The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-24
Judge Olsen Wins
In Contest Clash
Sleepy Eye Man Scores In Hearing
Before Judge Qyale at Marshall
On Thursday.
HE GETS A CHARGE OF VENUE.
Citizenship Papers Produced and that
Charge Struck from the Com
plaint-Recount Now On.

Judge |. NJ. Olsen, whose reelection
to the judgship in the ninth judicial
district has been contested by At
torney Marvin E. Mathews, of Mar
shall, his only opponent at the re
cent election, scored decisive vic
tory, when the objections which his
attorneys, Henry N. Somsen, of New
Ulm, Geo. T. Olsen, of ST. Peter, nd
Virgil B. Seward, of Marshall, filed to
certain allegations contained in the
complaint were upheld by G. E. Qvale,
of Willmar, at hearing held at Mar
shall on Thursday.
Governor Appoints Judge Qvale.
Governor Eberhart appointed Judge
Qvale to preside at the hearing of
the contest, Judge Olsen being dis
qualified as he is personally interest
ed in the outcome of the action The
appointment was made last Friday,
and soon after it had been announced,
the attorneys for Judge Olsen pre-
serted objections to the allegations
in the complaint
Five Assertions Stricken Out.
Five Of the eight allegations were
sticken from the complaint, notably
thGt one claiming that Judge Olsen
is not a naturalized citizen of the
United States. This allegation was
objected to as being sham and frivo-
lous. Three other allegations were
also stricken from the complaint, and
the attorneys for Mr.. Mathews, Davis
& Michel, of Marshall, were ordered
by Judge Qvale to make the first four
allegations more definite and specific.
JpdAs- Olsen Gains Another Point.
The motion for change of venue
from the Lyon county district court at
Marshall to the Brown county district
court at New Ulm, which was made
by Judge Olsen's attorneys, was
granted by Judge Qvale, SO that the
hearing in the contest proceedings
will be held in New Ulm on Thursday,
Special Election Judges Appointed.
The special judges of election who
will make the recount of votes cast
for the two judgeship candidates at
the recent election in each of the FIVE
counties comprising the ninth judicial
district, will commence work at Mar
shall next Monday, where the votes
cast in Lyon county will be recount
ed. After completing their task in
that county, the attorneys for Judge
Olsen and Mr.. Mathews will hold a
consultation and agree upon the coun-
| ty in which the recount shall be taken
up next. Judge Olsen, whose present
term of Office expires Jan. 1st, will
hold over until the contest is decided,
and if the recount proves that he was
reelected, as it is confidently ex-
pected to, he will enter upon his sec
ond. term.
Special Election Judges.
The special election judges, of whom
the first-named in each county was
chosen by Judge Olsen, the second by
Mr.. Mathews and the third by these
two, are as follows: Brown county
Albert Hauser, Sleepy Eye; Fred.
Pfaender and Carl Crone, ST., New
Ulm; Lyon county-John Schultz,
Sturgeon O'Dell and M. E. Grammar,
all of Marshall; Redwood county-Al-
bert Emerson, Lamberton; Chas.
Thompson and A. G. Doliff, Redwood
Falls; Lincoln county-Chas. H. Kel-
son, Tyler, and L. P. Johnson, Ivan
hoe; Nicollet county-W. G. Laumann
and M. E. Stone, st. Peter In Lincoln
and Nicollet counties the third Judge
of election has not been selected as
yet
The ballots on thejudgship contest
will be counted at the county auditors
Office probably early next week Rep
resentatives of both Judge Olsen and
Judge Mathews will be here at that
time.