The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-19
CuBBRNAToRIAL CONTEST.

The following are the principal ale-
cations. in condensed form, OF the com
plalnt aled by Vim. Mcmillan in the
contest for the Governorship:
The County Commissioners OF Hum
holdt county appointed Boards of In
snsctsrs for the various precincts and
they ware composed entirely OF men be-
longing to the Silver Party. mere
fore, according to law, the entire vote
of Humboldt county should be relecteo'
The law was likewise violated IN Two
precincts at Austin and at Reese river,
in Lander county.
In Loveloek at least three votes cast
for Mcmillan were counted for Sadler'
The Board OF inspectors at Paradise
permitted voters and bystandefs 10
gather in crowds and to solicit votes Tor
different candidates within 100 feet OF
the polling place and right around the
booths where ballots were bong made
out, thus destroying the secrecy oil the
ballot and disObeying the law.
The registry agent at Paradise false
| ly and fraudulently placed upon the
| official list the names Of eight persons
after the time provided by law for reg
istration had expired, and without tht
knowledge of the parties so registered
The inspectors at Kennedy got drunk
. I'd the bystanders were permitted to
@ Dnpregats immediately around the yot
ing booth and to solicit votes. Ihey
committed assaults on each other and
a small riot was the result. One OF the
inspectors got into an argument viii
a voter over the merits OF particular
candidate, and threatened 10 assault
him and others, in a manner calculated
to deter, and which did deter then
from Evoting for the candidates fol
whom they desired to vote.
g, In Paradise Sadler received % vote
and Mcmillan Is; while IN Kennedy
Sadler received 20lyotes and Mcmillan 2
At White River, Nye county, th'
Board OF Inspectors permitted specta
tors TO congregats in the room wher'
the veting was going on. and engaged
in loud and boistrous controversies ant
partisan discussions In and about tn
very booths, concerning the merits 0
particular candidates, and to sollcl
votes there. The Board participates
in this, and it and the electors becam
so drunk that they were incapacitate'
for holding and conducting a lawiu
election. At this precinct Sadler re
ceived 10 votes and Mcmillan ,.
In all there were over l75 illegal bal
lots cast for the office OF Governor Il
Eureka county.
At every voting precinct in Llncoll
county there were ballots cast whicI
contained distinguishing marks. Tn
complaint then specifies more than I
illegal ballots cast for Sadler in the
precincts in the county and alleges tina
he received 40 additional votes in thi
county that contained Distinguishing
marks.
Plaintiff alleges that more than 40 Il
legal votes we're east for and given /
Reinhold Sadler in Lander county 10
various reasons: e. g, twelve resident
OF Nye county voted in Austin, "a mum
Der OF residents of Austin voted at Bat
tie Mountain, eight voters at Austl
we're granted assistance in the booths
though in no wise physically disabled
several minors and men who We're no
citizens OF the United States were vote
for Sadler at Austin.
Besides all OF the above allegations
a mum eV of cases are cited in Humbo
and Nye counties wheia persons, most
ly candidates for county Offices. vote
In other precincts than those in whicl
they permanently resided.
The whole document covers "a type
written pages. AlcMillan's attorney
are Trenmor Coffin, =, Z. Chspey, NJ
A. Murphy, Samuel Platt and e. D
Varderlieth. Sadler has been sum
moned TO raply within 20 days.