Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-06-26
Monroe Township Returns.

Everything mooved smoothly last Thurs
d.y when Judges Kelly and NcMeen count
ed the vote. OF the respective townships
they had teen returned 10 the Prorhonotary's
oHiee till the return papers OF Monroe town
ship were opened.
There they struck snsg-
A halt va, ordered and Sheriff Noble was
instructed TO forth with proceed TO Monroe
township with an attachment and prod uce
the election board, election boxes, and all
paper. pertaining to the late amendment
.Iection and have them ~ before the judges
in the Court House in Mirintown at
O'Clock p. NJ, on Saturday, June -, 1889
THE TROUBLE
There were two points involved in the
trouble
First. the election board had failed TO
.irn the blank affidavit required by law.
S.road. there was a discrepancy of two
votes in the election board return papers
The return papers on the prohibition vote
stood 70 votes for prohibition and l76 votes
against prohibition. Which when added
,um-d 1875 votes, which was two more votes
than were recorded on the ''register list
The register list recorded 1913 votes
A number of prohibiriOnists felt confident
that there was something rotten in Dun
mark. ami il the Monroe box would have
to be thrown out OF the count Junista coun-
ty would be Hheeled into the prohibition
line.
Common temperance people high Hsence
people, and drinking people couli no,
tell more aboEt the discrepancy than prohi-
bIiioa temp-raneu people and sll we're con-
tent TO await the
REsCLr.
On Saturday 5 herif Noble appeared like
= corqurring hero with the bag and baggage
OF the Monroe township election DO ard,
ballot boxes, election papers, election
officers, clerks AMI so forth and delivered
them to the judges At O'Clock a. he had
been ordered TO do. Ii vas though the
Sheriff ws- in fair WAY to have his list Of
increased, but the result did not
shape up that way.
The judges appeared dignih-d, and Frank
Siousr and Frark Burchreid, Clerks, wore
solemn cOuuten.nces. The Shsrif looked
a, much a, to ,ay ..Oh have got them-''
Memminger indicated By his
appearance that he was ready for business
Court Crler Todd took things politely and
in q matter OF fact way, and the election
board looked like innocent men who could
not explain tho situ.tion.
hn.rH Ill, NfnpRand
Judge; Inspectors, Samuel Pile, John Ne
Ginuy Clerks, Abr,m SheIlsnberger, 3. S
Hockenbrock
Tbs Sheriff read his return.
The two mistakes of the board were stat
ed and they were asked how they had or
ganiEsd.
The answer was. 1.-The majority inspector
swore the judge, snd the judge s~Ore the
balance OF the board.
Abrsm Shelleubergsr one OF the clerks
stated that an explanation of the mis- take
could Dot be made, they did not know how
It took place
The judges ordered a recount of the vote.
Th- ballet boxes were unsetled, unlocked
snd opened, and one inspector took ont the
votes one by one and passed them to the
other Inspector who handed them to the
Judge who again deposited the ballots in a
box aud .s they were announced for and
against the amendment so they we're re-
corded BY the clerks
The recount stood.
Eighteen votes for the prohibition amend
ment.
One hunired and seventy i've votes
against the prohibition amendment
Total 1913 votes, which was two votes
less than hsd been returned on the papers
70 the Prothonotsry's ONCE but Tailed with
the register list
The election board having signed the
atfidsvits, and having recounted the vote
and discovered rh-re the mistake lay the
doubt and talk about the case came to a
close. How it came that two votes too
many were counted is beyond explanation.
but that is not as singular as the fact that
one OF the two votes was for the smend
ment and the otner one was sgsinst the
amendment, a perfectly equal division.
The suffrage amendment was not invol, cd
in the mistake.
the mistake was not intentional and verin es
the old saying that mistakes are not hay
stacks, if they were every man would keep
CATTLE