Show I I I I HARRIES HARAlE l LYER ARGUES AGAIN AGAINST T OUSTER CHARGE Attorney Contends Proceeding Proceed Proceed- Proceeding ing Against Sheriff-Elect Sheriff Irregular Twenty-Four Twenty Complainants Withdraw w Y Argument Arg on th the demurer In the ouster proceedings proceeding'S instituted by m r re than seventy five petitioners against Sheriff Ben Den R R. Harries Harrt whose to hold office is challenged on 0 the ground that his hla election was gained as the result of the Influences Influence 9 0 Of Mormon and other churches was wae made this morning by Barnard J. J Stew Stewart representing Mr fr Harries In his argument today Mr S Stewart wart contended that the entire proceeding was irregular because the p had not applied to the attorney attorn general general gen gen- eral to bring action the statutes he be said giving gh that stat officer alone slone the right to Intervene Mr Stewart said that a private citizen or a group of 01 private citizens had not the ca capacity capacity c-a- c or authority to bring suit Bull be because because be be- cause the they did not contest the elec elte tion lion A suit of that kind must be b. brought by a 1 contestant or candidate t. t for tor office ho said wd At the beginning of the tho h hearing this morning Judge W W. Is M. M McCrea of ot the he Third district court coutt Issued an order allowing twenty four of ot the original l complainants to lo withdraw their names Application to do 90 so Dad ld been made when the hearing on tile the e temporary Injunction was aas a held This Tide group filed affidavits that they had bad I been Induced to sign the fr through misrepresentation and tt the they did not understand that they ty Iy were to appear In a suit against ss defendant ant Mr Harries Harries' attorney argued that he district court is without jurisdiction on in the matter and that the entire proceeding pro pro- is indefinite In that It does dUM not allege how undue Influence Jt bs a been used t |