The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-11
His Petition Denied by the
Justices.
MUST GIVE AMPLE NOTICE FIRST.
In the Meantime the Election Com.
missiOners May Announce the
Result Of the Canvass.

the Election Commissioners to leave nearly
one hundred precincts Ia this city out of
the official count. was made to the
Supreme Court yesterday afternoon.
Attorney George A. knight brought the
application into court aud took il into the
Justices chambers in order to obtain as
speedy return as possible. Attorney
Miller, of the firm of Estee & Miller, alsG
appeared in support of the writ, which
called upon the Election Commissioners to
throw aside large number of votes. and
thereby declare Estee elected Governor in
place of Budd.
The application, which was backed up
by some points and authorities submitted
in support of the facts alleged, was
brought by P. B. Cornwall. as chairman of
the Republican State Central Committee.
against Registrar a. L. Evans and the
Board of Election Commissioners. 1t was
a formidable document, consisting oil
twenty-eight typewriter sheets. and emu
merated in detail each and all of the sew
eral precincts in which irregularities were
alleged TO have been committed.
The first causes of complaint against
some of the precincts were embodied in
the allegations that no poll-lists had been
found in any of the sealed packages re-
turned TO the Commissioners, and that
neither the pOll-lists nor the lists attached
thereto were in order as required by law.
The first complaint in this respect enumer-
ates the following precincts:
Twenty-ninth District-Eigbth Precinct.
Thirty first Dlstrct-SiXIh Precinct.
Thirty-secOnd District-Second Precinct.
Thrty-fOurth District-First Precinct.
Thrty-ffth DIstriet-Eleventh Precinct.
ThrIy-sixth District-Eleventh Precinct
Tuirty-seventh District-Ninth Precinct.
Forty-thlrd District-SecOnd Precinct.
In the Aforementioned precincts it is
stated that out of 1869 votes polled James
Ii. Budd was awarded 1884, against Morris
NJ. Estee's 695.
The same complaint is made of the pre-
ciucts:
Thirty-ffth DIstrict-Fifth Precinct.
Thirty-secOnd DisTrict-First Precinct
In these precincts it is stated that AS
votes were poled, Budd being accorded
259 TO Estee's 126.
In the suhjoining precincts it is alleged
that neither the missing poll lists nor
their duplicates We're forthcoming:
Twenry-eighth Dlstrict-Fifth Precinct
Twenty ninth Districl-Thlrd Precinct.
Twenty-nnth Dlstriet-Fourteenth District.
La these precincts 516 votes were polled-
Budd SOC, Estee 123. Also 10 the folio wing
precincts: The Sixteenth OF the the Thirty
sixth, the Eighth OF the ThIrEy-nlntb, the
Second of The Tnirty-first aud the Fifth of
the Thirty-secoud. Here S64 votes were
polled, giving Budd 46S against Estee's 242.
1t is charged that he returns OF the fol
lowing precincts were signed by the cleo
ton officers by command OF the Board of
Election Commissioners:
Twenty-eiqhtb District-Second Seventeenth
Twenty ninth Distrlct-Eifth, Tenth.
Thirty-firsT DisGrict-Eigbth, Sixteenth.
ThrIy-seeond DIstrict-EeVenth.
Thny-third DisIrict-Thrd, Twelfth.
Thiriy-fOurlh District-Fiftb.
1hrty-sixth Dstrict-Ninth.
Thrty-eigntn DsUict-FOurIb.
Thirty ninth Distrlct-EleYenln.
In these precincts 2730 votes are said to
have been polled. Result: Budd 1867.
Estee 772.
Returns from the following precincts are
said not to have been signed at all 4
Twenty-ninth istrict-Seventeenth.
ThirtIeth District-SiXth.
Thirty-hrst District - Fourteenth, Seven
teeDh.
Thirty-thlrd District-Seventh.
Thirty-fourth Distrlct-Third.
Thirty-sixth District-EleFenth, Twelfth. Six
teenlh.
Thirty seventh-Third.
FOrty-third-Tenth.
The total number of votes polled in
these precincts is given as 2258, out of
which Budd got 1913 and Estee $40 votes.
OF these il is stated that returns from GER
tain precincts were signed by the election
of:ieeTs under compulsiOn of the Election
COMLD tSSlOutEs-IH6 seventeenth OF the
Twenty-ninth, the Seventeenth of the
ThiTty-hrst. the Seventh of the Thirty
third, the Eleventh Of the Thirty-sixth,
the Sixteenth of the Tkrty-sxth, the
Third of the IhlTty-seYenth, the Tenth OF
the FOrty-thlTd.
Then follows long list unsigned POLL
lists from the following precincts:
Twenty eighth District - Third, Seventh,
Eighth, Fifteenth.
Twenty ninth Distriet-Flrsr, Second, Eley.
enth, Twelfth, Sixteenth
Ihirtietb District-Eightb Tenth Eleventh
Twelfth, Seventeenth.
Thirty first District = First. Third, Fourth,
Eleventh, sixteenth.
Thirty-seeond District-Sixtb, Tenth.
Thlriy-thlrd Disiriet-NinIh
Thirty-iourth District = First. Sixth. FIT.
Thlrty-fith DlstrIet-Thlrd, Ninth. Tenth.
Thirty-siXth DiStTict-Tenth Fonrteenth
Thirty Distrlct-Feurth, Fifth, Ninth,
Fifteenth. '-'
Thiriy-eighth District-EIghtb. Fifth
ThiTty-Dinth District-First Second Twelfth
fortieth DiStrIct-First, Fourth, Ninth.
Forty-first DIstrict-Fourth
Forty-tbird Distriet-Second
FOrty-fourth DistTict-Third, Fifth. Fifteenth
Seventeenth.
Forty-ifth Distriet-Fou:th, Eleventh, Fiji
teentD, Sixteenth, Seventeenth.
The total number of votes polled in
these precincts is given at II, go, of which
Budd is accredited with GLIB and Estee
with 3418.
In the following precincts the tally lists
show a number of letters opposite the
word Governor" or above the line. and
not opposite the name of the candidate:
Tw nty-eighth Dlstrict-Thirteenth Seven
teenih.
TbIrty-drst District-Third, Seventeenth.
Th1rty-s- cond District-SecUn1.
Thirty-third Dstrict-Seventh.
Thrty-fourth District-Fiflh, Eleventh Six.
teenth.
Thirty-fifth Distrct-Fourth.
ThiTty-sixtb District--Thlrd.
Tbirty-eighth DisIret-Third.
Ihirly-ninIh DistricI-Sixln, Seventh, Eley.
enth. Fifteenth.
Fortieth District-First, Thirteenth, Four.
teenth, Sixteenth.
FOrry-second District-tirst, Fourth, Thlr-
ternth
Forty.thIrd Dstrict-Sixth, Tenth Fifteenth.
ForIy-hfth District-Second, Filth, Thr-
teenth.
In these precincts the total number of
votes which were not placed opposite the
name of Budd. but which were illegally
counted for him, is given at 1881. 1T is
here stated that III the Tenth Precinct of
the Thirty-ifth District was discovered
the fraud got up in the interest of Higgins |
to defeat Ewing for Assem- blyman. This !