Show GROUND FOR A CONTEST I 1 initial action expected about next monday WANT A prohibitive WRIT scheme of the interested politicians now la is to go before the supreme court and ask it to prohibit the canvass of the vote for certain officials on the ground that the election was invalid senator brown on the distribution of federal patronage the threatened election contest Is scheduled to assume a tangible form orm immediately atter after tile the meeting of c the state stale supreme court on oil Ti monday londay next in it the chent ot of course that it Is 13 not sidetracked in the interval if instituted tile lie action W will III be one ot of prohibition to 10 proven prevent t the state tate doald ol of canvassers biorn canvassing the vote cast tor for con 1 I essman bisti let judges anil and such senators as aa more than one county the issuance of 0 the writ will tilli be prayed tor for upon the ground that the election was and this allegation will be sup supported potted by the contention that tile the election law was not legally passed by the legislature after gov cov wells had retained it with his it Is also possible that tho the secrecy ot of the australian ballot system may be brought into question certificates tills this information was secured from f am an all louice but still tile the attaches of 0 the county offices when questioned about the matter cither dacuss it with an apparent mental reservation or declare that they are not in the confidence of those who nho asimo to believe that a contest ot of the election Is in line hue with their duty as Anic american rican citizens when asked it if the proceedings could be instituted after the issuance ot of certificates ot of election to the members of the legislature the tribunes I 1 intorf an ant t said but they have not leen been issued it Is understood that they mill 11 be be before next monday though wits was an rg ested yes was the reply but I 1 dont tit think rok they w will 11 b be e and nd as far as the county officers officer are concerned it is im mate ilal ital whether they are issued or not should the court hold the law invalid inid vill id I 1 NOT HUNTING VOTE FOR TROUBLE rumors have been rife to the effect that tho the main obstacle in the way of the inan tile who are behind the contest was the failure to discover any one with sufficient temerity to become the complainant nant lit in the notion action on tho other hand it was positively stated yesterday yes berday hy by a county OtIl etal whose environment is such that lie catch catches frequent glimpses of the inside workings of the se schema herne that at least a dozen men on if in the joint building were anxious to berve country in suell a capacity and although the name of the complainant could not be learned it Is fair kopro sume same that a selection has been made deputy clerk reese said yesterday that tile the certificates of election el ec elan would not be issued until the bonds of tit clift incoming officers hael had been fixed the county corn however deot mec t today for the purpose of fixing tile the bonds of all county olli officers cers except the new commissioners mission missioners ners crin and after tills formality Is attended to therel there will bo be nothing to further delay tile tho issuance of the certificates unless something new is discovered in tile the meantime As before stated though the issuance of these certificates will not affect the contest should it be launched in the manner above set out CARD UP THEIR SLEEVE should the pro gramme as now arranged tall fall to be carried out the county officers are said to have an all additional remedy A well informed attorney said yesterday the same I 1 coult so far as the county a officers are concerned can be secured by compelling the democrats to take the initiative it would be an easy matter malter lie he continued for one of the present county officers to refuse to surrender his onice office to his successor and the democrat wat would id then be compelled to institute legal proceedings which would open up tile the question of whether or not ilot the election law is valid ot of course lie added tit in conclusion this would not affect members of the legislature as each branch of that body can judge ot of the election and qualifications of Us its own members elfter after they receive their certificates of election |