The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-13
THECOLONEL'SERROR
Lewis Voted a Too-Nuch.
Marked Ballot
BETRAYED BY HIS WRITING.


Colonel James Hamilton Lewis. WHO
gave the spotseS-sgg tscket It's name,
ara who In now one 81 the counsel Tor
Ur. Askaa. east an improper and flle1ai
s,sgsot at the iate election This sur
rsrlesue fact gvas revealed Al fae recount
Ia the contest cases 81 Judge Langley
department OF me superior court yes
terdav. % the great Amusement 81 num-
erous attorneys and spectators. GeaoEe's
Lewis ticket. despite bis saying after
;ne Democratic fusion convention that
me nornaees we're nothing better than
4 ..ha.ketfuI of spotted eggs" vas head
81 by Heuston and ended with the name
~ Collins for const4bie-he bessan at
the top ard marked an X opposite ev-
cry one u the spotted egg group There
was no variation The ballot Wa
straight. though The ticket was spotted
II Is q simple yet interesting eirclni-
stance that deprived Colonel LEWIS
vote OF the secrecy contemplated ~
law lie had Questioned the manner
A. which the constitutional amendment
had been placed before the people, sna
at tte polls stood ready. Is 90 every
occasion, 70 speak or write against eF-
ror. This time he wrote. and ora the
last quad line for proposed amend
snenf." appeared the words. mot prop
er!y submitted" There was no chance
to mistake the handwrliing--it was the
elegant R0nanesqae chirograpny or
C0s0glci Lewis.
The ballot. after being uufolded, was
quickly passed along in front Of the at
torneys. who at first saw nothing OBJ
1actionabIe on It's face. and 81 WAS or
dered recorded for Ostrander and AS
kan. but at that instant the eagle eye
OF Boyd J. Tailuan fell upon the ftth@r-
20 unnoficed handwriting. and his feat
urez relapsing into a broad smile. he
exclaimed. with a trace OF exuitation
In his tone:
Great guns. that's Col Lewis vote
Done Tecora IT, Hand II back. ] object
on che ground that Il II incompetent. inn
fss teriaI irrel-no that IL IS unintsiii-
sibIe and - marked with Distinguishing
mark
Colonel Lewis banotr' echoed Nr.
Gay Then by hockey l object TO II.
too
A critical examination OF the ballot
followed everyone in the room man
ifesting deepest interest In the reveal
tions made by the discovery. At last
one OF the attorneys. anxious TO proceed
Win the CVAi4&s dAhca.
What class will you put IL in7''
why. It's unintelligible.' said Gay.
Put IL among the miscellaneous"
And that WITS the disposition made OF
Colonel Lewis ballot. II cannot be
counted until the court has passed upon
the question of it's legality. and the
prevalent opinion is that II viii be lost.
The rapid pace set early this week
characterized the seventh day az the
count and e4ght precincts were can
ya1ssed-fhe third. fourth. Attn and sixth
OF the fourth ward and the flrst. second.
third and fourth of the nth ward--mak-
Ing the total TO date IS. There yet re-
main To fe counted In The first commits
eioner's district. which comprises the
city OF Seattle. the fifth and sixth pre-
cincts Of the fifth ward. the five pre-
cincts each 81 the sixth and seventh
wards and the four precincts each OF
the eighth and ninth wards Those
twenty precincts ought % be finished by
Friday evening. at least. as some of
them do not poll "a very heavy vote
Then the canyassing board will at once
take up the third district. where James
Jones. populist. Is conteSting the cleo
ton OF f. o. Nickerson. Republican, as
commissioner How hong IL viii take TO
count the thirty-five precincts In that
district is problem8tical. partly on ac-
count OF the additional contest and nart-
Is because OF the alleged Irregularities
at Franklin, where tho entire poll viii
DC challenged by the contestant. but
the baard viii be near the end az the
close Of next week.
When the Fourth precinct OF the Fourth
ward was reached the following letter
was unearthed;
Seattle Wash Nov &. Isa4
Gents; Please arrest any man present
Ing my name at tire polls on the 9Th and
notify me az as Fourth street Seattle
Wash. Respectfully yours.
viii not be here on that dag.
The total unchsilongcd vote IN the a
canvassed precincts is, FOR Van de Van
ter. 1913: Meyer. 1914. Games. 2Ss7: As
KAN. s42i. Tie challenged vote is. Van
de Vanter. s67. Meyer. 496: Eamcs. SIS
Askam. 65S. Yesterdays unchallenged
count was. Van De Vanter. see. Meyer.
s25: ostander. As. Turner. i. Ean1es.
Ell. Askam. $50. Jones. Is. challenged.
Van de Vanter. A.; Meyer. -: ostrandcr.
a.: Eames. -, Askan. Sc The entire
vote thus far IS. frr sheriff 5lS2 and FOR
coroner 595&, The results 10 date are: