The daily gazette., 1882-06-10

r., decision Just rendered Dy tne court
,no."S Ige md and Appeals. at Dover, reversing
n htlS,s ht1,,,nent Of the Superior Court In Sus-
Ihe JuusI J.',Iy awarding q mandamus In favor
fex az, gou~ Tsrrjs as inspector for the Ninth
LOa .be last Presidential election, will
FaIu VI lsen public interest in a somewhat
e,,'.,ad e,nea case. which profoundly stirred
rtu1ii taeiing throughout Wilmington two
"! w. The facts, it will be remembered,
ras a. as follows: At the Little election
sii. Fli O,ic no, ,her 1880, for the choice of an
elu ',,, " IN hold the Presidential election in
N S Ninth ward, Edward Q; Knight was the
,0mOcratc ,,r,1 Inspector, and George Kennedy
~ nemocratic judge and j.. Il Fierce the
l"'a "onai1ales for inspector were Jesse
iI Ihnson Democrat and Xiba Ferris, Re
,n,'an I'p9n counting the vote at the
wv" az tbe election ii was found that Ziba
uoO s,i' bsJ T a majority of one Of all the votes
iii' ,La ioTot.boy and all the said officers
,a'.d 'a, = certificate intended for him, but by
aisnt failed TO write his name to the
The The, same evening, after leaving the polls,
tLe meeting in the City Hall of the
action officers of the Board of Canvass
tber assessment district, said Knight
pd Kennedy stated that Ferris was not law
MIN elected because his majority was made
n al least one Illegal vote which had been
.nayoidably received and counted for him.
Elcrupon they were informed that II was
er lawful right and duty 70 throw out
Ilrh vote and to ill up said certificate with
clpsons name and deliver it to him as the
vlulIy ELECTED inspector, which they
rapty dd. .....
Wen this proceeding came to the knowl-
u FOf Ferris Anthony Higgins and Edward
Bradford, Jr., Esqs., were employed to
Bake application TO the Supreme Court at
eVptown. Sussex county, for n mazda
he requiring Knight and Kennedy TO join
ih Pierce in making and delivering new
|ricate to Ferris as inspector of the
RESIDENTIAL election in the Ninth ward.
This application was made October II,
", aud Knight and Kennedy commanded
appear and answer October 15--only
|re days thereafter 100 miles distant from
|Gr homes whilst johnson, whose title
Bimperilled, had no no notice at all. The
kult was trayesty of justice.
N The proceedings were precipitated with
notice to any Democrat and decidedly
thout the slightest opportunity for
equale preparation of either the facts or
law Of their case on behalf of the
Gmocncy, The consequence was "snap
lgnen upon an erpdrtc statement of
Fb and one-sided argument of the law
Republicans, followed by the grossest
fisan Misrepresentation, and tine most
Iulst uultlip InF Naff ..F IA
htic party.
% the midst Of this storm of calumny and
fsur lgatius G, Grubb, Esq, was called
nto take charge Of the case and advise
the proper course of action to be pur-
h, Upon being assured by Mr.. Knight
y hOa Ferris had not In fact received a
o1ly Of the votes lawfully cast he con
llel to assume both the control and
possibility Of the case. Believing that
nn'on was lawfully elected and therefore
entitled to hold the Presidential clec-
and also that the Democratic party
fgh' to be yindicated from unmerited
uNly and censure, he determined to re-
Fna writ of error in order TO secure in
highest tribunal of the State that fair
llll hearing which his clients had failed
obtain IN the court below.
lhe legal eect of taking out this writ
iosu,pend the operation of the manda-
j N'il The next session of the Court of
nv aa! Appeals in January, 1881. The
l'I. effect Of which, politically, was to
lSlr johnson, the Democratic Inspector,
al Of Ferris, to hold the November
C'@ in the meantime, and, as the sequel
NHllo make the Democratic majority of
lG'he County Board Of Canvassers of
detection
"Nth this becamc manifest TO the Rcpub-
~ politicians, and they found that their
saA-'h'el snap.indgment little game did
"nrN, their rage riyalled the turies III
1uS''' and their lamentations left Jere-
an completely distanced. When they
unl that Yankee "cuteness" was bafilcd
pc.a~are-hred acuteness they resorted to
ou.'ase mill and to that last refuge Of
tS"Se :, aollse Of the lawyer on the other
N'4'e,iaeh and organs of all sorts
, ''lnl out clamorously that the
~ .tlof was illegal and void; was
','a,'e ',.I y, Sham and shysteriug proceed
,sI I' 'ilat the Democrats would never
r,.a,' ~a 10 argue in its support in the Court
,I'. D5linocfats, undeterred by the jargon
aT,,. sn'as' a and unterrifed by the snarls
s,m,' NM Blanche and Sweetheart" of the
It's"ll I'd, S1. party bided their time and have
''en completely yindicated.
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