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 tral committee, before learning how the court has ruled upon the various ballots which the contestee moved to strike because the discrepancies in the precincts where the gains were made, had not been explained to the court. The exact figures cannot be obtained until a written decision has been filed Hunt gains in recount .......... .226 Add gains in Douglas ...... ..... 31 From new rulings ...... ....... 25
 II OIdl loA Campbell gains in recount ..... .195 Add gain from Snowflake .11S CampbelPs majority .. .... 31
 Thomas E. Campbell was declared governor of the State of Arizona in a decision handed down by Judge Stan ford in the superior court late We'd nesday afternoon after a contest that has lasted almost five months. Easing his decision on what he believed to be the will of the people, Judge Stan ford vacated his order for throwing out the entire precinct of Douglas No. 1 and Snowflake, relegating only the 43 ballots which bore unmistakable signs of erasure in the former precinct to the waste basket, and leaving the republican candidate between 30 and 50 votes in the lead The exact fig ures will not be known until written decision is prepared by Judge Stan ford.
 At 5:10 o'clock Wednesday after, noon Judge Stanford prefaced his de- cision in the court room after con- ference with Senator Ives and Judge Sloan regarding the gains made by each side during the recount. The strictest silence prevailed as the court gathered papers preparatory to rem dering the most important decision ever left for a superior judge in Ari- zona to make.
 Judge Stanford prefaced his decis- ion with remarks regarding his atti- tude during the contest, claiming that he was never anxious to be the one to decide the question but was compell- ed to do so in the discharge of his duties as a superior court judge. It was a task too comprehensive for one man to pass upon, Judge Stanford said, and one which would create i'll feeling regardless of how it was de- cided He had tried to be fair and im-
 
 was no one who would feel that either side was shown any favorit1Sm.
 The court first announced that it would vacate the order to throw out the Douglas 1 precinct. A gasp of as- tonishment emanated from the lips of the Campbell constituents following this announcement and the faces of the Hunt supporters were wreathed in smiles of victory Judge Stanford fol- lowed it up with the statement that he would return 43 of the AT votes in Douglas which had evidently been changed from Campbell to Hunt. The motion to strike out Eager, Swansea, Curtis and Cottonwood was then granted Bisbee 1, Miami and Keo- hane ranch precincts were not strick- en- Ballots with cross to the left of Campbell's name to the number Of 25 were thrown out, the court ruled, and the motion of the Hunt attorneys to dispose of 76 ballots in Pinedale where the name of a candidate had been written in by the election clerk was denied By this time even Thos. Maddock, who usually had the figures and status of the contest at his finger tips, was uncertain as to who was benefitting by the courts rulings. Jumping from his rulings on ballots to the question of which side should pay the costs, Judge Stanford announc ed that, due to the length of time and expense consumed by both sides, he had decided that each party should bear it's own expenses with the eX- ception of the inspection, which would i fall upon the loser.
 It was then that Judge Sloan asked who the court had decided should be governor of Arizona. Judge Stanford replied that Thomas E. Campbell had received a majority of between 30 and 50, the exact number not being avail able until a care ful compilation had been made. Judge Sloan could not understand how Campbell could be in the lead with Snowflake out, whereup on the court forgot to mention that the order to throw out this precinct had also been vacated as well as the order granting the motion to strike out four of the precincts attacked by the contestee during the last two weeks This motion was granted, tn ecourt This motion was granted, the court clear for an appeal so that in case the supreme court desired to do any throw ing out, it would have the several pre- cincts already picked out.
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