New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-12-15
SANTA FEE co. REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES FILE CONTEST

Wednesday afternoon the. follow
cent election filed contests in the
District Court against their Demo-
cratic and fusion opponents to whom
certificates of election have been is
suei:
Charles c. Closson, candidate for
reelection as sheriff, VS.. Celso Lopez
Federico Lopez, candidate for
treasurer, vs.. Nicolas Sena.
NJ. A. Ortiz, candidate for re-
election for county clerk, vs.. Trini-
! dad c. de Baca.
Victor Ortega, candidate for pro-
bate judge, VS., Jose Inez Roybal.
Benito Lujan, candidate for county
commissioner of the Third district,
VS.. Jose Abino Montoya.
George NJ. KinselI, candidate for
election as county commissioner
of the First district, VS.. Arthur
Se'igman.
The candidates for legislative po-
sitions will file their contests direct
ly with the Legislature which is the,
Judge of the election of its own mem
bers.
Jose Ortiz y Pine, candidate for
county commissioner from the second
district, Canuto Alarid, candidate for
assessor and J. P. Adams, candidate
for surveyor, will not contest.
The grounds Of contest, as set
out in the complaints, are as fol-
lows
AT the said election so held ON
the 9TH day of November. 1916, in the
county of Santa Fe, in fraud of the
rights of This contestant as candi-
date for said office of sheriff, upon
the Republican ticket, and in fraud
of the voting public, and for the de-
ception of the voters. and contrary
to the election laws of this state, in
such case made and provided, 1900
ballots, which were exact copies of
the Republican ballots, were print
ed without the authority of the coun-
ty clerk OF said county, not at the
expense of the county of Santa Fe,
and without the supervision of the
chairman of the Republican coun-
ty committee of the said county, and
these ballots so printed contained
the emblem of the Republican party,
to-wit, the American flag, at its top,
and hereunder the description on
same in English, Republican Ticket,
and on Others in Spanish, 'Boleto
Republicano,' with the names of all
OF the Republican candidates, presi-
dentials electors, senatorial, congress
sional, state and county, and these
tickets so printed as aforesaid were
delivered without the supervision of
the chairman of the Republican coun-
ty committee into the possession of
active workers for the Democratic
ticket prior to the opening of the
polls on said election day. to be
pasted wirh the names of all the
Democratic candidates for county Of
fices in the said county of Santa Fe,
over the names of all the cores
Republican candidates for
county offices in the said county,
and the said persons to whom such
ballots were so delivered for such
purpose, prior to the opening of the
polls on said election day, did sys-
ematically paste over the names of
all such Republican candidates, in
,luding the name of this contestant
or the said office of sheriff. stick
,rs containing the names of all of
he corresponding Democratic can
lidates for county offices, including
,our name, Celso Lopez, as candi-
late for the office of sheriff, so that
he said ticket was modified and
became Democratic in all its parts
Is to the county offices of the coun-
y of Santa Fe, and remained Re-
publican in appearance and form as
o the emblem, title, presidential
SECTORS, senatorial, congressional and
tate offices, SO that a voter desir-
ng to vote the Republican ticket
,ould readily be deceived into the
'elief that such ticket so-voted was
he regular Republican ticket.