The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-23

| case. should be deducted from your tc
tai vote in the district. Such unlawful
and corrupt ballots were cast for vol
ard counted for you unlawfuily, as vii
more fully appear by the testimony to b
taken in this cause"
The answer then sets up the approxi
mate number in each precinct by counties
The totals are as follows:
Blaine county, 2o0; Beaver county, 40
Caddo county, 15i: Canadian county, 297
! Cleveland county. 152; Conlanche county
| 351: Custer county. 213: Da ycounty, IG2
| Dewey county, 800; Garfield county. 1Ss
| Grant county, A; Greer county. Isl; KAY
| county, 3i?; Kingfisher county, 5S6; Logan
| county, 215; Lincoln county. SS5; kiowa
| county, 239; Noble county. 1873; Oklahoma
| county, 355; Pawnee county, 1S; Payne
county, 326; PottawatOmie county, Al;
Roger Mills county, pa; Washita county.
1870; Woods county, sSs; Woodward county,
| 394.
,.Ten-I further allege that in the coun-
ty OF Comanche. at the election afore-
said, in addition to the fraudulent votes
cast and counted for you as alleged IN the
foregoing paragraph. there were also cast
and counted for you uniawfully a large
number of ballots which had beer multi
ated by the voter before casting the same,
by tearing from the official ballot my
name upon said ballot. under the de-
vice and designation of the Republican
ticket"
The total of these ballots in Comanche
county is given at 151.
'Eleven-That at the precincts herein
named in the counties of Beaver. Woods,
and Woodward. there were Illegally cast
for you and counted in the number of
votes set opposite each precinct. in this,
that said voters who cast said illegal
votes for you, and which were unlawfully
counted for you. were not naturalized
cI,zens of the United States but cast
illegal votes at the instance and request
of your partisans, who secured the count
ing of the same for you unlawfully.'
The total for such for Beaver county is
set at 131; Woods, 4S4; Woodward, 353.
'-Twelve-That at the precincts herein
named in the counties of Lincoln, Oklaho-
ma, Payne, Pawnee and Pottawatomie
there were illegally cast for you and
counted the number of votes set opposite
each precinct in this. that the said voters
who cast said Illegal votes for you. and
which were unlawfully counted for you,
were not legal residents of the territory
of Oklahoma or of the various precincts
in which they resided
These totals are as follows:
Lincoln county, 3G3; Oklahoma county.
2s7; Payne county, 25s; Pawnee county,
143; Pottawatomie county, 352.
''Thirteen-I furtner state that / am now
unable to set forth and further particu-
lariZe and specify IN each and every pre-
cinct in the territory of Oklahoma the
fraudulent or improper or unlawful acts
in rhe conduct of said election as hereto
fore specified, but I reserve the right
as l am uncertain of'the man
ner and form of such frauds. or ilIegali- |
ties or improprieties, to give you notice |
specifically OF the same, which will be
in the nature of an amendment to the |
above counter charges, and a statement |
Of other grounds upon which / rest the |
validity of my election.
Il further state that in each and every |
Of the election precincts or districts |
where fraud has been heretofore alleged. |
and in many of the said counties and pre- |
cincts in which L have not specifically al |
eged the same. | shall insist that the |
same be righted and that in case such |
election district cannot be producedetao |
election district cannot he purged of such |
frauds and the correct legal vote be |
counted and canvassed, that the whole /
vote of such district shall be thrown out |
and declared of no effect, or other such |
relief as to the said districts complained |
IF shall be given me as the house of rep
-esentatives may deem equitable and just
N this behalf And l shall insist that,
-our alleged contest to the contrary not
even if the committee holds
hat | have been sufficiently notified OF
he same. and shall hold that your al
eyed charges are sufficiently specific, l
shall be declared by the house of repre-
;enetatives TO have received a majority
If the legal votes in said district and TO
nave been duly elected and entitled to
'etain my seat therein as delegate in
congress from the territory of Oklahoma
or the 5Sth congress of the Cniteu
states.
sworn acknowledgements of the SER
ice of the answer is made by Hon G. |
Porter Johnson of Oklahoma City, on date
# January 20 1905