, 1906-12-20
CONTEST BEGUN. !. FOR
THE SHER|FF'S OFFICE
cinct No. 2 of the city district, precinct
No. 3, precinct No. 4, precinct No. 5,
precinct No. 6 and precinct No. 7.
Omission Charued at Rock River.

omission charged at Hock RlVer.
In the Rock River precinct, Nc. / of
election district No. 8, the petition
states that twenty votes cast fof Reals
were counted for Bath, and hat in
said election precinct and district the
judges Of election "unlawfully counted
and returned a large number Of votes,
to-wit, eight votes, for said defendant
which were unlawful and Invalid for
the reason that they did not each have
the official stamp and the initials of
one of the judges of election on the
back thereof as required by law" Fail
ure to require said voters ito first
register as required by law, all of
whom (about forty, he petition says)
voted for said defendant, whose names
cannot now be ascertained by the said
plaintiff"
One Judge Was Absent.
In the West Laramie precinct, the
petition states that the judges of cleo
ton did unlawfully count and can
vass for the said defendant twenty-sev-
en- votes which were Illegal n void
and should not have been counted for
the following reasons, to-wit, That none
of said voters casting said votes were
registered and two judges of election
only were present and acted during the
whole of the said election in receiving,
in counting, in making the and
in returning said votes" The plaintiff
asserts that he was deprived of ten
votes which the judges failed to count
and return for him in this precinct. The
absence of the stamp INT the initials
of n of the judges en- the ballots is
also set up in this precinct.
Many Precincts Included.
Sherman No. /, Sherman No. 8, Wyo-
ming, Mountain Home No. 2, Laramie
Peak, Duck Creek No. /, Duck Creek
No. 3, Sibylee, Horse Creek No. 2,
Lodge Pole, Soda Lakes No. 1, Soda
Lakes No. 2, Big Laramie, Woods, Jelm
No. 2, Keystone No. 8, or Holmes,
Mandel and Seven Mile are mentioned
in the petition, where votes were re-
turned for Bath-that should have been
returned for Reals and for Hicks and
where voters were not required to reg
lister. The thirty-third count is as fol
lows:
Number of Illegal Votes.
and commissions aforesaid, the plain
tiff has been and was deprived in the
canvass of said votes at said election
Of a large number of legal votes cast
and intended to be cast for him, to-wit,
about two hundred and twenty legal
votes, and the said defendant has been
given a large number of votes, to-wit,
about two hundred and ~thirty-ive
votes, to which he was and is not en-
titled, whereas a rue canvass of said
votes and said returns would have CIV
and will give a majority and higher
of legal votes cast at said cleo
ton in said county to said plaintiff,
and would have entitled and will enti-
tie him to the certificate of election to
said office of sheriff of and for the said
of Albany, in the state of wy
oming."
More, to Be Added.
"34. That there are other omissions
and Irregularities of the different cleo
ton judges in the several election pre-
cincts of said county of Albany IN re-
in canvassing and returning
the votes cast in their several pre-
cincts for the Office OF sheriff of said
county, at said election, which plain
tiff cannot now ascertain, but which
asks to herein set forth hereafter in
apt words, and by which the said plain
tiff was deprived OF a sufficient num-
Der of votes which were given and
counted for said defendant or said Ed
ward NJ. Hicks to have elected the
said plaintiff at said election to said
office Of sheriff Of said county of AL
bany.
Certificate WrongfuIly Issued.
Wherefore, the plaintiff prays judg-
ment against the said defendant, that
said certificate of election issued to
said defendant be annulled, set aside
and held for naught, that all of the
votes cast in said county for candidates
for office of sheriff be r%ecounted and re
canvassed, that all illegal and invalid
votes for said defendant shall be ex-
cluded, and hat the said plaintiff be
declared elected to said office of sheriff
in and for the said county of Albany.
in the state of wyoming, and entitled
to receive the certificate of election
over said defendant to said office, and
that he NAV recover his costs herein,
and that he may have such other and
further relief as the facts and circum-
stances of this case may require and
as shall be just and equitable
Attorney Believes In Case.
Mr.. Downey, in discussing the petit
t,on. said he had entire faith in the
merits Of the case and that he had no
doubt of the election of Mr.. Reals by