Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-06

D are shown in the photo parading l before the building occupied by the thing wrong being done, yet the unim . peached testimony of Deputy Sheriff . Cross says that after hearing com plaints of Irregularities he inspected the ballots being counted and found . small bits of rubber and paper still adhering to the ballots where they had been erased.
 Watcher Was lntimidated
 The court says that no party
 watcher made any complaint The
 forced to leave the polling place under tthreats of the election board when he
 complained of the method of counting
 The court itself in it's decision. de
 scribes the marked ballots in Doug
 las No. l as being mutilated. The
 law says that mutilated ballots shall not be counted, but the supreme court
 counted over seventy mutilated ballots in Douglas Nc. 1 for Hunt
 The sworn inspection notes made by Hunts inspectors and submitted
 to the supreme court in the manda- mus case brought by Tom Campbell to obtain possession of his office. ad- mitted a loss of sixteen votes from f the official returns of Douglas Pre- cinct No. 1. There were more bal lots than names on the poll book. The ballots, after being changed, did not agree with the count. but the supreme court held that the official returns of the election board were correct. "Des2erate Fraud" Says Judge Stan
 ford
 The supreme court would not con sider the confession of Fl. H. Hart, thc election judge. made to Bruce Stc0henson. assistant county attorney cs COchise county, in the hearing or another reputable attorney, nor the confession Of Hart, made to w w. Hol,herin the hearing of five wit pesses. one an ex-United States mar shal. and another the city attorney of D0uRlas. This evidence was never impeached.
 Judge Stanford. in ruling on this precinct, after listening to all the evi- dencc. said: Desperate fraud was committed in Douglas precinct No. l." and found the ballots were taken from Campbell and given to Hunt at some time during the count or shortly af terward
 If Judge Stanford was correct in his finding that the election officers stole eightv-seven votes for Hunt in Doug las No. 1. legally cast for Campbell. the supreme court of the state of Ari- zona, in deciding against Campbell. gave him the rawest deal ever given man in the history of American politics.
 The record shows that: the supreme court is in error when it found that the board of supervisors of Coconino county re-convened within the siX-day pericd and duly canvassed the returns of Camp Ten. which had not been re. ] ceived along with the other ballots. but which the supreme court counted fer Hunt.
 The supreme court. in it's decision. | construed the mari, (X) as the word i "rrcss" as set forth in Section 2941. . Notice to Voters. They then locked m the word "cross" in the Century Dictionary. and under the definition Of the word "cross" found four other kind Of crosses which they substi- tuted for the mark CX) in order to county twenty-eight ballots for Hunt. :. while shortly before this in their de- cision thev held that voter must comply with the law.
 sind to Distinouishinq Marks
 The supreme court says. in regard te distinguishing marks. in order to count a majority of eight such votes fer Hunt: There is not a particle of evidence that any of the ballots '- ad tbe marks new appearing on them when they were found in the ballot box" They might have said the same thing about the voting marks for can didates. but this would have precluded any recount at all.
 The supreme court made no decision for guidance Cf the electorate in pre- serving the sanctity of the ballot. but allowed Hunts majority to stand in precincts in which his supporters had violat-d the laws nassed to protect the ballot, as in Douglas, where the evidence showed. be eidcs changing some of the ballots. hoard bet on the election and count ildulgeG in strong drink. usurped tho duties of residents of the precinct, left the ballots alone with one individr' and went into the booths with voters contrary to law.
 Wobbiy Leader Intimidated Officials
 In Bisbee precinct No. 1 non-resi- dents served as election officers. coun ty and city officials were allowed to remain at will decide questions and change election officials and even to act themselves. People not on the register nor possessed with proper were permitted to vote. confusion was permitted. and the polls kept open until the last ballot was