Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-21
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.

AhoSSSulAES III lie bOdIu vi oupGI-
visors, November IL, 1901. Being the
first day of the November session.
The board met at 10 o'clock at noon
in accordance with law, and adjourn
ed to meet at 1880 p. m. Board met
at 1870 p. NJ, all members present,
and proceeded to canvas the returns
of the last election, November 5, 19U1.
d. E. Chisman democratic candidate
for county treasurer, through his coun.
sci, W. H. c. Jaques, presented the
following petition:
To the honorable Board of Super.
visors of mapello county, Iowa: The
undersigned, the democratic candi.
date for the office of county treasurer
of this county respectfully represents
to your honorable body
That in the return of the judges
and clerks of election from the sixth
ward of the city of Ottumwa, Iowa,
and in that part of the return of said
judges and clerks at the general cleo
ton held on the 5th of November,
1901, touching the Office of county
treasurer, and in that part of said
board S return sad Office where it has
undertaken TO write out the total num-
Der of votes cast for said office and
the total number of votes cast for R.
P. Dana, the republican candidate for
said Office in the back part of the poll
book there is clerical mistake in
this, that as shown by the tally sheet
kept by the judges and clerks of said
election, and the footings thereof
made at the time from which the
written return above named was
made alone, and of which said return
purports to be and ought to be a cor
rect copy, there was only cast for said
Office of county treasurer sos votes,
and for R. P. Dana there was only
cast 261 votes, and the statement in
said writing that there was SIS votes
cast for the Office of county treasurer
was and is clerical error, and the
statement that there was 271 votes
cast for R. P. Dana for the office of
county treasurer was and is a clerical
mistake, all of which clearly appears
on the face of the return made by said
judges taken as a whole What is
meant by taken as whole, is, includ-
ing the names of the persons who vot-
ed, to-wit $40. of which votes so cast
were not counted by reason of defects
in the form of the ballot of one char
acter or another. the tally sheets and
anu lOOlluSS u,
which show there was only sos votes
Dana received 261, D. E. Chisman
! 222 and Mr.. Warren 25, making a to-
tai of sos.
| That it is apparent on the face
of the record and return aforesaid
that a clerical mistake has occurred
because the aggregate of the vote for
JH1,f1
votes the total number of votes cast
and counted in said precinct at said
election
| Wherefore your petitioner asks
your honorable body to call before it
the judges and clerks of said election
to the end that they may correct the
evident clerical mistake in their re.
turn.
If for any reason your honors are
not disposed to call said Judges and
clerks of said election before you to
correct such evident mistake then
your petitioner asks, that in making
up your abstract of the votes from
said voting precinct for the Office OF
county treasurer that you be govern
ed by the tally sheet returned from
said precinct and that you give to
him 222 votes, to R. P. Dana 261 and
to Mr.. Warren 25 as shown thereby
This petition is presented to your
honors with view of having full
and fair hearing on the merits of the
matter and in the interest of good
government; and your petitioner asks
that In the event that your honorable
body finds that the votes cast in said
ward are as indicated herein and tina,
your petitioner has received a plural
ity of the votes cast in Wapello coun
ty, Iowa, for the office of county treas
urer at said election that certificate
of election issue to him as provided
by law.
d. E. Chisman, petitioner.
State of Iowa, Wapello county, SIS:
/ |, d. E. Chisman, on oath, say that
l am the above named petitioner, thai
from personal examination of the
poll book returned from said ward a
said election and from a personal in
terview with portion of the Judges
and clerks of said election in sale
ward l am informed and believe tina
the allegations contained in the fore
going petition are true.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this November II, 1901.
w. H. G. Jaques Notary Public
After arguments of counsel TO
Messrs. Chisman and Dana, Captain
w. ii. c. Jaques, counsel for D. E
Chisman, offered to introduce judges
and clerks of election of the 9th pre-
cinct, Ottumwa, Iowa, to correct thei
returns in writing as to the vote
cast for d. e. Chisman and the vote
cast for R. P. Dana for county treas
urer and to show the facts to-wit
that there was but sos votes cast o
which R. p. Dana received only 20
votes for the Office of county treas
urer and D. E. Chisman 1922 and MI
Warren 25, and proposed by the clerk
of the election to verify the correo
tion made by the judges as above stat
ed, and desired the board to pass ur
on the question as to whether the
would permit the judges and clerks t.
make such correction.
r. P. Dana being present through
his counsel, F.. e. McLlroy, objects t
!, the above offer for the reason that
majority of judges of the sixth pre-
cinct would not certify that the tota
number of votes cast for treasure