The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-12-15
Institute, Contest, Alleging
Fraud, I'm Co. Seat Controversy
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Ericsson, Erick Noun and Geo.

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Ericsson, Erick Noun and Geo. A
Bangs.
The action just filed is too lengthy
to publish in detail but in part it is
alleged that of the 2O02 votes can
vassed and returned in favor of the
said city of Wolf Point for permanent
county seat of Roosevelt county by
the canvassings board, 813 were, from
Wolf Point Precincts Nos. %, "a and
%; that the elections held in said pre-
cincts and the returns therefrom so
canvassed and included as ,4hereinbe-
fore set forth, were illegal, fraudulent
and void by reason of thesefacts, as
follows, that is to say
That on and prior to- said election
day "a number of the residents and
citizens of the said city of Wolf Point,
among them being A. w. HuxsoI, r.
j. Moore, George FL. Flint, and r. V.
Peck, with others to this plaintiff UNI
known, conspired, confederated and
agreed together, and with the judges
and clerks of election in said precincts
to cast and procure to be cast, illegal
and fraudulent votes by persons not
qualified electors in the manner and
ways as follows, that is: That they
agreed to and did raise and use large
sums of money for illegal, unlawful
and corrupt purposes in influencing
said election and to induce persons to
vote who were not qualified therefor;
that the said city of Wolf Point has a
population of less than 1000; that the
register Of election for said precincts
had not been purged for many years
and that upon said registers there APP
peared registered as qualified voters
from said city of Wolf Point, in said
precincts, about 1918 names, although
IN truth and in fact there were not
to exceed 500 legal electors in said
precincts. That the excessive regis
tradon gave these men the opportuni-
ty to have and they did have persons
not qualified as electors impersonate
such registered person and to vote;
that further to carry out said fraud
ulent plan and scheme the election of
ficers were induced to and did aid
therein by neglecting and refusing, af-
ter repeated requests and solicitations
therefor, to announce in a plain and
audible tone of voice, the name of the
person voting as required by law
thereby preventing persons interested
i'm such election from interposing
challenges to such persons SO at
tempting TO vote; that ssr election
officers refused to entertain challenges
or to- recognize the right of electors
to challenge and that when challenges
were interposed that the challenged
persons were permitted to vote with
out the imposition of an6>oath and
without the endorsement Of the bal
lot as required by law; that the alb
absent voter ballots, were permitted to
til the close Of the election as re-
qglired by law but that on the contrary
such ballots were placed in the ballot
boxes at the opening of the polls so
that thereafter it was impossible to
take from such box or boxes, the bal
lots of such persons who might there
after appear in person at the polls;
that persons who had heretofore voted
basent voter ballots, were permitted to
ard subsequently did vote in person
and their ahec-1t voter ballots were
not canc destroyed but that the
sonally ard the alb
$ in such cases were
Indins not citizens
vote and that re-
ians not citizens
ght to vote in one
taken by some Of
'uch conspiracy to
in the city and
to vote in the
tered but whose