y
group Of judges, 4 howl Of Indignation
broke from all parts Of the hall it was in
sisted that johnson should not bc per-
mitted to set up jobs among the Judges :;
that he should take his place upon the
stage and attend to his duties as clerk, or
be expelled from his position, and a clerk
appointed who would attend to his duties.
A motion to this effect was made, but the
chair did not entertain it he called viSOr-
ously upon johnson, however, to return to
his place on the stage, and as that gentle
man paid no attention to him, nor to the
yells of tho judges who demanded his re-
mOval, the president finally directed y
constable to remove johnson from that
part OF the hall reserved for tho Judges.
johnson having apparently finished his
interview with his friends danced back to
the stage dcfiantly.
"A vote being taken ON MIR. Browns mo-
ton it was agreed to, and the committee
was ordered to report forthwith.
Frank Mussclman then reported pro
gress and asked to be continued.
An angry debate followed, during
which Musselman said he had not his re.
port with him, and the other side charging
that Sensenig party only wanted time for
return tinkering.
Squire Evans said he was ready to
present a minority report in the case Of
Pequea township. 1t was to the effect
that justice required that the votes taken
at both the polling, places in Pcquca
township he consolidated and received,