The daily sentinel., 1905-04-06
THE LAW IN
THE CASE

II is now pretty generally conced-
ed that an error in counting the bal
lots occurred in the Third and Fourth
. wards of this city which will affect
the personnel of the aldermanic body,
If a contest be made.
The law is most specific regarding
the manner in which ballots shall
be counted where there are two or
more candidates. Where the party
voting a straight ticket desires to
cut one of the aldermanic nominees
of his party, he must draw line
through the candidate of his party
the party for which he is casting a
straight ticket-for whom he does
not desire to vote.
In many cases this was not done
and a cross was placed opposite the
name of the member of some other
party for whom the voter wished to
vote, without destroying the name
of the party by marking line
through the name. This was mani
festly wrong and worked an injury
on the candidate whose name, against
which the cross was marked. was
counted This should not have been
done.
The following is the language of
the law;
In case there are two or
more candidates upon each tick
ct for Offices bearing the same
name, and also marks opposite
particular candidate upon
some other ticket for that of
flee. he shall draw line
through the name of the can
didate upon the ticket he has
filled In the party name of
which he does not wish count
ed by reason of his having vot-
ed for a candidate upon an OPP
posite ticket for that Office In
case the voter marks opposite
the name of candidate where
there is more than one candi-
date upon each ticket for Offices
bearing the same name, and
does not draw line through
the name of any candidate upon
the ticket he has filed in the
OI, Sutn NDeCIni
mark opposite the individual
candidate shall not he counted"
That contest should be made-a
friendly contest. in which the rights
of no nominee should be abridged
is conceded. 1t may be that re-
publican nominee would secure more
votes through contest or vice YER
sa. If n contest be made, it should
be done with eminent fairness and
with full consideration for the rights
of every nominee: that is the only
way tht it should or can be done.
We are not living to repeat the meth
DDS of annulling the will of the peo-
Pile. as did the Peabody conspirators
If there is a friendly contest be
gun, it must be done only on lines of
equal rights to all concerned.
The judges on both sides coneede
that they made mistake in count
ing the ballots. recount cannot
be made, because the ballot boxes
cannot be opened legally after once
returning them to the city clerk The
only recourse is a friendly contest.
which will not cost cent to be made
90.
Evidences of spring are manifest
on every hand. and none is so pleas
ant as the singing of the birds re
turning to their homes for the sum
mer
20. o..
senator DeLong need not arrive in
this city shamefaced' for any act of
his as a member of the infamous and
notorious fifteenth assembly His
acts We're those of true man: not
those OF a political hireling. and the
same can be said of Representative
Hoyt
90.
Men with consciences are not want
ed in the republican party. Senator
DeLong and Representative Hoyt /
have been officially read from the
republican party and notice served /.
on them by State Chairman d. r. I
Farley that they are persona non .
grata to the party now owned by the .
smelter trust and the Colorado Fuel .
4 Iron Company.
90. o..
Garrett p. Serviss, whose writings
and teachings on astronomy have oc-
cupied a central position in the pas
pers and magazines of the country
during the past few years. is out in
an article explaining the remarkable
cool summer weather of the past
two or three years. He attributes
the character of the weather to the
cooling Of the sun. The heat there