Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-10-20
The omc,s, Count at Columbus.


COLUMBUS, O., October 19.-The official
count of this county was continued this
morning. T. E. Powell appeared for the
Democratic candidates, and spoke three
| quarters of an hour in favor of and citing
authorities to the effect that the returns
| from Precinct A of the Fourth Ward and
Precinct A of the Thirteenth Ward should
not be counted. They are both Reput-
| lican precincts. r. A. Harrison followed
| for the Republican candidates, and at the
| conclusion. of his speech the Road of
CanvHs5ers concluded to receive and
| count the returns. The objections to
| them were that the judges of election had
| failed to properly certify to the returns.
| Precinct A, Fourth Ward, was counted
| and tailed with satisfaction to ali candi-
dates Returns from the Thirteenth Ward
had been read through the list of Rspub-
| lican candidates, there being total vote
| of 760 in the precinct. The original vote
| stood: Republicans 503 on the head of the
/ ticket and 203 Democrats. Three hun
dred tallies had been added to the full
Democratic ticket, with the exception OF
Atherton for Supreme Judge, who had
been given 200. This made the total vote
a little over 1000, about 500 more votes
| than are in the precinct. The board de-
] cided to count the precinct as returned.
1 This will elect about the entire Democratic
county ticket, and Taylor, Republican, for
the Legislature, by forty-five votes.
| Myers and Young, Democrats, for Repre-
sentatives, will still be defeated. The
Board of Canvassers adjourned to5 O'Clock
| pm, when they will meet TO sign certi-
| fcates. Representatives of both sides
| have asked permission to appear before
the board at that hour. There is consider
able feeling over the discoveries in the
Thirteenth Ward. The returns have been
4 in possession of the clerk since Saturday.
The State ticket was read through, and
| it was not discovered that an addition of
300 had been made to the vote Of the
| Democratic candidates until the county
/ ticket was reached. The addition, how
| ever, seems to have been to the entire
ticket, county and State. The poll-books
| returned are 800 names short of the tally
sheet. Clerk Joyce, Democrat, who has
| had charge of the returns since Saturday
| evening, says the figures have undoubted-
| ly been changed. His theory is that v hile
they were being handed around in the
crowd during the argument before the Re
turning Board Saturday some one slipped
out with the tally-sheet and made the
| changes in the figures. III. j. Os5ing,
| Democratic Judge, says the figures have
been changed since the tally-sheet left
| their hands. An inspection shows the
changes and additional tallies to have been
made by different pen and ink from the
original. The Republican vote in the
precinct was 504 or sos votes, and
the Democrat 200. The figure "2'' begin
| ming the number opposite the Democratic
candidates has been changed in each in
/ stance to figure 49," The work is dol g
in very bungling manner. If the pre-
/ cinct is counted Taylor, Republican eau
| didate for Representative, will still have
forty odd majority over Young, Democrat,
| making two Republican members elected
| and one Democrat-Young. II the pre-
cinct is thrown out, Taylor will still have
plurality of about seventeen. In either
case, Montgomery, for prosecutor, and
Custer, for sheriff, Democrats, will receive
certificates. This is all on the theory that
the board at 5 o'clock P. m. will not reverse
the decision already made to count the
| precinct. In case the Returning Board
saw the correct returns on Saturday and
have personal knowledge the tally-sheets
have been tampered with, they will be
asked to count the vote as originally re-
turned and before the change of the 800
| in favor of the Democrats was made.
When the Board reassembled at 5 O'Clock
pm. there was a large crowd present.
Clerk Joyce announced that there ap-
peared on the face of the returns from
precinct A, Thirteenth Ward, bold
fraud, which had been consummated
since Saturday evening by some person
/ WHO udu 6oCuIcu tuo tdliy-SleSU anu
made an addition to the number OF
each of the Democratic candidates.
He said he would neither sign
the abstract nor issue certificates to any
candidates unless these 800 were first de.
: Quoted from the totals on the Democratic
!, ticket. Mat Martin, another member oi
the board, spoke in similar strain, and
Justice Fritchey, the third member, said
they were then unanimous on that point
l Tbe Arlo unfa xrhi haA
tailed up were deducted and the returns
read as originally returned. This will
, give Taylor, Republican, about S5(
plurality over Young, Democrat. The
official footings had not been made, bu
will not vary much from these figures
| The Republicans will have two of the
three members of the Legislature from
, this city. Clerk Joyce offered 300 reward
!; for the apprehension of the thief who stole
! and altered the tally-sheet, and the com
missioners were requested by meeting o
citizens who witnessed the count to offer