The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-12-14

| other one section. This is the por-
ton that makes reference to the
Wolf Point precincts and the people
of the city in general. To show how
utterly absurd the charges are, we
quote from the complaint: "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. Huxsol, R. j.
Moore and George H. Flint and R..
Nv. Peck, with others to this plaintiff
unknown, 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 as electors in
the manner and ways as follows, that
| is: that they agreed to and did raise
and use large sums of money for IL
legal, unlawful and corrupt purposes
| in influencing said election and to
! induce persons to vote who were not
qualified therefore; that the said city
VI OA oiIlL HAS d PoPuidtioii "
less than 1000; that the Register of
Elections for said precincts had not
been purged for many years and that
upon said registers there appeared
registered as qualified voters from
said City of Wolf Point, in said pre-
cincts, about 1918 names, although
in truth and in fact there are not
to exceed 500 legal electors in said
precincts" And a lot more along
the same lines.
All who are familiar with the facts
concerning the Nov. election in
Wolf Point know that these allega-
tions are groundless but others might
be mislead by than Concerning the
three Wolf Ponit gentlemen named,
only one of them was in the rcity
election day. Mayor Moore had just
returned from trip to California
a few days before election and on
election day was at Poplar checking
votes. Mr.. Flint left Wolf Point
early on the morning of election day
to act as a vote checker at one of
the rural precincts. Business pres
sure forced Mr.. Huxsol to remain in
the city although he was urged to
check votes at one of the out of
town precincts. R. V. Peck is not a
resident of Wolf Point but resides at
Bainville and just what his connec-
ton with the local precincts might
have been is beyond understanding.
Bear in mind what the complaint
says about the population of Wolf
Point and the number of qualified
electors in the three precincts. Ad-
mission is made that there are 1918
persons registered and the same SEN
tence closes with the assertion that
there are not to exceed 500 legal
voters.
Summing up the complaint in a
general way the whole thing is made
up of about the sort of dope quoted
above and is signed by ]. L. Atkinson
who says under oath that the allega-
tions are true of his knowledge. The
doctor must have been busy boy
on election day to have visited fifteen
or more precincts.
When all the bowling is over and
the smoke clears away the fact that
Wolf Point received 1872 more votes
for permanent county seat of Roose-
velt county than Poplar received will
be the deciding factor. All this red
tape and flibustering will get Pop
lar nothing but more cordial dislike
than ever for their town. Poor
loosers die hard but as was stated in
The Herald few weeks ago, when
the proper time comes the county |
seat of Roosevelt county will bel
moved to its permanent home in Wolf |
Point by the orderly process of law.