The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-10-20


 day-Hearing to Be Held Monday
 Morning.
 The Board of Supervisors met in special session last Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock to consider the case of the petition filed with the Board last Saturday morning, petitioning that the name of James G. Cash be elimin ated from the officeial ballot as an Independent candidate for the office of Sheriff of Greenlee county at the coming general election.
 As this is the first case of it's kind in the annals of the State, it has attracted much attention among the citizens of Clifton, and male and female electors who were intereste& in the issue crowded the office Of the Board, either as petitionrs or pro- testors.
 Petition.
 A statement of contest of the nomi- nation papers of Sheriff J. G. Cash, as an Independent candidate for Sher if of Greenlee county was filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court Fri day afternoon of last week by l.. E. Sweating as contestant. The reasons upon which the action is based are set forth in the statement which fol- lows:
 Complaint
 1. That the said L.. F. Sweating contestant here, is a resident of the county of Greenlee, State of Arizona, and is a duly qualified elector and voter of the said County of Greenlee, and of the State of Arizona.
 That the said Jim Cash is resi- dent of the County of Greenlee and State of Arizona, and who claims the nomination as an Independent can5 didate for the office of Sheriff of said county of Greenlee, by virtue of a certain certificate of nomination filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
 2. That the particular grounds of this contest is as follows, to-wit:
 On the said 22nd day of September, 1916, the said Jim Cash filed, or caused to be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of said Greenlee County two certain in- struments purported to be Nomination Certificates of the said Jim Cash as an Independent candidate for Sheriff of said Greenlee county; that said written instruments were signed in the aggregate by the names of 36 persons that of the said persons so signing said nomination certifi- cates, had heretofore signed the nomination paper or papers of can didate or candidates to be voted for and voted for at the Primary Elec- tion held in the said county of Green lee on the 18th day of September, 1916. That the names of the said 6 persons whose names are signed and appear upon said nomination certifi- cate of said contestee and also upon the nomination papers of said other candidates are A. c. Thiel, Mrs. Clara Green Kline, Julius Weill, Lucy Hill, Herman H. Grieme, and F. M. . Orosco
 That of the said 36 persons whose names appear upon the said nomi- nation petition or nomination certifi- cate of said contestee, of said names, viz: J. E.. Miller, Luise Weill, w. F. Malone, G. F. Cham bers, and Frank Slayton, were placed upon a separate sheet of paper not having a written form at the top thereof as provided by law.
 That of the said 36 names appearing upon said nomination certificate of contestee as aforesaid, thereof are the names of persons who at the time each signed said certificate, were not voters or qualified electors of the State of Arizona, or the County of Greenlee, by reason of the fact that said names of said persons did not at the said dates of signing of said certificate of contestee, appear on the great register of the said coun- ty of Greenlee, as provided by law. That the names of said persons so signing said certificate are Mrs. A. J. Northington, Florence Maxwell, G. F. Chambers, Frank Slayton, George Gravely, William P Doyle and Esqui- pela Munguia.
 That the name of Mrs Julia Don nelly appears upon said nomination certificate of said contestee and is one of said 36 names so appearing, and that the date upon which her name was signed thereto does not appear upon said certificate
 That the name of Louisa Gomez ap- pears upon said nomination certifi- cates of contestee and is one of said 36 names so appearing, and that the date upon which her name was signed thereto does not appear upon the face of said certificate.
 That the names of Mrs. W. W. Ralston and Mrs. Della Mullens ap- pear upon said nomination certificate of said contestee, and are of the said 36 names so appearing, and that the Post office or place of residence or the name of the town or city in which said signing, or either of them, were living at the time of said sign ing, does not appear upon the face of said certificate.
 That upon said nominS ton certifi- cate of contestee appear the names of ". White, Luis N. NJ. Madrid, Luisa R. Garcia, Santiago Aguirre, H. Morris, and Mrs. A. H. Compton, as a part of the said 36 names so signed thereto, and that the said