St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-20
Settling the Vexei Question.

COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 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 Republican pre-
cincts. r. A. Harrison followed for the
Republican candidates, and at the conclu-
sion of his speech the board of canvaSsers
concluded to receive and count the returns.
The objections to them were that the judges
of the election had failed to properly certify
to the returns. Precinct A. Fourth ward,
was counted and tailed with satisfaction
to all candidates. Returns had been re-
ceived through a list from Republican candi-
dates. there being total vote of 760 in
the precinct. The original vote stood Re-
publican 500 on the head of the ticket and
203 Democratic. Three hundred tallies had
been added to the full Democratic ticket,
with the exception of Atherton for supreme
judge, who was given 200. This made the
total vote little over 1000, about 800
more votes than are in the precinct. The
board decided
as returned. This will elect about the en-
tire Democratic county ticket and Taylor,
Republican. for the legislature by 95 votes
Myers and Young, Democrats, for repre-
sentatiyes, will still be defeated. The
board of canvassers adjourned to p. H.,
when they will meet to sign the certificates.
Representatives of both sides have asked
permission to appear before the board at
ic in n
over the discovery in the Thirteenth ward
The returns have been in possession of the
clerk since Saturday. The state ticket was
read through, and it was not discovered
that an addition of 800 had been
made to the vote of Democratic
candidates until the county ticket was
reached. The addition, however. seems to
have been made to the entire ticket, county
and state. The poll books returned are 300
names short of the tally sheet Clerk
Joyce, Democrat, who has had charge of
| the returns since Saturday evening, says
the figures have undoubtedly been changed
His theory is that while they were being
| handed around in the crowd during the
argument before the returning board Sat-
urday some one slipped out with the
| tally sheet and made the changes in the fig
ures. II. j. Ossing. Democratic Judge,
| says the
FIGURES HAVE BEEN CHANGED
since the tally sheet left their hands. An
| inspection shows the changes and addi-
tioDal tallies to have been made by differ
ent pen and ink from the original. The
Republican vote in the precinct was 504 or
| sos and the Democratic vote 20G and few
votes. The figure beginning the number
opposite the Democratic candidates
has been changed in each instance to a
figure 4. The work is done in very bung-
ling matter. If the precinct is counted,
Taylor (Republican) for representative,
Democratic) making two Republican mem
bers elected and one Democrat. If
the precinct is thrown out, Taylor will
still have plurality of about seventeen
In either case, Montgomery for prosecutor
and Custer for sheriff (Democrats), will re-
ceive certificates. This is on the theory
that the board at 5 p. m. will not reverse
| the decision already made to count the pre-
clnct. In case the returning board saw the
correct returns on Saturday, and have per-
Sonal knowledge that the tally sheets have
been tampered with, they will be asked to
count the vote as originally returned, and
before the change of 800 in favor of the
Democrats was made.
WHEN THE BOARD REAssEMBLED
at p. M, there was large crowd present
Clerk Joyce announced that there appeared
on the face of the returns from Precinct A,
Thirteenth ward. bold fraud which had
been consummated since Saturday evening
by some person who had secured the tally
sheet and made an addition of 500 to the
amount of each Democratic candidate, He
would neither sign the abstract nor issue
certificates to any candidates unless those
800 were first deducted from the totals of
the Democratic ticket. Matt Martin, an
other member of the board, spoke in a
similar strain, and Judge Fritchey, the
third member, said that they were then
unanimous on that point. The 800 fraudu-
lent votes which had been tailed up were
deducted, and the returns read as originally
returned. This will give Taylor (Republi-
CAM about three hundred and fifty plu-
rality over Young Democrat.) The
official footings have not been made, but
| will not vary much from these figures. The
Republicans will have two of the three
members Of the legislature from this county,
Clerk Joyce offered $500 reward for the ap-
prehensicn of the thief who stole and al
tered the tally sheet, and the commissioners
were requested by meeting of citizens who
| witnessed the count to offer reward Of
$500 for a similar purpose. While precinct
81, First ward, was being called, DR..
Thompson of the Eighteenth ward, Precinct
B, came in with Charles Reagan, both
judges of election. They brought the miss
ing tally sheets wrapped up in paper,