The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-10-16

| OdIOWdy, WHO was not OF age, ina
they refused to allow others who wer'
qualified to vote. and among
them, Sam Smith and Herber
4 Michem and Sol Fields, ant
contestants say that in said precinc
the election officers refused to coun
ten ballots which were voted in favor
of the sale, barter and loan of spirit
uous, vinous and malt liquors.
The contestants for further amend
ment to said ground say that in NORTH
MiddletOwn Precinct No. 1, and in va
riOus other precincts in Bourbon COun
ty, that many who were known to be
in favor of the sale, barter and loaI
of spirituous, vinous and malt liquors
and who were tenants and raised to
bacco as a means of supporting them
pending upon them, were told that il
they did not vote dry, the "drys,
their landlords, would not raise any
tobacco and that they would be
thrown out of employment, and that
many persons were coerced to vote
mo- upon said proposition, and con-
testants say for these reasons the
election was not free and equal.
They come and amend the four
teenth ground Of their contest, and for
amendment say that in the various
voting precincts in Bourbon County
the. booths were not provided with
curtains as the law requires, and that
the voters did not have an OppOrtu-
nifty to vote the secret ballot, as the
law requires, and that the secrecy of
the ballot was thereby destroyed; that
all persons who under the law were
required to present certificates of reg
istratiOn before voting were not call
ed upon and compelled to present
their certificates of registration, and
that because of this, said election in
each and all of the precincts in Bour-
bon County, Kentucky, on September
%, 1914, was not free and equal, and
was therefore null and void and of no
effect.
The contestants for further amend
ment as a twentieth ground of contest
say that the election held in Bourbon
County, Kentucky, on September %.
1914, was ordered upon petition of
VIM. Myall and others who petitioned
for the submission of the question
"On the proposition of whether or not
spirituOuS, vinOus, malt or other in
tOxicating liquors shall be sold, bar
tered or loaned in said County, and
that this law and prohibition shall
apply to druggists"
The contestants further say that
the Bourbon County Court ordered
said election For the purpose of
taking the sense of the legal voters of
said county who are qualified to vote
at elections for county officers upon
the proposition of whether or not
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors shall
be sold, bartered or loaned therein,
and said law and prohibition to apply
to druggists"
The contestants further say that the
question submitted to the voter, on
the official ballot was "Shall spiritu-
Gus, vinous or malt liquors be sold,
battered or loaned in Bourbon County,
Kentucky, said law and prohibition to
apply to druggists"
Contestants say that the said prOpO-
sition petitiOned for was not authOriz-
ed by law; and that the proposition
upon which the election was ordered
to be held was not the proposition pc
titioned for, and was not the PROPOSE
ton authorized by law to be submit
ted, and the proposition which was
printed upon the official ballots, which
were actually submitted to the voters
Of Bourbon County, was not the prop
osition authorized by law to be sub
mitted and was not the proposition
ordered by the Court to be submitted,
and for these reasons, contestants say
that said election was illegal, null and
void.
+. T. BR ANNON.
JAMES PORTER,
ROBERT SPENCER,
OSCAR PEDDICORD,
ED SLATTERY.
JOHN JOHNSON,
JAMES CUMMINS,
CLAUDE RATLIFFE,
G.. n. PEDDICORD, !
JAMES CONNOLLY, |
HARRY SALOSHIN.
MALACHI FLANAGAN,
ELMER NICHOLS,
FRANK SULLIVAN,
JAMES CURTIS.
By DENIS DUNDON, /
and + T. WILLIAMS. /