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oney. was attending his mothers
funeral, but would be at the Court House
ater.
AT this time Mr.. Sasse reported with
she certificate from the Fifth OF the
First.
After the certificates .ad been re.
,eived, Philip @. Churchman, represent
ing John C. McCaulley, the Republican
candidate for assessor in the First Repre-
sentative district, filed a complaint and
asked for recount in the First election
district, alleging that IS or 10 ballots had
been thrown out and not counted, be-
cause in some places all points of the star
on the stamp did not show up, or that
the star was blurred or appeared defect.
i've, while it was alleged that on one bal
lot the stamp was not in the proper
place. Samuel S. Adams represented
Assessor Mccoy.
J. P. Nields, representing Mr. McCaul.
ley, asked for recount in the Third and
Fourth districts of the First, alleging
similar reasons, saying that q had been
rejected in the Third and 46 in the
Fourth. In this connection he filed affi-
davits in support Of his claims by Robert
7. Davis, Judge, and +. r. Stevenson,
clerk, in the Third district; and Of John
Goodwin, Judge, and William Goodland,
representing the Republican party, in
the Fourth. 1t was alleged that some of
the ballots had been soiled and some i'm
properly marked.
Walter H. Hayes filed complaints
from the Second district OF the Tenth
Representative district on behalf of H.
w. Hushebeck, candidate for Represent
ative; John Z. Taylor, candidate for
Sheriff; Arthur M. Wise, candidate for
Assessor, and James +. McIvor, candi-
date for Inspector, alleging that AZ bal
lots had not been counted, either be-
cause one or more of the election officers
thought they were improperly marked or
soiled. some being soiled on the back.
Frank Speakman and Philip @.
Churchman, representing John G. All
ston, candidate for Road Commissioner
in the Thirteenth Representative dis
trict, filed complaints. Mr.. Speakman
for the First, Third and Fourth Election
districts, and Mr.. Churchman for the
Second. 1t was alleged that because
ballots were construed to be improperly
marked or soiled, 9 had been rejected in
the First district, 13 in the Second, 10 in
the Third and 10 in the Fourth.
All OF the persons making complaint
asked for recount in each case and the
Court required some time to consider the
applications.
j. Harvey Whiteman asked whether
the court would permit objection to be
made or complaints filed while the vote
was being canvassed, provided they be,
lieved they had discovered errors or
anything upon which to base complaints.
He was informed that such objections
could be made.
1t was about 2 o'clock when the First
district of the First Representative dis
trict was taken up. This was one OF the
districts in which Mr.. McCaulley had
filed a complaint against the election of
James Mccoy for assessor
prepared to prove that one OF the corners
of the star stamp had been cut and
handed to the voters bv one OF the
clerks.
The Court informed him that they
were not trying the election officers, for
if they proposed to do this they would
be required to sit until next Christmas
in order to canvass the vote.
They then went over the 81 rejected
ballots and decided that SO had been
properly rejected whilst the other should
have been counted for Mr.. McCanley,
and ordered that this be done.
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Court and stated that under the new Con
stitution they had no right to interfere
with or count bona tide votes either one
way or the other, and that the Court
was compelled to canvass the vote as re-
turned by the election officers.
Judge Spruance stated that they had
the authority, and said: This is sup
posed to have been an honest election,
and, as lar as the Court is concerned, we
propose to count the vote and decide
which is right or wrong. If frauds exist,
why it is high time that they were
noted, and if such is the case we pro-
pose TO find out.
The complaint was withdrawn against
the Second district, and after this had
been tabuated the Court took up the
Third district.
John p. Neads, Esq, filed an addi-
tlonal complaint in this district of the
First Representative district for John G..
McCauley, alleging that the election Off
GERS OF tie said district had illegally
thrown ont q ballots, for the only rea-
son that they were blurred or that the
stamp had been defective.
The inspector is Calvin b. Allen, and
the clerks were Charles Donovan and
William Burke.
After the box had been opened and
the Court had inspected the ballots, they
decided that twelve had been properly
rejected and nine that had been thrown
out were legal and should be counted.
Five OF thes efavored McCaulley and four
Mccoy.
During the tabulation of this ballot
Chief Justice Lore and Judge Spruance
instructed the reading clerk to count the
ballots marked L. Heisler Ball and
Lewis II. Ball under the name of L.
Heisler Ball, as they were one and the
same party.
The clerk was also instructed to do the
same in the case of L. Irving Handy and
Levin Irving Handy.
In this district 244 ballots we're cast
Through Mr.. Nields Mr.. McCauley
filed an objection to the vote in the
Fourth district of the First Representa-
tive district.
He claimed that 295 ballots had been