The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-12-17

the same was comp eIeu-
i6. This confession also alleges that
in precinct 4 in said Legislative district,
comprising the county of Clear Creek,
there were 45 votes counted for the
for the contestee herein, and that same
does not represent the votes as actua "
east by the electors voting in said pre-
elnct at said election, and this contestor
alleges that all of the election judges,
before the count W completed, ia led
ara neglected to remain until said count
was completed, with the exception If
ore Republican judge, who complet, d
the count alone and in the absence #
the other JUICES, and that if the ballots
had been counted correctly in said pre-
cinct as cast by the voters in said pre-
cinct the conteslor would have receiv, d
at least 10 more votes in said precinct
than were counted for the contestor,
and that sufficient error was made In
the counting of the votes in said pre-
cinct to have changed the result of said
election
II. Contestor further alleges that he
mistakes may be disclosed if the ballot
boxes in the various precincts above re-
ferred to are opened by your honorable
body and a recount of the ballots and
votes had, and therefore your contestor
at this time does not know what further
mistakes may be shown by said recount
to exist in the total number of votes
cast for the contes.or or contestee, as
re turned to the county canvassing board
and certified to the state canvassing
board. Therefore your contestor is un-
aole at this time to allege what the final
status of the votes cast for both the
contestor and the contestee will be, al
though knowing and fully believing that
the contestor has in truth and in fact
received greater number of votes than
the number of votes received by the
contestee, to whom the certificate of
election has been issued.
Nomentson made of the George
town precincts.
It is noticed that the election
boards in Idaho Springs precincts
are accused Of pretending to
count" ''neglect of duty" that
election returns sent in by the
election judges an d clerks were
not true and correct returns, Sin
that there were not counted for
this conieslor several votes which
were legally cast III said precincts
for this contestor." He further
alleges that votes casts tor him
were in N any CO e S either
counted for some other candidate,
or for Mr.. Jaynes, OF not counted
al all, and h at certain votes
cast for him were not set forth in
t he returns to t h e canvassing
board.
The assumption is that when
du eleCtlOu IS bSit- duu SCt VI
ladies and gentlemen, whose hon
esty and ability have never been
questioned are selected TO serve as
judges and clerks of election, he
voice of the people has been ex-
pressed, and the vote of the people
must be taken into account. If
the will of the people is TO be set
aside because of some triAing tech
nicality, then elections are of no
avsil.
The situation points 10 the con-
clu~ion that Georgetown feels the
necessity of retaining the repre-
sentative in that town, and in self
defense Idaho Springs must put
up scrap that will make the Irish
rebellion look like pink tea 1t
is not the intention of the SIftings-
News to create sectionalism n
Clear Greek county, but when The
strife is started by the enemies of
onr town we want to go on record
as favorable to gathering in ALL
the spoils of victory, whether it is
a county seat war or war with
bloody Teutons. Let us have
faith that right makes might, and
ia that faith let US to the end dare
to do our duty as we understand
it," said Lincoln. So it may be
cause for the righteousness and
might OF Idaho Springs.