Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-02
COPY OF CONTEST.

ty in which the seat of Nathan God
F, frey is being contested:
COPY OF CONTEST.
In the matter of the contest of the cleo
ton of Nathan Godfrey tc the office of
representative of the county of Meagher
to the seventh Legislative assembly of the
state of Montana by H. Nj. Brooks, con-
testant.
To Nathan Godfrey, Esq.
You are hereby notified that your cleo
ton to the office of representative of the
county of Meagher to the seventh legis-
lative assembly of the state of Montana
is contested and that true, correct and
certified copy of the statement of the
grounds of contest, verified by the oath
of contestant and filed With the clerk
of the district court of the county of
Meagher. is hereto attached and made
part of this notice.
You are further notified that deposit
lions of such witnesses as this contestant
and you may wish to examine in rela-
ton to said contest will be taken before
E. c. fairfield and j. b. Whitson. JUS
tees of the peace of said Meacher coun-
~, at the court house in White Sulphur
Springs. at o'clock p. M, on the 31st
day of December. 1900, and that a COM
mission to take such dispositions has been
issued by the clerk of the district court
of the said county of Meagher, state of
Montana
Dated this tenth day of December, 1900.
H. NJ BROOKS. Contestant.
STATEMENT OF CONTESTANT.
H. NJ. Brooks, contestant, presents and
files this, his statement of contest and
alleges:
/. That he is citizen of the United
States and over the age of twenty-four
years, and has resided in the county of
Meagher, state of Montana, more than
three years prior to the 9Th day of No.
I vember, 1900, and was on said day duly
qualified elector in said county and state,
3 That prior to the calling and hold
ing of the county convention hereinafter
mentioned a state convection of the peo-
pies party was regularly called and held.
at which candidates for electors for pres
ident and vice-president of the United
States. for representatives in congress
and all state offices voted for at the cleo
ton held on the 9th day of November,
1900 were nominated and platform de-
claring the principles of said party was
adopted.
g. That on the 18th day of October
! 1900 convention of said party for the
county of Meagher was duly and regu-
larly called and held, at which J. H.
! Freezer was regularly nominated for the
office of representative for the county OF
1 Meagher. in the seventh Legislative as
sembly of the state of Montana; that
certificate of his nomination for such Of
flee by said convention, stating the name
of the said j. II. Freezer, his residence,
business and business address, the office
for which he had been nominated and
and also stating in less than five words
the name of the party which said con-
vention represented, signed by the pre-
siding officer and secretary of such con-
vention, to which was added their re-
spective place of residence, business and
business address. was prior to the 18th
day of October. 1900 delivered to and
filed with the clerk of said county of
Meagher.
! 4. That the county clerk and recorder
of the said county of Meagher wilfully,
! wrongfully and unlawfully refused to
place the name of the said j. H. Freezer
on said ballot.
5. That there was printed and placed
upon said official ballot the name of j.
NJ. Kumpe and John Blewett as the NOM
inees and candidates of the Independent
democratic party for such office, that
there was printed and placed on said Of
fetal ballot the names of Nathan Godfrey
and c. l.. Murray as the nominees and
candidates of the republican party for
such offices.
6. That by reason of the fact that said
]. H. Freezer's name was not placed upon
said official ballot, and Freezer was de-
prived of a number fvotes of the vot-
ers of Meagher county which he would
have gotten had his name appeared upon
said ballOr