Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-16
MORE TROUBLE
CUT OUT FOR THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS
YESTERDAY.
The Matter Of the Ellis Of Exceptions Comes Up,
and Good Deal of Talking and Some Little
Work is DOns-Fac SMILES Of the
Disputed Ballots to Be Made.

It looked a little yesterday as though
the gentlemen who comprise the Can
wasting Board of Ohio county were In
for quite a siege Of work again, In con-
nection with the recount Of the vote.
After day of discussion and deliber-
alton, a resolution was adopted, in mod
ification OF a demand by Republican
counsel, ordering the printing OF sever
al hundred new election tickets, to be
used in making fac SMILES Of the two
hundred and forty tickets in dispute
and which are mentioned in the bills OF
exception, and these fac SMILES will be
made a part of the bills and be present.
ed, when signed up, to Judge Campbell,
Of the Circuit Court, for review as re-
quired by mandamus No. 3.
AS some Of the original tickets are
veritabe terrors, containing all sorts OF
marks, ink blotches and scratches, some
of which are apparent to the eye OF one
man, while another Of opposite political
faith can't see them for the life or him,
the reader will readily agree that the
task will be tedious one. AT one time
it was proposed to have the ballots pho
tographed, but at glance 1t became ap-
parent that il couldn't be done, for often
q voter attempted to cancel ticket
without having enough ink on his pen,
and the line of ink he would start with
at the top Of a ticket would tzzle out to
an almost imperceptible scratch on the
paper half way down. thing which
camera would scarcely show. About )
o'clock in the afternoon the Board ad-
journed until Thursday of next week to
admit OF the preparation OF the ballots,
etc.
At the morning session, yesterday,
after some preliminaries, the bills OF ex-
ceptiop, presented by Mr.. Hubbard,
counsel for Mr. Smith, and Mr.. Russell,
counsel for Mr.. O'kane, were taken up
and the tedious task of com pairing them
with the minutes OF the Board was com
menced. In most cases the items In the
bills Tailed, but in some they did not,
and before much progress had been
made a recess was taken until half-past
one.
At the afternoon session Republican
counsel brought up somewhat puzzl-
ing question by requesting that when
the ballots excepted to were taken from
the sealed packages of votes, they be
made part of the bill Of exceptions, for
presentation to Judge Campbell. Mr..
Russell could not clearly zee that the
Board could do this, but sug-
gested that copies of the ballots be
made in some manner. There was an
examination Of the law on both sides,
but as the attorneys could not agree as
to the power of the Board to permit the
ballots to 60 out of the sealed packages,
Mr.. Howard, the legal advisor Of the
Board, was sent for. MIR. Howard cited
the law upon the subject, and said he did
not think the original ballots ought to
be made part of the bills. After some
further discussion DIR. Bates offered the
resolution which is outlined at the out
set of this article, and it was adopted.
The Board then took the recess men
tion until Thursday.
In all the districts except Richie
the ballots excepted TO were enclosed
in large envelopes and sealed and strung
on the strings with the ballots recount
ed without question, and then the whole
string was resealed in paper sack, en-
dorsed with the names of the members
Of the Board and placed in the vault,
where the law requires that they be
kept for year, when, il there be no
contest, the ballots are to be destroyed
by fire. In Richie district the ballots
excepted TO were not placed in envel-
opes, but were described in the minutes
and then strung on the string in the
same manner as other ballots. In this
district, therefore, a. the ballots must
be unfolded to find the ballots excepted
to, while in the other districts the en-
velopes can be readily selected from
among the folded ballots.
1t begins to look very much as though
the time for the meeting of the LIE gisla-
ture would drift around before the GER
fcates are issued in the Ohio county
mem bers-that is, il the project Of
making fac smile ballots is persisted In
for that will take up lot of time, and
the Court will consume more in exam
lining the ballots so prepared, hearing
arguments and coming to determine
ton.