Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-20
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THx eo-sZ IN EAwrLToS c0CNTf.
CrscxxATT- Oct. Is. Tbs ofasial
eoarf u sue votes cast n HsmIitse
coaaiy st lzss os~day's election began
today. tbs Rspubsicsn and Dsrno-
cratic candidates we're represented BY
s7unssi. Retnrus from tErs~ pTeeircts
are missing. and a Dandam1s YES IA
s1sd N eaeh ease for their productioU.
whue prseines II. of tbs First yard,
zss being called. DR. The mpson, OF the
ElshtSeuth ward, prseiRct h, cams IN
xith Charles Regain. Bosk xere judges
~ election. They brought the missing
tally sheets zrspped np IN q paper,
uhi.a ihsy delivered 20 County Clsrk
Dalton ia that snspe, instead Of sealed,
a the LA requires DR.. Thompson.
tse RspgbIiesp i1dgs, ssi3 want
to say that | aid not sign those tally
s1e.ts. | wen; % supper on election
night. reqaestiEg the oiner judges % do
% eonrtIuQ una / ret arued- | had
-aten roihsue ali day; 6nt when came
bsek 7 could uot get 10. 20 I refused %
-ign.n Dalton took the sheets, 8, The
saGne sitne rsmarking that they shoald
- the CITY Clerk The opinion of the
JasBhAy oSatGthpf N26 fcfNCssc- a. s~~
pftmIses- .-
The board was sdioornsa st $50 pm,
after four wards b I'D been csnvassed-
lie dissrepsHcses between the tally
sheets aud she Official count were of
title account until precinct of the
Fourth Ward vas reacted The tstal
90 sbsF of votss asnDoneed as cast IN
ibis precinet sss go, divided - follows;
Hosdlg Us, Foraker ~, Leonard Y
EI-Coanty Auditor Coppslier Objset7d
thzt socosdisR TO the nesspspers there
were but sosps 700 registered IN this
precinc', aud II TINS we're true. over 2U
fraudulsnt ballots bad been cast. County
Clerk Dalton said be did not know
Hhether the newspaper statement vas
correct or not. He had only To count
She vote as returned, and the count vas
proceeded with. Asother obteetiop
sas made By Q citizen that
the retarns were not certified TO
properly. Dalton advised the oUjsesor
90 make Q msmorsBdum Of it, ADD 10
take adv nsaee Of IL II he could.
julius DEXTER, one Of the most active
members of the citizens Com mittee OF
Oae Hundred. nov engaged In investi
eating the election frauds at the recent
election in thi. county. was arrested To-
day on a charge OF perjury. HIS trial
vas set for Wednesday, and Dexter vas
released on tl0O0 bonds. The warrant
On which the arrest is made vas sworn
out by Jan Miner and Patrick Kelly,
Jadges OF Election at Precinct y. Ward
10. IL charges that Dexter made oath
10 q complaint before squire Dunnins
ton that after the counting had bean
commenced 10 thsir precinct they post
poned 10 and then. removed the ballot
box. They olaim that Dexter commit
ted perjury in swearing to this. Dexter
has subscribed $500 to the committees
fund for carrying on the investis alton.
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
CoLUMBUs. Dot. l9.-The official count
~ this county was continued this morn
ing. Precinct A of the Fourteenth
Ward was counted and Tailed With sat
isfaction 10 all andidatss, there being q
total Of 100 in the precinct. In Pre-
cipct A, Thirteenth Ward, 800 tsllies
had been added 10 the fall Democratic
ticket, With the exception OF Atksfton
for Supreme Judge, who bad been given
30. The State ticket vas read through
and il vas not discovered that the add
ton of 300 had been made TO the vote
of the Democratic candidates until the
county ticket was reached. The addi.
tion seems 10 have been made 10 the
entire ticket, oounty and State. The
poll books returned are 300 names short
of the tally sheet. Clerk Joyce, Demo.
crat. who had charge Of the returns
sinoe Saturday evening. says the figures
have undoubtedly been changed. His
theory Ia that while they were being
handled around in the crowd during the
| Argument before the Returning Board
on Saturday. some one slipped out the
tally sheet and made the changes IN ths
figures. Inspection shows that the
changes and additional talliss have
been made by diffsren, pen and inl
from the original. The Republican
vote OF the precinct was 5O4 or 20;
| votes, and the Democratic 300 and &
feS votes. The figures beginning til,
| numbers opposite the names of tn,
Democratic candidates have beer
changed in each instance 10 3. Th,
work is done in very buneing way.
When the board reassembled at
%. m. there was a large crowd present
Clerk Joyce announced that there ap
psared ofthe face of the returns from
Precinct A, Thnteeath Ward, a bold
fraud, which had bees consum On ateC
since Saturday evening by some person
who had secured the tally sheets anc
made an addition Of 800 TO the vote OF
each Democratic candidate. He said
he would neither sign the abstract moi
issue oer,iti 'stes TO any candidates IN
Tess these 80 were frat deducted frou
the totals on the Democratic ticket
Matt Martin, another member OF the
hoard, spike Ia similar strain. ans
Justice Fritsbey. the thir member, ssis
| they we're thea unanimous on thai
point. The 300 frauds silent votes, which
had been Tailed up, werc then deducted
and the returns read a. originally re-
turned. THIS viii Rivs Taylor (kepub
lioan) aoont 0 plurality over Yeune
tDsnocrst). rbe oiIiciai footinqs b ",
not been made. bat wili not vary much
from these figures. The Repsblicans
gill have too OF the three members oil
the Legislature from this county.
County Clerk Joyce has offered 500
reward for the apprehension Of the
thief who stole and altered the tally
sheets. and the Commissioners were re-