The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-06
HUGHES
WINS.
City Council Decides TO Give
Him Certificate.
Belts, Weber, Morgan and War
ner Refuse to Vote.
THE MAJORITY is NINE.
That Is What the Report Ac-
cepted Shows.
IF Further Action Is Taken
Must be i'm Court.
City Council Decides to Give
Him Certificate.
Belts, Weber, Morgan and War
ner Refuse to Vote.
THE MAJORITY is NINE:
That Is What the Report Ac
cepted Shows.
IF Further Action Is Taken
Must be i'm Court.

The council chamber was again packed
This afternoon by citizens who were anx-
ious to learn the outcome of the meeting
Of the council sitting as a canvassins
board The room was filed and the hall
way was filed People stood up in every
available place.
1t was 2 o'clock before the councilmen
rot in. The roll call showed that Mr..
Belts and Mr.. Elliott were not present.
The committee which was appointed by
the mayor began work as soon as the
meeting was called to order. They began
py adding the figures which they had
put down from the returns last night.
There is a runor going through the
crowd in the council chamber that botn
sides have arranged to contest in case OF
a decision which will not please them.
The Parker men will not serve an in
junction and in case the decision of the
council is against them they viii go to
the supreme court at once on quo war
ranto proceedings. In this way the mat
ter VIII be settled in a few weeks and
she people of the city win know who is
the mayor.
Injunction proceedings can not be
brought in the district court as Judge
junction which could be brought must be
through the probate court
There is no question but that this mat
ter has been considered by both sides
although neither the candidates nor their
attorneys will talk until after the coun-
ell decides which candidate shall have
the certificate. Both sides have cards up
their sleeves and are keeping mighty
quiet about it.
Judge Carver was added to the attor-
ney force for Mr. Hughes this afternoon
Il a1,c4txx Lar
inner and Attorney Lindsay and watched
the committee add the figures
The committee has not made its re-
turn to the council, and there will be
trouble before they do. Mr.. Warner in
sists that the figures which were put
down by the committee last night We're
incorrect, as he claims the original totals
on the sheets should be taken instead Of
the additions as made by Mr.. Swend-
son.
The committee made its report at 3:20.
It said that they had found that Hughes
had a majority Of Of the votes cast,
and that all the other city officers were
elected as reported.
There were several precincts which
Mr.. Clancy and Mr. Warner would not
agree to. They claimed that they were
unable to determine the vote of several
of the precincts and that they wanted
the council to go over it.
Mr.. SWendsOn moved that the council
ACCEPT the report of the committee as
the determination of the council, and
that certificates of election be issued to
the men named
cepting the nrst precinct Of the Second
ward and the third precinct Of the Third
ward.
4 do not believe that the council
should declare these men elected until
it has gone over the tally Sheets said
Mr. Warner. Every member should
see the sheets. and defy any man to tell
the result from these sheets"
Mr. CLANCY agreed with Mr.. Warner,
and said he wanted the entire council
to see the tally sheets
Mr. ROundtree made speech for MT
Hughes, and said that the figures as re-
turned by himself and Mr. Swendson
should be accepted
Mr. Morgan asked Mr.. Warner to ex-
plain what he meant by saying that they
were unable to tell the result Mr. War
ner said:
~ seems to me that it is impossible to
tell what the clerks meant by their
that totals as sworn to on the back of
the sheets which are signed by the judges
and clerks is the correct figure and ac-
eording to those figures Mr.. Parker has
a majority Therefore I can not agree
with the chairman Of the committee in
recommending that certificate be is
chairman of the committee"
Mr. Swendson said all that he could
see was that the face of the returns
showed that Mr. Hughes had been elect
tificate-
Mr. Warner said that there were two
precincts which could not be counted
and that he had asked Mr.. Swendson to
make a report showing the minority
side. Mr.. Swendson snatched the sheet
out of my hands, said Mr.. Warner,
'+anl said that he was chairman of the
committee and would report as he
pleased. I asked that the council con-
slider my report as well as Mr. Swend-
sons. I think I have as much right to
mate a report as ne has, and think the
council should know both sides Of the
question. and not only the side that Mr..
Swendson desires to be heard
Mr.. Swendson objected to any ques- |
ton coming up while his motion was be- |
ing considered. and the mayor Sus-
tanned him Other councilmen got the |
fcoa. and the motion was not put until |
it was discussed.
David OFermyer said that a majority :