The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01

under the table and droppingit, and thel
taking q republican ticket and handing
lit TO the next Judge who read 1t Rlout
to the clerks. He states in his evidenC'
that from seven to twenty votes Rnt
possibly more, were changed from thu
Peoples party to the republican ticket
by this jNdge in this fraudulent way
g. w. Campbell testified that Bailey
said 10 Thomas: 81 want you to quit
changing those tickets" Mr.. Thomas
said: II am not changing them
Bailey said: "You did; saw you. There
is another ticket lying there folded up
Mr.. Thomas hesitsted awhile and ther
said that he folded it up to throw at the
boys. Mr.. Campbell also testified that
the ballots taken out Of the box as Pop
ulist were changed by Mr.. Thomas fol
republican tickets and counted for Mr.
Richter. 1t was also shown ConclusiVely
that seven illegal votes had been cast fol
Mr.. Richter, Che republican candidate
This was done prior to the meeting ol
the legislature and there was no ques.
ton but White was the legally elected
representative from Morris county.
In the jackson county matter OF Shell
lenbargeP against Kline, it is shown that
there were two representative districts in
jackson county; that the city Of Holton
being city Of the second class was a
township within itself; that it, prior to
itg organization Oh city Of the second
class, was part in one township and part
in another; that in spportioning said
districts in 1890 the city Of Holton was
not included in the district in which Mr..
Shellenbsrgsr and Mr.. Kline were candi-
dates. Mr.. Shellenbsrger received ma
iority OF seVenty-6ve in the district as
outlined in the legislature Of 1890, and
the city Of HOlton can just as easily be
included In the other representative dis
trict in that county az the one in which
Kline and ShellenbRrger were candidates.
So there seems to be no doubt about
Shellenbsrger being entitled to q seat Rs
q member Of such house.
In the Gray county case, where it was
returned to the county clerk that Doug
lass, republican, had received 259 and
Morrison, Populist, ,244 votes the judges in
Ingalls, and other townships had counted
q great number Of blank votes for repre-
sentative, and votes cast for Mr., Morri-
son for Mr.. Douglass, clearly showing
that Mr.. Morrison had received major
ity Of the votes in that district. This
was shown by producing the original
ballots in the hands of the county clerk
which were reopened and counted, and
the facts above given shown to be true,
and instead Of Douglass having a major
ity of fifteen, 1t was shown beyond ques-
ton that Mr.. Morrison had majority Of
eighteen Of the legal votes cast.
In the Haskell county district, where
RosenthRl was elected, it seemed to be-
come necessary for the republicans to
have figures trRnspoaed 80 as to show the
election of Mr.. Stubbs, the republican
candidate, and every one knew before
the meeting Of the legislature, in this
case, Rs in many OF the other cases, that
great wrong had been done to the peO-
pie in the district, and yet Mr.. Rosen-
thai, under the theory OF the republican
representatives, would not be entitled to
q seat or to act Rs q member in the or
HanizRtion Of the house. Mr.. Stubbs
had received the certificate, knowing vel
that RosenthRl had received large ma.
jority of the votes in his district, and
there WAS no legal objections why be
should not be seated as q member II
such organization. Another matter ir
that connection might be Of interest tC
the people, and that is that, without in.
vestigstion, without any report Of any
committee, the republican house, as soor
Rs they had organized, admitted Mr.
RosenthRl as q member of the house
but it was first known that he would Rci
with them in trying to maintain such or
gRnization; and yet our republican ora
tors, and even the late Speaker Douglass
nrRnces about on the stage claiming thai