The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-11-17

"a n before use no demand nau
made f0r It.
he INK was then opened and it was
fo1d that some OF the ballots had
The initials In pencil, some in ink and
some bore no initials at all. Mr..
Handy, Iiaryey's lawyer, objected 70
the ballots being counted as they
were marked in pencil whereas the
| law specifically says that they shall be
marked In Ink. The commissioners
lSnally agreed to count all that were
INHALED irrespective OF what they
wcreIpitiaied with and 10 reject all
not initiated or upon which the name
OF the inspector was written in full.
In order TO set an intelligent under
standing OF the conditions In this
prccent 1t Is necessary to have the
personnel OF tho board and the original
count clearly In mind together with
all the circumstances that arose
after election. The election soard
consisted Of Il. p. Lott, Martin Bees
and John Lyons, Holmes men and
r. 0Bricn and Arthur w. Quirt,
Harvey men. Upon the origial
count Harvey had l2s votes fnd
Holmes 2Il, making a total yotecast
upon sheriff OF 399. There wee 4l'
votes cast 4l6 showing up ipohe pal-
lot box -lS OF them not haAng been
voted for sheriff or wee rejected
altogether.
When the board of/county can
vassers got throughcWnting, Haryey's s
votes had dwindA TO % while
Holmes had swellcfto 279. Twenty
four votes that ND been counted by
the board of INSPECTORS were rejected
because they Mere not properly In
litialed or bofe distinguishing marks
and OF thistwenty-four Harvey had ,,
Holmes ~ These twenty-one votes
were ce,fainly counted for Holmes by
the bodd OF inspectors as they were
| all pMnly marked for him and there
Is rs question In the mind OF anyone
bat that the voters meant TO cast a
vote for Holmes, that they did cast
a vote for Holmes and that their bal
lot was originally counted for Holmes.
Now, adding TO Holmes vote Of 2I9
these 81 makes a total vote shown up
in the box TO his credit of 800 and
adding the votes rejected to IIar-
yey Is shows a total vote Of but % u
his credit This makes gain Of sixty
two votes for Holmes although the
canassing board IS tab will show but Al
ON account OF the votes thrown out
but just the same, the facts are that
the board OF inspectors counted fifty
votes ~. .'---.'au that should have
- 10 Holmes credit, IJfu yo..-s. =.
11tberfurvmsrr- f,o-haard. no mattel
how stupid or ignorant would maRcei
mistake Of fifty in counting the votes
1t was no mistake, that much Is self
evidcnt. Then II IT was no mistake u
was an intentional fraud. III IL wa
an intentional fraud three Holmes
men must have joined with the TIVE
Harvey men TO perpetrate It,. w,
don't believe that they would thinl
Of doing such thing. It's up to tn,
two Harvey inspectors In this way
''Gentlemen you are asked the
straghtqucstlon: Didy count sixty
two Holmes votes for Harvey? and u
the Holmes men in this way: Gentle
men, did you sit by and see these tw'
Harvey men take sixty-two votes from
yourman and not enter protesty'
We doubt that either is true an,
believe that the ballots originall.
stood as counted by the board, l2S FOL
HaryeyIand 27l for Holmes.
] After counting the Iron River vote
"Wednesday evening the board ad
= tourned until the following morning
Vpon reconyening Mr.. Handy aske'
: Cat the ballots be recounted but tn
: bNrd refused 60 SO recount. MI
Hady was allowed, however, TO max
: hisNhibit and the forenoon was cor
y sunni In this work. After Dime
!, Attdpey Pelham sprung a scnsatio
;. by anbunclng that he wished to qui
! as theShad succeeded In coughing u
7 enouglkotes TO elect Mr.. Holmes an
= that he \ad no desire 10 spoil q goc
= thing. Men there was another Ion
y drawn ouswrangIe which ended final
y In the boaN's allowing Mr.. Pelham
~ stop and thu Mr.. Harvey petitione
!. = for rocountof the Stambaugh vote
: : There had been y great deal sal
- about this precinct md for that rel
7, = sop'Mr Harvey wasdpsirous ofhaylu
y fft cohated.