The Holbrook news., 1917-01-26
Hunt-CampbeH Contest Started

the Supreme Court to determine who is the defacto governor of Arizona the recount of the bal lots which will decide who is to actually hold the office for the next two years was begun Thurs day morning in Judge Stanford's division of the Superior court of Maricopa county. The entire is- sue is now in the hands of the judicial branch of the govern ment. In the mean time Arl- zona is without an acting gover- nor. Pay rolls are held up and the business of the state is ser iouslY impaired.
 Unless they find it ''neces- sary." counsel for George w. P. Hunt will not insist that every precinct in the state of Arizona be recounted in the presence of the court, Senator Ives, chief counsel, announced to the court, which is taken to mean that if Hunt succeeds in overcoming Governor Campbell's lead with specified precincts. they will be willing to stop action immediate Iy. This statement was made to Judge Stanford at the opening of the gubernatorial contest case.
 Senator Ives first asked Judge Sloan, chief counsel for Camp bell. if he would be willing to ac- cept the certified copy of the re- suit made by the board of super yisors or the board appointed by the republican committee in the recount of precincts in Maricopa. Judge Sloan refused to concede this point and Senator Ives then asked the court that he be allow ed to open and inspect in the presence of. counsel and the court. the ballots in the specified precincts. leaving the court to decide which of the ballots were valid or invalid.
 Attorney Bullard. associated with Judge Sloan, raised an ob- jection on the ground that Ives must first show the ballots brought into the court were the same as cast at the election Nov ember 2, that they had been un- touched except by persons au- thorized to do so. and that they had been returned to the proper authorities. Judge Stanford overruled the objection and al- lowed Ives to open the ballot boxes of Stafford precinct. Gra- ham county.
 Before the inspection began, Senator Ives stated that he would demand careful inspection in Saf- ford, Metcalf, Clifton, Globe 1 and 6, Miami 1 and 4, Layeen, Alhambra, Creighton, Phoenix 3 and 10, Tuscon 1 and 8, Springer vile, Houck, Alpine, Superior and Seligman. The ballots of Stafford he desired to be brought into court first.
 Against strenuous objections raised by CampbelPs counsel, Judge Stanford ordered the bal lot bags of Stafford opened and the long and tedious task of counting and inspecting each ballot commenced. The respec- tive counsels carefully considered the validity of each ballot and when a question arose. the bal lot in question was laid aside as an exhibit. The first ballot that was inspected bore a penciled number across the back. Attor- ney Bullard asked that it be thrown out on the grounds that it bore a mark other than the voter had a legal right to place there. Bullard contended that the mark might have been placed there by the voter to prove to the purchaser of his vote that he had voted as he had been paid to. Ives argued that the mark was placed there by the election clerks. The ballot was laid aside and marked exhibit number one.
 There are said to be fifty diff erent kinds of irregularities that | will appear on the ballots and it is expected that the slow and un- satisfactory way of counting the ballots used Thursday morning n,;lI bo o01fin,1od ,11fiI fba yoo