The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-29
THE DISPUTED ELECTIONS.
ONONDAGa COUNTY OFFICIALS HvADE
JUSTICE KENNEDr's ORDER.

| weieh, Who WINS to be Ordered 10 show
Causc why IIe should Not be Pani.hea
for Z 'on,e mpt-.Justice bartlett DccI,aes 10
| Grant y stay of rrocer dIngs In the Case.
| SYRACUSE. Nov -. The order read yestsr-
| day afternoon by Justice Kennedy. com ,nund-
| Ing ThomaeJ. Wclch. Supervisor of the Third
| ward. to appear In court and show cause why
| hc should not be- uliudgrd in contsmpt 81
! court. In neGlectiag ar refusing TO comply with
| the writ ~ mandr nus directing him I deliver
! for correction the returns OF the Third ward IT
! this city to the rlcrtipn inspectors OF tliat
| ward. Was rcturnable in court a 10 o'clock this
morning but when that hour came WEIGH did
! not put in an appearance. Tho Justics ia
! opening the business Of tho day. said nothing
about the order and all tho morning devoted
| himself to other matters. Soon. however 1t
! was whispered about the court room that
Sheriff Johnson's deputies had been unable to
| find supervisor WEIGH. although they had
searched for him AL night rho Sheriff said
| unofllcially
I'VE have visited every place that Mr..
| Wclch freauents. but no hus completely disap-
! peared Tho order provided that We should
| have tho Supervisor in custody by o'clock
| this morning. but as wo could leurn nothing
of him UP to that timo the order was changed
| by tho Court so that now We can bring him In
whenever We fad him."
| 1t is known that Mr.. Wclch drove out OF the
city last night and spent tho night In Auburn.
where he made no Rttempt to conceal his
identity. Where he went to-day has not been
asccrtancd.
1t was generally believed that the order re-
curing the inspectors OF districts where re-
turns had not been corrected as required by
the writ of mandamus to appear in court was
returnable at = this afternoon. and Mt that
han ~ .l,,l, o,tu
tors. AS u matter OF fact. the Justco yesterday
| afternoon adjourned court until . T. NJ to-day.
but this morning. when Sheriff johnson re-
ported to him that WEIGH could not be found.
he changed the hour from to 3 o'clock, aud
then the court took recess.
Justice Kennedy took his scat at 3 clock.
| Attorney W. T. Goodec. for the Republicans,
asked the Court to order that the returns Ut
tho Third. sixth, md Seventh districts Of ths
| Third ward tho First district OF the Ninth
| ward. md the First district Of the Tenth w,rd
| lie produced In courts also the returns ; the
| mhndanlus mude yesterday The Court d.
! in the County Clerks niiic ::
sn that the papers were served in No short .
s n anT T 10 Wan 70 ka m
Ths Gpat s anI that anS n.y. ooaee was in
to af th "sdr oe e.
an, Mr; Good.lle Mt this p2nt announced that That
spssofs Of f Tie Fsns ts ward
We're present and were willing to make the
some q the returns from the Third ward
| that lie was In the city of Auburn. boastin9
bow much OF chase he hsd given the
I9s & 9S Sn eo s. thst 81 e,
MI: Gooaele formally asked for a writ Of
rereempt2ry nnndamus against the INSPECTORS
oun!saA WHO Ead JAILED e a ssnsly A% With tie
nasy opposed BY ilr. Marshaii on I'll Tie ground
that tie law did not permit the courts to az.
TONS. Dr. Mi" MnrshaIl male NH this objestion
Justice KENNEDY hnaiiy ovorruled It thus
deciding to ,mnndamus, the inspectors: though
.aMr. 'WeieI's absence with the returns Of the
Tsd Sa is Sssn Wt thu He Se
Tth the G %es BE- put il eoptsmp
in hiding until after. tho Governor
Sos on n aonds s nss esn sSa sd
wSaa I nrobaby a once sign Patrss
Assembly before Justce kennedy Knew his
identity and could issue process to restrain
2qinan one e the tn inspeS,ttors n The
Ing in cellar this morning. but was finally
a $"e donSty' SSsss 70 sass
Se as that w. 9ulniaa had been see p'ea's
neishborinE saloon. went Sn thither. but opinian
the sess but Sos n1s lis
FINALLY, Sheriff johnson called at the saloon
t,uIn i was. The Saloon Keeper said that hs
lid net ~ want to look n your cellar" SAID
himself G In moment Uuinl an Came up % and
e Sov h
%rsG at an Ts% ne d Ssde
/ county, who alleges. on affidavlts that lie was
s 81 Of ths S sss e ,Hs
had been made sY ths aPd IN order
. as on SUNDAY g next
rect the errors made Or show cause on Thurs
Should w no max:
served on the late Chairman OF the Board and
the GosntyS osrs as SssfS aSsynor Inns Issued
mS%Ssr y HsssmSy ler liz Third xsss%SIS
Be- A Be nsS on
by the death Of William f Murphy. The gem
crnl impression ia that Assemblyman Galen b.
Hit will DO renominated to I'LL this vacancy.
Application was made yesterday 10 Justice
Bartlett In the supreme Court In brooklyn for
d mandamns 1ssnod by Justice Kennedy Of
tho Fifth Judicial district. directing tho .can-
returns before Z 7. N. Yesterday. should
these corrections DO carried out. David 4.
certificate OF election over Patrick j. Ryan
!Deml Justice bartlett asked II any appIlica-
district. and Lawyer Stokes replied that no
other actual application had been made. BIZ
cause the Judges did net Ike to hear II oLtS
Justice Kennedy. who issued the writ. Jus-
tce Bartlett refused to grant the application.
He said:
Il cannot entertain this application unless
1t appears that direct action Is necessary to
you have applied In vain to Judges Of your
own district. II the appeal Is to so to tho Gen.