The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-27
The ay u9ednaay 4ornng zeeember Fl 1888

tive district, was duly declared elscted by
J the board OF cauyassers OF said county
qualified and entered upon his duties as
! such commissioner, and held said Office
and discharged the duties thereof for the
full term OF three years.
That in the year 1887 Charles A. Duncan
a Democrat, was duly elected as county
commissioner in the said Eighty-third rep
! resenrative district: that the board of can,
| vassers of said county of Sedgwick duly
declared him elected To the office OF county
commissioner for said county, and there
upon be qualified and entered upon the
discharge of his duties as such commits
sioner and served in said capacity for the
full term of three Years after ne was So
elected.
That iii the year 1883 C. A. Van Ness, a
Republican, was duly elected as county
commissioner for said county of Sedgwick
in the Eighty-third representative dis.
trict; that he was duly declared elected by
the board Of canyassers of the said county,
and that thereupon be duly qualified and
entered upon the discharge of his duties
| as such commissioner, and held said Office
and performed the duties thereof for the
full term Of three years after he was
elected.
That in the year 1889, Thomas H. Ran
dali, Republican, was duly reelected AS
of Sedgwick in the said Thirty-third
representative district; that he Was duly
declared elected by the board OF canvass
crs Of said county, and that tLereupon he
duly qualified aud entered upon the dis
charge of his duties as such commissioner
! and held the said Office and performed the
duties thereof for the full term OF three
| years after he was so elected
! That in the year 1890 ;. II. Haden, a
| Populist, was duly elected county COM
missioner for the said county of Sedgwick
in the said Eighty-third representative
| district, that lie was duly declared elected
by the board of canvassers of said county
aud that he duly qualified and entered
| upon the discharge OF his duties as such
commissioned, and held said Office and
performed the duties thereof for the full
| term Of three years after he was elected.
| That afterwards in the year 1891, By act
| approved March 18th, 1891, the legislature
of the state of Kansas re-apportioned the
state into representative districts and the
said county of Sedgwick into representa-
| tive districts as follows:
/ The Sixty-seventh district, comprising
that part of the county of Sedgwick lying
east of the Arkansas river, except the
Second, Third and Fourth wards OF the
city OF Wichita in said county.
| The SiXty-eighth district, comprising.
the Second, Third and Fourth wards of
the city of Wichita, in said county OF
Sedgwick
The Sixty-nineth district, comprising
| that part of the county Of Sedgwick lying
west of the Arkansas river. including the
| Fifth ward of the city of Wichita.
| That thereupon the said representative
districts and each of them AS constituted
by the act approved March II, 1891, by
operation OF law became and were COM
missioner districts in said county of Sedg-
wick. and were treated by the people OF
said county as commissioner districts and
that afterwards elections were had in the
said representative districts for county
commissioners as follows:
In the year 1891, j. NJ. Allen, a Republi-
can, was duly elected as county commits
sioner for said county of Sedgwick in the
Sixty-eighth representative district; that
he was duly declared elected by the board
of convassers of said county, and thereup-
on he duly qualified and entered upon the
discharge of his duties as such commits
sioner, and held said office and performed
the duties thereof and still holds the same.
Ia the year 1892. Matthias Bush, Demo
crat, was duly elected as county commits.
sioner of said county OF Sedgwick i'll the
said .Sixty-ninth representative district;
that he was duly declared elected by the
board of canvassers of said county, and
thereupon duly qualified and en- tered upon
the discharge of his duties as such COM
missioner, and held said office and per-
formed the duties thereof and still holds
the same.
That prior to said election on the 9TH
day of November, 1896, the names of the
SAID Calvin II. Sbaup and E. Webb were
printed upon the tickets of the respective
parties they represented and that they
were duly voted for in all of the different
voting precincts in the said Sixty.seventh
representative district.
That prior TO the said election on the
18th day of November 1893, several persons
representing divers political parties. Were
candidates for the office of county commits
sioner in the said SiXty-seveDth represent
atiye district, as constituted by the act OF
apportionmenJ approved March 18th, 1891,
and were voted for in all the election pre-
cincts, townships and wards in said dis
trict; that the said Calvin ii. Shaup was
nominated for the office of county commits
sioner in the said district by delegates req
resenting all of the various townships,
wards and precintS in the said representa-
tive district, and the said contestee, +.
Webb, WAS also nominated by delegates
representing all of the townships, wards
and precincts in the said Slxtyseyenth rep
resentative district.
That that portion OF the said county of
Ssdgwick, lying east of the Arkansas
river, except the Second, Third and Fourth
wards of the city Of Wichita, is as follows:
The First ward of the city of Wichita, con-
tanning First. Second aud Third precincts;
the Sixth ward of the city of Wichita.
containing First and Second precincts:
Eagle township. North precinct; Grant
township; Greeley township. North pre-
cinct; Gypsum township. East and West
precincts; k-chi, Lincoln and Minneha
townships; Park township, East precinct;
Payne township; Rockford township.
Derby and Mulvane precincts: Valley
Center township. North and South pre-
cincts and Wichita township.
That the vote cast for county commits
siouers in said district was as follows:
PRECINCT WEBB sHAUP BOLT BAKER
First ward lst pct 97 Il > 2
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