Show FUSION CONTESTS I I Ii i L ARE KNOCKED flUIS Judges Lewis and Ritchie Decide Dei Decide De De- De- De i cide Against Protests Following Following Foli Fol Fol- Fol- Fol i lowing on n Election APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN Precedent Needed in Future Politics Is S 'S Sought By American Party JUll Judge o Lewis yesterday I knocked out time the co co election contest cases Involving J J. D. D 1 and Oliver Oll Hodgson of time the First precinct and a moment lat late lator I Judge Ritchie put a n quietus on tIme the contest conlest over ovel time the seat scat of or L. L 12 g Hall of the Fourth Arguments had h been n hoard Thursday Judges eH Lewis and amuil Ritchie and i time the attorneys s 's and appeared in iii court yet yesterday at 2 o'clock to to hear heal 1 the tho rulings Judge ludge Lewis announced that he would sustain the demurrer r of oC son Hodgson and amid Murdoch con confirm rm their election ejection anti and dismiss time the contest He lie then referred th time the attorneys 8 to Judge Ritchie for Cor a decision in the Hall hail cl case Judge e Ritchie entered a similar oriler or or- or- or der iler nail and S. S P. P Armstrong attorney for the contestants gave ga notice of oC appeal to the time Supreme court I The demurrer which was sustained i admitted the facts as set out In the time complaints but denied that there were sufficient grounds upon to oust either Hodgson Murdoch or Hall XII No lei JIN dU In the he complaint anti and in iii the argument alAn argo- ment mont In support thereof It was contended con con- tended that no convention nor committee commit commit- tee had the time right to lo go o outside Its Ils own party ll to nominate candidates The Time ruling of the thc court establishes the time fact that any ony party pall may limy nominate any man manfor for fOI nn any office ce so lon long as ns he lie is a qualified quaIl quaIl- fied fittl elt elector clor and that his political affiliations affil ha have YC nothing I ngo wha whatever 1 el A to 0 do with the matter The Time contest conlest was wag th tub the outgrowth of the time recent ell city election in which tho the Democrats of the tho First fused with the thc Republicans nominating a Republican II and 1191 nd a Ii Democrat for the In the time Fourth the Republicans fused on Hall time the Democratic nominee and ho lie de defeated do- do led Frank Frink Harris American Hobday Hobo Hob Hob- o da day and Pa Payne lIe Americans who were I defeated in iii tIme the First and Harris American Amer Amner- lean Jean who was defeated In th the Fourth filed flied contest on thin tho ground that the tIme parties hud had no right to fuse The Time contest which was nurtured b bythe by 11 the American party for Cor future action was brought with a view of establishing establish ing a precedent In favor of fusion Time Tho court rulings nut and the Supreme court opinion which is expected t. t to sustain the time lower court will be 10 used next Callb fall Call b by the time American party part 1 In 1 u it fusion CURlon ni movement movement- en 1 Time The contestants and their attorneys never nc expected at nt an any an time to win the contest thin tho solo sole plan Jl being to lo manufacture manu manu- facture a precedent I |