Telegram-herald., 1888-11-11
HIS VOTE REJECTED
wHY NOT ARREST r-s DEMOCRATS
Supervisor Jsbn a. could. ef xlEoEs..
Arrssssa-Ens Estaeaos .s GtssE
IA ths Examtn.uoa-A Csss
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Yesterday morning T.. ; Deputy Marshal
8 A Dishman brought bsfoFs Commissioners
McQnswsa. Of ghs Z. . District Cours. JEAN
T. Gould. Of AlsoHs al old and respectable
citizen, ana the Supervisor Of that town
ship. Ths charge against hlm made
oy Andrew MiersDgs ls thai a. Chairman
OF the Board Of Registration. and Election IA
he township. he refused - reoeiss the soie
ofa citizen. fhe punishment for TIE Of
isnse Is nne OF 49, 81 three years inn
prlsoumsnt. \. A. EaFs appeared ~ DC
lend NJ. 0Ol a. Andres Nisreoss, t1e
complaining witness, wss bret called - Ihe
stand aud s,llea a. follows Il have
lgeu ia Alsofaa I3ur years ue1t spflnE- 4
AN the man ~ Lose uauus Is ou thai paper.
Referring 70 tle Naturalization pzprfsA
lived 30 Aig0na sen uaYs previous 10 the oib
0i November, sn1 IA tie state three months
before that date / went - the polls 10 xois
anl lad my Fcts cbA.leBeed. Mf Gould
vas The Chairman OI the Board and when
my vote was offered be said Was nOt
voter. lie gOt mad shout 4L tlea step
PEI away from tae polls. i lad my n4tuT-
aa-auon papers on hls desk lie
said be didn't care 3nyihiug sboul
my papers. lie said would MAKE
myself trouble. On Tuesday before elec-
il0n / went 10 the City Clerks Office. the
Deputy Clork wzs there. ! tciu h4m / was
a voter. lie took nay name OF piece OF
paper. ! saw the paper la the day of cleo
ton. Mr.. Gould said 1 could not vote on
account OF my name lot being tx g.stesed.
Ga cross-enaminatOa wines lOid
nothing new. except tAal he offered lis
vote three tImeH.
Lorenzo ID. BlscEmsn was the next Wit
ness. lie said that re lived Ia 4 20 ms
and VA present when Mr. Nieringa offered
his vote, Mr. Gould said. You are no. yOt-
er and cannot vote Gt the election Witness
Jaw Mr.. Wisrlnga ofter his papers, snd told
Mr. Gould mat the man was q voter.
Told him 10 swear in his vote. Mr.. Gould
said, What IS the use Of standing there,
irving 10 mske man 60 a wrong a scr
lie Is not q yoler!' / told the crowd that II
the man was not allowed % vote. We would
smash up the election. / went down the
street about forty rods when a man came 70
me anu sand, IL you 20 back i guess they
will let that man vote 1 said, Well, II
20 anl ss- ! went 10 Wieunga, but he
would noI 20 back Is be said they would
l1ggh G. hm. then went home
On cross examination witness, said be bad
.oosef up the law aud told ieringa be
name vas registered. lie said il was lett
WITH the town clerk to be registered. After
election witness could not find Wierings's
name on the register, but bis name was on
i slip of paper. Witness was sure Wieringas
vote was NOT challenged BY an outsider.
w. 5. Young testified that be had lived
in Algoma seven years; was present al the
polling place on election day. Il was CLERK
OF the board. / was present when Wieringa
offered his vote. Mr.. Wieringa was cnal-
lenged by Daniel Devendoff who stood
next TO Ar. Gould. Devendorf said, Mr..
Gould ! challenge that mans vote.
Mr. Gould said: Il don't think you
are voter" Mr. WierineA said:
/ will swssr in my vote Mr.. Gould SAID
Don't get into any trouble, aud i don't
think YOU had better swear IN your vote.
lie referred him 10 Mr.. Curtiss, the Justice
Of the Peace, al the other eud of the table
Nieringa walked over 10 Mr.. Curliss, who
was going TO explain TO him. Mr.. Picket
spoke up aud said: Mr.. Curiiss, you have
no right to x plain anything You have
right TO show him The law. leit them
and SAID DO more about Il.
Mr. Wieringa ASKED why he was chal-
lenged. and Mr.. DevendoTf said: Because
YOU are not voter / was election clerk.
DO not know whether IL was before or after
dinner. There was crowd around the
polling place and l tried to keep Mr. Black
man quiet so that / could take the names.
| think Mr.. Bisckman told Mr.. Wieringa
hat he was citizen. Mr.. Gould told Mr.
Curtiss TO look this matter up. / did not
hear anything about or see snv papers, but
saw the ballot in Wieringa's hand"
Mr. Martin testified that be had been
resident of Aigoma for twenty years and
knew Andrew WIerings only by sight He
saw Wieringa October 81. when he came
% the office in Rockford and asked 30
register He ssid that be had bis
naturalization papers. but no one knew ia.
Witness told him that when be came TO
vote be had better bring them with him.
Witness took his name and presented II TO
The Board on Saturday. Mr.. Gould was
the Chairman of the Board. Witness gave
the name 10 Mr.. Pickett. the town cierk.
Not being sure whether Wierings was a vo-
ter or not. the matter was lett until election
10 see If he had his papers. Witness did
not Fnow whether his name was registered
or not.
air. Young was recalled and stated that
Wierings dia not offer bis vote the second
time.
George Curtiss testified as follows Il
hsve known Wieringa two or three years.
When Wiernga offered his vote AR. Gould
told me % iook up bis case ss he did not
Wiernga showed his papers aud said be
asd been here since he wAs is years oic,
Ten or eleven years. thought that Wier-
inga bad a right 81 vote, huf did not cay SO.
ss had offered mY opinion on prev ous
5ccaslon and was told bF TIE & erk thar ny
uty was % show The isw. but MT % give
sdvice.
Nr Gould took the siaaa aud
s'atsd that The ss vas a.
lohows. Witrinaa came up 10 vote
snd man named D&nis8 Davsn 8orf clsi-
lenged bis vote on toe ground that NieT-
8 v1s not q citizen and. asked him bow
'1nr BE hsi his papers out. sDd Re ssld
aFee weeks. ] told hifa be had better not
f9ss. hat Old not tell Bim fnst he could
uot or s0ouidnot Fo,e I I'D NOS
aear him ofsr 70 swesr IN h.s
vote NierinEa stood around
While snd ihen vent swsr. Gu tbs DAY
0i registration lid not toius tasi Wisr
nsz vas entitled 20 vote. Ga he daF nE
sHae % vote BE had paper IN as has
did not look a. them. bat sunp0se1 fEst
-hsy rsrs gsfsTs be bsa Eot cul in tas isst
70 Or three vsezs sna di1 nos look -
fh@Hr ] saurJse ] oazat 70 have tod b im
10 swesT ia ass vo ost cd Hnt ard Did
~ hear h i8 20 offer 90 - 80. foio hirn I
dia r0t fhinE him lsgsl rotsr a. thoaghf
BE clffk bad Examined fhf psEssrs J nevsr
lr1kea a. usn sscItlnensotp pspers in nrF
ifs y .eTinEs sd bs papsrs on toe sDis
and inten5e1 ~ convev ne f1ss that hs
e.s vo-r~ hsf ssersfosd - fran ft@ csn-
rsrssnon thar ~ hsa ais Yepsrs TO o.
re- vseFs only srd wss no vofer.
an6ers cd ttsf = peQer hks h. did noz
sntsfie 81 n f0 vo.eE
~ - a1svsa ssEs3-"Do zoo know
the 1s-szts De- res1 r7s1s 0rst and rs
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