White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-10-03

from all appearances, y. II. NC
Cready does not seem to be a very
graceful loser. Having been de.
feated in the recent primary by
Sam Allard for the republican
nomination for county commission
er for this district, he drove over
to Prosser on last Friday IN CON-
pany with Jim Needham and Frank
Clark of Hanford and filed suit
in the Superior court charging the
Columbia precinct Officials with
"malconduct," the White Bluffs
election board with receiving lille
gal votes and Sam Allard with bri-
berry. The charges are embodied
in the following paragraph taken
from the complaint, which is
signed by McCready as petitioner:
"That your petitioner contest the
nomination of the said Sam Allard
for said office as aforesaid on the
grounds and for the reason of NAL
! conduct on the part of the election
board of Columbia precinct which
precinct is in the said district voting
on said officer in that said election
officials did open, the ballot box in
| said precinct prior to the legal time
for closing said polls and did, prior
to the closing time of said polls, ex-
hibis and count said ballots and enter
the same in the poll book and after
so counting said ballots did receive
further votes from electors in said
precinct, and further, in that said
election board did unlawfully cleo
tioneer for the nomination of Sam
Allard for said office during the
time said polls were open and with
in the boundaries of said polls and
did instruct and request certain cleo
tors to vote for the said Sam Allard,
all within the bounds of said polls
and during the time said polls were
open, and further in that said cleo
ton board did illegally and impro-
perly count, and return the ballots re-
ceived in said precinct and did
count and return. ballots for the said
Sam Allard which were not proper
ly received at all SO as to give votes
to the said Sam Allard which were
not properly received or received at
all and that by reason of the said il
legal conduct of the said board of
election in said precinct the returnd of
said precinct should be thrown out
and disallowed by the court and
| that if said precincts vote is so
cast out and not counted, the re-
turns of said primary election in
said commissioners district No. l.,
would show majority of votes in
favor of the petitioner for said Of
flee, and for the further reason that
the said Sam Allard did, prior, to
said election, offer to and give to
an elector in said district prefer
ment in employment, reward and a
valuable consideration lin exchange
for the promise of said elector to
vote for the said Sam Allard for said
office as aforesaid, and for the pur-
pose Of procuring his election; and
for the further grounds of illegal
vote in White Bluffs precinct in
said district recsive and counted
by the election board thereon in
numbers sufficient to change the re-
suit of said election so that the said
Sam 'Allard would not have receiv-
ed the majority necessary for his
nomination and your petitioner would
have received said nomination"
The members of the election
board in Columbia precinct were
Archie Brown. Otto Jaeger and L.
N. Fry. The White Bluffs election
board was composed of M. S.
Meeks, F. D. Edwards, Mrs. F. M.
Wheeler, D. D. Atwood and Mrs.
Ethel Remlinger.
If either one Of the above boards
or any of the members can be con-
victed of misconduct they will be
subject to the following penalties
prescribed in Remington's Compiled
Statutes of the State of Washing
ton.