Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-23

the six men vote, the judges should
have counted the ballots is a matter
open to considerable discussion. It
could not have materially changed the
face of the returns at all events.
Charged They Let Minors Vote.
These same judges are also
charged with allowing two minors to
vote. 1t does not even yet appear
whether these two voters were under
age or not However, the judges
could only act upon the best informa-
tion obtainable That was state.
ment from the parents that both
young voters were of age. 1t seems
to me the parents should know more
about such matter than any one
else
In Precinct Number g. known as
Manazano precinct, Herberto Cutter
rez, Enlalio Samora and Benigno
Baca, judges of election are charged
with preventing the. voting of Anasta-
clio Romero as he was not resident
of the precinct. The laughable feature
of this charge is that both the judges
and Romero himself, deny its truth.
The same facts exist in the case of
Roman Mrabal.
1T is also alleged that these judges
allowed one Secundino Garcia to vote
when he was not a citizen of the
United States Garcia says he is not
only resident of the United States
but that he has voted in Torrance
County for twenty-five years. He had
never before been questioned or
challenged
Another Absurd Set of Charges.
"One Of the most absurd of these
bolstered up charges is the one made
against Judge of Election James
Spencer in Precinct Number A. He is
accused of examining the ballots of
Fred Treiloff, Frank Fl. Courtney and
Frank I.ookinghill. Spencer has wit.
nesses to prove his assertion that |
these voters came to Precinct Number |
4 with certificates of registration from |
another precinct and asked to be al |
lowed to vote. They had their ball |
lets rolled in their certificates and
when Judge of Election Spencer ex-
amned the certificates, the ballots
were exposed. The complaints in
this case were not made by the per-
sons whose ballots were exposed for
two are brothers in law of Spencer.
Outside parties who evidently wanted
to make trouble, filed the complaints.
Another charge which is amusing
comes from Precinct Number II,
Pinos Wells, The judges and clerks
of election are charged with certify
ing only ffty.one votes from that pre-
cinca when there we're fifty-four cast.
The judges and clerks have only this
to say: If such a charge is true, it
was not intentional on their part to
mis-count the ballots and if there was
mis.count, 1t was an error pure and
SlHplc anu Hot q HittlVI iOi to"i
jurisdiction. This can only be de-
termined by a recount of the ballots.
Election Judge Was Not Of Age.
''In Precinct Number 5, known as
the Punta de Aqua precinct, Pablo j. |
Jaramillo and Teo Torres, judges of
election, are charged with preventing
Gregorio Sanches from acting as judge !
and with filing the vacancy thus
created with the election Of Enrique |
velasquez. The explanation OF these
judges is that Sanches was minor
and could not meet the legal require
ments for such an office.
81 do not think I need to comment |
further. These comprise the so-called
election frauds in Torrance County
of which so much talk has been
spread by the Democratic friends of
Larrazolo who would like to boost him
into Congressional seat to which he
is not entitled.
"There were no election frauds in
Torrance County-at least that
could find and looked for them
earnestly