The Hartford republican., 1913-12-19
file ANSWERS
in C0TEST CASES
Allege. Many Illegal Votes
For Contestants.
Smith and Blankenship Will Un-
deitake to Show Much Fraud
By Democrats.

&. Il. Smith, county attorney-elect
and Claude Blankenship. count,
court clerk-elect, whose offices arr
being contested by their Democrat
ic opponents filed their answers q
few days since. They contain about
the same matter. After denying each
and every allegation of the contest
petitions, MIR. Smith makes the fol.
lowing charges by way of counter
contest:
Defendant says that at said elec-
tion held in and for said County the
Clerk Of the election precincts. OF
someone of the other officers OF the
election In each OF the respective pre-
cincts named below. stamped with
a stencil in the circle under the
Democratic device, to-wit: 1.-The
Rooster, or in the small square OPP
posite TO the Plaintiffs name. on the
ballot. under said Democratic device,
"The Rooster, and no where q sc
on said ballot so as to affect the
vote between plaintiff and defend
ant. each Of the ballots Of the fok ow-
ing named precincts. without eth
er OF said persons or electors, or
either OF them. first or at all. max
ing oath or BEING required to make
oath that they or either OF them
were blind or physically unat'o to
mark their ballots or without said
persons or electors or any of them
being examined by the officers OF
the election. held In said respe Live
precincts, touching the ability Of
said persons or any OF them TO mark
their respective ballots and that
neither of said persons hereinafter
mentioned did 90 make oath or were
so, examined as required BY law. or
at all, to-wit:
Al Sughur SPRINGS voting pre-
cinct: John Petty, Cal Godsey and
Jeff Lewis.
At Magan voting precinct: Virgil
Sutton and r. b. FuQua.
At South Rockport voting precinct:
Jim Shuu.
At Rosine voking precinct: vo
Wilson. Jothua Fdtman. Jim Wright
and J. w. Bradley.
At East Beaver Dam voting pre-
cinct: Warren Stevens.
At West Fordsville votins pre-
cinct: De.ler. Embry and pad" Da-
Wis.
At AetnaviLe voting precinct:
James Pryor.
At Shreve voting precinct: l.. A.
Radon. Steve Babbitt. Harve Grant,
Bob Shreve and C. w. Butler.
At Bartlett voting precinct: J. F.
Sharp.
At Prentls voting precinct: Weave
Hooker.
At Narows voting precinct: Sam
Gentry.
At Ralph voting precinct: Claude |
Farmer. John Westerfield and James
Ra,ah.
Al Render voting precinct; NJ. C.
Dowell.
At Simmons voting precinct: Geo.
Fuqua.
That each Of said ballots were
voted openly on the table and wrong
FUZZY put into the ballot box and
counted by the officers
Of the election from the various pre-
clncts as named herein for the paint
iff for the office of County Attorney.
and that said ballots and each OF
them make up part Of the vote AZ
certified to by the officers OF the re-
spective election precincts as named
herein for the plaintiff fos the Of
nee Of County Attorney OF Ohio Co..
KY, and that sadd ballots, and each
,f them make up part Of the vote -
TO By the Officers OF the elec-
Ion from the various precincts. a.
having been cast and counted for
and that each Of said ba-
o&s. Or votes. were .inesal and
should not have been counted tor
,laintiff. or anyone that the Board
Il Eiection Commissioners likewise
each Of said ballots or votes
or the plaintiff. and that each Of
aid votes or ballots make up = part
4 the returns OF said oiection and
ire included In the number Of votes
which the Board OF Election Cum
and the Officers Of the