The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-06-05

In substance MeKlnley's farewell speech
In the House just before the vote was
taken which expelled him, The speech
virtually admits that Wallace was enti-
tied to the certificate, He admits the
seven votes allowed by the state return
ing board that left Mckinley one Of q
majority. lie admits the error OF ton by
the clerk OF Carroll county, certifying to
9s7 for Wallace, when II should have
been 007, and he admits tho right Of
Wallace to the eleven not counted al
all In Fairfield township, COlumblana
county. Then there was the 10 scatter.
ipg not counted by the State Board.
These would have given Wallace 3a
majority In tho district, and hence on
titled him to the certificate, Had the
case been reVeraedi had Foster g. Co.
found Wallace ahead, aud the scattering
votes aud errors In favor OF Mckinley
how quick they would have counted IN
Mckinley. But circumstances alter ca
sea with those gentlemen. The Wash
ington dispatch In tho Rop. OF Wednea
day said;
The yOtO was q surprise 10 all around
Usually kites OF such magnitude aS
Mills, Blackburn, HuTd and DOrahelmeI
are apt TO have tails of greater or less
lODgth, and upon the following II wa.
believed these Democratic leaders would
have, the friends Of Mckinley grounded
the hope for favorable result Bat
slngularly enough, although HuTd aud
Milla made srOng arguments for the
sitting member, nobody followed their
lead, Mckinley said tonight. III ex
pected no other result, II was ineyIta,
bic, and had my trunk all packed, The
| Democrats had decreed that | must 30
aud nothing could save me, did moi
expect more than half dozen Demo
cratic votes"
OF course McKlnley's claim on The
"recOunts" has nothing reliable or sub
stantial. In the contest the effort wal
made to show that large number OI
illegal votes were cast for Wallace al
East Liverpool; bat II was all hearsny
testimony, and condemned by all lega
tribunals. In short, Major Mckinley
had not the shadow Of o case, But read
MRlNLEY's SPEECH,
Ihad intended, Mr. Speaker, to dlscuai
] lllgs am IYnunYuU tuIIla Nnnn ala hgVuI Ian
but two days have already been OcCu
pied In more careful and painatakinl
discussion Of all the propositions iny0l
we'd In this C0ntesti and owing TO thl
lateness Of the hour, aud my desire thai
thia case may bO concluded tonight,
shall content myself with OCcupylnl
not 70 exceed five or ton minutes. Il
would be useless for mo, within thai
time, to undertake 10 review Tho
testimony In the caee, or the law Whlcl
should govern 10; bat only ask from
! this House, tho majority Of which IN op
posed to me politically, to administer il
this case the law and the preeedentl
they have always administered IN thl
past, ana with those prCcedents deler
mine whether the c0ntestee or contest
ant has u majority Of the votes In thl
eighteenth Ohio district. / rise more
particularly to say, and Indeed, II Il
about all desire to say, that In you,
conclusions claim nothing from tech
nicalitlos. would not If could, 70
tain my seat one hour upon nero tech
nic0llty; and | sNy to this House, that |
/, be necessary TO 0nd that am entl
He'd TO my seat 10 throw out thJ
ten votes In Carroll county, which
upon the face OF tho rcturna, abpOarel
10 be an error In the count-if 10 Civ
me my seat you must invoke those teI
votes and deduct them from tho contest
ant, then DO not want my seat In lhi
house. Although there IL no legal proc
that this ~ not m error, ana although
my friends have argued that part Of th
case In the light OF the law, desire her
20 eay TO the majority aud the mhlOrit,
| IL II becomes necessary 10 deduct thog
ton votes from tho contestant 10 give MI
the seat, then do not want my seat II
thi9 Congress,
desire TO say another thing, Mr.
Speaker, and that Is II my right 10
seat In thia house depends upon n Joe
tlon Of the seYen votes, which Nppea
upon The face OF the returns ~ cast fol
"John II. Wallace" "W. w, Wallace,
Nv. II. Wallace" then do not want nj,
seat on the floor Of this House, For al
though there ig no testimony whalOyp
to show that these names, differing fron
the name of the contestant aa they do
the names Of different persona deslgnat
Ing different individuals, arO intended
TO designate tho cOnteatnnt yet In my
Judgment the citi2ons Of tho Eighteenth
district who p0llod those seven votes In
tended that they should DO cast anl
counted for jonathan II, Wallace, th,
contestant In this controversy, Nor
Mr., Speaker, do | mako my point In TN
| little time shall occupy as 10 the ODD
spelling Of tho names found In the ballO
box In Fairfield township to the numhe
Of eleven. II the House shall decide, |
| the judgment and c0naclenCea Of mem
| berH on this door shall determine thn
that recount IL OF value and shall hay
weight In this controversy, then MAKE
no point that tho voters mis9pelle
the n0me OF tho contestant In thl
caae, SO say Mr. Speaker, that IN nj
this controversy, | say TO my friends ol
this side, gay 10 my friends on thl
other eide, | say 10 my political 0ppO
nenta on the other side, that | i0yok
40 technlcOlity to retain my seat In thl
House, but Insist that, ConCodnl
every one OF these votes, conceding IN
entire twenty three votes which nppep
upon the fUeb OF the returns, conCldiu
that there WIS IN error In Carroll eOun
~, ana even c0ncpdlng the eleven vote
In Fairfield township, ! still have NJ
lnQuostlOncd majority Of the votes caa
In the Eighteenth district Of 0hlOon III
10Th Of October, 1882,
Now, Mr., Speaker, that IL all desir
TO say. In every one Of tho recount
which we invoke tho exact number o
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