The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-17
BROWN HOLDS FOR NEGRO
Specinl Judge Says There Were
no Irregularities in Murphy
Favor Election

That S, J Favor, negro, is entitled
10 Judgment OF custer against
James ri Murphy and Il entitled e
take the position of commissioner
f0r the second district Of Logan
county is the conclusion Of Milton
Brown. special nudge in the su
peTior court His finding was delly
cred this morning
Counsel for Murphy, @ q Hornor
gaya notice ot q motion for new
trial and 5 o'clock this evening WAS
sci for the hearing The natter OF
stay pending appeal will also come
up at that time.
Favor IN d negro who held the OF,
fec OK commissioner for two years
Last fan the county election board
awarded the office to James d. Muir,
ply, democrat, and he has been sery.
ing since Jam 3 If the action oi
the superior court stands the polit,
lcal complexion OF the board will be
changed John OiNeil Is the Demo.
cratic member intact and Il. J. Ober-
holzer is the Republican member.
Murphy Makes Strong Showing.
The showing made BY Murphy
against the dark precincts was
strong. Voters without qualifica.
tlons were discovered in several
townships and persons undel age
voted AL Iowa a big negro named
Flannoy forced his way into the
election room and stayed there de,
spite the protests OF the managers.
urown held that while the presence
Of Flannoy was not justified and that
he may be liable to criminal action.
Il did not appear that his presence
intimidated voters A Justice OF the
peace AZ the same place undertook
TO take charge OF election space,
saying he wanted to hold court. He
was persuaded to get out bu he
spent the day around the polls Isl
suing certificates TO people denied
votes under the state Law.
The so-called grandfather law.
Brown holds. was severely enforced
except in Antelope township, where
unqualified persons were allowed TO
vote. They were required merely
40 read a secsiOn OF the constitution
and were not required to write amy
thing.
Returns From Three Townships Dis
putcu
The fight for Favor was largely
based on the action of the county
election board in refusing to canvass
returns from North Cimamon, Iowa
and Antelope.
Favor claimed that the returns
50 rejected would have elected him.
The showing OF Murphy was direct.
ed to the Irregularities and intimida.
fions at the polling places in those
townships
The court took notice OF two in.
ciuerss in connection with the case
alleged tampering with desk con.
tanning tally sheets aud The setting
Oh fire 0f a sack OF ballots IN the
basement Of the county building on
April 26. The Springvale sack was
burned. This sack the court found
70 have contained disputed ballots
On the face Of the returns Favor
claimed that he had 662 out Of d
total 81 i22l and thai Murphy re.
ceiyed $50. The election board
that several townships were not prop.
erly certified and that ballots were
mutllated The court, after going
through all the papers, announced
his finding OF the vote as follows:
Favor, Republican. 584: Alurphy.
Democrat 422; f. C. Johnson So.
ciallst, S5. Snringvale townsnlr
Kas the crucial point. II was claim
81 By Favor that somebody altered
the returns 10 that they gave Muir
ply i32 yctos instead Of 32. The
court found thar springyale legally
cast only 73 votes.
ihe case was started April rs. in
taie superior court and has been on
several timss since.