The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-15
BALLOT LAN IGNORED
Charge Is Made BY Oklahoma
County Republicans.
KEAT0N'S TWO COUNTIES
Oklahoma Claims Five Repre-
SentatiVes in Congress.

been brought to restrain the county com
!nisstoners for counting certain ballots
The question raised is similar TO the one
raised when the board OF election oon-
misSioners were preparing the ballots
Says the I'imes-Journal.
When the election commissioners exam.
ined the papers held by the county clerk
they found three certificates of nominal
ton for the fusion candidates. One was
headed Democratic" another Peoples
and another Free Silver" Objection
was raised to the placing Of the names on
the ballot under the designa tons Dem
ocrat' and Peoples Party" for the
| reason that the parties did not make the
| nominations. The fusion members of the
board paid no heed TO the protest, but
| ordered the fusion ticket to be placed
! upon the ballot under tho three destgna-
tons. The board seemed to be Iaboring
under the impression that there was no
law upon the statute books which they
| were bound to obey. They even went 80
| far in disregard of law as TO substitute
a candidate TO take the place OF one Pc
| tiuoned on the ticket, who withdrew.
Parties also presented seventeen afi-
davits disclosing the fraudulent character
Of the petitions filed, but the board re-
fused TO pay any attention whatever to
such sworn statements. The court must
now decide whether any set of men will
be permitted to profit by such frauds.
So far as heard from, Keaton has oar
| ried but two counties, in his misguided
ambition to go to congress. Pottawato-
! ME county, which two years ago went
! for fusion by almost 700 majority, this
year can only show something like 200
| for Keaton. Greer county reported this
morning and gives Keaton 1s4 majority.
Two years ago the county gave Callahan
| l0 majority, and on account of the large
| immigration from Texas Keaton and his
| optimistic managers during the campaign
claimed the county by all the way from
600 to 1,5OO. D county. which gave Gala
! han u majority two years ago, this year
| gives Flynn a majority of 231. The coun-
ties yet to be heard from are Washita,
| Day and Beaver.
When the word came to Republican
headquarters this morning that Keaton
had actually carried Greer county, Sam
Overstreet remarked that it reminded
| him of the eastern tenderfoot who had
fallen down mining shaft 3 the Black
Hills and was killed. His sorrowing rel
atives back home wired for further in
formation concerning his tragic end,
which was promptly furnished by the
sympathetic miners, who added in a tel
egram that, besides having his head
crushed in, his neck dislocated and ribs
twisted out OF shape, both of the deceas-
eds legs were broken Shortly after the
receipt of the first reresraln came an
other which read: News more encourag-
ing; only one leg broken
When sufficient returns had been re-
ceived to insure Flynn's election an en-
thusiastic Republican startled the loung-
ers at headquarters with the vehement
assertion that Oklahoma was the only
territory in the Union that had elected
five congressman. 'How do you make
that out?" inquired one who did not
care whether he was sold OF not 'Why,
it's this way: In addition TO Flynn We
will have Charley Curtis and Chester 1.
Long of Kansas, and Ex-Governor Steele
and Jesse OVerstreet, both of Indiana"
Now that the smoke of the election has
cleared away it is the intention of Attor-
ney General Cunningham to bring the
derehct county clerks OF Oklahoma and
Woods county 10 time in the tax raise
matter Two months or more ago the
supreme court OF the territory ordered
these two officials TO extend on the tax
rolls the assessed valuation of property
as certified by the territorial board of
equalization which mandate was disobey
ed for the very evident purpose of Great
ing a political diversion IN favor of the
county clerks. both of whom were cendi-
dates for reelection. Coulson was snow
ed under in Woods county. and Caffrey
only pulled through by the skin of his
teeth in Oklahoma county. Now II is
proposed TO make them show cause why
the mandate of the supreme court is not
obeyed, or go TO Jail, motion to that
effect having been filed today by the at
torney general. The motion recites that
the defendants have utterly failed. ne
elected and refused 70 in any manner
comply with and obey the peremptory
writ OF mandamus heretofore issued by
this court. and this without cause or eX-
cuse.' The attorney general further
shows that this neglect of the defendants
viii work an irrepsraga5le damage 70 the
territory in this: That that portion OF
the territorial tax based upon the raise
Of valuation made ny the territorial board
OF equalization Tor The year lS9S VIII not
be collected.
The board OF underwriters for Okla
homs and Indian Territories have agreed
upon a reduction or rates in the cities OF
the second class. 20 take effect on and
after November :. on new and renewed
risks The reduction is a fat amount
from the basis OF annual rate The basis
rate for non-expoSsd residences : now -