Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1897-01-14


have always thought 90. My intentions
we're right. wanted fair count just
as the vote was given, and believe it was
a correct count"
Henry Past, the other clerk, also
stated today in reply to the question rs
to the correctness of the count as far as
he knew 1t and to his part taken in the
count:
Il checked up with Mr.. Vsndenberg
when the count was made and my book
tailed With bis. called of from my
book and Vsndenberg checked off his.
There were no mistakes. Mr.. Lang, one
Of the judges, stood by and looked over
the shoulders of the others, but didn't
count the votes. As far as I know the
count is correct in every way. Inspector
Moses and Joseph Mason did the count
ing and called off as counted A ruler
was placed across the ballot at the top
| and moved down the ballot as the vote
for each candidate was counted. 1t was
! impossible to make the mistakes claimed.
Both Vandenbergs and my book
agreed"
The above testimony OF Third ward
election officers, as to the correctness Of
the count was sent to senate member
Friday last. An offer vas made to
| bring the board to Bismarck to testify,
but ume was not given for doing So
The following appeal for fair play was
| made to the members of the senate. in
behalf of the election officers of the
Thirs ward and of Senator Sanford. 1t
| reached the desks of the men bers Mon
| day noon before the committee report
| seating Fuller had been made. ED.
1t is given out in the press that the
state senate intends to unseat Hon. E.
! NJ. Sanford, member Of that body, as a
result Of the Fuller Sanford contest now
pending. The report of the election
| committee OF the senate, 1t is stated,
| will favor this action on the grounds
! that there is no evidence before 1t that
the ballots cast in the Third ward pre-
cinot OF Jamestown, at the last election,
were correctly counted and returned by
the precinct board.
1t is the law of the land that every
man can have fair trial by jury of his
peers before he is condemned. 1t is
stated that Senator Sanford will be sum-
marily unseated without this fair trial.
The honorable members of the COM
mittee chosen to consider all the evl
dence in this case have declined to as
sumo the responsibility of procuring the
testimony Of the election board referred
to; their report, it is stated, will be made
| accordingly, and the senate asked to
adopt it.
A portion of the evidence desired to be
heard in Mr.. Sanford's behalf is as fol-
lows:
Q) That there are four members of
the election precinct board of the Third
ward OF jamestown whose testimony has
never been taken in this case; that this
testimony will show that the original
count and returns we're correct.
(2) That in statements in the public
press and in frequent personal state
ments, these election officers have de-
clared that the count Of the ballots made
by them was correctly made.
81 That one of the election judges
who states he counted about two.thlrds
of the votes himself, and who is man of
! experience and excellent character. as
eerts positively that there we're no ballots
| with both senators Eames marked on
them when they counted the vote. On
recount of the ballots there were found
ten ballots marked for both senatorial
candidates.
az That the two clerks OF said board
declare in the press and by persopa al
statement that the count as announced
by the inspector and Judge tailed on
their books; that if there had been any
ballots marked for both Fuller and San
ford no mention was made OF it by any
member Of the board while oanvassing
the vote; which corroborates the JUDGES
statement that there we're no such bal
lots found.
(5) That the clerks also confirm the
statements of judges aud inspectors as to
the method of counting the vote.
6) That one OF the judges is Ger
man, not very familiar with written or
printed English, who, while taking no
part IN the actual calling off OF the
names on the ballot or announcing the
the vote, yet confirms the statements of
the Judge and inspector as to the method
employed by them.
CD That the statements Of these four
persons are positive and uncontradictory
(S) That the ballots Of the Third
ward show no other errors for other can
dldates, and 1t is practically impossible
that eighteen errors could have been
made on senatorial candidates only. The
reason that this was not shown in pro-