Arizona republican., 1917-04-21

Campbell announced that the contestee would offer the precinct registration list and hunt for jt was begun. After some hours it had not been found and it was uncertain whether it had been received from Tombstone with the oth CT election papers. The attorneys for the contestee have copy of the list and a request will be made for certi- fled copy.
 Judge Campbell stated that the contestee had no other testimony to offer regarding this precinct and h- asked whether the contestant desired to offer any evidence in rebuttal This brought up the old, but ever new, question whether the court should rule on each precinct or phase of the contest or reserve his ruling to the last, until after the case has been closed on both sides Judge Stanford had recently intimated that he would establish q new rule to withhold all rulings until the end of the case. That. he said, would be done to save time.
 Judge Campbell! replied that time would be saved by the treatment Of each precinct as a separate case He assumed that the contestant had no more precincts to bring in, and fl any of those introduced by the con- testee should be thrown out. that would end the matter. On the other hand, the coEtestee would have to bring in at q great expenditure of money and time all precincts where irregularities similar to those alleged in Snowflake precinct had been brought in for investigation
 In the opinion of the court, the contestee would not suffer from a reservation of a ruling to the end. Judge StaHford said that he could rule upon it fairly at one time as well as another fudge Campbell replied that he himself could not do that and very few judges could retain in mind the evidence taken in largo number of cases. With some warmth Judge Campbell demanded that tho same treatment be accorded the con- testee that had been given the con- testan.. and thae the same procedure that had peen adopted early in the hearing be continued Judge Stan ford replied that he had not been un- fair, and he hinted Gt possible nis- apprehension in the minds of the attorneys tl:at they were at politi- cal disadvantage but he assured them that the fact that he was democrat would not inure to their disadvantage. Judge Campbell re- piled that there had been no such misapprenension on the pat of the attorneys for the contested
 Continuing his remarks or the sub iect of changing his rule. the court stated quite definitely that >there would be no other rulings until the end. Here MT. Ives who had re- mained silent throughout the col . loquy between Judge Campbell ana the court. said that the position os Judge Campbell was unreasonable The attorneys for the contestee had refused to make an avoWal of the things they hnd expected to prove. so that the contestant could not know what was to be disproved. He said that in opening Snowflake precinct, he had made an aVOval and affida- Vit. Judge Campbell reminded ,1ini that his case had been closed, while that of the contestee had not been The attorneys for tie contestant had lad no intention Of attacking Snow flake. They knew as much about it when they filed their pleadings as they had ever learned since. Their case had been closed, and it was only through tho loriencv ct the court that