The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-08-22
GLADSTONE
MAY CONTEST
Numerous Errors in Can
yon County Primary
Election.

4, Whether any effort shall be made in
the courts to set aside the action of \
the state board OF canvassers in de
elaring John NJ Haines the nominee
of the Republicans for governor or
not, depends upon an examination to-
day being made at Caldwell into the
election returns as submitted to the
county.
Already a mistake OF FIVE votes has |
been found in Notus precinct in that
county in favor OF Clagstone This
would reduce the plurality of Haincs
to TO- Another serious error is report
ed from East Payette precinct where
the tally book kept bysthe clerks Of
the election board shows that Haines
received but three first choice votes
and one second, or four in all, and thai
Clagstone received eight first choice
votes and no seconds, or total OF
eight, but in the recapitulation show
inc the total votes received by each
candidate Haines is given credit for 43
FIRST choice votes and 3 seconds, or a
total OF 40, an increase Of AZ votes for
Haines, while Clagstone is given cred
It for Is first choice votes and 2 sec
pnds, or a total OF 27. or an increase
for C1agstone of 1o This shows a
difference in favor OF Haines of %
votes which. apparently. cannot be ac-
counted for. Ii to this net gain of %
the net gain OF in Notus precinct be
added. Clagstone would be entitled to
2S more votes than the records now
show. Haines was only Is votes
ahead of him on the official showing
as certified to by the state board This
increase for Clagstone would give him
the nomination by plurality of l3
instead of to Haines on a plurality of
fifteen.
Walter Cupp OF Caldwell is in Boise
in consultation with attorneys who arc
attending to the legal phase OF the
question and is prepared to bring suit
in the supreme court asking that
correction be made in the returns in
accordance with the facts disclosed
and this will be done, if the inspection
now being made in Caldwell should
confirm the condition pointed out
1t is pointed out by friends of Mr..
Haines, however. that the apparent
discrepancy lies in the fact that two
of. of ,,foae ord ~1artx- ,.-ara ,ro
badly used and that the tally book ex-
amined shows only one vote recorded
by one set of these judges and clerks,
while the recapitulation would neces-
sarily be made up OF the results in both
the tally books. They suggest that
when a correct examination is made
Of both books used in the precinct the
discrepancy will be examined.
Although convinced that. a recount
would disclose the nomination of Clag-
stone by very safe margin, still, il
is understood the attorneys who have
the case in hand, have concluded there
is no opportunity to force such a re-
count upon the information available
as to the failure of judges in some Sc
precincts in the state to take any ac
count of the second choice votes 1t i:
said that Clagstone has been abso
lutely advised by friends of enough
such votes to give him the nomination
beyond doubt but legal evidence o
this is more difficult 20 secure mas
much as charges OF such mistake
would have to be accompanied by af
lidavits of the judges and clerks to th
effect that they made their mistakes
which would be afidavits, in fact, tha
they had violated the election laws an,
would therefore be subjected to pun
ishment for such violation. The pun
ishment in such cases is severe
Friends of Haines, it is charged, hav
rot been slow in calling attention o
judges and clerks in these precinct
to the position they would place them
selves in by taking such affidavits an
this is said to have had the effect t
cause them to proceed with cautio
sach that most of them have fatty re
fused make affidavit to the truth {