The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-20
CONTEST on ASIAN.
Republicans Claim Illegal Votes
Were Cast for Him.
sAMEs. PLURALITY OVER 1000.
x.r1ets Illegally Marked Feasd In Al
most Every Preeinet--AaFun SresE
vote ceansed oaI

The oonte.. for the o6,cs OF coroner OF
King ooanty for the ensuing term vas BE-
vun in tbs superior court yesterday oy tns
j.xsanes of q citation out Of judge Lag
iev's departrnent for DR.. @. r. Asxsfn 10
aDrear At 1910 O. m. November ~. The
hsgs.Y i. the same as that set for the Aoyer-
Van de Tanfsr hearing. Action 10 brougn;
by RI. c. Gordon. eharnan Of TIE King
county Republican central com mittse.
Outside "a the maIeoEdact If the Judges
and canyassing board in soanting illegal
ballots. practically two grounds Of contest
are sdyen:
IN, The voting for Askam more than
once on the same ballot. constituting q
mark OF identification. and l2l that because
persons not residents Of King county were
allowed 10 vote ut Martin Greek, the IN
tire vote Of the precinct Is Illegal.
On. hundred and eleven paragraphs are
required TO give in detail the FIRST ground
of the contest There 10 one for each pre-
einet in which ballots are known 70 have
been marked in more than one place for
Askan,. and according 20 the figures given
more than 2 0Oo such ballots wers cast tor
the Popasist nominee. The paragraphs
are IN form similar IN the following:
THAT one Of the said precincts In said
King county. established as Aforesaid. -
and was known as Adelaide precinct: that
fhs said county commissioners Of said
King county did. before the date Of said
SECTION. to-wit, before November D. IDA,
a. required by law. designate one voting
place in said precinct: that on said GIN
day Of November. 1914 board Of judges
OF election Vas regularly established in
snid precinct AZ said voting place, IS re-
- IL -
o! Judges Of election consisted OF
one inspector, so-wlt, A. II. Beetle,
and two Judges, to-wIt. William Msers
and AIer Gonfner: that before any
votes were received by said board Of
judges of election they and each of them
qualified and did sli the things necessary
~ them 20 lie done IS required by law:
that while said persons we're acting as
such board OF judges Of election, A. said
voting place in said precinct. they and
each Of them were guilty Of maiconduct in
this, that they received and counted FIVE
(51 ballots for said o. F. Askam for cor
oner of said King county, each of which
sald ballots was so marked that IL was and
10 Impossible TO determine therefrom the
electors choice OF tho candidate for
said office Of coroner; and while
raid persons were acting as such
board of judges of election at said voting
place in the said precinct. they and each
of them were further guilty of malcon-
duct in this. that they received and
counted i've tSl ballots for said o. r.
Askam for coroner of said King county,
upon each of which said ballots there
was placed by the one who voted 1t a
mark by which IL tsaid ballotl might
afterward be identified as the one voted by
him."
II the above allegations can be substan-
tiatsd Askam's vote will be Gu, by 2,ii7
and reduced 10 3.e2s while Eames will
have 5.7i7. plurality Of 2.0s9 The APP
pended table shows the official. the Illegal
and the corrected vote. according to the
complaint: