Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-12-08
Settled for the Present.


eide the legislative tie in Coffey
county and Bolinger, the republican.
was chosen. The entire proceedings
was conducted In secret session and
Attorney General Ives, the only dem
ocrat on the board, refused to take
part in it. By this decision the re-
publicans gain control of the lower
house of the legislature and Briden-
thai, chairman of the Populist state
central committee, openly charges the
board with fraud.
It was impossible to get statements
from the various members comprls-
ing the returning board this after
noon which did not conflict. Secre-
tary Higgins stated that Treasurer
Slower drew the ballots and the audi
tor declared that it was Secretary
HIggins.-Telegranl to the Atcbison
Champion:
The board also issued a certificate
of election to w. A Stubs, republi-
can, of Haskell county, instead of
Joseph Rosenthal, democrat. It has
been conceded from the first that
Rosenthal was elected. but the certi-
fed returns of the county clerk of
Haskell county gave Stubs 156 votes
and Rosenthal 123. The returns on
members of the legislature were read
aloud in open session Of the board by
Secretary Higgins, but when the re-
suit in Haskell county was read no
notice of it was taken by the numer-
GUS Populists who were present to
watch the count, and the certificate
of election was issued to Stubs with
out objection. It is probable that the
county clerk in making his returns
placed the vote of Rosenthal opposite
Stubs name and vice versa by mis-
take.
However, the mistake, If one has
been made, can only be rectifed by
the Legislature through control pro-
ceedings, as the certificate WAS issued
and mailed to Stubs last evening.
As the certificates have been issued
the republicans will have sixty-four
members of the house. the democrats
two, Populists ffty-eight and indie
pendent Populist republican one.
This will give the republicans the or
ganlzation beyond all question Tel
egram to the Kansas City Times:
In conversation with State Jour
nal reporter Mr. Rosenthal said:
There is no question about my cleo
ton and the fact that the county
clerk, w. II. Hussey, who is respon-
sible for this damnable outrage has
skipped the country, shows that he is
the guilty rascal. I did not learn of
the affair until Friday evening, when
some friends arrived from Ga rden
City with the news. I insisted that
they were joking but they urged that
they were not and I finally had to be-
lieve it. We at once went to the
court house to see the returns there
and found them all right. showing
that l was elected. but the county
clerk, w. H Hussey, was not there;
his deputy, J. J. Miller, said he did
not know where he was. Upon in
vestigation we learned that Hussey
had not been seen since Thursday
night and is supposed to have left the
state. His wife and family are al
most distracted over the affair and
the citizens of the county of all par
ties would hang him if they could
get hold of HIM"
You think then there is no doubt
but he alone is responsible for the
changing of the figures"
''None at all He Is not only re-
publican, but is a member of the
county ring and is my most bitter
personal enemy. It is on account of
me personally that he did it. I don't
charge the republican party Of the
state with any unfairness in the mat
ter"
81 have here certified copy of the
returns made by the deputy county
clerk. j. j. Miller, and will place
this in the hands of my attorney, w.
Q. Webb, will manage the contest
case for me.''
Mr.. Rosenthal produced the follow
ing table:
Townships Rosenthal Stnbbs