The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
AGREED ON FACTS
ARGUMENT COMMENCED ON THE
WERB-sHAUP CONTEST.
No Material Change Between the
Agreed Statement and The Facts
Already Published in This Pa.
per-Campbell Lead the Ar
guuent-Deep Interest.

ment till 2 p. m became necessary in order
to make out special copies of the agreet
statement OF facts. At 2p. N. little
more time was asked SO that it was nearly
$3.50 when the agreed statement of fact:
/ was signed by the attorneys on both sides
and handed TO the court.
[. z. Campbell then proceeded to open
the argument for the plaintiff. His speech
was made up principally of questions OF
law, decisions of courts, constructions
I placed upon certain statutes. etc. II
lasted during the remainder of the after
noon aud developed nothing of interest to
the average reader.
The following is an agreed statement OF
facts boiled down from twenty pages OF
| type written copy:
! F'irst-Thst tue county of Sedgwick was
duly organized and has existed as such
with proper quota of officers since long
| before 1876
! Second-That az general election held
in 1877 pursuant to section of article 9 of
| the constitution commissioner was
elected for each district in the county as
| they then existed.
Third-Ihas no change was made respect
ing the boundaries of the commissioner
districts of Ssdgwick county until 1881,
when the board of county commissioners
redistricted said county into commissioner
districts by an order duly made and en-
tered in the journal of proceedings.
Fourth-That on the 10th day Of August
1854 the board Of county commissioners
changed the boundaries of the several dis
tricts.
Fifth-That on the Goth day of Septem-
| ber. 1885, the board of commissioners fur
ther changed the boundaries of two dis
tricts.
Sixth-That since making the order of
Sept. 26, 1855, the board has made no or
der redistricting or changing any Of the
commissioner districts.
Seventh-That the present board con-
sists of S. II. Hayden. j. NJ. Allen aud
Matthias Bush.
Eighth-That four persons ran for the
office of commissioner at the general cleo
tion held in November, 1898. viz: Shaup,
Webb, Bolt and Baker.
Ninth-That Webb and Shaup both lived
iu Gypsum township on and prior to the
day of the election and that the votes cast
for Bolt and Baker were not sufficient to
affect the legal rights Of either Shaup or
Webb
Tenth-That large number of tickets
were printed with caption, "For commits.
sloner Sixty representative dis
trict," aid other ballots cast with the
caption, "For county commissioner First
DISTRICT"
1welfth-That many persons in the
First and Sixth wards of the city voted
for Webb for commissioner Sixty-seventh
district while many others voted for Cal
win Shaup for commissioner First dis
trict.
Thirteenth-That the judges and clerks
of election in the said wards counted said
tickets aud made returns thereof to the
county clerk
Fourteenth-That the canvassing board
counted for said Webb 6O6 votes so cast in
the First and Sixth wards and allowed
Shaup AL votes so cast in the same ward.
Fifteenth-That the board of county
commissioners, on the 10th day of Novem-
ber, canvassed the vote cast on the 7th of
November for successor TO 5. H. Haden,
in the precincts and wards included in the
Sixty-seventh representative district. But
the contestor does not admit but denies,
that the townships OF Eagle. Grant, Greely
north precinct). kechi, Lincoln, Park
(-ast preciuct), Payne, Valley Center, and
said First and Sixth wards OF the city of
Wichita constitute part OF the commits
sioner district in which the parties hereto
reside; while the contestee claims that the
said townships and precincts last named.
aud said two wards OF said city of Wichita
a nf c,,1d les dfS
trict. The parties admit that the town
ships of Gypsum, Rockford, Wichita and |
Minneha are within the said commission |
er district.
Six,eenth-Tbat the total vote cast for |
county commissioner, and canvassed as /
returns from the four townships last /
named in the preceding paragraph. was as /
follows: For Webb. 2s7; for Shanp. 3l3
Seveateenth--That IN March. 1881, Sedg- |
wick county contained less than 30, eco pop |
ulstiou.
Eighteenth-During all Of 1885 and ever
since that time Sedgwick county has had
a population OF $4,000.
Nineteenth-That ut the tine OF making
said order by the board on the 10th OF
August, 1854, and at all times prior
hereto, up to the time of making
the order of March. 1881, the
territory comprising the second precinct
aud part OF the first precinct of the
Sixth ward of the city OF Wichita was
within and constituted part OF Wichita
township.
Twentieth-That the vote cas-. at said
elecjioa in the second precinct OF the Sixth
ward was: For Webb, 132; for Shaup, S.
Tweuty-one to tweBty-seven refer to the
men nominated by the various political
parties from 1886 70 1892 for the Office of
county commissioner as well as 10 tie
composition of each district during tina.
ime
Twenty-eighth-Tha in the year 1898
.. Webb was nominated By a dele gate
Of Republicans representing
he various townships iu the Si1ty-sevenih
representative district, aud that e. Shaup
Vas nominated il like manner BIZ the
party constituting tie opposition 10 the
Republican party. That at the election
be tickets voted for the said T. Webb
bore the appel!ation or heading. For COM
missioner Sixty-seventh representative dis
rici," and the tickets so voted for Shaup
lore the appelIation or heading. "For
'o.lly CON- u is>iobSf if-t AisAffcl-
Twenty-uinih-That no votes we.e cast
or coutestor or coBt=stee in the townships
4 Waco. Salem. Ohio, NluBescah, Illinois,
Alton, Niola, Erie and Morton aud no BAL
ots were printed ioc said townships for
ounty commissioner.
Talrtieth.-Thai at the said election on
he 7sh O, November all tie ballots cast
or Calvin II. Shaup for commissioner
we're headed aud designated FOR County
Commissioner First District, AMI wsrs
o voted.