Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-23
DOERR CONTESTS BROWN
HIESrAND, EBERMAN AND OTaEK
POLITICAL. PUklSTS.

UUERK UUNlEOlO DnOW N
H1EsrASD, EBERMAN AND oraKr
POLITICAL PUKlsTS.
Undertake conssss In tAs Interest o. Hon
est Elections.
The following petition has been present
ed to the court
Quarter Sesstons Of Laneastsr eossty:
The petition and complaint Of the un
dersigned qualified voters and electors OF
the First ward-of the city Of Lancaster,
respectfully represents
That at an election held on the
Twenty first day of February A. D. 1882,
in the First ward of said city of Lancaster
for member of select council for said ward,
George. w. Brown was returned As having
two hundred and ffty-eight votes and
Henry Doerr az having received two hun.
dred and fiftJ three votes.
That the said George w. Brown was
thereupon declared elected as member Of
select council for said ward, and certid-
cate Of his election was given to him by
the election officers of said ward.
Your petitioners further represent and
Complain, that the said election was undue,
unfair and illegal in this, that thirty OF
more votes were deposited in favor Of the
said George w. Brown by persons who
were not qualified electors of said ward
and had no right to vote at said election,
because the said votes were cast by per-
sons whose names did not appear upon the
registry Of voters, and who did not pro-
duce at least one qualified voter of the
district as witness to their residence in
the district for the period of two months
Immediately preceding said election, nor
did any witness swear or affirm and sub.
scribe written or partly written and
partly printed affidavit, as required by
the act of Jan. Both, A. ID. 1874; nor did
the said persons SO Voting take and sub.
scribe written or partly written aud
partly printed affidavit as required by
said act; nor were any aff3davits
preserved by the election board and in-
closed with the list of voters, tally list and
other papers required to be fled in the
prothonotary's Office of said county of
Lancaster by the return judge ; nor are
they now on file in said Office as required
by law and also because of divers other
reason which your petitioners will be able
to show ; all Of which your petitioners
will be more fully able to show, tho fol-
lowing list being list of some of the per
sons who SO illegally voted at said cleo
ton:
Theodore Lemon, Edward Lemon, w.
H. Buckingham, Robert p. Jamison, VIM.
Richardson, James Wilson. James Maher.
Isaac McCutcheon, Richard Maher. H. w.
Lutz, Charles Rhodes, Christian Boos,
Charles Kautz, Peter Schooltc, Geo. Kuhl-
man, II. Applebach, Walter Rogers,
Samuel Styer, Henry Aument, John See
christ, William Peoples, w. F. Rosebury,
David Winters, Isaac Mundorf, NJ.
Biemesderfer, Aaron Baumgardner, and
others to the number of fifty or more.
Your petitioners, therefore, complain of
the return of the election of the said Geo.
w. Brown, and respectfully pray that the
same may be investigated according to
law
And they will ever pray, &c:
Lewis Walker, John E. Rathfon, D. d.
Triple D. Bair, Jas. II. McNaughton,
F. w. Weaver Samuel NJ. Myers, Jno. A.
Hiestand, C. F. Myers, G. w. Myers, C.E.
Huber, J. B. Lebkicher. G. F. .Eberman,
John p. Martin, H. E. Martin, John G..
Martin, William White, Jer. A. Snyder,
Thomas Bakes, Samuel Hatz. J. C. Spaetb,
Geo. Schlott, Frederick L. Frey, John II.
Schrum, VIM I. Eberman.
LANCASTER CITY IS.
John A. Hiestand, II. E. Martin, Will
liam White, C. F. Myers and G. F. Eber-
man, five of the above petitioners, being
duly affirmed say, that the facts set forth
in the above petition arc true to the best
of their knowledge and belief that the
said election was undue and illegal, and
tho return thereof not correct, and that the
above petition Of contest is made in good
faith.
[Signcd1 JOHN A. HIEsTAND,
H. E. MARTIN,
Wa. WHITE,
c. f. MYERS,
G. F: EBERMAN.
Affirmed and subscribed this 22d day OF
March, A. D. 1882, before me,
J. K. BARR,
Alderman.
Similar petitions setting forth that at
the election held the day and date above
given, James A. McElhone was unduly de-
clared elected judge of election over c. G.
Carman and Theodore Trout was unduly
declared elected inspector of election over
Melvin II. Rathfon, have also been pre-
sented and filed in the Office of the clerk
Of quarter sessions.