Ques. 35. What has been your business there-a shoemaker?-Ans. Yes, sir. Ques. 36. Have you carried on a shoemaker's business ever since you came over here?-Ans. No, sir; not much business.

Ques. 37. Now, don't you remember you voted Democratic ticket ?—Ans. I have forgotten that; I cannot tell.

Ques. 38. Do you believe you voted Democratic ticket?-Ans. I do not know. Ques. 43. Didn't you suppose you voted for Mr. Frederick for Congress?-Ans. I had two tickets offered me and I took one.

Ques. 44. Which one did you take?—Ans. I wanted to vote for a good man; not like some men who vote any way for whoever offers them a cigar. Ques. 45. Who was the good man you voted for ?-Ans. I cannot tell.

I am

Ques. 46. Didn't you vote for Frederick; wasn't his name on your ticket?-Ans. I saw that man on a couple of tickets.

Ques. 47. Frederick's name on both the tickets you had in your hands?-Ans. I have forgotten names.

Ques. 48. Was it on the tickets you gave the judges to put in the box; what is your religious faith-are you a Catholic ?-Ans. Yes, sir.

Ques. 49. Is there any other oath more binding than the one you have taken ?—Ans. I don't understand.

Ques. 50. Is there any other oath you could take that is more binding upon you than the one you have taken with the uplifted hand?-Ans. That is pretty hard for me to answer that.

Ques. 51. Did you see Mr. Frederick's name on both tickets you had?—Ans. Yes, sir; on a couple of tickets.

Ques. 52. Did you put one of these tickets in the box?-Ans. I cannot tell; I have forgotten.

Ques. 53. Has anybody told you that you had better not remember?-Ans. Yes, sir; lots of them.

Ques. 54. Who has done so?-Ans. I have forgotten again.

Ques. 56. Is there anything that took place before the election that you have forgotten?-Ans. I have forgotten that, too.

Ques. 57. You recollect of seeing Frederick's name on the tickets you had, do you ?— Ans. I have forgotten that.

Ques. 58. Did you ever vote before last Nov.?-Ans. Last fall, I guess, was it. Ques. 59. That is the first time you voted?-Ans. Yes, sir.

Ques. 60. Do you know who gave you the ticket you voted? Did you see Wilson's name on any of the tickets?-Ans. I saw both Democratic and Republican tickets. Ques. 61. Now, which one did you select?-Ans. Well, I do not know; I have forgotten.

Ques. 62. You voted one of them, you are sure of that; you have not forgotten that?-Ans. I do not know.

Ques. 63. Have you been sick since election?-Ans. I don't know that; maybe I have forgotten it; you had better get a man to talk French.

Ques. 64. Who is there here to talk French ?-Ans. No one.

Ques. 65. Have you talked with this man since the election [pointing to Frederick]-Ans. I have forgotten that, too.

Ques. 66. Have you talked with this man since the election [pointing to Wilson] ?— Ans. I do not know.

Ques. 67. You do not know that?-Ans. No, sir.

Ques. 68. Ever talked with that man over there [pointing to Brown]?-Ans. I guess

not.

Ques. 69. Did you ever talk with me before?-Ans. I do not know you.

Ques. 70. Do you want us to understand you do not know what ticket you voted ? -Ans. I do not know that.

Ques. 71. Are you not willing to tell what ticket you voted?-Ans. The trouble for me is to understand that. I can talk some, but I cannot understand.

Ques. 72. Where did you get your papers?—Ans. In this county-Marshalltown. Ques. 73. When?-Ans. I do not know when.

Ques. 74. Last night, was it?-Ans. Yes, sir; I have forgotten the names of all. Ques. 75. You did not get but one paper?-Ans. Yes, sir, one; I have got it out home.

Ques. 76. You got them last night ?-Ans. Yes, sir.

Ques. 77. Who was with you when you got your papers as witness?-Aus. Ady Thompson, of State Center; also, John Goody. I didn't come down to Marshalltown in Sept. I didn't have time.

Ques. 78. Don't you remember who you voted for? Who was with you when you got your papers?-Ans. Jene

Ques. 79. Did anybody tell you that you had better forget?-Ans. No, sir; I have forgotten enough myself.

Ques. 80. What was your trouble?-Ans. My boy was the trouble; that was enough to give trouble.

Ques. 81. Where did you come from?-Ans. St. Anthony. He gave the other De Mange $3.25; he gave me $3.

Paid as fee by contestee, $3.

STATE OF IOWA,

Marshall County, 88:

C. L. PETIT DEMANGE.

W. H. HART, being produced and sworn before T. Brown, a notary public for Marshall County, on this 12th day of April, A. D. 1883, testifies as follows (T. Brown appearing on the part of contestant and J. H. Bradley on the part of contestee):

Ques. 1. Where do you live?-Ans. On Railroad st.; I do not know the number of the house; I presume it has a number; but it is not on the house.

Ques. 2. What ward did you live in?-Ans. 3rd ward.

Ques. 3. Did you vote at the last. Nov. election in this city?-Ans. No, sir; I did

not vote.

Ques. 4. Do you know H. H. Hart?-Ans. No, sir; but there is another W. H. Hart; I do not know any H. H. Hart; I have been told that there was a W. H. Hart, conductor on the railroad; I recollect that, and some letters of his are directed the same as mine.

Ques. 5. Do you live in town?-Ans. Yes, sir; I have been here ever since Angust. ($0.85 paid as fee by contestee.)

STATE OF IOWA,

Marshall County, 88:

W. H. HART.

FRANK J. BATES, being produced and sworn before J. H. Bradley, notary public for Marshall County, on this 11th day of April, 1883, and examined before me, testifies as follows (T. Brown appearing on the part of contestant and M. P. Mills on the part of contestee):

Q.1. Did you vote in the city at the last election in November ?-A. Yes, sir; I did. Q.2. Did you vote for Frederick for Congressman ?-A. Yes, sir; I did.

Q.3. What ward?-A. 3rd ward.

Q.4. That was the Nov. election, 1882?-A. Yes, sir.

Cross-examination :

Q.5. Were you a resident of the city at that time?-A. Yes, sir.

Q.6. How long did you reside in the city?

(Objection, incompetent, immaterial.)

A. I have been here 7 years, about that time; I have been absent 4 months.

Q.7. Have you a family?—A. No, sir.

Q. 8. Absence temporary or permanent?-A. Traveling for a Chicago house from April until Aug. I came back a year ago last Aug., and roomed here ever since.

Q. 9. Then you have been here a year before the election ?-A. Yes, sir.

Redirect:

Q. 80. What city are you a native of ?-A. New York City.

Q. 11. You are in the city here?-A. Yes, sir.

($0.85 paid as fee by contestee.)

STATE OF IOWA,

Marshall County, 88:

F. J. BATES.

LOUIS SHEIDING, being produced and sworn before J. H. Bradley, notary public for Marshall County, on this 12th day of April, 1883, and examined before me, testifies as follows (T. Brown appearing on the part of the contestant and J. H. Bradley on the part of the contestee):

Q. 1. Where do you reside?-A. Across the creek.

Q. 2. You live in the 4th ward?-A. Yes, sir.

Q.3. Did you vote last Nov. election, in 18827-A. Yes, sir.

Q. 4. That was in Nov., 1882 ?-A. Yes, sir.

Q. 5. Did you vote for Frederick for Congressman ?-A. Yes, sir; I believe; I don't know; I can't tell.

Q. 6. You understood that you were voting for him, didn't you; you intended to ?— A. I cannot swear to it; I worked until after 6 o'clock; I was busy.

Q. 7. What ticket did you vote?-A. Democratic.

Q. 8. You supposed you were voting straight Democratic ?-A. I can't swear to it; I took a ticket and voted it.

Q. 9. Do you know who gave you the ticket?—A. No, sir; a fellow in the courthouse gave it to me; I voted it anyhow.

Q. 10. Was it your purpose to vote for Mr. Frederick? You know him, don't you !— A. Yes, sir; know him.

Q. 11. It was your purpose to vote for him?-A. I was going to attend to my business; I didn't care much, anyhow.

Q 12. You supposed you were voting straight Democratic ticket, didn't you?—A. Yes, sir; that is what I thought.

Q. 13. Have you not in your mind now who you voted for ?-A. No, sir; I could not

swear.

Q. 14. You mean you could not read your ticket?-A. I took the ticket and put it in; that is all I know.

Q. 15. It was Democratic ticket?-A. Yes, sir.

Q. 16. You didn't scratch it ?—A. No, sir; I didn't scratch anything; I don't do such things as that.

Q. 17. Did you ever vote before?-A. Yes, sir;
Q. 18. Where were you born?-A. In Germany.

have been here 18 years.

Q. 19. Is there any other Louis Scheidings now in the 4th ward?-A. Only my brother, and he is not here.

Cross-examination:

Q. 20. How long have you been a resident in that ward?-A. I came here in 1866, to Marshalltown.

Q. 21. Have you lived here since 1866?-A. It was just a little town when I came here.

Q. 22. Lived here ever since that time, have you ?-A. No, sir; not all the time; I was out in the country some of the time; I voted out in the country.

Q. 23. You have been a voter for a good many years?

(Objection, incompetent, immaterial.)

A. Sometimes I voted, and sometimes I have not been there.

Q. 24. You have citizens' papers?—A. Yes, sir; I have got one; I haven't got it here, though.

Q. 25. Who was your witness when you got your citizens' papers, and where did you get them?-A. From here in the court-house.

Q. 26. Do you know who was your witness?-A. Mr. Wilter.

Q. 27. What is your age?-A. I am 41.

Ques. 23. How long have been in the U. S. ?—Ans. 18 years.

Redirect:

Ques. 29. You didn't get but one paper, did you?-Ans. That is all. Ques. 30. When did you get your last one, last Feb. ?-Ans. Yes, sir; I believe so. Ques. 31. You got it the last Jan. term of court, didn't you?-Ans. I believe that is when it was.

32. Ques. That is last winter, wasn't it, since last Nov.-Ans. I cannot tell now. Ques. 33. Wasn't it Jan. 17th of this year?-Ans. I believe it was; I cannot tell Ques. 34. You never had but one paper?-Ans. I guess I must have had as many as ten.

Ques. 35. You got your paper in this court-house here?-Ans. Yes, sir.

Recross-examination:

Ques. 36. You say you don't know who you did vote for ?-Ans. I cannot swear who I voted for. I was too old to learn English when I came to this country.

Ques. 37. Did Frederick speak to you about the election?-Ans. No, sir.

Ques. 38. Didn't you intend to vote for Frederick-didn't you suppose you were voting for him at the time?-Ans. I cannot say about that.

Ques. 39. That was what you intended to do, wasn't it?

(Objection, leading )

Ques. 40. You supposed you were voting the straight Democra ic ticket, didn't you?-Ans. Yes, sir; that is what I thought.

85c. fee.

LEWIS SCHEIDING.

(Parties here introduced evidence, a certificate of the sec. of state, showing the returns from every county in the 5th Congressional district, and particularly Marshall Co., marked Exhibit "J.")

STATE OF IOWA,

Marshall County, 88:

EXHIBIT J.

We, the undersigned, members of the board of supervisors, and ex-officio board of county canvassers for Marshall County, hereby certify the following to be a true

and correct abstract of the votes cast in said county at a general election held on the 7th day of November, A. D. 1882, for the office of Representative in Congress, for the fifth Congressional district, as shown by the poll-books returned from the several townships and election precincts: For the office of Representative in Congress, there were thirty-four hundred seventy-six (3,476) votes cast, of which James Wilson, received eighteen hundred (1,800) votes, B. T. Frederick received sixteen hundred seventy-six (1,676) votes.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and caused this to be attested by the clerk of the board of supervisors, and the seal of said county.

Done at Marshalltown, the county seat of said county, this 13th day of November, A. D. 1882.

[SEAL.]

GEORGE A. TURNER,

Chairman.

R. H. ARCHERD,
J. M. GILCHRIST,

Members of the Board of Supervisors, and ex-officio Board of County Canvassers.

Attest:

A. N. FRENCH,

County Auditor, and Clerk of Board of Supervisors.

We, the board of supervisors of Marshall County, Iowa, hereby certify to the following facts in regard to the canvass of votes cast at the last general election in Taylor Township, in said county, on November 7th, 1882:

The poll-book of votes cast in said Taylor Township showed that it was attested as "a true return" by two judges of said election signing their names in proper form and in the proper place; but the name of the third judge, W. H. Steward, was written in the following manner: "W. H. Steward, per cl'k," and showed on its face that the returns were not signed by W. H. Steward. Two clerks signed the said returns in proper form as clerks of said election.

We further certify that the said returns show that

Forty eight votes were cast in said Taylor Township for James Wilson for RepreBentative from the 5th Congressional district of Iowa, and that eight votes were cast at said election for B. T. Frederick, and two votes were cast for David Platner, candidates for said office.

We further certify that because the said returns showed they were not signed by all of the judges of the election in Taylor Township, we rejected the vote of said town

ship, and if the same should be counted under the facts shown, the votes above named should be added to the number of votes of each candidate named.

The auditor is hereby directed to certify to the State canvassing board the returns from Taylor as they appear on file in his office.

Done at Marshalltown this 14th day of November, 1882.

Moved by Supervisor Archerd that the within certificate be adopted and spread upon the records. Seconded by Supervisor Gilchrist. On call of the roll Supervisors Turner and Archerd voted aye, and Supervisor Gilchrist voted nay. So the motion was adopted.

Done at Marshalltown, Nov. 14, '82, in session.

GEORGE A. TURNER,
R. H. ARCHERD,

Members of the Board of Supervisors and ex-officio Board of County Canvassers.

Attest: [SEAL.]

A. N. FRENCH,
Co. Auditor and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

Board of supervisors' seal, Marshall Co., Iowa.
I, A. N. French, auditor and clerk of the board of supervisors of Marshall County,
Iowa, do hereby certify that the within is the original certificate as presented and
passed by the board of supervisors as aforesaid.

A. N. FRENCH,
Co. Aud. and Clerk of Board.

(Indorsed :) Certificate of election on vote of Taylor Township. Filed Nov. 14th, 1882.-A. N. FRENCH, Co. Auditor.

Abstract of votes cast at the general election held on the serenth day of November, A. D. 1882, for the office of Representative in Congress for the fifth Congressional district of the State of Iowa, in the several counties composing said district, to wit: The counties of Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Marshall, and Tama.

[For Representative in Congress, Congressional District No. 5.]

We, the undersigned board of State canvassers of the State of Iowa, do hereby certify that at the general election held on the seventh day of November, A. D. 1883, there were twenty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty-two (24,822) ballots cast for the office of Representative in Congress for the fifth Congressional district of the State of Iowa, of which James Wilson received eleven thousand seven hundred and ninetyone (11,791) votes, and B. T. Frederick received eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight (11,768) votes, and David Platner received one thousand two hundred and fifty-three (1,253) votes, and scattering received ten (10) votes.

We therefore declare that James Wilson is duly elected Representative in Congress of said district for the term of two years, ending March 3d, A. D. 1885.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and caused to be affixed the great seal of the State, at Des Moines, this 11th day of December, A. D. 1882. [SEAL.]

STATE OF IOWA,

Office of the Secretary of State:

BUREN R. SHERMAN,
J. A. T. HULL,
W. V. LUCAS,
E. H. CONGER,
Board of State Canvassers.

I, John A. T. Hull, secretary of state of the State of Iowa, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the regular and supplemental returns from Marshall County of votes cast at the general election held Nov. 7th, A. D. 1882, for