Evening journal., 1909-07-02
DEMOCRATS SET
UP FRAUD" CRY
DR.. Almond and Mr.. Allen
Want Entire District
Thrown Out
IMPERSONATION
AND IMPROPER COURT

As was expected, contests were flied
in City Council last night. by DR..
Charles NJ. Almond and Benjamin 3.
Allen. Democratic candidates for city
treasurer and Council In the Second
ward respectively. They ask that the
vote of the fourth district of the Sec
ond ward. which gave more than 200
Republican majority. be thrown out on
a ground OF alleged fraud. The papers
were presented by Councilman His
gins, Of the Third ward. and were
read by Clerk Of Council Thomas S.
Lewis.
The charges made in both were prac-
tically identical. Notice of the con
test was served on Councilman Walter
Rash, Of the Second wArd. by John
Quinn, who lives in that section, be-
fore Council was called to order
j. Harvey Whiteman and Thomas
2. Bayard are looking after the inter-
ests Of DR.. Almond and Mr Allen.
Mr.. Rash is represented by Philip L.
Garrett. Rash has an official ma
jority OF 50 votes. Mr.. Ross is out of
the city and it is not known who will
represent him. Mr.. Ross has an Off
cial majority of % votes
Following the reading OF the petit
tions Council passed a resolution fix
ing Monday, July l.. at s o'clock p. M,
as the time for hearing both contests.
Or. Almonds Charges.
The papers in DR.. Almonds case
charge that in the second district OF
| the Fourth ward, on election day, 24g
/ votes we're returned for Mr.. Ross and
but eleven for Almond. Mr.. Ross vote
being largely in excess Of the lega
vote received. The petitioner sets fortf
that he believes that upwards Of hftS
voters were impersonated; that up.
ward of twenty voters were illegally
registered and that ten persons wer,
registeredffrom houses which did no-
then exist and do not now exist i'm tn,
said election district Furthermore
that twenty-one straight Democrati,
tickets were cast and that three of thi.
/ number were rejected. yet the peti
toner only received eleven vots: tha
th poll lists showed five less namei
than the number Of votes recorded
and that the Democrats were refused
Democratic clerk at the voting place
and instead. one George Rider. wh'
by his own confession never voted th'
Democratic ticket, was appointed al
Democratic clerk.
Or. Almond contends that withou
this district. he was elected ove
Howard ID. Ross by a vote of 7.214 t.
zoos He contended that the election
in that district was Illegal fradulen
and void.
The papers as well as those of Mr.
Allen were accompanied by affidavit
/ h.- I,n
Mayors Secretary Charles X. Lloyd, ;
notary public
Aliens Contentious.
Mr.. Aliens petition was similar 4
DR.. Almonds. He made the charg
that tho poll lists showed five les
names than votes taken from the bal
lot box. called attention to the ap
pointment of George Rider. as III
Democratic clerk. and set forth tina
twenty-one straight Democrati
tickets were voted. three being reject
ed, and that he only received twelv
He also contended that there wer
three split tickets voted with the nam
OF Walter Rash erased and his sub
stituted, but none of these ballots wa
counted for the petitioner.
Allen claims the election by a vot
OF 4o3 to PAP. with the district throw
out
Following the reading Of the pet
tions the resolution fixing the time fc
hearing the contests was passed
The resolution providing for the cor
tests empowers President Of Counc
Banning to appoint a subpoena serve
instead of having the papers serve
and witnesses summoned by Clerk {
Council Lewis or Bailiff Anderson.