Arizona republican., 1917-04-27
VOTER SCHOOL
 VAS PRECINCT IF COTTONWOOD

According to Charles Burrus the clearest, most certain witness that has appeared in any of the precinct con- test cases, the voters of Cottonwood Yavapai, were subjected to the most constant influence on election day It appears from his testimony that Charles D. Willard turned the election into school where the rudiments of voting were taught by means of sam pie ballots.
 Cottonwood, where former Governor Hunt received a majority of 19, was one of the precints brought in for in- vestigation by the attorneys for Gov ernor Campbell. Five witnesses had been summoned. One of them cC1ld not be reached immediately on account of high water and another who had been visiting in Phoenix was missed. It is possible that some of them or all of them will reach the city tonight
 Mir. Burrus was therefore, the only witness from Cottonwood so far. He was one of the judges of election. rep resenting the republican party H. Thompson was the democratic judge MT. Willard, democrat and earnest Hunt adherent was the inspector The clerks were Frank Derrick, republican and Thomas B. Farrell, socialist Messrs. Thompson, Derrick and Farrell are among the witnesses who have been summoned. The other is a Mrs. Neff
 The election at Cottonwood was held Tn schoolhouse of two rooms with a narrow entry between them. The ballot box was in the front room and the booths were formed by opening back the folding doors between that room and the entry. Beginning his story of the activities of MT Willard that day, the witnesses said that he was a brother of Game Warden G. M Willard, active in politics and of great lIhIuence Tn that community. One of the first voters, if not the first. was a Mrs. Adams. When she came into the polling room the Wintess gave her a white ballot and she was accomDanied into the rear room which by the way. had nothing to do with the election, by MT Willard who had "a red' or sample ballot. It does not appear that Mrs. Adams asked for any instruction and the witness objected to attendance upon her by Mir Willard MT. Willard replied: If the election board cannot give information to voters. I would like to know who can." They went away and after while Mrs Adams returned with the White ballot and it was de- posted in the box.
 Not long after that Mrs Neff came to the polls and MT. Willard also ac- companied her to the rear room. She recelved ballot red ballot was talk en into the instruction room" The witness said that MT. Willard went into the room with at least four persons. Another extraordinary deveIoDment was the story of the great number of red ballots used. The law does not contemplate that there shall be a num- per or them at any polling place in ex- cess or i've per cent of the registered voters. The witness said that fully half or the voters of Cottonwood were pro- Nided with red ballots. Seventv-fo1r votes were cast there
 The witness said that MT Willard spent all of his time when he was not engaged at the ballot box in the back room. Burrus said that he himself went there several times to call him to at tend to his duties and once he saw him in the act of marking a sample ballot Tor voter Along in the afternoon voter, $. Mahurin came to the polls and asked for assistance on account of defective eye sight. Willard went alone with him to booth. Likewise he ac- companied, unattended by any other election officer. Paul Peabody. taking with him a red ballot
 Another voter, a MT Scott asked the board for help and Thompson. one of the judges asked the witness to go with him. BurruS refused and called atten- tion to the law that requires the at tendance of two members or the board Two of the voters, the witness said took the sample ballots into the booth with them. Two voters, J. P King and MT. Heddy voted on registration cer- tlflcates Teddy had voted at the pri- maries where he was registered and the blank was forwarded to Prescott but as this registration took place within the closed period, the name of Teddy was not entered upon the great register
 Late in the evening of election day. said the witness, a drunken man came to the polls. He was using rough lan- guage and the witness told him to keep