The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-11-18
FRAUDS in
SILVER BOW
Democrats Voted Repeaters and
the Judges Violated the
Election Laws

Saturdays Butte News: Claim
ing that every Republican on the
county and legislature tickets was
elected Tuesday with the exception
OF county attorney and state sena-
tor, the republican county COM
mittee will contest the Silver Bow
county election in the courts on
the ground that flagrant frauds
were committed in its conduct.
Illegal votes to the number OF sew
eral hundred were cast by men
who voted the Democratic ticket,
and the county committee, through
its chairman, John F. Davies, will
ask that these votes be eliminated
from the official count and that the
Republican candidates be given
the Offices to wh,cn they were elect
ed.
/ A mass of data has been accum-
ulating since the morning after
election in the hands of the county
committeeman providing conclu-
sivel9 'nat large number Of illegal
votes were cast by rcpeaters and
those who were not qualified cleo.
tors. For the past three days
committeeman have been busy
collecting evidence to present to
the district court in support OF the
contest which will be instituted in
the name OF the Republican can.
didates and the Silver Bow organ
ization.
"Votes were colonized," said
Mr.. Davies this morning, "and
hundreds Of votes absolutely illegal
were cast in many preosnI,s, The
conduct of the election, from the
arrangement ofthe voting machines
10 the actual balloting, was not
only high-bandei, but outrageous.
"In one precinct the judges alb
solutely refused to give any ex-
PLANTATION OF the machines to voters
unless they were gong to vote
right in another the judges were
all drunk. save Republican who
served on the board and who was
relegated to the position Of hand
ling the curtains. In another pre-
cinct dozens of names were voted
where the electors actually regist
cred were either out OF town or not
able to vote.
| Zone Judge delegated to instruct
voters refused TO show electors
anything but the Democratic
column. We have evidence in
dozen cases where men were taken
from precinct to precinct, even
early in the day and voted for act.
nal electors. who later presented
themselves, and were informed that
their names had been voted. One
man registered in one precinct,
and because he was unable to get
TO the precinct where he was re-
gistered, he was permitted by the
Democratic board to vote in an
other district.
"Three men tried tn vote one
name In down town precinct and
a colored man got TO the booth
hrst and recorded his vote before
the others arrived. This was a
biz OF bad management on the part
of the men who were behind the
frauds. The eiector whose name
was voted was hosting engineer
at one of the mines and was on
day shit
There are absolutely several
hundred names on the poll lists
which were voted representing the
names OF repeateIs, and great
many names OF persons who act
ually exist, but who represent the
floating population and have es-
tablished no legal residence here.
I'VE expect to have our eyi-
dence in large number OF cases
complete early next week, when
contest proceedings will be insti-
tuted.n
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