The morning call., 1894-12-20
RAISES AN INTERESTING POINT.

Frank Gould. chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee. arrived in
town from Stockton yesterday. Mr..
Gould Is Uver-sanguine that the Republi-
can contest will avail that party nothing.
Governor Budd will be sworn in and
assume the duties of his Office" said Mr..
Gould. The law provides that when the
result is declared in the Legislature
the man having the greatest number of
votes must be sworn in. Mr.. Budd will
be sworn in. The returns show that he is
elected"
1t was suggested that some technical law
point might be found which would delay
the declaration of the result in the Legs
lature."
1T cannot be found. 1t cannot be done.
The law is explicit on that question:" was
the reply.
When asked as TO his views regarding
the result of a recount, Mr.. Gould said :
81 do not believe there will be recount"
But if there should beP it was sug-
gested.
''Then there would be a committee from
the Legislature appointed, some members
of which would be Democrats. l think
that the Legislature contains honorable
men. Mr.. Budd was elected, and the
Legislature will not set aside the Will OF
the people"
But # arecOunt should show that frauds
had been committed and that more votes
had been counted for Budd than he re-
ceived, what then ?" was asked.
But a recount will not show that.
Frauds were committed possibly. but they
were ia favor Of E,tee," said Mr. Gould,
who would not admit the possibility of the
retu'ns on a recount showing less num-
Der Of votes for Budd.
But if they shOuid?"
But they won't; they can't" persisted
Mr.. Gould.
To the suggestion that legislative COM
mittee might throw out certain precincts
on the ground of fraud. thereby inval-
idating the election of Budd, Mr.. Gould
replied: THAT would be flying in the face
Of the Supreme Courts decision"
In speaking Of the contest before a leg
islatve committee, Mr.. Gould declared
that the provisions under which it Is
sought TO bring one are unconstitutional.
ct makes the Legislature a judicial
body" said he. THAT is not one of its
functions"
He declared that the Democrats would
be well represented by legal advisers,
mentioning Reddy, Campbell 81 Nelson,
CARRIER u Bishop, Van K. Paterson and
others.
The election frauds and Irregularities
which we're perpetT2ted in this city have
caused much unkindly comment to be
made concerning Registrar Evans. Mayor
Ebert recently testified that he had sent in
The names of 500 responsible men for cleo
ton officers, but that the Registrar had
refused TO swear them in, but put in men
OF his own selection.
In the Forty-seeond and Forty-thtrd dis
tricts Senator MahOney chose precinct Off
GERS. In the Western Addition Leon
Dennery named precinct officers. and at
North Beach Fred Jones had the selection.
1t is now charged that the Democrats
had larger representation than the Re-
publicans in the precinct boards. To this
statement Tax Collector Block replies:
1.-The Republicans were given one-half
of The representation on the election
boards in the precincts. 1t was under
stood that the Mayor was to appoint these
men, but | have since heard that the Reg
istaT refused TO swear in the men named
by Mr.. Ebert. The reasons for giving this
power to Mr. Ebert we're:
"FIrst-He was the only Republican on
the Board of Election Commissioners.
''Second-He was Republican and a
NOn-PaTtsan candidate for Office.
''Thrd-The board had greatest conf
dence in his uprghtness and integrity.
''If anything, there were fewer Demo-
rats than Republicans on the present
election boards. The Democratic men,
general committees OF the party, and
where the officers appointed failed to
show up the Registrar under the law had
the right to swear in men in their places
Do you think he filed these vacancies
with Democrats? The wholesale charges
made by the Republican State Committee
are not founded on fact"