The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-06-19
WALLACE VS. MCKINLEY,
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JOnhtnhn Whllhce, D. H. NhiihVo, mnJu'
Wallace and Mr.. Wallace, as II theae
were intended for other candidates, ana
by this infamous decision counted Nc
Kinley In, and gave him the certificate,
that the wrong In due time would DO
righted by the proper tribunal Our
predictions, az we'll an those OF respect
able Republican journals In this dlstrlct
have been fully verified. Mr.. Mckinley
and his friends, from the beginning OF
this contest before the Committee on
Elections up to the last hour, and dur
Ing the two days discussion of II In the
House of Representatives, claimed that
Mr.. Wallace should be allowed only six
teen votes out OF the twenty-three votes
certified 10 at Columbus, rejecting the
other seven, which would give Wallace
a majority OF eight on the returns, and
TO offset these they claimed a mistake OF
ten against Mckinley In the returns
from Carroll cOuntywhich II true,wOnld
change the result and give Mckinley
two majority. When this mistake or er'
tor was claimed by Mckinley and his
counsel for the arst time before the Com
mittee on Elections In Washington, on
the ddy the case came mp for argument,
the counsel for Wallace then and there
publicly asserted II was fraud or mis-
take, and caused q telegram TO be sent
at once to CarrOlltOn TO ascertain the
fact, Of which the following Is q copy:
WASHINGTON, d. c., March /, 1884,
THOs. HAYS ESQ, CARRoLLToN, o.:
Examine Clerks abstract OF Congress
siOnal vote, See II there Is a mistake In
the footing and telegraph me my cor
Waat Uota a.. UnnH annutu
j, II. WALLACE.
To which the following answer was
received:
CARRoLLToN, March 8, 1884,
j, IL. WALLACE, Ebbitt House, Washing
tOn:-llaye examined Clerks abstract.
The fOOtlngs are right. Your yote,lOur-
teen hundred and ninety.seyen In this
county. Tnos, HAYs'
The substance Of the above telegram
was stated TO the committee by Mr., Wal
lace's counsel during the progress Of the
argument,
Then this was followed up by obtain
ing certified copy OF the entire vote
cast In Carroll county for Mckinley and
Wallace for Congress IN each precinct
or township, showing the vote In full
from the original returns on flo In the
Clerks Office This wap made out and
certified under seal by the Clerk OF the
Court Of Carroll county, who was q Re-
publican, and friend and supporter Of
Mckinley. This certified copy was for
warded 10 Washington and filed with
the Committee on Elections, showing
that Wallace had received l,i07 votes,
and not ten less, aa claimed; ana yet his
partlsans on the committee, with this
certificate OF the Republican Clerk be-
fore them, would not accept az true aud
In their report deducted the ten from
Mr.. Wallace. II did not require much
time for an honest man iu Congress TO
detect such q bareiaced fraud aud put
the seal Of condemnation upon II. This
ia Ia fair sample Of the means used by
Mckinley TO CHEAT Wallace out OF his
seat,
But when the discussion In Congress
was nearly closed, aud IL WAS very APP !
parent TO Mckinley that his fate was
sealed, and that such frauds would not
be tolerated, lao arose from his seat ana |
In awhlning, pitltnl manner, made an |
appeal 10 the House TO retain him w hi8 |
seat the report OF which we cut from !
the Cleveland Herald OF May %, aud Is
0s follows;
81 rlac more particularly 10 say, ana !
indeed, II n abou, all / desire to say, |
that In your conclusions claim nothing |
from techuicaliilos / would not, If |
could retain my seat one hour upon o
mere tochnlcalitY and | say TO this
House that II II bo necessary 10 llnl that
| am entitled 10 my seat 10 throw out
the ten votes In Carroll county which
upon the face OF tho returns, appeared
10 DO an error In the c0unt-if 10 give
mo my seat you muat Invoke those
ten votes and deduct them from the con.
testant, then do not want my seat In
thla House. Although there 10 no legal
proof that this IN not an error ana al
though my friends have argued that
part OF the case In the light of the law,
| desire here TO say TO the majority aud
the minority II II becomes necessary TO
deduct those ton votes from the contest
ant 10 give me the seat, then do not
want my seat IN this Congress,
III desire TO say another thing, Mr..
Speaker and that islf my right TO seat
In this House depends upon the rejec.
tlOn Of the seven votes, which appear
upon tho face Of the returns az cast for
"JOhn II. Wallace""W, W, Wallace n
Nv. II. Wallace" then do not want my
seat on the n1or Of this u0ule, For al.
though there ia no testimony whatever
from the name Of the contestant ag they
DO, the names Of different persons deslg'
mating dilloront individuals, aro In
tended 10 designate the contestant, yet
In my Judgment the citizens OF the
Eighteenth district who polled those
seven votes intended that they should
bo east and counted for jonathan II.
Wallace the contestant In this con.
troyersy, Nor, Mr., Speaker, do make
any point In the little time shall 0c.
cupy ~ 10 the odd spelling Of The names
found In tho ballot box In Fairfield
township 10 the number Of eleven, If
thls House shall decide, II tho judg.
ment and clnaclences OF members on
this floor ahall determine that that 70.
count M Of value and ahall have weight
I'm thia controversy, then | m7k0 no
point that The voters misprllOd the name
OF the contestant In this case, No say,
Mr., Speaker. that In oil this controversy
eay 10 my friends on thia eide, gay TO
my friends on the other side, say 10
my political opponents on the other eldo.
that ! invoke no technlc0lity To retain
my acat In this House. but | insist that,
cOnceding every one OF these votes, con.
coding the ontlre twonty.threo votes
which appear upon the face Of tho re.
turn. concedlng that there wag no error
In Carroll county, and even concoding
the eleven votes In Fairfield township,
! still have an unqueationed majority OF
the votes caet In the Eighteenth district
Of Ohio on the 10th of October, 1882"
In this speech " will be seen ho eate;
II would not, II could retain my seat
one hour upon mere techincnlity"
Now In tha face Of hle own ndmle.
elons IN the foregoing speech, and in