Arizona republican., 1917-05-01

offered in the way of explanation of
things that Mr. Burrus thought he saw.
The witness said that he was a demo-
crat He made plan of the school
house where the election was held and
said of the room where the information
was dispensed, that there were a great
many people in the room for 1t Was
rather chilly day on the Verde He
did not know how many sample bal
lots had been sent to that precinct;
they came in a roll and he had not
counted them but he judged there were
ten or fifteen. He said he did not ac-
company any voter into the booths and
he did not recall that any of the board
had done so. He said he had fire.
quently gone into the rest room and
had talked with some of the voters
about the amendments; he was es
pecially interested in the prohibition
amendment. He did not think that he
had tried to influence any one. He had
gone into that room with six or seven
Of them and either he or they had
sample ballots. He had mode no sug
gestiOn about voting for any candidate.
On cross examination Mr.. Willard
was asked if there We're any cigars
about the polling place. He replied thai
there were; that the boys" had
Clipped in and bought a box; they
were kept in a little ante-room. Among
the boys was q candidate for the Of
flee of constable who had been APP
pointed election marshal. His candi-
dacy was not generally known unit.
that morning. and then he did not serve.
though he was about the polls from
time 10 time.
Mr.. Willard stated that he had given
information to several aged ladies. He
was asked if Mrs. Neff was one of them.
Mrs. Neff, the witness said, was 26 or
I q years old. AS TO the statement o.
Mr.. Burrus that he thought when she
went into that room with Mr.. Willard
/ she had a white ballot, the witness saio
/ if she had, he had not noticed it. Afte1
/ testifying to having given information
| to various voters, the witness said: 4
didn't hesitate to give correct infOrma-
/ ton. | was interested in sending out
an intelligent vote from Cottonwood .
Mr.. Willard was asked BY Judge
Sloan whom he had seen in Phoenix
after his arrival. He replied that he
had talked with Mr.. Ives. He said that
| he had been shown a type written COPY
of the testimony Of MI Burrus but that
he had just glanced at it. AS to Bur
rus statement of the rejoinder OF MI
| Willard to his protest against accom-
panying voters into the adjacent room,
the witness replied, i said something
like that"
The next witness in rebuttal was
Henry McRae, inspector of the election
in Miami precinct No. 3. His testimony
was preceded by an examination on the
voire dire. The witness said that he
had talked with Mr.. Ives the night be-
Int h. i h.
type written copy of the testimony Of
the other witnesses from that precinct.
nor had Mr.. Ives told him to what they
had testified. Mr. Ives made state
ment here, that he had only asked the
witness as to certain occurrences in
that precinct on election day. Judge
Sloan made no objection to the intro
duction of McRae's testimony on the
same ground that the testimony of one
of the witnesses for the contestee in
the case of Douglas precinct No l was
thrown out.
His testimony was not greatly diff
ferent from that of the earlier wit
nesses on essential points. Several
times more than one person were in
the booths but some member of the
board always made one of them get
out. He had heard no electioneerine
about the polls and no improper talk
in the room. On cross examination the
witness said that at times improper talk
was stopped by the board But he
denied that he had heard any vote
trading proposition in the room As tC
the ballot which colored woman haC
taken out of the polling place. the
marshal not being present, a deputy
sheriff was appointed to see that there
/ We're no more such occurrences. char
ballot the witness said, was recovered
! He denied that the man who had beef
appointed marshal had refused to serve
Tor the meager per diem but he sale
he opened and closed the polls and Wa.
there at different times throughout tn,
day. As to the count the witness sIiC
that in the shifting around there WA,
always one member of the elccti
board present, sometimes two. ant
sometimes three.
Another witness was William C'Prie1
who voted at KeOhane's Ranch. Mr.
. BrIen was 2put on 10 controvcrt {
statement, or rather, to explain state
ment by one of the contestee's wit.
nesses that voters from the Planet mr.,
II una county had voted in the Mo
nave precinct. He was asked on three
examination about the residence Of on,
Smith and Wincezlaus, who had vote,
tHere Mr.. OBrien said that though
they worked on lease on the Plane
property they lived across the river OF
a homestead belonging to Wincezlaus
mat homestead was in MohaVe count,
and in Keohana Ranch precinct Nh
there were two other Planet mine voter
concerning whom Mr.. OBrien was no
asked, who it was testified Lad ais