The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-28
.LARIMER THE WINNER.
He Was So Declared By tho
Committee Last Night.
General Hughes Not Satisfied
and VIII Contest.
Many Ballots We're Thrown Out on
the Ground That They We're De
6ective-Larimer's Plurality 4

I The executive committee of the Re
/ ,,,l,1ioe, central ,.ov,r,ft+aa of the
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MT " -seF MN 1etls75ll I'd ei' Z 1i' ~
/ has declared Henry o. LaflLnef the
/ Republican nominee for the legislature
/ in that district Their canvass shows
I T.arfr,,er,s nomination F,,, a MARGIN of
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49,.
OF '-i9 l'-s-i7
7 upon the back had been discarded
General Hughes says he viii not sur
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propaply pc pfougnI DeIOfe uu6e
+ 1azen soon on q writ OF llallostlIlus 70
f compel the committee 70 give Genera
Z Hughes q certificate of nomination. Inc
I contest viii probably not end short Of
+ the supreme court because the result
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4Ots were 1Se-l u. NJ
General 1ushes attorney ehl9I5u d
4 protest against the coLlllitlee AAeifAll4s
] &, canvass of the vote on the ground
/ that the whole central committee must
canvass fhe vote and as nothing was
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7e'iN A.. Inv
eoiniiliIt oeie6stlills l's power - lll7
4 executive committee therefore tine ac-
+ ton of the canVaSSIng committee IS not
I legal
7Tba question Of what is TO be con-
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/ ne comm llse cary Ale-He o. ~ 60
all ballots marked IN amy way except
/ the regular way should be thrown out
/ and it happened that Gen. Hughes was
Az er,,aa+a1. sufferer. NV This regulation.
/ r-l9e,.a were three tickets voted i'm Pot
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/ CURED py law ana luese LcNels were
an thrown out and they We're all for
! Gen. Hughes.
! Tarfr1er ticket that was defaced and
( tbat was thrown out lit was at Shun-
garunea and the voter had made a
/ cross mark bv the side of General
FFnrbes' name and had afterward made
an attavqpt to erase it but had par
fia1ly- failed.
When fhe vote of Tacumseh was
reached Mr.. I.arimer stood upon a
chair and said.
- vant to enter 2. protest before this
vote is counted The D0lls were not
oDen until almost two hours after the
,,eol1lar firoe and T can set afidavfts
mai IS severai men Who would have
voted for me got tired Of waiting and
went home and did not vote at ALL
Wen we are DerfectIv willing to
throw o17f the whole vote of Tec0n9-
Z sch :" said Attorney Hungate
'Of course / would not consent to
that. / simply make this protest to
save anv rights" replied Mr.. Lariner.
Mr. Iarirner received % plurality at
Tecurnseh. and it is not surprising that
he was not willing to throw out the
entire vote Of the township
In FTfehIand Park precinct one voter
drew his pencil through Mr.. Iarfmer's
name and then put the cross mark in
the little square opposite the name of
General F5urbes. Nfr Jones name vas
NOT marked ia aDv way. The commit
toe decided IL reject tbe ballot as he
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civ Attorney bird who anDeared
/ Win Mr. FIrIrler9fa for General FI1e-l7ae
D Il Al
.sr-lara surely ran he mo Question,
abouf the intent Of the voter ina that
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M FT17,7sra a-7Tta Question for this
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Ike rs AN von whether that mark
does not destroy the secrecy Of the bal
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