The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-11
RIVAL JUDGES MARRY COUPLE.
Details OF the Probate Judge TaneIe
in Kinqfisher County.

| ~. Jan lU.-1ODcer0lnS the
Kingfisher county probate judge case
heretofore briefly stated in the Eagle, the
| kinSfisher Times has an interesting arti-
Gle 1t is as follows and gives the de-
tails of the case in full:
The boar dof county commissioners
were in. session Monday, checking out
going officers and approving the bonds
of the new. Al loutgoing officers sur
| rendered their offices pleasantly, except
Spencer e. Sanders, probate judge. who
refused to surrender and refused TO allow
John Nj Graham, probate judge-elect to
take his seat. Mr. Sanders locked all
records IN his Office up in the vault and
refused 70 turn over the key to his sue
oessor or to the board of county COM
nissioners on request. The two judges
occupy the room Jointly and neither is
doing any business but scowling at the
other. Mr.. Sanders was defeated for re-
election by John NJ Graham. on the Re
publican ticket BY a ma jority of 172. Mr.
/ Graham has certificate cf election from
the board of county commissioners, sit
ting as a canvassing board who have
I also approved his bond. Sheriff Pres
Love had only assumed the burden Sc
his Office about twenty minutes before,
when he was requested by Graham to
throw Sanders out and In turn was re-
Guested TO throw Graham out neither OF
which request he obeyed, saying he was
not the proper officer to sit in Judgment
ir the question.
"A telegram from Sheriff Love from
that he would be up from FL Reno ton1oy-
row and to preserve the peace in tie
meantime.
An Democrats are insistent in their
demands that air. Sanders surrender his
office. but thinking that he has a good
case. he will not do so. He contends that
SIR Graham. the Republican. is not quail
ified in that he has not been a practicing
attorney for three years next preceding
his election as the statutes provides in
the case OF qualifications for probate
judge.
The matter has created much interest
here and il is charged that some dissrun-
tied Republicans who failed to receive
the nominations for that Office on the Re-
publican ticket are backing Mr.. Sanders
in his fight. To the honor OF the Dem
ocTats of Kinsfsher county IL may be
said that they believe I'm majority rule
and hat Mr. Sanders should step down
and out.
Tuesday morning Judge-elect Graham
arrived at the Office first and secured the
judges chair. while Mr. Sanders had 10
content himself with stool
IN the afternoon courla came down
from Dover 10 be married and or apply
ing for a license were waited on by Mr..
Sanders. The marriage ceremony was
then performed by Judge Sanders and
the courie departed happily OF their way
\ friend of the couple was told by par
ties that there was a controversy IN the
Office IS 10 who was probate Judge and
thinking that something Illegal had been
pract!cei upon them. they returned 70
the judges Office and had TIRE marriage
ceremony performed BY Probate Judge
elect Graham. who also signed their mar
riage certificate. About this tire the
bride vas in tears. saying she thought
Il VS. a shame 20 be 50 publicly dis
gracsa on RE- Welding day. and that she
could not sciieve that sueh proceedings
would b tolerated
"Al say Wednesday the two Judges -.
and waited the legal action OF the ether
but no sction came. neither id Distrfc,
Jrsse c. r IRWIN as his services had
rot been requested oy either party u