Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-10-14
THERE WILL BE NO
SPECIAL ELECTION
RumOrS Given Out Respecting Contest Are
Erroneous and UnfOunded States
Temperance Leaders.

Respecting the many rumors re-
garding a contest of the Special cleo
tion held last Wednesday for the pur-
pose OF voting on Local Option the
Capital News of last Monday prints
lengthy interview with Mr.. E. d.
Nichols, in which Nichols gives out
the information that the election will
be contested.
Mr.. o. E. Norell, who was most
active in the cause of the Prohibit
tionists in this city when asked by
a representative OF this paper regard
ing the report, stated that It was
complete surprise to him, and he
could not understand it. 81 have
no knowledge of an intention on the
part of the prohibition forces in this
county to contest the election. and
am at a loss to account for the re-
ported interview appearing in the
Capital News" he stated. Although
we are defeated for the present, we
are bound to win in the future. The
weather was against us last Wednes-
day or we would have won by very
safe majority"
Regarding the reference to Mr.. c.
r. Corker and his connection with
the contest. the Glenns Ferry Gazette
prints the following
In an interview with Mr.. Corker
yesterday. he stated that he took no
part in challenging voters. that he
did not work around the polls furth-
er than to swear in the clerks and
judges there being no officer present
to perform this duty That while he
believed several votes were cast that
could have been looked into more
closely he did not intend to start
any contest. nor had he intended to
at any time. A contest would drag
over into the next campaign and en-
gender much hard feeling without
accomplishing any good. Mr. Corker
stated however, that he expected the
next campaign to be fought on the
liquor issue and that it was probable
that it would result in statewide
prohibition"
1t is the same old bunco game Of
the political trickster attempting to.
Great sentiment. Anyone knows and
can readily realize that if any votes
are thrown out it will be the whole
vote of any precinct named to the
court How could Mr. Nichols es-
tablish to a court the complexion Of
the votes to be thrown out? The
vets could just as readily bring
the same action against the same
votes in the same court and It would
be up to the court to determine
whether the II votes were wet" or
dry. No court could compel a man
to state how he voted, much less take
his word for f.
If it were possible and necessary
to throw out any votes the possibil-
tiles for gain lies wholly in the hands
of the "wets"
In this precinct women deliberate
ly entered the polling places, marked
folded and placed in the hands Of
voters known to be "wet" the ballots
cast. which were "dry" thus deceiv-
ing the voter and violating all moral
and civil laws Of right and decency.
Up at Atlanta people were de-
frauded out Of their right to vote by
being informed that they would have
to be transferred from former resi-
dent places in order to vote, and
could not register there This in
face of the fact that they had resided
in Atlanta in some instances much
longer than the required time. Con-
sequently on election day when they
appeared to cast a ballot, their
names did not appear on the regis
tration books and they lost their
vote. We have not heard Of any dry
voters being defrauded out Of their
right to vote in any of the precincts
On election day the polls in Allan
Ia we're not opened until 1852 a. m.
The law states specifically that the
polls shall open at a. m, and that
if due to the absnce of any member
Of the board they are delayed they
shall then open on an even hour
thereafter Again, a certain John
Grinnell was mistaken by the clerk