Year: 1878

It appears tiiit uujNithotduuiuk tho very emphatic and decided cx- presslon of considerable majority of the voters of this county in favor of I removal of the County Seat from its present location, there are a few persons who, for the advancement of their own personal interest and con venience, are determined to thwart the will of the people, if such a thing can possibly be accomplished. It was to be hoped that whenever the wishes of the voters of our county should be ascertained in regard to this matter, their desires would be complied with witout resistance, ald that the matter would be alloaed to rest and not be kept forever in agi- tation and dispute. Last Friday a complaint duly certified by several of the most influential anti-remoyal- ists, was presented to Judge Pound, praying that writ of certiorari might issue to have the proceedings of our County Court which ordered the election oyerhauled, and to have the ballots of the election produced and counted, avcrring that there were enough of said ballots cast by voters outside of the voting precinct in which they reside to defeat the majority. The complaint also prays restraining order to prohibit our County Court from ordering the sec ond election provided for by law, until the regularity of the former order and the result of the election itself can be inquired into.

 We call attention to the strategy which has been used in this matter. On the very eve of the adjournment come these complainants, by their at torney, and file their complaint. They wait until term time of Court is just expiring and delay serving no tice upon the County Judge until il is too late for him, or the signers of the original petition for the election, to make answer to the complaint and get the matter heard on it's merits during term time, thus ncces- sitating the hearing of the case at chambers and tying the hands of the County Court, if the restraining order should be granted, until next March term of the Pope Circuit Court. The idea seems to be to dc. feat, by any technicality or by any piece of strat egy, the expressed will of the major

 ity of our people from being put into execution. On the mere tech

 nicality of voter having cast his ballot out of his township they would seek to nullify and declare void his vote, thus practically dis franchising him upon strictly county question upon which every taxpayer is intimately interested

 Do the few men who are heading this move to keep the County Seal at Dover against the will of the peo pie suppose they can successfully defeat the desires of majority o

 our voters by such tactics? IT they do they are badly mistaken, for the people know their rights and will

 not be cheated out of them. The change may be delayed, but it vii

 come in spite of all the strategy and tricks that can be devised to defeat it

 If restraining order should bs granted upon the pending complaint we shall expect a strong influence tC be brought to bear upon the County Court next Monday to get through an appropriation to repair the olf house at Dover. We trust that tho good sense of the justices, and tho knowledge which they have of tho desire of a respectable majority O the voters of the co,,,,: :. s,,r oh onoo | ,..:'' ,,o

 7-rlI make them too firm to allow themselves gulled into such meas

 ure--a measure which we know will ] if nnncteA. meet with the condemna