The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-16

Saturday evening by the announce
nnent that suit would be begun il
The superior court Monday or Tues
day of this week TO Gust Justice
Doust and Taggard and Constable
Cayou and Hammel from the office
.for which they recently qualified, ant
which they were to assume Monday
The initial steps were taken JUS
before the auditors office closed
lanes R. Coe and w. H. Hatfiel.
appeared before Auditor Newcomt
in company with one of their attor
Ineys, Geo. F. McAulay, and STATED
shat they had been informed tina
they were duly elected justice of the
peace and constable. respectively, ol
North Yakima precinct and came tc
demand their certificates of election
Did you get this information con.
corning your election from this of
rice?" asked the auditor.
Both admitted that the information
came from other sources Mr.. New
comb then declined to issue the
certificates, as evidently the appli-
cants had expected.
From Attorney McAulay it We
learned that Messrs. Coe and Hat
field would not let the matter rest
with the requests for certificates of
election. which was apparently a
mere formal proceeding. He stateJ
they would institute legal proceed
ings not later than Tuesday to cor
test the validity of the election
the republican candidates for the
offices above named. He said tina,
the petitioners would be represented
by Floyd Hatfield and himself. Sep
arate petitions will be filed, but tn
two attorneys will represent the de.
PENDANT in each. He declined tc
state what line of action would b,
followed, stating that more than ont
existed. and that the decision would
depend upon developments of other
matters. This was all he would say
in regard to the matter.
The Herald representative wen
at once to Justice Taggarj and Jus
aice Doust and asked for an expires
sion from them Neither had bee
previously Informed of the intention
of the petitioners. and both wert
greatly surprised.
Il had not heard of any such il
tention." said Justice Taggard Il
is surprise to me. l will want
little time to investigate the mat
ter before | am ready to say what
next move, although I have mad
none. After the next step is take
= wall be better prepared to sa,
whether / will oppose their action In
the courts 2
Justice DousJ said: "Why, the
whole natter is a surprise to mt
All that l can say at this time j.
chat 1t is apparent that the NOV
is a dirty little political trick, and
That it in no way represents the de-
sire of the people. AS to opposin:
Uhe proceedings, I cannot say wheth
Ger will or not / was not keen /
che office, and it IS not to be ex
pected that will make any siren
uous efforts to hold It,"
The ground upon which the peti
tioners base their hope to success.
fully contest the result of the cleo
eion lies in the fact that a change
IN the law prov1ding for justices and
constables was made In 1905, and
further fact that the change has not
been needed In North Yakima. Il
brief, under the new law. cities
more than 5000 inhabitants are en-
titled to enc justice of the peace and
one constable, and only one OF each
The law provides that the justic,
shall reoeive a salary of 500 pc
month. aud the constable salary OF
$500 per rear, and that all fees col
fected shaai be turned over to
state. Tar0sgh some oversight t.
change Ia the law did not become
known in this city until about the
time Of the last general election. The
discovery is said to have been made
by Attorney Floyd Hatfield. Will
rummaging around in the labyrinth
of the code one day. and he in
stantly setEsd upon the knowlejgc
as a possible means of placing in
office tive candidates for whom
che people did not cast enough
votes to elect