New Ulm review., 1912-12-25
Mathews Loses
Votes In. Lyon
First Recount of Votes Shows
a Loss of 8 Votes For
Contestant.
Judge Olsen Also Wins Out
In Preliminary Hearing
At Marshall.

At nine o'click Monday noyning of
this week was begun the reea1vass Of
the votes for the jadgeship Of this dis
trict, the committee appointed for
Lyon county having received orders
from the court to commence the In.
spection of ballots at that time. The
votes in the other counties of the dis
trict will be counted in the following
order; End, Lincoln; 3rd, Redwood;
4th, Nicollet; 5th, Brown, and the
trial will be held at New Ulm after
the votes are all recounted, the date
set being January 9Th.
The above arrangements were made
at special term Of court opened last
Thursday afternoon by Judge Quale of
Willmar, for the hearing Of motions
noticed in the judgeship contest.
Messrs. Davis & Michel appeared as
attorneys for the contestant, M. e.
Mathews, and v. B. Seward, George T.
Olsen and Henry N. 8omsen for the
contestee, I. II. Olsen. The session
opened at s O'Clock and continued on
ly for half an hour Of preliminary ar
rangements when the hearing was ad-
journed until 1880. The evening ses-
sion was devoted to the presentation
of various motions relative to the con
test. Among them we're the request
of the contestee's attorneys for
change of venue from Lyon county to
Brown county, motion to strike out
the allegation relating to the citizen
ship of Judge Olsen. the original GER
tificate of naturalization and certi-
fed copy of same taken from the rec
ords of St. Louis county being intro
duced as evidence to disprove the al
legation, and motion to strike out
the allegation which stated that some
of the judges of the election were not
citizens and we're not properly sworn
All three Of these motions were grant,
ed and the contestants attorneys
were ordered to make four Of the re-
naming allegations more definite and
specific. .' ....--.
Judge Quale appointed the following
persons as selected BY the eoatestant
and contestee, to make Inspection of
the ballots: Lyon eouney-Spurgeon
Odell and John G. 6chult2 and Sheriff
N. Il. Grammar was chosen by them to
make the third on the committee;
Lincoln county-L p. johnson of
Ivanhoe and Chas H. Kelson Of Tyler.
The third appointment is not yet
made. Redwood county-Chas. Thomp-
son and Albert H. Emerson, of Red
wood Falls and they selected A. C.
Dolliff, also of Redwood Halss as third
man. Nicollet couRty-M. Is. Stone
and w. G. Laumann, both Of St. Pc
ter. The third man had not been ap-
pointed at this writing. Brown coun-
ty-Fred. Pfaender Of New Ulm. and
Albert Hauser of Sleepy Bye. Carl
Crone, ST., will act as third.
The following rules were made In
with the counting of the
ballots:
First: The inspection and exam
nation of said ballots shall be had
and conducted in each county in the
presence of the county auditor, he
being the legal custodian of the same.
Second: The examination of such
ballots in each county shall be had
in the office of the county auditor of
said county, and no ballots shall un-
der any circumstances be removed
rom said Office.
Third: That the ballots from each
precinct shall be counted and exam
ned separately and the examination
If the ballots from one precinct shall
be completed and the ballots from
such precinct resealed as hereinafter
provided and returned to the county
luditor of such county before the bal
OTIS of another precinct are produced
or examination and inspection by said
custodian.
Fourth: No ballots shah be un-
'trung If they can be conveniently in
,pected and examined in their present
condition. II unstrung, each ballot as