Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-01

the right to vote in Kansas because his father re-
sided in Ness county. Your committee are salts
fed, that if he had any legal residence at all it
was in the state of Colorado, where he became OF
age, and where he resided for about year after
he became of age, and that his vote in Kansas
was illegal.
sth. Testimony was taken tending to show
that several other persons who were non-resi-
dents of the state had voted in Ness county; but,
upon careful examination of the testimony, your
committee have conclued to resolve the question
in favor of the claim of the witnesses that they
had acquired legal residence in Kansas, and
therefore take no note in their summary of the
votes cast by them.
AS conclusions your committee ind that hve
Illegal votes were cast for Richard o. Citing by
the following named persons, and at the pre-
cincts stated, namely:
H. N. Cowles, Center township, homage.
Walter E. Reynolds Franklin township. non
age.
g. p. Hoffer, Center township, nonresident
David DOpp, Center township, nonresident
William W. Hamilton, franklin township,
nonresident
Your committee also find, that the judges OF
election held in Center township were guilty OF
gross fraud, or of the most inexcusable careless
ness or ignorance, in counting and making re-
turn of the votes cast in their township. They
gave to Mr.. Citing six more votes than he re-
ceived, and they gave to Mr.. Goodwin four less
votes than he received. This was done by
reading or counting four ballots cast for Mr..
Goodwin as If they had been cast for Mr.. Citing.
and by reading or counting two ballots for Mr..
Citing from each of which his name had been
plainly erased by the voter and no name in
serted.
Your committee find that Mr.. Goodwin re-
a ~ 81, in Naae
| county for representative, and submit the fol-
lowing table, which presents the facts estab-
! lished by the testimony taken by your commit
| tee:
Total number of votes as canvassed for Mr..
Deduct s, frauduiently allowed him in Cen
ter township, and illegal votes above
Leaving Mr. Elting's actual vote. ........ 5Sf
| Total number Of votes as canvassed for MIR.
Add votes actually cast but not allowed in
| center township.
Making Mr.. Goodvin's total vote ......... 54t
MIR. Elting's actual vote... Ok
Majority for Mr.. Goodwin ................ II
Fully satisfied from the testimony that Mr.
| Goodwin received the highest number of votes
for representative for the Ninety ninth district
| ana was duly elected as member OF this house
your committee submits to the house for it,
consideration the following resolutions anC
recommend that they be adopted.
Reso1ued That Richard o. Citing was moi
| duly elected as representative for the Ninety
ninth district, Ness county and is not entitled
to q seat as q mem Der of this house.
ResOtved, That [. N. Goodwin, having received
amsjority of all the votes cast by the electors o
Ness county at the election held on the Sth o.
November. 1892, for representative of the
Ninety ninth representative district, was dull
elected to said Office, and is entitled to seat il
this house as the representative for sait
district.
Respectfully submitted,
| A. H. UPPER,
Chairman Committee on Elections.
On motion of Mr.. Lupfer, the rule
we're suspended, and the foregoing re
port and resolutions were unanimonsl,
adopted, and I. N. Goodwin was dull.
seated as member of the house of rep