The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-13
NOT In KING COUNTY.
Martin Creek Precinct Declared
to Be in kittitas.
ITS EFFECT ON THE ELECTION.
Decision In Liquor Sellers Case, Has
Much Eject on Election-Pre-
pairing Meyers Contest

The politicians of King county were yes
terday more deeply interested in the verdict
in the case OF The State vs. Pat Cunning
ham, charged with illegally selling whisky
at Wellington. in Martin Creek precinct,
than was st first thought possible. The
verdict of the jury was that Wellington
was not in King county, and therefore
that Cunningham was not guilty of the
offense as laid in the information. This
verdict decided the case of Joe Manson,
arrested with Cunningham. and on mo-
ton of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Nc
Bride. the case against Manson was dis
missed. 1t will also probably have the
effect of throwing out the vote of Martin
Creek precinct ar the recent election, if
the point should be raised
The verdict OF the jury is based on Sec
ton Is. volume l, Hills Code. which
defines the boundaries of King county.
In part. the section reads:
Thence up the main channe, of Green
Water to the summit of the Cascade
mountains; thence northerly along said
summit 10 the southeast corner of town
ship number q north. range IL east"
The fact is that the summit Of the
mountains and the township corner
the generally accepted map of the county
being in range Ii, on the northern boun-
dairy line. Accordingly the towns of
Wellington and Madison, and the polling
place ut the town of Martin Creek. are all
east of the county limits by about fourteen
miles.
In case this question we're raised at the
proposed election contest, and recount of
he -
Creek vote, having been cast outside the
county, would in all probability be de-
clared illegal. and therefore be rejected.
If this were done it would result in some
interesting changes. Martin Greek is
Popuiist stronghold, and gave Mover 90
votes to Van de Vanter's 70, and Askam 40
to Eames' 20. and so on through the ticket.
The reduced vote and pluraIities for the
offices of sheriff, clerk. coroner and COM
missioner from the Third district would
then be as follows:
Sheriff-yan de vanter. 1891; Ostran-
der. 1924; Meyer. 4,27o. Van de Vanter's
plurality. l2l
Treasurer Mitten. 5.lo7; Maple. cess
Naples plurality. 1851.
Coroner-Eames, 5,697; Askam, 5. 7ia.
Askam's plurality. %.
Commissioner-Ruth 1.I37; Hea-
ton. LAS. Heaton's plurality, 252
The Populis:s yesterday did not make
good their promise to begin the contest
against Van de Nanter, but it is under
stood that they will lie the papers today.
The delay Is said 10 have been caused by
failure to collect some data. which is ex-
pected to turn up today. and also by the
non-appea-ance of some witnesses from.
the country precincts. who are expected TO
testify TO the irregularities outlined by w.
f. Hays day or two ago. Mr.. Hays and
his assistants, Richard Winsor and Will
lam ii. White, were at work on the papers
yesterday, and were reported to have the
case well in hand.
1t is perhaps worthy of mention. In
view of the fact that part OF Martin
Creek has been discovered to be outside OF
King county by the prosecution of men
for illegal liquor selling. that not one
Prohibition vote was cast in the precinct.
II the Populist majorities had been
counted in kittitas county, where they
seem to belong in part at least. the result
might have been the election of Catlin,
Populist. to the legislature, instead of
Barge. Republican. who went in with
only sixty-four plurality. The Populists
in KittItas elected the two commissioners
and might have carried off some of the
other county offices had the Martin Creek
vote been counted Tor them.