The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-16
WHO is WRONG !?
Bailey Side of Jefferson County
Middle.
Claim That Meeting of Com
mittee Was Illegal.
CALL HAD BEEN ISSUED
Date For Session Fixed For
March 5.
No Attention Paid to Action of
Chairman and Secretary.
ALL Had BEEN ISSUED

The Republicans interested in the
First district affairs admit today the
prediction published in the State Jour
nal that there will be contesting dele
cations from Jefferson county to the
congressional convention at Atchison
March 20.
The merits of the case from the
standpoint of Mr.. Curtis friends were
given upon information brought by
them from Jefferson county. Today the
Bailey managers are exploiting their
views. The Curtis managers claim that
the Bailey members of the committee
purposely absented themselves from the
meeting OF the central committee in
jefferson county in preference to ab1d-
ing by the result of a contest in the
committee meeting.
The friends of Bailey claim that the
Curtis people, unwilling themselves to
await the action of the committee, cir
culated petition among members of
the committee Tuesday for meeting
Wednesday nearly a month in advance
of the official meeting called for March
) by Chairman E. 2. Kari.
Last week the chairman and scores
tary Of the regularly organized commit
tee for the county issued a call for
meeting March 5. No complaint was
at the time made and the officers of
the committee were surprised to learn
of the circulation of the petition for
prepared Tuesday and circulated by F.
H. Roberts.
Nine regular members of the commit
tee. a majority. signed the petition.
When the committee met Wednesday
but six legal members of the committee
were present, according to the Bailey
people. They took in one member who
had moved out of the township which
he was supposed to represent, but had
notified the chairman and others that
he had moved and thereby created
vacancy in the membership of the com
mittee. Two new members were added
to the committee. When the committee
was arranged for business ten votes
were present, four of them, the Bailey
people claim. being Illegal.
Some of the members of the commit
tee, after arriving at OSkaloOSa learned
of the situation and declined to attend
the meeting. The improVised commit
tee, as it has been designated by the
opposition, then proceeded with the
business. Matt EdmOnds who was not
a member of the committee was made
chairman and the primaries and con-
ventiOn dates We're fixed.
The Bailey people cfaim that a mi
nority of the committee took advantage
of the situation and proceeded, without
proper authority and irregularly, to act
meeting will be held in accordance with
the original call. The Curtis people
viii probably refrain from attending.
The first chapter in this controversy
/ appears IA the IlfSI call lot d commit
tee meeting, issued last week as fol-
lows:
The Jefferson county Republican cen
trail committee is hereby called to meet
in the court house at Oskaloosa, Kan,
on Monday, March 5. 1900, at l o'clock
p m, for the purpose of setting the
/ date for the congressional primaries
/ and for the county convention to name
/ nine delegates and alternates to the
1 First district congressional convention
/ at Atchison, March 20 1900. All ment-
/ bers of the committee are urged to be
present. By order of
| Approved, E. P. KARI,
H. NJ. WALKER, Chairman.
Secretary.
George Davis, A. H. lowering. w. ].
! Grist, Harry johnson, J. c. Burket d.
s. Curry, l. B. Brown, J. a. johnson,
w. G. Law and Matt Edmonds, at the
meeting Wednesday,, issued the follow
ing:
.sThere will be a Republican delegate
county convention held at Oskaloosa,
Kan, on Monday, February 20, 1900, at
Il o'clock a. m, for the purpose of elect
ing nine delegates and nine alternateS
4 to the First district Republican con-
gressional convention to be held at
Atehison, Kan, Tuesday March 20, 1900;
also, to elect eleven delegates and elev-
! en- alternateS to the state Republican
convention. to be held at Topeka, Kan.
May Is, 1900 The basis of representation
to the county convention shall be one
| delegate and one alternate for each ten
votes or major fraction thereof cast for
George A. Clark for secretary of state
| in 1898. The township primaries will be
| held under direction of the county CEN
trail committeeman of each township
The follows the number of delegates
! to be chosen; hours for primaries and
other detailed information.