Show I ANOTHER FALL After many attempts to explain how Admiral Schley cast his last vote for Oliver P Morton as governor of Ohio the Standard has hit upon this very novel and original explanation By the way what authority has Tho Herald for stating that Admiral Schlcv could not have cast a legal vote In either Massachusetts New York New Jersey or Indiana Does not The Herald know that during the rebellion there were laws permitting sailors and soldiers to vote wherever they were located Certainly soldiers and sailors were permitted to vote wherever they were located during the war of the rebellon But not for local or state officers uniess the voter happened to be a resident ot the state or locality Soldiers and sailors sail-ors located at New Orleans for instance in-stance were allowed to cast their bi lots for president the ballots to be recorded re-corded in their respective states I ttc state laws permitted they probably voted for state officers not of the I states where they were temporarily located lo-cated but of their home states No I federal law could authorize a soldier or sailor to vote for state officers Such matters are regulated by the states themselves And no state permit d a soldier or sailor who was not a resident thereof to vote in its state elections Not being a resident of any state but Maryland and not having been located in any northern state during the civil war Admiral Schley could not hap cast his war ballot for governor ovn Illegally in either of the states named So our Ogden contemporarys argument again falls to the ground I |