Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-12-24
THE STATE CANVASS.

The board convened on the day hXed
BY Law and proceeded with the work Of
canvassing. The first snag struck was
a mistake In the returns of tho county
clerk of Doniphan county, and notvith-
standing the fact that it was clearly an
error, the attorney general ruled that
the board had no right either to correct
errors or call upon the county clerk for
corrected or amended returns Under
this ruling one Of the Harrison electors
lost the whole vote Of Doniphan county.
When the counties of Sedgvick and
Wilson were canyassed similar error
IN the reports of the county clerks de-
prived one Of the Weaver electors Of the
vote intended for him in those counties.
The attorney general adhered to his
ruling in the Doniphan county case
The result was the election Of one Har-
rison elector. This Will however, be
contested. ard doubtless the board viii
declare all the Weaver electors chosen.
Now az to the Haskell county repre-
sentative. Rosenthal was the demo
cratic nominee and Stubs the republi-
can The rumors were that Rosenthal
had been elected Essential had been
boasting as to his power and how he
would exercise it in the organization Of
the house and the election Of United
States senator: hence the impression
prevailed that there was no doubt as to
his election.
When the board reached the Haskell
county abstract Secretary Higgins
read. -For representative Rosenthal.
1913; Stubs, 156." The members of
the board who were comparing the vote
as read with the tabulated returns asked
Higgins to repeat the vote. Higgins
again read. ..Rosenthal. 123: Stubs.
156-" Col ". c. Jones was sitting
right up against Higgins, watching the
canvass Briedenthal and other pop
ulists were also around the table Not
one of them expressed surprise Or said
a word IN int:mation that there must be
an error IN the county clerks returns
II thew had, the result would probably
have been the same. for General Ives
would have held to his ruling. that the
board had ne authority to inquire
whether there vas an error In the coun-
ty clerks returns. or to call for an
amended or corrected return
The declaration of the board vas
made and signed by all the members.
including the attorney general
A careful examination Of these re-
turns shows that the republicans had
majority of from sixty to seventy on
each and every candidate, except on
representatives; that Stubs ran few
votes behind, and Rosenthal few votes
ahead of their tickesa. If the face Of
these returns had shown Essential 156
and Stubs 123. the presumption would
have been that there was an error N the
returnA But If the board were indulg-
ing IN the luxury OF presumptions at
all. IN view OF the vote on all these OIL
cers, they could not presume that
Stubs was defeated A gentleman of
high standing said that while he
did not know whether there vas IN
error in the county clerks certificate or
not. that If it came to q contest
Rosenthal would lose on . square. i'm
partial decision Of the house; that he
had openly and bra1enly bought enough
votes to change the result eve, If the
clerk had made an error.
Any honest Official would have de-
cided on the county clerks returns IN
preference to RosenthA and rumorA
Mr.. Roeenthal himself declares that
be does not blame the state canvassing
board. but he charges that the clerk Of
Haskell county made a false report