Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-12-17 | Page 3 | Suit is Filed to Oust City Officials

13 IS FILE TOI TO I OUST F ITT ITY OFFICIALS II Huntsville Election Electon to Be Contested Contested Con tested Before District DistrictS S Court Court Republican Special SerIco SerIco Ogden Olen Dec De 16 The fhe The aftermath C of 01 the tha Huntsville election electon troubles In th the filing pt nt at a n complaint before tho the district US dis c court h by N. N C C. A against the thE elected officers of ot hunts yule ville charging that their election electon No November o. o v vember Oher 6 of this year vas was le Illegal nl ani and void old praying that It I be he declared null nul an and The Tho defendants in the action octon ar are arc Neils ma mayor o V. W. tD G. G recorder A. A J. J Anderson justice of or the tho peace King ICing tr treas treasurer as- as P. P M. M Jen Jensen Tolon on year four car council councilman councilman man John Felt Jr Alma Peterson and C. C C. C year two council council- men mn V VIn In tho the complaint makes a f sweeping allegation In which he lie declares de de- dares clares that the thc election Wi was is-as null nul anc and told old in view of the tao tl fact that th tho countInG countIng counting count- count Ing InG and Can aR canvassing of the ballot balot was wag Illegal le Io seven SO specifications In the complaint as follows That flint there was no legal n nomination of or officers and that th 00 were wore no official cial ballots blots I That the recorder failed to prepare for Judges of oC ballots That tho re registration agents ne neglected neg neg- to po post t notices of tho the tIme and place o of election electon as ns required b by In law t rh That tho the ballot balot blanks boro bore no ofil- ofil official or- or cial elal characters That E. E and P. P C. C an ard were duly qualified as Interpreters and that there thero more than foreigners orel ners present but they the wore unable to ad ad- administer ar minister the tho oath to foreigners ac according ac- ac according ac- ac cording to the law That many of or those who east cast st ballots bal bl- lots Jots were entirely ignorant of the EngIsh Eng Eng- lab Ish language That there thero were ere more than Ion theal illegal Ic- Ic the ille gal al votes polled poled in a total of H 1 He lie therefore asks that the election bo bl P set et null nul and void olt and alegos all al- al l egos e that tho t if It the illegal 1 votes vote had hadnot not tot been heen Cst cast tho those e 1 elected would not havo ha e ace secured a majority or a a pIna plu pIn a I I ty The Tho nn answer wor was wa m made mado i returnable beCort be- be forr Cort ore Julg Hall hail Hal January muary l 1 J 91 M