Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-11
HARD|KER HAS NO COMPLAINT
 ID MAKE
He Will Not Institute Contest Unless Committee So Di- rects-Law Says lrregulari- ties Do Not Count.

"I was beaten and so far as the judges are concerned was beaten on the square. So far as 1 know the eIec- ton board were my friends. In fact, believe almost everyone in Douglas is my friend, though many of them of course voted against me. am not hollowing fraud for l don't believe any fraud was committed.
 "As for the contest in precinct 4 | am not in any wise interested In it. Whether I am to become interested in one Is a matter that is entirely up to my party. If the county committee says to contest the election l will. of course, act as they direet.--George Hardiker, defeated republican candi- date for justice of the peace. What the Law Is.
 Territory vs. Mohave county: 12 Pa cific. 730.
 'It is the object of elections to ascertain a free expression of the will of the voters, and no MERE IRREG- ULARITY CAN BE CONSIDERED unless 1t be shown that the result has been affected by such irregularity." From the foregoing it may be seen how a good loser takes his defeat and what difficulties the contestee of the election in precinct 4 will have to overcome in order to win a contest Thus far MT. Overlook who Is the only one making any strong talk about contesting the election has only men tioned few irregularities. In order to accomplish anything with his con- test he will have to show that by req son of those irregularities fraud was committed and he will have to show up the fraud. Doubtless everyone aI- ready has spread out before his wis., ion large oil painting of MT. Overlook getting this evidence The law on the case is very plain. The quotation giv- en above Is from a decision of the Arizona supreme court and in which the supreme courts of several other states have concurred.
 It is announced that Mr. Overlook does not propose to charge the election board with direct fraud but will main- tain that because of their violation of one or two technical points fraud was committed. Even this he will have to prove and it is believed that this will be an impossible task for no one believes there was any fraud.
 Mir. Overlook has given up his pro posed contest on the ground of the board taking the election boxes to their meals with them, but has found another one. He has gathered up some old unused ballots thrown away and is showing them around as evil dence upon which he will contest the election on the charge of fraud
 l Andy Scott was inspector of cleo. ton in the precinct. He is a good cit. izen and has a reputation for being on the square that will average up well, to say the least of it. Doubtless his opinion of Mir. Overlock's contest will be of interest:
 'T have this to say" said MT. Scott
 every ballot counted went into the
 boxes and are still in them. I would like to see count made of them to ascertain just how correct our figures are
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 in June, 1907, and on the first Wednes
 day in June each year thereafter: tha,
 the number of directors for the first
 year shall be three, and the members
 of the Board of Directors for the first
 year and until their successors are
 chosen and qualified are E. C. Eason D. P. Hickey, and D. NJ. Simpson
 that the officers of said corporation shall be President, Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer. and such oth
 CT officers as the Board of Directors may deem necessary.
 6. That the Board of Directors shal
 have the power to make, alter, ana
 amend Bylaws for the corporation lthat the Indebtedness Of said corpor ation shall not at any time exceed
 two-thiris of the capital stock issued . and outstanding; and that the private property of the stockholders of sait corporation shall be exempt from lia f biiity for corporate debts.
 , IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have } lhereunto set our hands and seals thi, 18th day of October, A. D 1906. I E. c. EASON. (SEAL.) Il D. P. HICKEY. (SEAL.) D. N. SIMPSON. (SEAL-) Territory of Arizona, County of Co