The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-11

for the said City of Sank Centre, Min
nesota, on the second day of April, 1918,
from the hour of six a. M, to the hour
of o'clock p. M, of said date, wherein
and whereby there was submitted to
the voters of the said city of Sank
Centre, Mimi, the pretended PROPOSE
ton to vote upon the question Of
whether or not the said City Council
should issue license for the sale of in
toxicating liquors within the limits Of
said City, and whereas at a pretended
election held in said city within the
time aforesaid the aforesaid question
was therein submitted to the voters
of said city, and whereas, at said city
election there were cast five hundred
and sixteen (516) votes of which num-
Der two hundred and fifty-th three $3.50
are alleged to have voted in favor of
the Issuance of license by the City
authorities of said city for the sale of
intoxicating liquors, and two hundred
and fifty four (254) against the issu-
ance of such license, there being nine
(S) ballots,in voting mutilated or unin-
tellgible, and wholly laid aside and not
counted, and whereas, the undersigned
legal and actual voters Of the said City
of Sank Centre, feeling themselves ag-
grevied by the count and canvass of
said votes, and the irregularities of the
said election, hereby appeal from the
same and the canvass thereof by the
proper authorities of said City, to the
District Court of said County, and here
py assign as ground and reasons for
this appeal, as follows:
I L. That the petition for submittine
the said question to a vote at said
erection was not in legal form, was not
signed by the proper and requisite
number of legal voters in said city, and
was not duly and properly filed with
In the time allowed by law for sub
stting such proposition, to the electors
OF sad village at such election.
z. Ihat the election judges and
clerks In the different precincts of
saio village negligently and erroneous
~ counted and recorded votes against
the question of issuing license in said
municipality for the sale of intoxicafino
liquors that should in fact and effect
nave been recounted and recorded
IN favor of such issuance.
8. That the clerks and judges of the
various precincts in said city neglig-
emily and carelessly failed to count and
record votes in said election districts in
faVor of the issuance of such license
that were really and actually cast for
such purpose.
A. That the clerks and the
judges of said precincts negligently,
carelessly and fraudlently counted and
recorded votes against the proposition
of the issuance of license in said city
as having been cast and recorded
against such proposition.
5. That the canvassing board, with
its limited scope and authority, ne
gligently, care1essly, and fraudulently
failed to correct the errors made in
said election count by the clerks and
judges in the various precincts, and
enormously and fraudulent1y confirmed
the same, in the performance of it's
duties as canvassing board in said
city.
6. That several, five CD at least
illegal and fraudulent votes were cast
at said election against the proposition
of issuing license for the sale of in
toxicating liquors, which said votes
! should not have been received at all
into the ballot boxes, and should have
been excluded therefrom, said votes
| being illegal, fraudulent, and void, and
wrongfully received and counted as
having been cast against the PROPOSE
ton of issuing license for the sale OF
intoxicating liquors in the said city al
| said election.
7. That several of the judges and
clerks of election, in the various pre-
| cincts of said city, violated the Cor
rupt Practice Act, in soliciting votes IL
favor of the so-called 'Drys," an6
against the so-called "Wets," ant
| openly and actually violated the cleo
ton laws regulating the conduct Of
| such elections, and openly and no
| toriously received and solicited votes
for such proposition to them wei
known to have been illegal, fraudulent
and contrary to law.
s. That all of the errors and acts o.
/ u,egality and fraud effected and per
nretrated by judges and clerks of thu
! election board in the precincts of sale
city on election day, were carried int
and adopted by the canvassing board o.
/ said CITY. in canvassing the result o.
| said election on the third day of April
/ 1918. at said City Of Sank Centre
Minnesota.
/ 9. That as matter of fact. and II
! effect, the question of issuing licens'
| by the council of the said City O.
/ Sank Centre, Minnesota, was passed b!
an affirmative vote of all the lega
/ votes cast in said city at the election
1 aforesaid, and at such election the sals
j proposition of issuing license for tn
i sale of intoxicating liquors received.
i the hands of the electors of said city
i a clear and substantial plurality of al
i votes cast thereon, and should hav'
been so declared by the election board
judges and clerks thereof. and tn
/ canvassing board of the said city.
i wherefore, the undersigned. feeling
|. themselves aggrieved by reason 0
i the acts aforesaid. hereby appeal +
the district court OF said county fron
said election, as announced by tn
4 clerks and judges and the canvassin
i board OF the said city of Sank Centre
Minnesota, and hereby institute I