The daily Republican., 1902-10-15
AN OPPOSITION. r
TICKET FILED.
regular Republicans Throw
Out Returns Of Eleventh
Primary District.
SPARKS AND RUDOLPH
Are Placed in Opposition to
Robertson and Philips, the
Union Republican
Candidates.


llcans was filed Yesterday afternoon
with Cleric OF the Peace Quigley.
The County ClmlHitte. at its III et-
ing previously rejected the returns
OF the. Eleventh primary district aud
George W. Sparks ana Charles a.
Rudolph were accordingly declared
the candidates for State Senator and
Representative, respectively, there.
The Union Republican ticket con-
talns the names OF james W. Robert.
son and Erwin f. Philips for the
same Offices, the Union Republicans
maintaining that the election returns
were correc, and that there was no
fraud at the polls.
On the other hand the Regular Re-
publicans maintain that traudule Mt
ballots we're counted and different
box substituted.
When the Republican County Com
mittee met yesterday afternoon Sec
rotary lolls resigned aud Edmund
Mitchell was uamed 10 succeed him.
The report OF The members OF the
l0iut committee was received aud
the contested district returns were
then considered. Horace G. Knowles
represented Mr.. Sparks aud Mr., ku-
dolph and conducted the cxamtna.
tiOn OF tie witnesses.
1t was shown that for ten minutes
the polling place was closed, anl
nobody was permitted t" enter "r
seeinto the room. Mir. Sparks t9S-
titled that the ballot box returned
to Sheriff Mcdaniel was not tho box
in which the tickets We're deposited
on the day Of election. In ad!iti ii
to this tho atfl,laVIts Of slXty-seycl
men, who sworo they EOtel for
Sparks and Rudolph, were submit
ted, along with the names OF thirty
others who would appear before the
committee and testify thAy vDtel
for the contestants. Sparks and
Rudolph received only 81 votes each,
according to the returns from the
district. and if they had been crt,l-
tied with the votes Of all the
atlantis they would have BEEN elect
cd. After hearing the evidence the
committee unanimously threw olt
the vote of the district and declared
Sparks and Rudolph the nominees.
Deputy Sheriff Mcdaniel who
was among the witnes1et called by
MI. Knowles to sustain the charseo of
fraud in the district, sWOrD that al
though Jonathan l. Roberts. aerre-
y. tary of the department Of elections,
~ pad said there were thirty'nnc eIee-
ion districts in the city, thirty-tWo
ballot boxes were taken from the
sheriff's Office. 1t was male to APP
y, pear that the extra box had done
eeseryice in the Eleventh district
fa' Mr.. KNOWLES. offered III AYII me
altsixty seven aitilavjt, thai had been
,semade by voters living i'll tn" Elrv-
no enth district, each uttesting he had
voted for Rudolph and Sparks. Mr..
lshKnowles added that Lie had Il list Of
nethirty more men who HAD not made
~ affidavit4 but who wer" willing to
swear before III" committee that
they had voted for the contestants.
Mr. Knowles made Il plea Ton jus
tios, SAYING there was no middle
ground to be- taken. Tnera either
was fraud, or there was not fraud.
and the committee should decide.
Mr. Knowles cuutenlel that even
If it was shown that one more VUt"
had been deposited for either Mr..
Rudolph CT Mr.. SPARKS Cham had
been counted for them it showed
la, Il
lent to rauSe their cl"rtlun III the
entire district. Mr. Knowles was
warmly appIallrlcd at the rlosa OF
his address.
UNIOS MEN say 50 FRAUD.
TO offset the Charge OF fraud in the
district the union men had Joseph
W. Magnet and solomon ". Baker
appear before Magistrate bradley
last night to make anIlvlt at fol-
lows.
That there were clerks ,on October
4, 1902, at the Eleventh primary
election district, that they were
present from The opening Of the polls
to the compcl on Of the count, that
there was but Lne ballot box IN the
ION in which the ballots were re.
t.lved and from winch the ballots
were counted at the close OF the polls
and at no time from the opening OF
the polls to the completion Of the
counting Of the ballots was tic ba,'
lot box otsCurcd from view. That
H. was not more Than three minutes
from the time the window went dDwa
until the public we're admitted. We
had TO remove the chairs and tab IL
50 as TO clear the way, as the table
and cha were up against the door.
The ballots counted we're tho ballots
received aud we further say THIS IS
the first job we ever mad from ON
party. We arc mechanics and 1t Is
the first time we have ever been