Case Name: The State of Washington on the Relation of E. E. Martin, Plaintiff, v. Sam H. Nichols, Secretary of State, Defendant
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1904-10-28
Citations: 36 Wash. 690
Docket Number: No. 5420
Parties: The State of Washington on the Relation of E. E. Martin, Plaintiff, v. Sam H. Nichols, Secretary of State, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 690–691

Head Matter:
[No. 5420.
Decided October 28, 1904.]
The State of Washington on the Relation of E. E. Martin, Plaintiff, v. Sam H. Nichols, Secretary of State, Defendant.
Application to the supreme court for a writ of mandate, filed October 24, 1904.
Denied.
Bryon Millett, for relator, cited Hollan v. Center, 102 Ky. 119, 43. S. W. 174.
The Attorney General, for defendant.
Reported in 78 Pac. 1118.

Opinion:
Per Curiam. —
This is a proceeding in mandamus, brought by the relator to compel the defendant, as secretary of state, to certify to the various county auditors of the state that the socialist party ticket, containing the names of the nominees of that party for the various state and congressional offices, is entitled to be placed in the third column on the official ballot to he used at the coming election.
The court is unanimously agreed that the application must he denied; hut, owing to. its inability to agree upon the grounds on which the conclusion can be rested, it reserves the right to state these grounds in detail at some future time, the exigencies of the case not permitting the announcement of the decision to be longer delayed.