Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-16
A LIVELY DAY.
The BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONTINUE
THE COUNT,
And Put in Yesterday on Washington and
Madison DsrieB-NO Change in the Re-
suit, a. Yet

of the bsllos, of Ohio county, yesterday at
halGpast nine O'Clock, bylooking up the re-
turns f ON Futon Pr; circt Of Washington
district. There was present the usual legal
representative of tie candidates interested,
-Mess:s. Allen and Mcneil for Mr.. PeDdle-
ton, and Hugus and Allison for Atkinson
and something more than the average
number Of spectators. The examiuat'oa
Of the Fulton ballots showed that every
thing correspoudsd with the tally sheeE
When the examination was completed, Mr..
T. J. Hugus, OF counsel for Mr.. Atkin-
son, withdrew his demand for O recount
Of the districts not al eldy cIuated. The
Board went Oh, however, and at half.past
tan took no the hose-house precinct OF
Washington, with the following note
worthy incidents.
Counsel for Mr. Psn1le:ol took exceE
ten to oae bll.o', which had bean c)uDed
for Atkinson. Under the designation "foT
Congress" the name Of John o PsrGlston
had bssn scratched with o pencil fand the
name "Ackinson" written OF thS margin,
lepgthwise of the bAll)t. AfOeI consider
able discussion, q mOtiGn by hr. SSelo,
that the ballot be not counted sat present,
was adopted. There was snoFhsr dispute
on a ballot counted foe AtkiRO1, which
was endorsed on the back David Nc
| Cleary." This bal!ot was counted for
Atkinson by the Board, bat counsel for
Nr. PendletOn reserved the right to be
hereafter heard as to its legality
A third ballot had A'k;ns6a'J rame
scratched and ~. Pendletou" written up
on it. 1t had been counted for Penaleton
and was allO wed. Another rad PerdletoQ's
name scratched and "Ack., y with an unins
telligible scrawl following, tuSstitut' d.
The ballot had bsen Counttd fer Atkinson.
bat was deferred by the Board. Sill an
other ticket had AtkinSon's name scratch
ed. aud John o. Pendl t)n" written on
the marg'n lsug:hwise. Thee was no o.
lection to this from the Republican mem
hers If the Board, AMI the ticket was
counted for PendletOn. Ga another ballot
Mr.. Atkinson's name had b2en written en-
the ms1gia with apsn. Pend.eton's name
bal not be IN scratched with the pen, but
showed q faint mark, as though it had been
gone over o,Ce WITH n pencil. Action was
deferred. Another ballot had Pendleton's
name scratched and "Acke7sal" written.
Action was deferred.
The cOunt of the precinct waI completed
1T ten minutes past noon. After scm@
discussion among thu members, in whi;h
counsel joined, action upon the displ'et
ballots was deferred, and the Bard took a
recess about 100 o'c'Ock.
At half past one O'Clock the Board rels-
semb!el, Gud the Island precinct Of MIDI
OF district WAS taken up, Several rich
thirgI were found in this precinct, one Of
them showing conc,uslvely that illegal aud
fraudulent methods had been used by the
Republicans. The evidence proving this
wee pls,e's p;inted in blIck ink bearing
tie names of g. W. Atkinson and the R.
publican candidates for Judges, Of
fixed to Prohlb ton ballot
The ballot had not beea counted
nv the cleo ion commissioners, sDd wss so
endorsed on the back. Mr.. Hugu3 appealed
to the Board to count the ballot, alleging
the law Oaly contemplated the punishment
Of persons ultsrirg unlawful ballots, but
when the blllo! was once in the hex. it
must be counted. The Board decided to
pass over the ballot until adv:ce from the
Prosecuting Attorney GOULD be secured.
Another interesting ballot 10 this box was
one on which John 0. Pendleton's mans
was scratched ont, and IN inell'gihla
name written beneathi it. The ballot
was not c)unted for spyO le. A third ba,-
,ot in dispute WAS q r pablicm bIllOt,
which had been scratched, for Congress,
5ut no name substituted. Ths vote was
not cou1tsd for anyone.
At ha,f.past three O'Clock tie Market
house precinct of Madison district was
taken up by the Bosri. There was q little
hitch IN a scratched Republican ballot
with "John o. Pendt lt)n" on it, but it
was counted with u mental reservation By
the Republicans. There was a second
psuss when 4 ballot was fOlud with Pen
dletOa stricken out ard "Ackerson" writ
ten in. The Bad counted it for Atkin-
SOD. The conclusion of the count brought
two protested ballots tn light, and, as in a
similar case in the First ward precirc', the
Beard ruled that in the sbSeacs of evi,
dence nothing could be done, except
in the Crss Of contest
when the Judges of election would
have to be Summoned, and put them back
on the st,ilg. TIE count of the Bond
showed 2T2 fer PendletOn and 373 for At
kinsop, D loss OF one for Atkinson. 1t is
understood that OF the two protested bal.
lots in Madison, both are for Atkinson.
One, on which the protest is for Legisla.
ture, was counted by the election officers
for Atkinson, and the other not counted
for him.
The Board directed that the commission
ers Of election in the First Ward aud Mat
Set House precincts be summoned to ap-
pear before the Board this morning TO tes-
tiiy as 10 the protested ballots, and then
adjourned.
Tne results Of The days work showed
no gain OF loss for either of the rival Con-
gressioDai Gel diiates, although there is an
appa-e pt loss OF Z for Atkin ion, by reason
of the que .tionable and protested ballots