, 1906-12-20
PETITION FILED THIS AFTER
NOON BY CHARLES REALS
AGAINST ALFRED BATH
FOR POSITION.
Ballots Cast for Plaintiff and Returned
for Defendant, Ballots Cast for So
cialist Candidate and Returned for
Defendant, Failure of Judges and
Absence of One Judge in West
Laramie Grounds of Contest.

Sheriff Charles A. Reals of this coun-
ty this afternoon began contest pro-
ceedings against Alfred H. Bath, de-
clared elected sheriff at the county
election held in the several voting pre-
cincts of this county on Tuesday, No
vember 6, 1906. The petition was pre-.
pared by S. C. Downey and Herman V.
S. Groesbeck, attorneys for the plain
tiff, and consists of twenty-five type
written pages, embracing thirty-four
counts and many allegations of wrong
full return of votes counted for Bath
that should have been counted either
for Reals or Edward M. Hicks, the So
cialist candidate at the same election.
The petition has the usual formal head
ing, as follows:
Formal Caption of Paper.
state of Wyoming. County of AL
bany, SIS. The District Court, Second
Judicial District, Within and For the
County of Albany. Charles A. Reals,
fldlulllI, VS.. Allitu II. DdthY
ant-Petition."
In the first five counts of the petit
ton the plaintiff sets up that h is
now, and at all times herein stated
was, a qualified elector of the county
of Albany, in the state of Wyoming"
that at the general election held on the
9th of November 'the plaintiff, Charles
A.. Reals, the defendant, Alfred H.
Bath, and one Edward M. Hicks were
respectively candidates for the office
of sheriff of and for said county, and
were respectively voted for as such
candidates at said election, said plain
tiff having been nominated by the re
publican; party, said defendant having
been nominated by the democratic par
.ty and said Edward M. Hicks by the
socialist party"
Bath Gets Certificate.
Thereafter, to-wit. on the 21st, 22d.
23d and oath days of November. A. D.
1906, the county clerk and two justices
of the peace of said county, constitut-
ing the board of county of
said county, did proceed to anvass the
said vote given at said election, and
did declare said defendant elected to
said office of sheriff of and for the
county of Albany, in the state of Wyo-
Edward NJ. Hicks, whereupon the coun-
ty clerk of said county did issue to
said defendant a certificate of election
to said office of sheriff"
Abstract Of the Votes.
The fourth count says that, accord
ing to the abstract of the votes made
by the said board of county canvass
ers, the defendant was declared to
have received LII votes and the plain
tiff 1865 votes and the said Edward
M. Hicks 14S votes for said office, the
said plaintiff, defendant and Edward
M. Hicks being the only candidates
voted for at said election for the Of
fee OF sheriff"
The fifth count says: Said plain
tiff, in fact. received a greater num-
Der of the legal votes cast in said coun-
ty than said defendant or the said
Edward M. Hicks, n was, in fact,
elected to said office of sheriff Of the
said county of Albany in place of said
defendant, for that reason and be-
cause"
The Count in the City.
The petition then goes on to say that
Gin polling precinct No. 1, in election
district No. 4 of said county, said dis
trict being the city of Laramie, at said
election, in canvassing and counting
the votes cast in said precinct, the
Judges of election in canvassing and
counting the votes cast in said pre-
cinct unlawfully deprived the plaintiff
of a large number of votes, to-wft,
twenty legal votes, cast for him in a
precinct, and failed to count or return
them for said plaintiff. The said
judges of election in said precinct NO,
}. In said election district NO. A OF
said county, at the said election, IN
canvassing and counting the votes cast
in said precinct unlawfully counte
and returned a large number OF votes,
to-wit. twenty votes, for said defendant
which were not cast for him. The
said judges of election in said precinct
No. 1, in said election district No. 4 Of
said county, at said election, in can
wasting and counting the votes cast In
said precinct, unlawfully counted ane
returned a large number of votes, to
wit, ten votes, for said defendant which
were not cast for him, but were cas-
for and should have been counted ant
returned for said Edward M. Hicks
Similar charges are made as to pre-