| Show NOW WEARS THE ERMINE I 1 judge christensen on oil the bench hears demurrer in piute diute election contest case and rules in favor of contestants judge albert christensn Christen en cn of the seventh district distria 1 made his initial bow in a judicial judici il capacity before a select audience in the court room at richfield on oil lucid 1 lie he had taken the oath of office the la previous ind he had been summoned hummon ed to hear the de in the election contest case cafe from pluto county which hid h id been to this cian ci foi convenience the judge looked the put of judicial arbiter it biter and lie he will undoubtedly call make a i good decoi mccoid d on oil the L ench ahe cane cabe in which he divide his debut wit hearing a demurrer in i 1 ca cao cae e in chich E F E spi igue mid ind til mi beeba republican romine cs for the offices ot of cleil bleik and attorney fol foi plute pinte counti contest the election of nt iichi and white while Landi candidates dates on oil all thi ticket of tint that count the chief ground of the contest NN Is i that man aiani of the oters of pluto count placed a cross under the cm cin bgern of t two 0 tickets on the ballot the democratic ticket on oil the piute count ballots ended with anith the ind and judicial of lieF ani th indea n dent ciket began where villere the democratic ticket left olt off many oters hotd ot for the democratic tate nominees by placing a ross under the emblem and then than desiring to vote note the count in dependent ticket they placed it i cross under r the emblem of that ticket the statute declares that a can not vote note for mora than one emblem on a ballot E E hoffmann for the independent candidates hied filed a demurrer and in the arguments on the demurrer the question of placing a mark under ano two emblems was gone into the judge over ruled the demurrer demur rei and held that ballots which had bad been marked b a cross being placed under two emblems could not be counted As the in dL pendent candidates andi dates will be the lookers in this the contestants feel that thea jhc thc have hale practically won non the case ase G R beebe appe appeared red foi the con te stants and he hid had a LaIC fully prepared argument in the case the casl case will nill come up for hearing on in saturday january oth at junction nd ind the ballot boxes will mill likely be spencil and i I 1 recount ordered |
