The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-08
He Wants the Seat Awarded
to L. II. Faust.
SAYS HE WAS ELECTED
Makes Numerous Allegations, Among
Them That Clarkites Refused to
Buy Votes in Libby.

Something of sensation wa.
sprung on the unsuspecting people o
Kalispell, Wednesday afternoon, in
the form of an affidavit filed in tht
district court by Thomas d. Long
contesting the election of l.. II.
Faust, as representative in the legis
lature from this county. After the
legal preamble, the specific grounds
for the contest are set forth in the
affidavit as follows:
Your contestant further alleges tina,
in truth and in fact the said L. II.
Faust, did not receive a higher mum
Der of votes for said Office than this
contestant, and in fact this contest
ant did receive higher number OF
votes for said Office than said l.. II.
Faust and was duly elected to said
Office of representative.
That this contestant further alleges
and states that in precinct No. /
of said county, the judges of said
election, wrongfully and unlawfully
canvassed and counted two vores for
said l.. H. Faust, which said votes
were illegal and should not have been
counted and canvassed for l.. H.
Faust, for the reason following: For
that said ballots were not marked in
the circles at the head of the republi.
can ticket or in the square in front
of the name of l.. H. Faust, or at all
so as to vote or be counted as a
vote for said L. H. Faust.
That in precinct No. 2 of said coun.
ty the judges of said election wrong
fully and unlawfully canvassed and
counted six votes for l.. H. Faust,
which said votes were illegal, and
should not have been counted and
canvassed for l.. H. Faust, for the
reasons following: for that said bal
lots were not marked with cross or
at all in the circle at the head Of
the republican ticket or in the square
in front of the name of the said l..
H. Faust. or at all SO as to vote or
be counted as vote for said L. II.
Faust.
That in precinct No. %. of said
county, the Judges of said election
wrongfully and unlawfuily caIvassel
and counted number of votes, the
exact number If which is t. contest
ant unknown. but which he is in.
formed and believes to be forty, for
said L. H. Faust. which said votes
were illegal and should not have been
counted and canvasse,l for said J..
H. Faust, rr any candidate for the
reasons following: For that us con.
testant is informed and believes
meeting of, to wit, forty vo:eis OF
said Libby district, No. 20, was called
and held on the said day of the elec.
tion, and the night preceding, at
which chairman was selected and a
resolution was offered and carried
that unless the democratic candidates
for the legislature from said county
or some one acting for them paid
the voters present at said meeting
the sum of SIS each for their votes
said voters would vote against the
candidates for representatives from
said county on the democratic ticket,
among them this contestant. That the
offer of said voters to sell their votes
as aforesaid was refused, whereupon
they voted against contestant. That
by reason of said unlawful combina.
tion of voters to corrupt and debauch
the ballot in said precinct contest
ant was deprived Of large number
of votes illegally and unlawfully, and
by reason of said acts Of said unlaw.
full combination, which included more
than one-fifth of the total number of
votes cast at said election in said
precinct, fair and legal election was
not held in said precinct, but that
the same was corrupt, illegal and
void.
That in Tobacco Plains district,
being precinct No. 18, of said county,
the judges of said election, wrong
fully and unlawfully canvassed and
caused to be counted a number of
votes, the exact number of which is
to contestant unknown, but which he
is informed and believes to be mora
than twelve. for said L.. H. Faust,
which said votes were illegal and
should not have been counted and