The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-03-05
lao 0IIulson" and "Iludaon," is No,


name OF the contestant, we refer 10 The
authorities before cited upon this pOlnl
In commenting upon the ga votes which
were certified and returned, bnt moi
counted by the Canvaasing Board,
Some attempt IN made by the cODtea
tee, IN hia testimony taken In thia case
10 make " appear that tho ballots have
not be0n 40 preserved IN ~ exclude Che
ldeR that they have been tampered with
also, that the number OF ballots on
which contestants name appeared, bnt
was not counted, was less than eleven,
la respect 10 the llrat point, that ballots
were not tampered with after the eleG-
tlOn aud before the recount, We have
the direct testimony OF both Carpenter
aud Augustine, tho legal cust0dIana VI
the box ind tho key 10 tho effect that
the box containing the ballots had been
carefully kept. and In no manner tam
pered with, they ara reputable witnesses,
neither lmpeacheh nor cOntradiGtNd, un'
less II be claimed that the testimony Of
tho boy Beatty amounts 10 an impeach'
ment or contradiction. 3ealty'a teatl-
mOny IN simply 10 the effect that no saw
Carpenter with the b0x few days after
the election, going down town with II,
IN the direction OF Angnatine'a house,
HA also heard, on the same day some
thing aald between Carpenter and 9th
efa about taking tho ballot box 10 Lia-
bon. lnaamuch IN the testimony shows
that Augustine ha | taken the box 10 his
shop up town, and day Or two after
directed Carpenter 10 carry this h0x IN
hia, Anguatine'a house, no wAlGh said
Carpenter also lived, and IN Carpenter
made thia removal Ia broad daylight,
carrying the box under hla arm on the
public street. In the direction Of hia
house. w0 fail 10 ae0 In this clfcum-
stance anything that shows either want
OF care In the custody of the box or any
thing In IL indicative Of any Intention
on the part OF Carpenter TO tamper with
tho contents Of the box, And ~ II waa
publicly known aud talked about, that
there were ballots In the box for contest
ant which had not been counted for him,
there Ia nothing significant IN tho fact.
II Carpenter aud others were talking, II
few days after the election, pnbllcly, on
the street, about the taking OF the ballot
box to New Lisbon, 10 tho county seat,
that justice might be done IN the mat
tor
There IL no testimony TO show that
the ballot box was ever taken 10 Lisbon,
or any other place; aud, indeed, the teatl.
m0ny shows that the box, from the time
OF the election until II was publicly
opened, 70 take tho depOsitiOna aiOre.
said, was all the time carefully kept by
Anguatlnei nobody but himself and the
said Carpenter, both election officers,
having access TO II,
They both swear that they did not
tamper with II. and that they were both
fully satisfied the ballots had not been
touched or disturbed from tho time of
the election until the taking Of the de-
position.
In regard TO the number Of uncOunted
"Wallace" ballots, all the testimony
taken IN this case, bearing upon this
point shows, that thefo were some such
ballots which were not counted,
There IN difference Of opinion among
the witnesses, who testify from memory
only, aa 10 the number Of uncounted
"Wallace" ballots. Carpenter, Demo.
cratic Judge OF the election, In hls testi'
mOny, places the number OF these un-
counted "Wallnce" ballots VI from 10
10. W, X. Hum. Il Republican Judge Of
election, estimates the number In hls
testimony. anywhere up ~ rs, Albert
II. Shields, another Republican Judge,
gives his rec0llocti0na OF the number.
and states that ho thinks there werO
llyo; John q. Augustine, Republican
Clerk 0f the election, states that therO
were l3 or II Of those uncOunted "Wal-
lace" votes,
The other clerk OF election, ThOmns
u. Crook, al4oa Republican, tpstiAes that
hla recollection la that there were only
three or four such, but George Lower
swears that Crook told him, on his way
home, after counting out tho votes, that
there were 10 such nncOunted "WRllnce"
votes. H. s, Holloway also tostillOa on
this point; no waa not an election Oillcer,
hut waa there M u spectator, In tho In
terest OF C0ntostOe,, who H0Oma 10 have
placed him under obligations by the ap.
p0intment OF his sons TO positions, ll0
claims TO have u sort OF memorandum
Of certain things, which he explains NJ
length In hls testimony, But ~ said
memorandum nowhere shows tho mum.
ber OF these uncounted ballots, and M
no awears that no kept no tally what
ever, OF this class OF ballots, nor OF the
ballots which were blanks on Congress-,
hia memorandum fails 10 throw any
light upon the subject under c0nsidern'
ti0n. True, no undertakes TO give hia
recollectlOns OF tho number Of these
ballots, placing his estimate NJ from
four 10 six; hut his opportunities To
know, were not M good IN those OF the
election officers.
The witnesses are oil agreed that there
were u number Of these unc0unted bal
lots. They dioagree only M to the num-
bor No one kept any tally Of them; no
special attention was given 10 them, NJ
they were regarded IN b0lng Of no nc.
count by the Republicans present,
Therefore they gave littlo attention TO
the number. But we are not loft 10 the
uncertainty OF the recollection Of those
witnesses. for we have recount OF
these same bAllots made by these same
election officers. In tho presence OF c0un
Re for c0ntestee, and we have the bal
lots themselves, attached ~ exhibits TO
the dopOsitiOns,
From this recount, and from tho bal
lota themselves, M they now appear In
testimony, there are eleven more for
contestant thHn the official count made
by the Judge of the election, on tho
evening OF the election, gave him. Thus
demonstrating, beyond q doubt, that
there were eleven OF these ballots which
the judges OF Tho election did not count,
but which they should have counted. In
making this claim for eloyOn more votes
than III given contestant by tho official
returns for Fairfield, wo feel thut we
are on solid ground, and that our claim
In fully sustained by tho testimony In
tho cnse. We aro strongly inclined TO
believe that there were liye moro Of
these votes, making sixteen, that thould
have been counted and returned, but
were not, that these hve IN some way
vorA loat or mi aWnv W lth by rauaOu of