The Panola weekly star., 1885-11-14

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Crnftiri, o., November a IN tho
cifculi Court yesterday lbo rolitof 10 lbe
eieellon mtndamua case fled a reply 10
The hnswet 70 which the defense de-
mnfTcl. bat argument WIS wal ted and
the court proceeded 10 hearing VI TOE
timony 10 first took ~ tho question ~
alleged disagreement between the total
votes accredited 10 Senatorial candidates
and the total number oi names on the
poll books. This Involves anl inspection
ot The returns, and will pfolong the
hearing
The Inspection oi The returns IN Tho
Hamilton County senatorial case before
tbs Circuit Court, disclosed some re.
matkablc discrepancies during tho on.
animation and ssexamlnatlon Of
1ounty Clerk Dalton yesterday afternoon
which, In all probability, viii result In
the election OF tho entire Republican
ticket The case IA, as yet, In an lncom.
nctod condition, but the indications
after yesterdays proceedings point TO
changes In the county Republican lnstcad
OF Democratic The testimony was given
altogether by County Clerk Dalton and
referred to discrepancies between the
total votes credited to Senatorial candI
dates and the total number OF names on
the poll.book. Thus, In some precincts,
the total vote on Senators, as returned
by Dalton, would exceed by score or
more votes the total number OF voters
reglatcred.
The Court has not yet decided how to
count such precincts, whether 10 throw
out the vote OF the entire precinct or
only the excessive vote, or 10 divide the
loss on the excessive vote pro rata be.
tween each candidate Assuming the
excessive vote only be taken from the
Democratic candidates, the result OF yes.
terday's examinations will DO about M
follows;
In ten disputed precincts, tho Republl.
cans gain 1853 votes. 10 precinct A Of
the Fourth Ward, tho Democrats lose
3i2 votes, aud II the whole precinct Is
thrown out, 92G votes. The total Rcpub.
llcan vote In this precinct was forty.
eight. These changes alone would suffice
10 elect the Republican Senators. But
testimony was also taken In regard 10
precinct Of the Ninth Ward where the
returns were sent In on Duckworth
Club sheet, and in very loose manner
According TO a decision Of the court
few days ago this entire precinct, which
is Democratic, will be thrown out on
yesterdays testimony, as the court In this
decision announced that In case tho ale
cations then set forth by Republicans ns
TO irregularities IN this precinct were
proven, the vote would be thrown out.
Precinct u Of the Eighteenth Ward
will I've similarly treated, as Dalton's
testimony substantially supports the
charges OF the Republicans that the
counting was not commenced until sew
eral nights after the election, and that
the returns were handed In 10
Dalton In an unscaled envelope while he
was making the official count. This pre-.
cluct is also Democratic.
Thus It will be seen that changes
sufficient to wipe out the Democratic
majority have already been discovered,
and II now remains for the investigation
TO proceed still further. In ease the
court decides the case In favor OF the
Republicans, the Republican candidates
on the eDtlre county ticket Will contest,
as all but two or three were credited by
Dalton with as many votes as were the
Senators. The investigation Is being
conducted with caution, aud may not end
for week.
A recapltulatlon of the changes made
80 far 10 the inspection Of returns In.
dlcstes net Republican gain over the
figures as reported by Clerk Dalton,
OF from GOO TO l,l00 When the court
decides as 10 the manner Of counting the
precincts In which discrepancies are
found, the Republican gain will then be
determined definitely. According TO the
decisions already made this gain eau not
be less than GOO, which elects two Re-
publican Senators. Six hundred aud
i've would elect the third, and 40 the
fourth. A gain Of l,lO0 would elect the
entire Republican county ticket, with
probably two exceptions.
Superintendent OF Police Edwin Ilud.
son was placed on trial yesterday for
contempt OF court and neglect OF duty.
Seven warrants were sworn out few
days previous 10 the election, charging
different men with illegal registering.
These warrants we're not served and the
Superintendent was brought to court 90
the charge Of purposely eyadlng his duty
The case was continued until next Sat.
urday