The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-24
HEPBURN GIVES NOTICE
Official Notice is Served on Con-
gressman-EieCt Jameson that
Hepburn will Contest.

Hepburn will Contest.
The official notice of the contest
brought by Col. Hepburn to try and
thwart the expressed will of the people
of the Eighth district was served on
Congressman Jameson last week, and
as the people generally are very much
interested in this matter we print the
notice in full. as follows:
In the matter uf tho representative
in the Congress Of The United States in
the Glst Congress from the Eighth con-
grcssional district of the state of iowa.
William P. Hepburn,
contestant. No4;
William ID. Jameson, 1,eIl.e ne
contestee. Non'oeo.
To the Honorable William D. Jameson,
returned as representative elect in the
Sixty-first congress of the United States
for the Eighth congressional district of
Iowa.
Sir: You are hereby notified that
intend to contest your right to a seat.
in the SiXty-frst congress of the
United States as representative from
the Eighth congressional district of
Iowa, under the provisions of section
1O4 to 130 inclusive revised statutes of
the United States and amendments
thereto. You are further notified that
| shall claim and prove upon the hear
ing that in the election held on the 3rd
day of November, 1908, in and for said
congressional district said district be-
ing composed of the counties of Adams,
Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont,
Lucas, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Union
and Wayne, and in each of the town
ships and voting precincts of said coun-
ties, votes were cast for this contestant
which were by the canvassing boards of
the said several townships and precincts
in each said counties failed to be
counted which were legally cast for
this contestant and should have been
so counted; that said votes were suf-
ficient in number to have created, con-
stituted, made and assured majority
for this contestant of all the legal votes
cast; that the same were rejected by
the boards constituting the election
judges and clerks of the said several
townships and precincts and each of
them in each of said counties for the
reason that the said election boards
were mislead and mistaken in their
Judgment, and rejected said votes on
account of alleged identifying marks,
which said marks were not in a. true
sense identify ing marks tending to dis
tinguish said ballots from other ballots
cast and this contestant will insist that
the said votes so rejected in each and
every one of the said precincts and
townships in each of the said several
counties aforesaid should be fairly and
rightfu'ly counted for this contestant.
| Won NO nj hov 1, g.
testant will claim and prove at the
hearing that in each and every town
ship and precinct of each of the said
counties above mentioned, votes were
fairly cast for this contestant, which
were by mistake of Judgment omitted,
failed and refused to be counted for
i this contestant, and held by the said
election board in the said several pre-
cincts and townships to be invalid be-
cause Of diverse imperfections in the
manner of casting said votes, and
which said votes and ballots this con-
testant will show and prove upon the
hearing were fairly and sufficiently
voted and were sufficient, under the
circumstances and conditions surround.
ing the casting of the said votes, to
indicate the preference of the said
voters for this contestant, and shows
the intent Of the voters for this con.
testant, and which should have beer
counted for this contestant, said votes
being in number sufficient to make
constitute and create legal majority
for this contestant of all the votes legal
ly cast.
| You are further notified that ! shal
claim and prove at the hearing that ir
each and every township and voting
precinct of the several counties above
mentioned votes were by the election
board counted for the contestee which
should not have been counted for the
reason that said ballots bear distin
gushing marks invalidating the same
and for the further reason that ballot,
were counted for the contestee which
were SO imperfectIy marked as not tc
evidence the intent of the voter, anG
which should not have been counted
that said ballots SO improperly counted
for the contestee were sufficient ir
number to change the result of the sale
election.
You are further notified and re-
l.spectfully advised that this contestant
is unable in this notice to set forth spe
cifically or inform you of the number o1
such votes of either of the above named
classes in the said several voting pre-
cints and townships SO cast which the
contestant is entitled to count and
which were wrongfully counted for You
for the reason that by the laws of the