The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-08-29
PAUL GLADSTONE
GIVES Up FIGHT
ANNOUNCED CONTEST OVER
NOMINATION FOR GOVERN
ORSHIP CALLED OFF.


GLADSTONE, who was defeated for the
republican gubernatorial nomination
at the recent state primary, by John
nj. ,Haines of Boise, by the narrow
margin Of Is votes, has abandoned his
proposed contest for an official recount
on the grounds that votes favorable to
him and in sufficient numbers to give
him the nomination had not been
counted. The withdrawal of GLADSTONE
from the contest gives Mr.. Haines the
nomination and he will go before the
electors Of this state in November as
the opponent of Governor Hawley,
democrat
The gubernatorial race will be three
corned, however, for the Roosevelt
progressive party has announced it will
nominate by petition H. Harland of
Payette master of the state grange.
The withdrawal of Clagstone from
the proposed contest was announced
today through statement made by
Robert M. McCracken, his attorney and
special representative authorized to in
vestigate the alleged Irregularities
Small Majority Started Action.
When the state canvassing board
canvassed the vote and announced the
nomination of Haines by majority of
Ii votes, the small margin was con-
sidered sufficient grounds for an in
vestigation. When Haines was noti-
fled that Clagstone would probably
contest his nomination, his friends
made an investigation and also discov-
cred Irregularities beneficial to Clag-
stone so that in the event of recount
Haines would be given more votes
In the meantime Robert McCracken
made an investigation and decided that
q contest and petition for a recount
Of the entire vote cast in the state
would be not only expensive. but leave
the doubt in issue for many months
and rather than go to this expense and
cause so much delay decided to drop
the matter. In his statement he says;
After a careful and diligent investi-
cation covering a period of nearly one
week, am convinced that recount Of
the vote cast for the republican NOM
inees for governor would make a
change in the total vote cast for Mr.,
Clagstone. The official returns have
been made by the judges of election in
the 61S precincts of the state. The bal
lots are securely locked and sealed in
the ballot boxes in those precincts and
the only way they can be recounted is
by an order from the court having the
proper jurisdiction.
Fraud Must Be Shown.
1.-THE courts have uniformly held
that they will not go back of the Off
cial returns as made by the election
Judges unless it can be shown that
fraud or corruption was practiced by
the election judges or that errors &C.
Cured in the count which would
change the result.
my investigation convinces me thai
second choice votes were cast in many
precincts of this state which were no
counted for the candidates who re
ccived them. The failure of the cleo
ton Judges in most instances tocoun
such second choice votes is probabl.
due to the want of proper appreciation
on their part of the importance of sucl
votes. In my opinion, no election
Judge can make positive statemen
as to the number of second Choc
votes cast in his precinct or for whom
such votes were so cast. No one othe
than the counting judges in each pre-
cinct is qualified to challenge tn
count
-s'o
stones case, am unable to make sue
legal showing as would likely be faV
orably considered by the courts, and
shall advise him not to initiate an
contest against the nomination OF M
Haines.
GLADSTONE Has Another Opening.
aside from bringing the contest o
the ground of the failure of the electio
Judges to count the second choic
votes in a number of precincts, thel
was way left open for Mr.. Clagstor
to contest the nomination OF M
Haines which many people have NJ
considered and that was to challent
the vote cast for Mr.. Haines by mar
of the inmates of the Soldiers HON
Some so or more votes were cast II
Mr.. Haines by men in the Soldier
Home who came to the home from OIL
err parts of the state. The supren
court of this state in the case OF foV
ell VS.. Spackman holds that an lnina
of the Soldiers Home who came fro
another county can not legally vo
within this county. Mr.. Clagstone 7
fused to institute proceedings on
grounds the Supreme Court had ne
against the right of an old soldier