Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1899-07-15
THE sovERNoRsHIP CONTEST.

as the most interesting ever brought be-
fore the Supreme Court Of this State.
II has commanded the attention, not
only of the citizens Of this State. but
the newspapers Of the adjoining States
have been running daily accounts OF the
trial. A Governorship contest 10 not an
every day occurrence. and it is only ma
suraI that the result Of the trial is looked
| forward to with much interest.
Today both sides rested. The testi-
| mopy in the case is all in and nothing
now remains but the argument Of coun-
sels and the decision Of the court.
This morning the court sat without q
full bench, Chief Justice Bonniield hav-
ing been called to San Francisco by the
serious illness Of his wife. The morning
was devoted to the putting in of rebuttal
testimony on behalf Of r~elator, Mcmillan.
| All dsy Saturday the efforts Of Ssdler's
attorneys we're directed against the vote
| of Washoe county. They made an earn
est effort, through the County Surveyor,
Mr.. T. X. Stewart, TO prove that many
| Of the voters from Q large number OF
| ranches In the vicinity of Reno voted
away from their home precincts and
therefore voted illegally. The County
| Surveyor was on the stand q good por-
| sion Of the day. testifying as to the
location Of these ranches. He proved to
| the satisfaction OF court and counsel
| that many Of these ranches were. as .
matter Of fact, outside Of the so.called
Reno precinct, but Sadler's attorneys
probably overlooked the fact that the
entire voting precinct of Reno included
much more territory than that described
within the boundaries of what has always
been known as Reno precinct proper.
This morning the County Surveyor was
called to the stand to testify in behalf OF
Mcmillan. Some time between the ad-
iournment Of court on Saturday and this
morning MI. Stewart had carefully pre-
pared q map Of the entire Reno precinct,
showing the location Of the several
ranches in controversy.
Upon examination il was made clear
that all Of these ranches had been located
by Boards Of County Commissioned Of
being within the Reno precinct. and the
occupants or voters thereof entitled &c
vote within said precinct as bounded and
described by the notices issued by said
County Commissioners. The early recordi
Of the Board we're demonstrated to have
been somewhat vague in their outlines
Of the different wards in and about Reno
However, the last order issued last Fal
left no doubt as to what the BOARD
intended these boundaries should be
Sadler's attorneys interposed an objec-
tion to the map made by Mr.. Stewart OF
ihe grounds that ii was compiled from
no actual surveys, as q whole, but thai
much Of ID had been arranged from the
records and descriptions Of property
now on file in the Clerks office al
Washoe county.
In answer to this objection, Mcmillan
attorneys immediately moved that all o
Stewards testimony in behalf of thu
respondent, Sadler, on Saturday last o.
stricken out for the same reason, viz
that his description Of the locations o
the several ranches was not given from
a knowledge obtained from an actua
survey Of the properties in question.
The court admitted the map in evil
dence, subject to the same rulings unde
which nearly all of the evidence ha
been admitted in the past.
Before the Reno matter was taken up
counsel for Ssdler moved 10 introduce il
testimony the Virginia Chronicle Of No
vember 7, 1898. containing the publishe'
lish of the nominees for Office in Store,
county.
The introduction of the paper wa
opposed by MoMillsn's attorneys OF tn
ground that il was ministerial.
In order to follow up the introduction
Of the Chronicle, by what Sadler's at
torneys deemed proper explanation,
testimony, Mr.. Joe Josephs, ex-deput!
County Clerk of Storey county. wa
again called to the stand to testify. A
has been previously published in thes'
reports Of the case, the bone Of conten-
tion in Storey county is the ruled rec
lines covering the name of Mcguire, 4
candidate originally for the Assembly
but who afterward resigned. prior to The
election. The Chronicle shows. o. Z
matter Of course, that when Joe Jossph'
submitted his report for publication
within the ten days time required BY
law. the name Of Mcguire as the then
legal nominee for Office, was included
therein. 1t was only two days before
the election, to the best Of Mr.. Josephs
recollection, that Mr.. Mcguire handed