Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-28
1T SHOWS THAT sTUART's MAJORITY
OVER FALLOON WAS Tag.
.FALLooN GREATLY DEPRESSED
SEES LITTLE HOPE OF GETTING
STuARTs POSITION.
Some Evidence Concerning Pool Gria.
stead to BE Brought Out To-day
Two Republicans Attend
ed the senate SessiOa
Yesterday.

TOPEKA. March g7.-(Special) All OF the
ballots cast at the last election for 1uose
in the .rwenty-second judicial district hass
heen recounted, and show that stuart was
elected Judge over Falcon by 2aS majority.
The serate spent the entire day recountine
Nemaha county. The returns as certiheo
by the county clerk to the secretary OF
state showed that Falcon carried the coun.
ty by 20 majority. The recount whittieu
down that majority one vote. leaving H.
The Brown county vote came out exactly
according to the original count. IL, Doni-
phan. the recount gave Falcon IL more
than tn. original returns showed. This was
caused by the senate counting that many
mutilated ballots. The election boards were
in doubt about those ballots and thre"
them out, Stuart's attorneys insisted that
they should be counted this time. When
ever there was any doubt as to the inten-
tion of the voter, Falcon got the benent
Of 1t.
Falloen and his attorneys seem isreatiy
discouraged. David Overmyer did not show
up at all this afternoon. Major Harvey AZ
tended TO the case for the contestof.
Willis precinct, in Brown county, gave
Stuart a small majority. but the election
judges failed to clip the numbers Dn the
ballots and the Pops were figuring on
throwing out the entire vote OF the pre-
cinct. This probab bly, would have been done.
but an unexpected contingency arose which
prevented it, In Fairview township. which
gave Falloon double the majority that
Willis gave Stuart, the judges forgot to clip
of both the number and Initial Oh each
ballot. The senate cannot throw out one
without throwing out the other. II this
should be done. 1t would swell stoarts ma
jority about thirty more. and inasmuch as
hot fho 10 for the
vote Of the precincts will be countee.
TWENTY-FIVE citizens of Wathena and Nor
rill came down this evening to testify for
Stuart tomorrow. Several Of them Will tes.
tify az to the bad reputation Poo Grim
stead has for truth and veracity. Others
will testify about the money which Grim
stead got for supporting Falcon. A sub
poena was issued to-day by Stuart's attor.
neys for. Arthur Falcon. OF Hiawatia, son
Of Judge Falcon.
Word was received here this morning
that. on last Saturday. the young man
went to the First National bank Of that
city and got all of the checks which Judge
Falcon had drawn on the bank during aud
since the campaign. paid by the ban.<. The
subpoena requires the young man To bring
the checks along.
Senator Anderson, Of Shawnee, and
Senator Lamb, of W0odson. both Repub.
ncans, participated in the session to-day.
They assisted in recounting the votes. Sen.
ator thinner. Democrat. came up from
Wyandotte. Several Republican SENATORS
will probably drop into town tomorrow and
remain the balance Of the session. Senator
Farrelly is laid UP 1T the hotel with the
grip.
The contestee will endeavor to g-t. in all
of his testimony tomorrow. The indica.
tions are that the contest will be completed
by Thursday.
John Anderson. the young man from
Troy who was brought down here to ten
tify that he voted when he was only II
years old. Ia how very i'll at his home on
account Of the neglect shown him by those
instrumental In having him come here. The
Pops paid hts way to Topeka and Kept him
under heavy guard at the hotel until he
testified. Then they turned him loose
without any means to get meal or bed or
to secure q ticket home He tfamped the
streets one night. The next day ex-County
Attorney Baker Of DoniphAn. discovered
that the boy was in want. SO he got him =
meal and then bought him ticket home.
Anderson eauGht q severe cold from ex.
posture the night he walked the streets and
soon after his arrival home was taken
down with pneumonia. The disease hAS now
reached an acute stage ard the doctors say
he viii probably not recover
TROY KA6.. March H:-(SpecsaD The
WathenA Star came within an ace OF ne'
ing taken p0DeH1ton OF p the mottSASse.
J.. r. HaSpster. the Wathena oanke1. th1a
meruipg. The plant wss mOstgased Sos nees.
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