Show STATS S OF OP AFFAIRS Judge Judg JO Johnson I Iss sa K Writ Compel Compelling Compelling Compelling ling Seo eld to Hold Election Mt of Pleasant Nov 1 A peremptory m writ of mandate te issued by Judge Jacob Johnson at Spring Bering CIty yesterday com corn compelling hIg the tile town officers of Scofield cofield ld to hold an election in form according to o law discloses disclose a peculiar state of or affairs in the big bie mining camp eam Had not recourse been taken to the th I courts by a few interested residents re id of the place and the writ issued in response thereto there would have bae been no dee elec deetion I tion there at all alt this year although the place is a legally incorporated n a town n and andas andas as such ch subject to all the election fo fon foI laws I of the state a as to is any other Incorporated town towy or city The situation as related to your correspondent dent is 18 this The Demo Democratic Democratic cratic party part failed to bold hold a nominating convention at all in Scofield and conse cons consequently consequently have no ticket in the field The Republicans held beld one on Oct 19 29 but as aB the town clerk clork was waa not in Scofield 8 that day the certificate of nominations DOminations could not be filed as required by law and tech technical t h the time had bad expired eX ired when such a certificate could be filed an anwa anyway wa 1 he Republicans however in an endeavor to j comply Imply as nearly as possible with the law mailed the document to the town clerk on the The authorities would not le the certificate as aa having baing been en legally leally filed on account of it Its reaching the clerk after the statutorY statutes stat limit for such auch filing flUng had clearly cleanly expired and it was wan not accepted acc A As there was wase no regularly nominated ticket c in the field f the e council r came to the conclusion that i I they were not obliged to hold bold an election and have bave made no preparations to that end whatever so that consequently up until yesterday it looked very ery much as though there would be BO no election Tues day and the present officers would of ot course bold hold over another aDOther term Some of oC the outs however concluded that such auch a course waa irregular and put puta a movement on foot f ot to compel the au authorities I to prepare for and aud hold an elec dee election tion The matter was brought broucht before I Judge Jude Johnson and after otter an investigation he 1 decided that the law fa w clearly provided that t an election should b be held e whether t the there e were tickets nominated e or not and he accordingly issued the writ compelling I Ithe the town authorities to proceed to that t end Immediately hn ly The election will be bt held beld I and nd the court will wUl pass ease on the Ute merits merit et t the case cue on the 1 th met inet I 1 I |