Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-12-23
BOARD COMPLETES
ITS CANVASS
Certificate Will Be Given
Van Stone and Not
to o. /. Owen
CLAYTON DEC|S|ONWEONESDAY
Its Is Believed Report Will on
That Day Be Mailed to
President Taft.

Wednesday is the day set for hear
ing the dispute over the Clayton re-
turns before Judge McFiA. The re-
port of the canvassing board there
fore, is not likely to go to Washing
ton, D. c., until that day, although
the board today decided all other
mooted points and finished the tabula-
ton. However, there is possibility OF
an agreement that might make pos
sibIe the dispatching of the report.
The decision in the Carthage dis
pute, lost the Republicans quite a
number of votes. The board had on
stipulation accepted the tally sheets
as conclusive when disputes arose,
but in the Carthage returns, the cleo
tion officers testified that the tally
sheets had been tampered with after
they had left the hands of the cleo
tion judges. The original certificates
in the pollbooks were Unidentified and
certified as correct by the election Of
ficers and the canvassing board de-
cided to accept these, as had been
done in the Santa Rita precinct by
the board.
New Mexico Will Have to Hurry.
The Arizona canvassing board
meets on January 2 and expects to
send its report to Washington on
January 10, and to be admitted on
January Is. Delegate Andrews tele-
graphs from New York today, that he
had been at the White House yes
terday and President Taft promised
to issue his proclamation admitting
New Mexico, Immediately upon the
receipt of the report of the canvas
sing board.
Van Stone Gets Certificate.
The official canvassing board dis
posed of the O. l.. Owen case in de-
cision which was handed down this
morning. The opinion states that the
board has no choice in the matter
and that such votes as were cast in
Luna and Mckinley counties for "sor'
Owen could not be counted for o. L.
Owen. This will give the certificate
to George H. Van Stone, ,Progres-
sive Republican candidate forscorpo-
ration c Commissioner. The election
certificate was engrossed in that
name this morning in accordance
with the decision.
Board Completes lts Canvass.
The Melrose, Curry county, election
return dispute was the next and last
of the tangle of Irregularities to be
Strengthened out. The arguments in
the case were made this morning, G.
d. Cleveland appearing for the Dem
ocrats, and A. B. Fall for the Re
publicans. A decision in the case
was made this afternoon. The IRE
gularity in the Melrose precinct was
due to the poll lists being made out
on sheets separate from the poll
books and in another handwriting.
The lists were not certified to.
Clayton Dispute.
Only one other matter is now In
the way Of complete report of the
canvassing board and that is the
Clayton precinct decision which will
come up before Judge John r. Nc
Fie in the District Court next Wed
nesday. As soon as this matter il
settled the board will forwar- its re
port to the President who will wire
his approval Immediately upon it's re
ceipt.
The board decided the Melrose dis
pute in favor of accepting the re
turns and took a similar course ir
reference to Reserve and two Valen
cia county precincts, leaving only the
Clayton dispute to hold up the re
turns.
Homestead Entries.
F. Trinidad Romero, Kelly; Rich
ard Durant Bluewater; Emma c
Tetjen, Bluewater final entry.)
Notaries Public.
The following persons were ap
pointed notaries public by Governor
William J. Mills yesterday:
William e. Gortner, Las Vegas, Sar
Miguel county; Claude Hobbs, Ros
well, Chaves county; William H
Parker, Fort Sumner, Guadallps
county.
TreAsurer1s Receipts.
The following sums Of money were
received in the Office Of the terrific
rial treasurer, r. J. Palen yesterday
James Sullivan, treasurer Of Cha
yes county, $4.056.72; Solomon Luna
treasurer Of Valencia county, $5,611.
!. rs; A. G. Brookes, adjutant general, O
account Of militia fund $50.S5; Thon
a. p. Gable, game and fish warden, o.
account Of game protection fund, $27
90.