Arizona republican., 1916-12-10
RECOUNT IF VI TIES WILL
 OPEN MONDAY

The inspection of all the ballots in the state in the contest instituted by Governor Hunt against Thomas l.. Campbell, will probably be commenced tomorrow. Yesterday afternoon after an all day session Judge Stanford Of the superior court dismissed the mo- tion of the contesiee to strike, over ruled his demurrer and dismissed motion to make the complaint of the contestant more definite and certain.
 In support of tfe motions and the demurrer Judge Sloan. George Purdy Bullard and John L. Gust appeared. The governor was represented by Eugene $. Ives. It was the theory of the attorneys for the contestees that no inspection of the ballots could be ordered at this time inasmuch as the contest had not yet been started; that the document filed in behalf of the governor, whatever il mi ht be, a petition. complaint or other form of bill Was not in conformity to the stat ute. that an inspection was asked for not t. prove allegations of the com plaint but to find out whether the governor had a case at all.
 Judge sloan said 1t was inconcelv- able that as the governor had alleged. votes that had been cast for him and had been counted for Mir Campbell in each and every precinct in each and every county in inc state" Here was evidence that the governor did not know whether he had q ground for contest but was asking for per mission to shoot into the brush
 At lhe morning hearing Judge Stan- ford indicated that he would m4ke the order for the appointment of in- spectors at once In the afternoon session Judge Sloan presented several opinions in which it had been held that complaints much more specific .han tfat filed by the governor had heen rejected because of their insuf- ficiency which let the coutestees open to surprise Among these opin- ions was one from the supreme court of oregon and another from Missouri.
 Al the conclusion of Judge Sioau's remarks. Mir. Bnllard called the at tcntion of the court to the order of tie court in the contest instituted BY Davidson in behalf of NIT. Candy fol- lowing the late democratic primaries In that case. Judge Stanford had held the complaint to be defective and ordered il to be made more spec fic though if had designated the precincts In which recount was desired. NIT Ballard. who was of counsel for tho contestant had accedcd to the view Of the court and had amended the com piant In compliance with the ordcr which he ciieved to be right MT Ives followed with an assertion that the complaint could not tc more spe- cifie than it had been made bv the allegations of the governor as 10
 eaci. and every precinct" He ar gued- fmther. that moody would De hurt by the inspection
 Al one time in the course of his remarks Judge Sloan askea him II his reference 10 votes that had been oast for the governor and counted for Mir Campbell included those bal- lots which had been marked with a crOss over the democratic ticket and a cross opposite the name os NIT. Campbell Mr. Ives replied that he was rot referring to them and said. that as matter of law. they should Ne counted for neither the contestant nor the tco ntestee
 X suspicious circumstance. said NIT Ives vas that so many more votes had been cast for governor than for presidential electors. Why that was suspicious Mir Ives did not explain nor did it occur to him that the total vote in every precinct must be shown on the tally sheet of that precinct.
 MT Ives hintCd at Tho pnrpnSe of the attorneys of Mir Campbell to delsy the contest as long aa possible in the expectation that if t were not ended bv January l. Mir Campbell would take his seat The speaker was in- clined to believe that that would not hc an eventualiiy. Mir ivts mad some refei ence to MT. Bullard's part in the Candy -Laney contest and said that he was actpe then for demo erat To which Mir Buliard Teplied