Gunnison news-champion., 1913-05-09

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siwsvs o.sssss IN Dassers II L.asl
ssHsse ana qsslshcat.sn- saa play. an
smpsrtanf psrt. - ts~t. even .ns.er
tiss~e Cessesao eas~. tss qse.s.s.s II
snsenf 10 rscaenszed and ssses
weaSst Aud "a ~eems o. me. sh1ls
the pse~saa s,ssau IL lk.ss tkes ase
there ssaply ta thai psrg~e. thas
that d. not conclusive. IL j. acf q
pses.mpsIon shs; may nss he ues
aud overcome Asd N this ca-e a
iarees nnmber vi those alleged to
have voted Iiieaaiiy-s,saen,s-
stated thai long PRIOR - the elestlan
or At lsasi al the tsrae si the esectlon.
ssses regarded a ~ thesr hone. aud
bod adopted Is a. thssr home and
thai they had IA other hsue. Mauy
of them we're earning their o~n law
laa aud supporting themselves.
Now, take the Neil case II rs true
taey bad some furniture IA Lake
Cssy, bot II was apparent 10 the
eoart ths they never intended 10 re
turn 70 Lake City And. ss | re
member their sfhaasat, or the ev,-
deace of the Rill, they regarded j, ar
their home 1T GsBn,son-botht the
mother and the daughter. And they
recste that the husband was at
Cameo. not upon any liked intention
10 make that his hoae permanently
or the home ef the family perma-
Bently-their understanding was
rather that he regarded Gaunisan a.
the home Of the family, aud that he
was there simply while ae nsieLt re-
tain bis work there
Nov, take the case of tile Hiatt
boy; he regarded GaRnisoa as his
home ID Is true he went back 30
fruIta. II that was the place. 10 vote
IN the fall, but he sfterwsrd decided
TO make Gunnison his home Aud
number Of these teachers have
sworn, practically all Of them, that
they regarded Gunnison as their
home | do not understand it is
neces sary for them 10 say that the,
intend TO remain there forever-but
they regard it rs their home now.
and did at the time of the election,
and did not regard any other place
as their home. And they are reason
ably intelligent people. and think
they probably appreciated what the
law was and that intentioa had a
great deal to do with it; and had
they not felt it was their home they
would never have voted. And the
the court would be slow to assume
that people Of their intelligence
would wilfally vote, knowing that
they wese making themselves Grim
inslly liable. OF course, they may
not hsvs had that idea, and they
may; but if you were to leave for
then TO answer, What was your
real homs?" my impression is that all
would snswer, ''Gunnison." And
the lsBeuage Of Cyc is that where
one in his own mind adopts certain
plsce - his home and says to him.
self, IL will remain there il | can, |
will remain there until business or
deity, or something of equal force
tskes or drives Ne away" that that
10 his home. He don't have 10 make
up HE mind 70 remain there forever
Nov, take the case Of these
teachers, or these students who ex-
pect 10 be teschers-snd some Of
thesn have tsaeht: member Of them
have fled applicstions with the
coxsty superintendent Of schools in
0snnisoa cosnty-oRe in particular
pesneabes, saia tAss ske ked ssked
for TIE frst vacancy that might occur
in the town. II 10 trse she had not
applied to the directors Of sny die
trict Of which the town was . part,
bet shs applied gescrally Tor . posi-
tioa. And 1sel that one oaght no4
70 Be- deprived oi the right 70 say:
''shis 10 ny hoos," evea tho~eh they
rssliss tAsa they night nos BE- sble
70 remain there for aay great lsaesh
of tine. Bst, sndes the evideace, I
en- Impressed with ths idea that in
% far = hey cosld they have eIecsed
TO make that their home. Ofcosrse,
they realise that in order TO gct .
livelihood they may have 10 60 away,
but their preference would be to
stay there, and they regard il - theiy
home.
And. as I said. in the beginning,
there is presumption that they were
there simply for the purpose of at
tending school; but there is also the
presumption, .. l said, that they be-
lieved il to be their home and that
they had the right to vote there at
the time they did vote. and l do not
think the court ought to be quick to
take the view that it was not. And,