Show I PREPARED FOR H HARD RD STRUGGLE e Contest Case is Fairly Joined After W Week k Spent by Attorneys in Preliminary Differ in as to to Monday v e c c Richards s ot of counsel for con the work worl of the week the contestant and his Counsel are arc entirely satisfied with what has been done In Ia the haste halite or of preparing a petition of the char actor we filed In this case so soon after the election It became necEssary necessary sary to Insert some general tons timis for tor want or of specific facts at 0 the time Ume with the expectation or of later obtaining permission from the court to amend the petition and i imako snake mako It more specific This we did and every amendment proposed by uti us that rial for us to make to tob tobe b be able to prove our case has been allowed b by the thC court and no all gation that was considered or of Im Importance importance to the case caso ba has been en out We Ve have not been appointed and arc arb entirely satisfied with the situation as It now con confronts fronts us UsA A B 1 Heywood OO o of counsel o el for con o t testes tee We are e in tile N midst s of f the case and do not care caro to be quoted as makin making an any comment commont whatever ver on the tho rulings of oC the court courty y stilt L y SUIt sulL At After I nearl nearly a week spent in consider consideration consideration of te questions Judge Morse MONC yesterday on application of the continued the case pr of Daniel Hamer against J Albert Howell to Monday Monda morning at 16 10 Attorneys who have watched the case closely and who are pot not identified wIth either Elther side while the they differ In their pre predictions predictions dictions as to the final outcome never nevertheless theles all agree that the issues have been fairly joined for a Ion long and hard struggle le leThe The attorneys for Hairier Hamer openly express their satisfaction with the situation at atthe atthe the close cloMe of the preliminary maneuvering for position The opposing attorneys In Inline inline line with theIr action ever since the con controversy started made public none of their excepting such as appeared In the regularly filed documents The proceedings started yesterday with the objection or of the Howell sJ side to the amended complaint of the tho contestant and anda a motion that it be stricken out entirely This being disallowed they to several paragraphs and smaller sub subdivisions subdivisions divisions and the thC objections were stated briefly In an argument by Judge W In ruling on these the tho court in the main sustained the mottoes motions to strike out all portions where the tho allegations were not specific Very little or of a general charac character character ter remained In the charges when he had finished Aft After r ruling on all the contested points In the complaint as amended the court took an adjournment till S The witnesses were excused till Monday morning In the tho afternoon tile the oHorn attorneys ys lot fot How Howell ell cli filed their answer which was a gen general eral era denial ot of all the tho material allega allegations or of the complaint In regard to the returns from Hooper dIstrict No o 1 the answer sets sete forth that the actual num number her ber or of ballots cast for was 34 and for Howell 85 15 and add that the judges In making thir returns so certified d and that their certificates covered the ST iii votes otes which It was alleged had been counted In excess or of what the tho tally book showed were wre cast The answer al also o sets up the return or of votes as made b by the boards of canvassers and certified to by the see e rotary of stAte st u which showed Howell had bad bada a maJority of After the tiling filing ot of the answer the I court at the request st of the attorneys for tor Howell Dowell adjourned till Ull Monday morning |