The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-13
WOG-LIS'T
EV Id ENCE
n EA R LY IN
One Contestant Denied That He
Was Acquainted in Districts
Where Fraud Is Alleged
DISPOSITIONS o SUBMITTED E'l {. II
Oral Testimony Is Limited to-
Parties Interested in Con-
test Action

0A0CtlO1 OklACldlb COllouMcO SIAC OutlA .
morning session before the election
committee Of the senate in the contest
Of B. ]. List for the senate seat of
Gust Wog Of Billings county and will
be completed late today after the ad-
journment Of the senate.
Election officials admitted that they
showed voters how to mark their bal
lots and that they into the boothes
with them alone, while the law re-
auirss that two should go In. Fred
Kessel. Judge at Green River, said that
not more than Ave of fifty voters knew
how to read English and said that
nearly all called for Nonpartisans
when asking directions. Like condi,
tions existed at Sentinel Butte ana
Indian Springs, with more than enough
votes to swing the election to List.
where the latter obtained only four OF
five votes in all. 49,,
Attorneys expect to complete the
hearing tonight. Should LisA win, tne
independents would gain control OF
the house. II there should De q
straight party vote on the contest with
Wog not voting, the vote would De tie
and Lieutenant Governor WOOD, Noh-
partisan, would have the deciding vote.
Election officials Of Sentinel butte
also testified. H. C. France, inspec-
tor. said that there was no electioneerr
ing. no marked ballots in the bootn, ,
that election officials assisted voters
,vhon ronnested: that the election
officials: were not paid by Wog OF
others TO help the Nonpartisan tlcke''
and that he saw some election calGs'
which apparently had been orousn'
to the polls by voters. .os
Frank Kessel of Sentinel butte .es.
tified to the same effect and sala INA. a.
most voters, requested assistance ~
Toto the farmers or Nonpartlsah
10 1oa.ue ticket and that he had made an
announcement he would help votels'
th;nkin9 that it was proper for one .,.l ~.
ficial to 80 into election M Doo'ns
voters. ,,d.e denied
that he was paid and admittea .nas - - ~
had helped possibly half OF NOSE CO.. .hst
as % haiiots 1t their request ana ma ne,
as,. 10 ssked him II they had msEAeu ~
!sa;. a haIldts for Nonpartisans as he
said they wished to. . sorator
&c Gus, Wog, whose place as senat1. ~.
I-o,, tha 39th district Is contesteu -
IiAt. denied before the senae a.
t,.o.;ons r. u committee that he was ~.
sonally acquainted In the pre..ne com- ~
which It is alleged traua ~ss ss,.tnr. %
mitted which gave him the ,',n sv'c cam-
ah;n. declared he made no ac'lso .artad Ito
oa;er oe II those districts, and assel.ea
thas he never paid money 70 ansono
~ aarvices during the campaign.
o., ruling OF the elections com
80 which Senator Hagan' cnalIMan'
seia soi h.d heen stipulated by attorneys ="
sta orai teatimony in the contest "a.
Sa;rg I heard in the Burleigh coano, a9o,
oe,. oe,ns ,.rthnmse was limited to Sena'o.
NO. and r. ]. List, the contestant. = =
large volume Of depositions ,ettar eVn'
of major testimony 'n the ma..ea' .sa late
when the hearing was res9Meu 1,;Nm ~as -
vesterday afternoon MI WOE sos
nlated on the stand. Ine cas. cast -
ps pas,,,med this morning at o'clocA'
'o'" Denles Paying Money. ,a
M Wox said he was a farmer aaa
,.nnh.r and had lived In bi!nnss
county for thirteen years. he iofni
o,,v lived IN Minnesota and sald ~ ,
snoke English and Swedish.
"section IL OF the notice OF COMES.
,,,eges an information and beiiet that
several officials were Ta'a p, TN moIIs ss,ie
Illegally mark ballots" sa,o heeI anI
Simpson, attorney Tor Wos. % :"
asked: did you pay any money ~
enyone for this purpose!"
"No," answered Wog. A..
The three precincts to whicn tne
evidence, was limited, Simpson saia'
,uere indian Springs, Sentinel bu''e
and Green River. :,
~ "Are YOU personally acquainted IN
4hose nrAcincts!' asked Simpson.
mo" o,.n
"Did YOU make an active campaign
in those precincts!
mo" 49,
Wos said he spent about $50 IN inc
campaign, as nearly as he couid re-
member. c..,,
On cross examination, Judge Craw
ford asked Wog II he had not taiked
tn various persons before the elec-
ton about the precincts.
"Did not you and other parties go
mt and canvass the situation before
Won took depositions? Judge Craw-
ford asked.
"No," Wog Answered.
"Did not Mr.. Eaton say to you BE-
fore the election that you need not
20 into those precincts-that he'd
take care of you?"
mo"
Few Speak English. ],
ON direct examination Wog sa,d
that he believed very small major
Nv of peonle in. the three pre"mc,s
could speak English, but qualified II
On cross and said that
Athe majority of the people in the pre-
cincts were Russians, Ukrafnians'
s Eloyaks, Silesians, ETC., and that rev
gpnke az wrote the English langua re-
Attorney Mackoff read from the
depositions for an hour. They were
Eiven mostly by foreigners. and the
answers, which had been given thru
interureters, created considerable
nerriment. It is the contention OF
the cortestant that election Officials
marked ballots for foreigners and vfo-
lated the election laws in other ways
The United States imports more
oil from the Philippines than from