The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-11-25

ney, but in person. and demanded AMI
insisted that your vote in Deer Greek
township be counted and mine prac'
tically thrown out. Your wish was
complied with. BY the disfranchise.
ment of 20 voters in Allen county you
obtained your certificate and are now
! holding it. There is no escape from
this; and the noisy and groundless cry
of fraud" raised by some of your more
than "Over-zealous friends" does moi
excuse it, and will not deceive any
body or "corral" the republican party.
The same spirit of fairness shown by
you before the board of canvassers,
again manifests itself in the PROPOSE.
ton you now submit to me. But it is
said by your friends that the above
demands were made of the county
commissioners, not because they were
right or fair, but in order to relieve
you of the burden of contesting the
election, and to throw that burden
upon me; and now you come and gen.
erously offer to relieve yourself of an.
other burden and place that upon my
shoulders also. Verify the generosity
of yourself and friends, in this matter,
passeth all understanding. Your ad-
visers in caucus assembled seem to
have resolved as follows:
WHEREAS. We have made the charge that
and
WHEREAS. Fraud is never presumed but
must:always be proved, and
WHEREAS. The burden of proving our charge
is upon us, and
WnERE4s. We are unable to prove the same
therefore be it
Rcsoiued. That we relieve ourselves of this
burden and demand that Benton prove there
was not fraud.
Resolved. That if he desires any votes count
ed for him, he should first show that the voters
Resoired: That If his friends are not crlmi-
nails and fools, he be required to show that
Resoired. That If he does not accept this. our
proposition he is dishonest man.
Resolved. That copy Of these resolutions he
published, IN q modified form, in the lola REC
lister and Moran Herald.
But to be more serious, you seem to
have more than ordinary difficulty in
ascertaining the result of the recent
election, and not being content with
knowing that I received sixty votes
more than you, in the county, you now
demand that, in order to more fully
convince you that really ,Das elected
county attorney, that 60 to the va
riOus parts of the county and find
every republican who thought it prop-
er to vote for me, and when found, as
certain what kind of tickets they pre-.
ferred to vote, and then prevail upon
them to come to lola, and raise their
hands and solemnly swear that they
intended to do what they did do. And
all of this at my own expense. But
you further require that in case I fail
out of the 1914 voters at the recent
election, to find one or two or a dozen
or any other number of these voters,
then their votes must either be taken
from me and counted for you, or not |
be counted at all. Truly remarkable |
request and wonderful sa wing of time
and expense to you. have no right |
70 accept your proposition. have no |
right to enter into an agreement to dis
any number Of the voters of
Allen county, or to consent that their
TOtes be counted for you, when they
r0ted for me, and if l am to be consid-
.red dishonest for not doing 80, 80 be
t. Your proposition strikes me as so
'unny and 80 ridiculous that am per-
'uaded that the publication of two or
;hree such, would stamp the REGIS
TER and Herald as humorous Papers
or the remainder Of their existence.
n fact your entire letter is so full of
he products of distorted Imagination
md falls SO far short of your usual fair.
less and candOr, in matters not politi-
al, that 1 am more disposed to place
he ideas and insinuati0ns therein