Arizona republican., 1917-03-18
JUDGE STANFORD' SUCCESSION LIN
 DOUGLAS V0TE EXPECTED MONDAY

A statement by MT. Ives of counsel ! for former Governor Hunt in the gov ernors contest yesterday morning pre- cipitated a storm which ragged with more or less severity throughout the morning session. It had been suggested 1 he said, in the matter of the disclosures regarding the rottenness of Douglas l Precinct No. l, that the contestant had no evidence in rebuttal. We have" said
 Mir. Ives and the chefest is Art Pearson himself.'' Pearson was the judge or inspector of the precinct, who according to the testimony of a dozen
 witness from Douglas was drunk on election day. was betting on Governor i Hunt between periods when he was handling the ballots. Pearson disap- peared from Douglas a few days ago. Said MT. Ives: We know where he IS now. We thought we knew where he was and now we have located him in Deming, New Mexico, where one of Governor Campbell's S detectives is keep ing him drunk, paying his expenses and buying his clothes" All this MT. Ives regarded in someway as an offset to the disclosures of the conduct of Pear son in the interest of Governor Hunt at Douglas. He charged the attorneys for the contestee with engaging in cor rupt practices while pretending to hunt out corruption at Douglas.
 Judge Sloan arose, thoroughly an gered. He said that this extraordinary statement by MT. Ives called for re- l ply. He denounced it as effrontery and asked what purpose of the contestee would be served by spiriting Pearson out of the state as the attorney had | ftf1 .lr1n1 Tlld that detective had been with Pearson endeavoring to find out more of pos sible of the fraud in that rotten pre- cinct. From the earliest times, said Judge Sloan, had detectives been en- ployed in running down crime and in that way they had performed a public service
 Replying to a statement by MT. Ives that the contestants attorneys desired to get hold of Pearson, Judge Sloan | said: Pearson has been in Phoenix. 1 If counsel does not know it the friends of the contestant knew it.' At this point Mr. Bullard informed counsel for contestant that the wife of H. H. Hart, l Pearson's associate in the election | frauds, had been in the court room on I the day a telegram had been received
 from Dougles, stating that Hart was
 too ilk to appear in response to sub poena.H Mt was intimated that the friends i of the contestant knew that also. 1 Judge Sloan continuing said, this dirty work (at Douglass ought to close the mouths of those who would dis
 credit the work We have done to un-
 earth this crime"
 Mr. Bullard speaking of the curiosity of counsel for the defense regarding ! the movements of detectives said, SC would every criminal like to know what detectives are on his trail | Some Decisions
 | This brought the proceeding up to the program announced the day before decisions by Judge Stanford on various pending motions: motion to strike
 out the testimony of Assistant County Attorney Stevenson of Cochise county
 his relation of a confession made to hin
 by Hart; a decision on the motion by
 Mir. Ives for permission to amend tho
 complaint of the contestant so as tt
 bring in Snowflake precinct to be in
 vestigated for fraud; a decision by tn,
 court as to the time of his announce. ment as to Douglas Precinct No. 1 ant the motion to strike out the ballots il those precincts where the number wa!
 greater than those shown by the pol
 lists.
 lie ltltlioH lO SlIlhe out lUc couleS
 sion of Hart on the ground that it wa ! hearsay was argued by Judge Sloan M the argument of MT. Ives having beei
 made the day before. Judge Sloan sai'
 that this was not a case between citi
 Zens. It was public matter. Thougl
 G. w. P. Hunt appeared as the plaintiff
 any other citizen of the state coult have instituted the contest. The in
 quiry into the proceedings at Dougla
 was a public inquiry. Hart's comics
 sion was not an ordinary statement bu
 it was one made to public office
 and in making it he himself had re
 garded 1t as such, intended toN throy
 light on the conduct of the election
 Judge Sloan cited cases in which sucl
 evidence has been declared to ba ad
 missable.
 Judge Stanford indicated to MT. I've that he need not make a reply as il himself has reached e decision. Ju1 7
 Campbell then addressed the court ol
 the nature of the inquiry. We are try
 ing the election board he declared Judge Stanford, however, sustained tn
 motion and the Hart statement wen
 out.
 The Snowflake Precinct Judge Stanford said that it was un necessary for counsel for the conteste to submit arguments against MT. I've. motion for permission to amend tn complaint. It was inadvisable to permi amendmentsat this late day. If it wer allowed, the contest which had alread lasted many months might become in terminable. No doubt, the conteste would seek to amend. There must b an end somewhere. There had been time, he said when this should hay , been done but the attorneys for th contestant had neglected to do it. NJ Ives complained that Governor Hur
 should not be made to suffer for thf | neglect. This matter was not entirel 1 disposed of.
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