Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-23
Judgeship Contest,
As Officially Certified Hon.
R. P. Boise Is Sea ted.
The Judge Elect and His Counsel Will
Prefer Charges Of Fraud.

Prefer Charges of Fraud.
Hon. VIM. II. Holmes, who has Sc
far successfully looked after Judge
Boise's interest, was busily engaged
this forenoon in the Collins adultery
case and could not be seen. But 10 is
known that both he and Judge Boise
are determined to secure a conviction
of crimes against the ballot law II
such thing is possible.
The law is very loosely drawn and
there are scores Of places where a
st9gecOach and four can be driven
through the loopholes. But they be
lieve the law has been violated in this
case so flagrantly that it is public
duty to make an example of the Of
tenders. A Salem lawyer who is a
prominent Republican said today:
"Mr. darcy was either elected or
some one has committed felonies
against the ballot law ,aLd ought To
go to the penitentiary.
"County Clerk Ehlen and Justice
Hayes are now to be made the srape
goats, when there is a well founded
belief that they were merely tools of
the real perpetrators of the crime.
Those who inyeDted and carried out
the plot should be brought to Justice.
Mr.. darcy should carry his contest
to the highest courts and should lend
all assistance to convict the perpetra g.
tors of this outrage if it was COM
mitted."
what kind of justice can be got
out of court held down by man
whose election is gained by palpable
fraud ? That is the kind the people
will get if the contest in this district
is not carried on until every vestige
Of fraud is cleared away and the laws
enforced"
WHAT IS CERTIFIED TO.
The canvassing board, comprising
Justice Of the peace II. A. Johnson, of
Salem district, and H. T. Hayes, of
the Woodburn district, and j. B.
Giesy, were in session at the court
house at Salem all day Wednesday.
Arguments of the attorneys, repre-
senting the two sides of the controv-
ersy over the judgeship, were listened
to, taking up all the forenoon. In
the afternoon the board met again
when the returns were signed up by
the three members, the figures, as
returned from the various precincts,
being takan irrespec 1--WE of the talles.
This gives Mr.. Darcy a total of
2,5l9, in the county, and Judge Boise
1888. Mr.. darcy has a majority of
1856 in Marion, but is below Judge
Boise IN the district, the difference
being twenty-five votes in favor of
Judge Boise. In taking the figures
Mr.. darcy lost one vote in Salem
No. 3, occasioned by the fact that
there was one tally between the
columns of ten, put there, either
Inadvertently or misplaced, by the
election clerk. Mr.. darcy gained
10 votes by taking the totals instead
Of the tallies in Woodburn precinct;
thus he has nine more votes in Marion
county than were given him in the
official cnunt as published some days
ago.
ERRORS IN TILLAMOOK,
A friend of Mr.. darcy wrote him
Wednesday from Tillamook as follows;
II find in some precincts that the
do not agree, and in some
hat they haye more votes courted
han were actually voted" Mr.,
DARCY teleghraped at once to de- |
nand an investigation of the vote of
Cillamook county, if it can be had,
'ut the results has already been GER
itied 10 the secretary of state.
Judge Boise and counsel Wan. ii.
Iolmes are determined to press the
Investigation of what they believe are
rauds committed in changing the re-,
urns and tampering with the ballots
JUSTICE HAYES POSITION.
Justice Hayes, who was oLe OF the
lection canvassing board, returned
his morning to Woodburn. While
udge Hayes has been greatly worried
yer the election controversy he has
reated the impression of being a
IAN who wants 20 be perfectly square
nd honest and will eyade no response
ility for his official acts. He says
e has nothing TO conceal and has
one nothing contrary to law unless it
ad been done under official aiyice of
Jhers,
THE COUNTY CLERKS BOOKS
i'll haYe to be exported 'before they
e turned oyer ito the new clerk, !
all. :
Mr.. Ehlen has not returned nor Z