The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-19
THE CONTESTED ELECTION.
Hearing In the Proceedings to Gust Judge
krickbaum.

A hearing was held before Judge
Evans on Wednesday in the pro
ceedings instituted to contest the
election of Associate Judge Viii.
liam Krickbaum at the recent cleo
ton.
1t will be remembered that the
latter was declared elected by a
majority of 81. Geo. NJ. Hughes,
the defeated Republican candidate,
represented by c. c. Yetter, Esq.
claims that owing to irregularities
in the vote in Mifflin township,
Whitney Hess persisting in serving
as judge of election in place of the
regularly elected officer, the entire
vote should be thrown out. This
would make sufficient change in
the entire vote to give Hughes a
majority.
The petition was filed during
court and the 18th fixed for a hear
ing. Judge Krickbaum, represent
ed by Fred Ikeler, Esq, has filed
his answer, which is as follows
KRIcKBAUM's ANSWER.
William Krickbaum, respondent
h above proceedings, reserving to
himself the right to object and ex-
cept to the many errors in said pc
tition contained, and to the juris-
diction of the said Court to enter
tain the same, makes answer there
to as follows:
1st That the facts set forth in
the first and second paragraphs of
said petition are true.
2nd That respondent denies
THAT the said election of the said
William Krickbaum to said office
was undue and illegal and the re-
turn thereof not correct" That
the facts alleged in said petition as
reasons why said election was lille
gal, not being set forth in separate
paragraphs, consecutively number
ed, the respondent cannot make
answer according to specific para
graphs, but for general answer to
the statements IN said petition, he
answers as follows:
That in the election district of
the township Of Mi.liu, in said
county, at the general election held
November 5, 1907, William Krick-
baum received 1O7 votes and Geo.
NJ. Hughes received 80 votes for
the Office Of Associate Judge; that
the said votes were all cast by le-
gal voters of the said district, with
out any fraud, mistake, discrimina-
tion or improper conduct whatso-
ever, and that the result of the
election in said district of Mif1lin
township, wherein and whereby
William Krickbaum received Io7
votes and George M. Hughes re-
ceived 50 votes, for the said Office
of Associate Judge, was not chang
ed, altered or affected by any act,
manner or thing, on the part of the
persons who constituted the cleo
tion board in said district, and your
Respondent hereby especially de-
nies that there was any fraud, de-
ceit, mistake or conduct upon the
part of said election officers in re-
ceiving, counting, returning and
certifying the votes cast in said
election district, or that said votes
we're illegally and fraudulently cast,
received, counted and returned;
and the Respondent further denies
that any act of any of the election
officers of the district in any way
gave him any undue advantage in
the election or resulted in his re
ceiving more votes, or the said
Hughes less votes, than were in
TACT received, counted and returned
as aforesaid.
3rd. The Respondent further
specially denies That many voters
by the fraudulent and illegal con-
duct of the election board, were
prevented from voting and that the
actual result of the election in Col
umbia County for Associate Judge
was changed by the false, deceitful
and fraudulent conduct of the cleo
tion board, and especially of said