The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-03

tiracnv was that the election officers
did not take airy tsliOsx out 81 the box,
tear them 10 pieces and throw them on
tina Her. nor did they burn rny BAL
lJts. When they were taken cut OF
the fygx. ore or two of them were oD-
served 10 have been torn and they were
counted ard returned TO the box after
the count had been made. No aispess-
ton was made OF doubly marked bal
ioss. either for Meyer or any other can
didate. and the only reference made to
them was coacfeI I'm jecufar TERMS TO
tn. effect THAI the Populisss were
greedy. Bailey was closely qies-
tlop4sl In reference to the duplicate poll
book, azAI an effort made tc show that
the figures had been changed Inc
book had been In witness house ~
Franklin. sukjert 20 public inspection.
and, SO far as he knew. was IN exactly
the same shape as wsSn he had signed
H. Mr. wlnsoT. who WAS confusing
the examination was being coached by
a tfsin-vssaged, lengthy individual
.ransed WINSTON. wile sat Immediately
befGnd him, and repeated the ques-
tE,slg q number OK times. Finally, Bali
ley said:
Let me set you right, judge. for all
coming time had nothing 10 do with
that book except to put nay signature
10 it. IL any changes have been made,
THAI man sitting there al your elbow
did t."
Three affidarsts. made By election
officers at Franklin, were next made
the subject OF inquiry. bur Bailey knew
nothing OF them. except that they had
been sworn to In his presence.
Why EaIioss Were Not initiated.
Dir. Ga~. OF counsel fer Van de Van
ter. here took the witness. who tesTt-
fed substantially as follows:
The real cause Of my not pladng my
Initials on the ballots was that ! did
not think IL necessary. The ballots de-
1ivered BE- me TO Auditor Twiehen are
the Identical ballots voted at Franklin.
No ballots were substituted. Thestamp
was not put 81, the ballots until after
the voter had marked 1t. because some
times they would spoil their ballots.
and I thought 1t no use to stamp the
ballot until the man had made up his
mind how he wanted to vote. ! did
not know that law required me 10
stamp the ballot first. Demands were
made on me to allow ballots to be Ia
ken from the room, but refused, and
not one ballot went out.
Bailey was stiil on the stand at adj
journmenat, 81 Sos
Tas Double Markings.
In addition to the examination con-
Quoted over the ballots and the mode
of voting at Franklin, the Populists
went into a questioning of the vote of
ssgsringbrook Jacob Liebrandt. inspect
ar. was put on the stand, and testi-
fled that during the canvass several
doubly-marekd ballots had become the
the election board placed them to one
side TO be passed upon after the remain
der had been counted. However. when
the time came to count them. they were
found TO be regular. the only irregular
ballot being one for Ostrander.
The case was opened yesterday by
the examination of County Auditor
TwicheM, who testified that he had not
instructed any one 10 reject questiona-
bic ballots, although he might have
expressed an opinion as to the legality
of the doubly-gnarked and inisialless
ballots. Harry G. Gordon and VIII II.
Gorlaam, respectively chairman and
secretary OF the Republican central
committee. We're asked concerning the
circular letter of instruction to Rapub-
iican election officers that has caused
much adverse comment among Popu-
lists and Democrats. and Mr.. Gorham
admitted that he drafted the letter.