, 1884-11-27
THE WYOMING VOTE.
The Territorial Board of Canvas
sers Finish Their Labors.
The Last Legislature Fails to Make
an Apportionment.
The Election Void, But Congress
viii Probably Ratify 1t.

Nouhtico VI the AerIltOry At tine election,
held on November 4, A. D., 1884. met at
the Governors Office in the city of Chey-
enne.
There were present E. s. N. Morgan,
Secretary of the Territory; PerryL L. Smith,
Territorial Treasurer.
Territorial Auditor, per Charles W. Stew
art, Deputy Auditor, and F. Z. Warren,
Upon motion Charles W. Stewart was
appointed clerk Of said Board. The Board
in the presence Of the Governor, proceed
ed to open the returns from all the coun-
ties and to anvass all the votes given for
all Territorial officers and members of the
Council and House of Representatives
cast at the general election on the date
above mentioned.
On motion the Board adjourned to
meet at the office of the Governor on
Wednesday, November 26, 1884, at IL
O'Clock, a. m.
Yesterday morning the Board met pur-
suant to adjournment.
Having completed the canvass and hav-
ing reported the result to the Governor,
the Board adjourned to meet at the call
OF the Governor for the purpose ofconsid-
ering and recommending to Congress any
legislation needed to legalize the election
of the Members Of the Ninth Legislative
Assembly.
The vote for Delegate as reported by
the Board was as follows:
Albany county,. NJ. Carey l,424,
W. II. Holiday loss.
Carbon county-Carey l.O22, Holiday
1874.
Fremont county-Carey 1863. Holiday
29o.
johnson eounty-Carey 675, Holiday
637.
Laramie cOunty-Carey 2,44s, Holi-
day l,47l.
Sweetwater c~ounty-Carey 654, Holli-
day 4l2.
Uinta county-Carey 6s9. Holiday sO7.
The total vote for ]. NJ. Carey was l.
225, and for W. H. Holiday 1856, Civ
ing Judge Carey a majority in the Terri
tory of 1859. The total vote for Dele
gate, inclusive of 10 scattering votes, was
1880.
In the Eastern States the basis for
computing the population is by multiply
ing the vote by six. In the Western
States of the Mississippi valley the popu-
lation is obtained by multiplying by five.
Using 81 as a fair multiple for Wyoming
the population of the Territory, as estab-
lished by the vote for Delegate, would be
A, 900.
The canvass OF the vote for the Council
and House resulted in the announcement
of the election of the following, to-wit:
ALBANY COUNTY.
For the Council-Leroy Grant, j. ".
Blake, A. S. Peabody.
For the Houses. W. Downey, n. NJ.
Knight, D. B. Dole, NJ. NJ. Towne, Adj
son Turrill.
CARBON AND JOHNSON COUNTIES.
For the Council-John Mccormick,
William Daley.
CARBON COUNTY.
For the House-John A. Mathews, j.
S. Kerr, Frank Williams, E. W. Gen
ter.
JOHNSON COUNTY.
For the House,. NJ. Lobbin.
FREMONT COUNTY.
For the House,James Kline.
LARAMIE COUNTY.
For the Conncil-J. II. Ford, H. E.
Teschemacher, G. W. Wright, Joseph
Granger.
For the House,. NJ. Thomkins,
Frank A. Miller, George Mitchell, NJ. P.
Keefe, C. A. Gurnsey, N. J.. O'Brien,
W. H. Robins.
swEETwATER COUNTY.
For the Council-A. F. Chalice.
For the House-Isiah Whitehouse, C..
H. Busy.
UINTA COUNTY.
For the Council-Joseph E. Cashin,
Charles Deloney.
For the House-R. B. seaton, William
Summers, John L. Russell.
There are several features of the late
election which do not appear in the report
Of the Board of Canvassers and which are
worthy of mention and an explanation.
The Seventh Legislative Assembly con-
vening at Cheyenne in January 1882,
passed an act entitled IAN act to divide
the Territory into Council and Represen-
tative Districts. and to apportion the
Membefs of the Council and House of
Representatives thereto"
Section l, of the act divides the Terri
tory into five council and six representa-
tive districts for the purpose of e~lecting
therefrom Members of the Council and of
the House of Representatives of the
Eighth Legislative Assembly"
Section ii, specifies that the several
counties shall be the respective districts,
but referring to johnson and Carbon and
johnson counties, the section provides
That the counties Of Carbon and John
son shall constitute the Third Council
District and shall choose and elect in the
manner provided by law two Members of
the Council of the said Eighth Legislative
Assembly. That the county OF Carbon
shall constitute the Third Representative
District and shall choose and elect in the
manner provided by law four Members
of the House of Representatives of said
Eighth Legislative Assembly. That the
county Of johnson shall constitute the