The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-09-25

the democratic ticket.
In explanation of the Unexpectedly
small vote of the nonpartisans at the
primary, some of the nonpartisans
have claimed that there was an in
timidation of their voters in many
places, and that the threats and the
challenging by republicans were in
tended to keep as many nonpartisans
from voting as possible. Controver-
sizes have arisen as to just what con-
stitutes intimidation CT threat.
Following is the law regarding
bribery and intimidation, and voters
who have any question in their minds
should cut this out and keep it:
\ "Intimidating or bribing voter-If
any person shall use menace, force,
threat or corrupt means at or pre-
vious to any election held pursuant
to the laws of the state towards any
elector to hinder or deter such cleo
tor from voting at said election, or
shall directly or indirectly offer any
! bribe or reward of any kind to in
duce any elector to vote for or
against any person, or proposition,
or shall authorize any person so to
do, such person shall be guilty Of
felony 1896, Remington
Ballinger).
Intimidation of Voters.-No per-
son shall in any way directly
or indirectly, by menace or other cor
,rupt means or device directly or in
/, Directly, attempt to influence any
person in giving or refusing to give
his vote in any such election, or to
deter or dissuade any person from
giving his vote therein, or to disturb,
hinder, persuade, threaten or intimi-
date any person from giving his vote
therein, and if any person shall be
guilty of any act forbidden or de-
clared to be unlawful by this section,
he shall be deemed and taken to be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, on con-
viction thereof, shall be punished by
fine or Imprisonment, or both, at the
discretion of the court, before which
such conviction should be- had: Pro-
vided, That in no case shall such fine
exceed the sum of two hundred and
fifty dollars, or such Imprisonment
Che term of six months. * Section
1864, -Ballinger.)
Robert Bridges, the nominee for
governor on the farmer-labor ticket,
has challenged Governor Hart and
Judge w. w. Black to debate the
nonpartisan issue. Governor Hart
has not made any response. Judge
Black has answered that he will de-
bate Bridges or Hare, not upon the
nonpartisan issue which is being
settled for itself in North Dakota
this year, but upon the fitness of the
three Washington candidates to be-
come governor of this state.
Among the statements made by
Governor Cox in his many western
speeches is: 81 was not nominated
by any senatorial ring or any other
kind of a ring, and | will not \ be
tied down to my front porch by any
senatorial ring or any other kind of
a ring. The front porch | am inter-
ested in in this campaign is your
front porch and l mean to carry the
issues to you there"
The Statesman-Index of Colville
says: "W. H. Graham, sheriff in
cumbent and democratic nominee for
reelection, is as sure to be reelected
as the sun is sure to set tonight. He
will get the biggest vote ever polled
by any candidate in Stevns county.
And he deserves it. He is a gentle
man, an efficient officer and a good
mixer"
lu&t Luc lccillB DttWCch tic iC-
publicans and the nonpartisans at the
primary was tense, is evidenced by
the fact that even the court house
stenographers gambled on their fav-
orites. 1t is not known how many
of the girls in the court house be-
came excited over the election, but
one popular stenographer announces
that she won pounds of candy. She
states that at was risky bet when
you consider that there were four
candidates for clerk, but | was just
positive from the beginning that
Tremblay would come out ahead"
There are seven victims of her hunch
and she is mourning that she did
not bet more. AS she prefers fresh
candy, she plans on collecting one