Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-11-13
BEFORE The DISTRICT COURT.
Judge Seeds Rules the Gaiisteo Returns
IN Possession Of the Board The
situation in Taos

The mandamus proceedings to compel
the county board Of election canvassers
to do its duty by the people came on for
hearing before Judge Seeds at ? O'Clock
this afternoon. The court room is
thronged with politicians and citizens and
great interest is manifested in the pro.
ceeding. Messrs. I.aughlin and Downs
appear for the board and the Democratic
candidates, and Gen. Bartlett and j. II.
Knaebel, ESQ.,, represent the interests Of
the people.
Shortly before 3 O'Clock the attor-
neys for the board presented their
answer setting forth the canvas
sing boardss position, and in reference
to the stolen returns from Galisteo pre-.
cinct the answer proved sort OF general
equiyocation which did not appear TO suit
the court at all. The court thereupon
very promptly overruled the boards an.
swer, and, while granting leave to amend
the same, held that the fact that the clerk
OF the board had received the Galisteo
ballot box and poll books was equivalent
in law to such returns being before the
board.
At :l5 the attorneys for the board
were still trying to amend their answer.
TAOS COUNTY.
The vote in Taos county is as follows:
Otero, 900; Joseph, $50; majority for
Otero, Al; Santistevan, 1913, Gusdorf, S57 !;
majority for Santistevan, "a; Sanchez,
0l4;J. T. Montoya, s27; majority for
Sanchez, 81; J. Fl. Young, 500; II. j.
Young, SAT majority for J. Fl. Young,
80; Elenor Trujillo, 004; G. Trujillo, $40;
majority for f. Trujillo, So; J. P. Rinker,
SSS; j. A. Martinez, S66; majority for
Rinker, %; Manuel Griego, Oil; J. NJ.
Romero, $40; majority for Griego, 80 !;
Ramon Sanchez, 932; J. B. Ortega, Sl7 !;
majority for Sanchez, lis; Eligino Ro-
nero, 92O; j. D. Romero, S33; ma
jority for II. Romero, 81; F. p. Muller,
043, John Valdez 1874, ll9 majority for
Muller. Bonifacio Barron $40, Cesario
Garcia 004; Garcia's majority "a. L. A.
Gallegos 007, f. Martinez, SAG; 81 ma.
jority for Gallegos. Ed. Bowman 926, q.
N. Valejos 1928; l03 majority for Bowman.
Florencio Cortez 900, II. Archuleta 1854
majority for Archuleta IS.
This elects the entire Republican
ticket with the probable exception
of sheriff. The Democratic county
board of canvassers has refused
to count four precincts, the OBJ.
ject being to defeat Hon. Juan Santiste-
van for the council and J. II. Young for
the legislature. They refuse to count
these precincts because in one
the two poll books tootings do not
correspond; in another they allege that
one of the poll books is missing, although
it is admitted that both were delivered to
the county clerk; in the third, one Of the
Democratic election judges failed to ap.
pear and the man selected by the voters
to take his place happened to be Re-
publican, and the fourth precinct
thrown out was because Of the fact that
the Republican ballots were numbered
and the Democratic ballots were not num-
bered. A bare.faced attempt has been
made also to deprive j. P Rinker, elect
ed county commissioner in place OF Julian
Martinez from the LIST district The board
of canvassers declared Rinker a resident
OF the I'd district and threw out the vote
for him in the lst precinct as illegal,
which would give the Office to Martinez.
But these matters will all be regulated in
due time, for Hon. Juan Santistevan and
Major Pedro Sanchez arrived here last
night and will apply obtain writ OF
mandamus from Judge Seeds requiring
the Taos board Of canvassers to appear
before the court and explain their be-
havior.
CAMPAIGN ECHOES.
Dedrlck, OF Socorro, comedies the cleo
ton of his opponent, Sheriff Robinson.
That reward has as yet failed to develop
the whereabouts Of the Galisteo returns.