Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-30
Barefaced Attempt TO Give
Majority in County a Nj
nority Representation At
Polls November 7.
HEARING STILL ON
IN DISTRICT COURT
County Commissioners Man
damused This Morning TO
Their Giving Republicans
But One Judge.

\ hearing which Is destined to play
"a large part In future in the appoint
mont 0f election Judges In this county
il on this afternoon iu the district
court. whore. Win r. s. Wood ap-
pcariug Tor thu Republicans. Felix
"a Lester for the Democrats ana
Jullus stnab for IN, progrussiNes.
With District ATTORNEY kluck fur tho
.ounty commissioners. the question
Of mandamus writ issued this
morning. preventing the commission
ors from appointing ON, election
Judge from each precinct from the
Republican party. ono from the pro-
grcssiNc and one from the Demo.
cratic, is bring heard
The hearing is occualuned hy "a
barefacod attempt on behalf of the
county commissioners. under guise Ut
naming one representative of each
party. to namo two for the same
ticket. The Domocrat-riillcnwat ag-
grrration and one from the Hrpub-
ilcans which II contrary 90 law. The
scheme was caught Dos Francis u.
Wood who. SATURDAY uight. gatherrd
somc information of what might Ice
tried today and proparrd to pa %
spoke into the wheel uf Don Jesus
Thv plot exposed bt him to-day
would alvo the n,mucraiir -Giiien-
water aggregation, under the thin
Ruisc of Gilionwatcr filing a ticket
called tbs Progressive Republican
ticket. with special emblem. but
which in reality ~ nothing more nor
less than the ticket nicd hv the
Democrats representation on the
boards OF election Judges.
The GiiienWatur ticket though
flied with the probate clerk. was mol
Published aS required by ia~. The
Democratic and Republican tickets
were ro published
~ its injecting thr morning th,
board nf county commissioner com
mittcd a pi,cr uf tnsolrhcc that foi
sheer high -hsndodness reminds on,
of IN, Tweed duya in Sew york. u
refused 10 giN, Mr W"od. who wa
appearing on behalf uf Tie Ncpubli.
can county central committee, vScs o.
much as ia minutes 60 secure from
th- district court. then la session, ga
Interpretation of the law hul proceed
ed at once toward the selection ul
Judges aud would hay. mad, this So
lection but for warming sent in b9
tho court TO ALLOW him hyr minutes
time Ia which tu examine the pRpcri
presented BY Mr. wood bcfore they
took any action.
The court issued writ command
ing thr. board to either appoint tive
representatives upon the election
boards from the iists submitted b,
Joseph y. saint, county ehnirman, Ol
else show cauSc why they should no
do 20. The alternative writ was made
returnablc ut once hut by c0nseut o
Mr. wood. the board was given oppor
tunity Ia present iIs slide of the matter
ana the nearing set for o'c.ock tht
afternoon or as soen thereafter as th'
preparation could be completed.
The hoard mot AZ 10 60 O'Clock TIM
morning aud Chairman Alfred Gruus
field, after a brief colloquoy with Dol
JnHus Romero, announced that tn
iirst order OF business would be IN
appointment of Judges FOR the com
ing general election.
Mr. wood then arose and anld
"Gentiomen Of the board. ! represon
the Republican County Central com
mittor. call the attention OF IN
board 10 thc fact that Ia complianc
with the statutes. tho Republican part
has nominated three persons for oacl
Judge TO he selected aud has flied
list uf the persons so nominated min
IN an from ourh precinct also ra'
the attention of the board to The fac
that the Democratic county Ccntrn
committee hus fllod n list comprisln
but one name Tor zach oilicc 20 hr mn
ed. or thfeo FOR each precinct, where
as the law requires three persons I
ba nominated for oach OF three judge
20 hc selected Therefore this hour
has not the power 10 appoint NOR
than one Judge, u Indeed the list b
not Illegal IN It's entirety. from tn
list submitted BY the Democrats
aiso call The attention of the board /
the fact that a llet has been fiiod b
Mr.. Gillenwater. who styles hmsc
the chairman OF the progressive Re
publican party OF the county
"rhe law allows the two dominnu
parties only 70 ME lists A. the Re
publican ana Democratic parties ar
the dominant parties In ths coun,'
and have been for years past, a
shown by your own records. you AZ
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