The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-01
WHAT The RIVALS CLAIM
Points Made In the Sheriff Contest In
Silver Bow.
special Correspondence of the standard.

no business to-day, thed decks being cleared
for the expected action Tomorrow be-
tween Sullivan and Lloyd for the Office of
sheriff. Thompson Campbell has forged
the legal thunderbolts for Mr.. Lloyd.
while Mr.. kirkpatrick and John w. Cot
tervill stand by Sullivan's guns. The
matter is to come up at 10 O'Clock in the
form of n mandanius, but il would not be
surprising il the demurrer were Withdrawn
and argument deferred, a date being set
for a regular trial some time next week.
Ii is also among the probabilities that n
change Of venue will he demanded ny
Lloyd's counsel, which will cause another
vexatiOts delay.
To-day John f. Lloyd filed a statement
of contest i'm "a suit brought aGainsteEngcne
ID. Sullivan. The other case was that of
sullivan w. Lloyd. In the ease filed to-
aIs;rac, ~ votes ns n,.part.i nv the can
vassing board show that 1850 votes were
cast for Lloyd and 3,:as3 for Sullivan; and
that il wa therefore the duty of the county
clerk tn issue "a certificate of election tn
Lloyd that he refused to do so. claiming
to have knowledGe of a large num-
which would elect SULLIVAN; that is fact
and law and there were no legal returns
from Precinct "A; that no such returns
were, placed ON the abstract, and that con-
s%eguently the aiiiant contest, the RICH, of
The grounds given Tor Lloyd's claim
are:
received by the board from Precinct "a;
that the pretended returns show les votes
for Sullivan and nine for Lloyd; that of
the 165 votes for Sullivan 10 were voted
fraudulcntly that they We're cast by per-
SONS VINO were .. Notsrsa sa'n pre-
cinc,' WHO were no' eh.'tIcu pe rsHis-
not having been residents of Montana for
six months.
ma at Nc1nnes wooa camp
ii, iiieGai vo'es were cast anu were III
chiheu III the ccuht TOT SuiiiSHh, 10 wIhcn
ne was n3t en.i.Ieu, .''e x1us 'N'ilR cas'
10y men VINO WE'RE NOT iuaiiIicn eiec'ors,
as SHOWN Dy company a,l.s'.H..s.
lnifn nat at cach fIiu me pre-
clncts ARG n.nnIers Oh En.es were count
ed through mistake. inauNsrtcnce or VII,
iui heSicct, SUM o'e! Si"'ii''
haHe bstIi cou,iteu Ior .ioyo.
The aiiiant demands that SAID fra,itiu-
the returns nnd IRON! inc aps.rs.ct, ana
counter Tor ti,e a,ii.iit' ,'i'I tri'' d. u'-
ciarsti inc duiS eIcc!su Sherin
This afternoon eugene p sullivan
niei WIN the cierh oi 'ne ois'ri't court
, m.s '"1 Tne answer y" ) ,me " states s ,i,a, IL w %, ' ,h..
duty Oh the caiivasslhs Dostrn 10 iiciuuc
IN the abstr:ic! me returils from an the
precincts OF SILVER DOW cou.ity; 'hat theS
did SO except m .i. case OF ths r.'t,iriis
from precinct III pit mat IN Nioiitioh Oh
.n.ir p,a,n uu.S, ,ne. r,u canvass
anu count the No'eS OF prseihct ~.
! hat ~ u 20. uun Ia. unr Mars mo
PRa. re.u'i, ~ '''''i
precinct -: !nat inc clerk r-
ciNtu 5 ~ III a..oni
saiH prfciicti u'iS sSai r.u. itlnu at,".rsssa
70 y. ma. ~ = u'I. tn'
poiru thc e''riis M ~ thS
retur'S VIZ '!""'t ~ a''
H. @
III -.
ulr,'s coit'iIi,u III. Irot"i "'u.
IN .n
o''' r
pS 'aci I.uS'I wo!'nr
uuiS ~ 'hhH "untp
alu cierhs, on iuoi"i az" - hnn
ny 'ne cl.rh M cSuI.. III ~
thc siSha'urcs .o si'u rs,,rns wc'c the
.rue a1u sciiu,he % 'i,ius ~
JudScs anu cterNs oi ''u clec''on. ano
tnat from AN shspec.ioh oi h9in r'.uriis,
tie hurh.er Oh NoteS c's. anu :" WHOM
:" ou -, -. i,
ma. NJ po.iru nsstms ,.S 20 .l
o.".'e .n'c -
aa.a procee.ing was lnst',n.Su III ne uis
~ =. ~
IN t'c,pncr -, 'l,on .,e !.ll.,on - ION
q. I.I,a',oa !; Juue'tr". ~
court ~ - E''n'
,orS VIII OF ma''ut'e, COMMANDING tn'
boiirh cahEassers .o nicIiSe me w
turIis Iroin S.'u az
Oh No.es' 'na' .'.,o'er i'utt''''!
was dtlS even py IN. co'rt w"arsb! !
was aoIuugsu .Ha, 'nt ',oaIr Ia h'
power or autiLotity 20 eNc.uue ~ Notsso
prcclhct Via. ne a'tioh waS lI,reai m
voiu; ana Una. tn' rsturhs' lhriutihH pre-
cihct ~, coh-,,tutc .e 'ruc u c.,rrc'
result Oh satu ei.ction; anu srtthtii,g I
EeFr'hnt3rs writoi H'a,,.'", coi.ithaiiuini
the board 10 procecu ahu count th' fot''
OF precinct ia.