The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-20

disfranchisei ard deprived of their
right TO vo'e at nid eiectton.
?. That fbe henrd * count COM
missioners "t ile tonnty of Union,
on the finh ass Ht October. 1915. BY
their proclamation u,'iy issued Fixed
the place ~ nniaina fhe cles Ion IA
Precinct NJ ehici shawn o.
have been ifptni|rau precinct, AZ
the house 81 FrArclsr0 3Rrelu, N
said precinct. and bat thereafter on
the twent third IA ~ October.
1919. said board q counts commls-
sirners 20 tho lnstance and requeat of
ihr eletes,ees. Nierl ana Smith.
fhauee,i the poilior phiee IN said
rrefin'4 ~ Jhe. toen ~ Nonauero,
dieiauce af t2a n.iles ana We find
thaf ar b vat3rf ~ law the voting
raae h.Nn.r uiet heen erallv fired
hy hrptr nuthoelty eorid not be-
ehan4ed FROM the said place ana that
pa ne ipaGafice referred te no due
an1 urorrr aoiice OF such change
WI Na ~ tie people rf said pre-
cin'f HHr dpts the evidence IL this
cas- shea ihsi the totrra Of anid
.preeinct were ~ notified OF said
chance or thsi nany were not de-
prived ~ casting kneir votes IN said
precinct 90 said election.
g. That j.. preclnct No. "a or TN
ion county ahich IL shown 10 have
been kepuniican precInct. tho
Democratic boatd ~ county eommis-
sioncrs of Union county having on
the nfth day of October. 1914. pro-
claimed and fixed the place for the
holding Of an election In said pre-
cinet az the house Of G. w. q. Bryan
Ia Anid precinct. ana having duly
published the same IN the ofaclaI
newspaper OF Enion county. after
wards illegally changed that voting
place 10 Cuates scho0Ihon.s. a dis-
thnce OF four miles frcn the place
fixed In the proclamation thtfetofore
made. and that said election was held
az Cuatcs schoolhouso. Il not being
shown that due notice Of such chanRr
had been given 20 the voters Of said
precinct and that the voters of said
precinct knew OF said change, and We
therefore find hat AZ q matter OF Iaw
the said board % couyty Commission
crs had no right 70 make such chanEo
after once dhiy FIXING, uEoclalming
and publishing the place ~ holdina
said election, ana that the evidence
faila 10 show that the votora OF saiu
pfcsinct knew "a said change.
=. We further find that in Pre-
cinct No. ~ ~ said Union county.
New Mexico, uich II shown 10 have
beer bcrUoilcaR precinct. the
N0nfd Of county commissioners Of
niou countyat the time and place
md IN the manner provided ke law
--tthen follows q repetition OF the
allegation in paragraph No. -.
S. We further nnd that 10 Pre-
cinct No. 5 Of tnion county one Of
the democratic gD1gcs OF said cloe-
tion refused To- allow certain voters
who we're Republlcana 10 caai their
ballots and that regardless of the fact
that the other two Judges % said
election ruled aud decided that unch
persons had a right 10 vote In said
precinct AT such election. the said
Demoertic election Judge forcihir
took ppssesslon cf tho ballot box and
roiused 10 allow saia voters 20 cast
tAeir baiiof1 suvinr sou damned
Republican ou got 40 ticket 20 vote
on" and ihN ,nesa ptcrs we're not
permitted b. si iheir ballots as re-
qulred by ao
We IT, tanriy Of the committee.
therefor und hs' ON account of the
irregulnrtr md the unlawfuL
frnuduleai rnd orr nf acts of the
pemucfHtia roWmlssionsIs and eiur-
ton offccr ol lrinN county. the said
O. G. Smith ana aerupiu Ilera were
NOT duly elected 70 his aouse ana are
not entitled 10 seg therein. but that
o. T. Tombs and ClHd-lario WIKI
wrfe dily elected ~ a majority 81
Ihe lesa votes cnN tnd are entitled a.
lfs ss inemhers ~ this house fr,1n
lHt county af unioa1
ll #i be- noiei lhaf no attempt "a
ioHAe n thf terHti % shaW that the
'ieplhNcpns rlo lis adoption seated
in Do mouse ihla aiiefnoon received
Waio~ils of the votes cast II the
olqts or could prove that the AZ
.egea mulis complained 81 Affected
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