The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-10-19
And Clearly Entitled to the
Certificate.
Election Judges Throw Out Wallace Tick
ets-AttO-n General Nash's 0pIn-
ion Clearly Expressed.

ets-AttO -ney General Nash's 0pin-
{ ion Clearly Expressed. 4
New Lisbon Patriot, october 19th.1 Do
To enable our readers to clearly un-
derstand the facts relating to the. con-
trOversy in the 18th district, and to
show that Mr.. Wallace has been elected
by clear majority upon an honest
count, we give below the facts and ig-
ures obtained from the official report
furnished by the Clerks of the Courts
from the four counties composing the
18th Congressional district:
Stark county, mai for Wallace Ss5
ID .fiEfG Total 8s6
Nah. county, mai for Mckinley 36S
In lJ5E D-f. Total S7s
Majority for Wallace in District, IA, as
shown on the face of the returns, as GER
titled to the Secretary Of State, and
which will be opened by the Governor
and Secretary of State within ten days
after the LIST day Of December, in the
presence of the Auditor Of State and At
torney- General, as provided by Section
the Governor and Secretary of State
shall forthwith proceed to ascertain The
number of votes given for the different
persons, and issue the certificate to the
party who has been fairly elected which
shall be signed by the Governor, and
cOuntersigned by the Secretary Of State,
as provided by Section 1891 Of the Ohio
Statutes. A
Until during the first ten days in De-
Vn hn nd g1of-
ally determined to whom a certificate of
election will be issued, and unless the
highest officers in the State disregard
their duties as a tCanvassing Board" by
refusing to count % votes clearly in
tended for JONATHAN H. WALLACE, who
was the only candidate by the name of
Wallace for Congress, the certificate of
election must be issued to him. rt-
In this, COlumbiana county, is the
only one in the District which certihes
through its Clerk the different names by
which WALLACE was voted for, showing
% votes clearly intended for him and
which in justice and by precedent must
be counted for him, which certificate is
as follows:
The STATE OF OHIO, ss
CoLUMBIANA COUNTY, 90
COMMON PLEAS CLERKS OFFICE,
NEW LISBON, Oct. IL, 1882.
We, william Monaghan, Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas, within and for
said COlumbiana county, and Allen A.
Ramsey and j. b. Ritchie, Justices of the
Peace, within and for said county, do
hereby certify that in said county, at
said October election, the following
named persons had the following num-
Der of votes, for the following offices,
tO-wit:
FOR REPRESENT ATTVE IN CONGRESS-
william Mckinley, Jr., had 4, All votes.
Jonathan II. Wallace had 4, ,438 votes.
Lemuel T. Foster had 40 votes.
James A. Brush had 50 votes.
j. X. Burbick had 1 vote. taI.
Major Wallace had vote.
- Wallace had votes. lt
W. II. Wallace had votes.
W. w. Wallace had l vote.
Jonathan Wallace had votes.
- Brush had votes.
Mai. Wallace had votes.
j. III. Wallace had 2 votes.
John II. Wallace had votes.
AS appears by the pOll-bOOks of said
election, of the several townships and
wards in said county, duly returned to,
filed, opened and now remaining on file
in the Office of the Clerk of said Court.
Witness our official signatures, at New
Lisbon, in said COlumbiana county, this
WILLIAM MONAGHAN,
Clerk Of the Court Of Common Pleas.
ALLEN "A. RAMSEY,
j. b. RITCHEY.
Justices of the Peace.
The STATE OF OHIO, !
CoLUdBIANA COUNTY, oo'
I, William Monaghan, Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas, within and for
said county, do hereby certify the within
and foregoing to be full and correct
copy of the original abstract of said
election now ON f1le inmy office.
7 Witness my signature and offlcial seal
at the Court House, in New Lisbon, in
said county, this 18th day of October, A.
ID. 1882. - WILLIAM MONAGHAN,
HGf ~ Clerk.
The Attorney General of the State, In
answer to telegram of inquiry sent
him by the Secretary Of the Republican |
County Committee of MahOning county
on October 11th, responded as follows:
CoLUMgUs, OCtober II, 1882.
DISNEY RoGERs, ESQ.,:
When the intent of the voter Is evil
dent, 1t should be carried out. Votes
counted for William Mckinley, Jr. Votes
cast for 81. H. Wallace" should be count
ed for Jonathan III. Wallace.
[Signed] GEO. X. NASH,
r-s,s, Attorney General.
Any other course than the one indi-
Gated by the Republican Attorney Gem
eral in his telegram, would deprive the,
people of a "free ballot and an honest
count" ~
Apply the rule laid down by the Attor-
ney General, which Is clearly correct,
and the face Of the returns elect Wallace
by IA of majority.
SUPPRFS9TON or VOTES aV As'RrN1T uIy,e
FRIENDS IN A REPUBLICAN TOWNSHIP.
On October 18th. and before any re-
turns were opened by skEfF Monaghan, as