The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-10

and A T, Thomas represented the anti
Kelly delegation, and u. r. SIMPSON
and w. p Officer the Kelly fact1on.
Major Remington rehearsed the story
IF the calling of the Miami county con-
vention by the county committee, anu
how the Kelly faction held a mass
meeting, organized new committee,
and called new primaries ana new
convention.
Ren Simpson alleged that the Miami
county primaries were held under the
primary election law, and that the law
had been violated by the committee N
allowing the chairman of the commit
tee to name two ow the judges for each
primary.
SIMPSON produced printed copies or
the rules governing Miami county pr
maries, adopted in 1901
A. L. Thomas read one OF tnese Iuies
which showed that they applied only 10
the nomination of county officers rms
rule stated that a primary election
should be held annually for the nomi-
nation of a county ticket, clearly IN
dicating that the rules mad no appliea -
ton to the election of delegates TO
conventions, Major Remington sald
such primaries had never been held
under these rules, which was not us
puted by Simpson.
Simpson asserted that the regular
county committee had adopted resolu-
lions endorsing Bailey and condemnlng
Kelly Colonel RoSSington asked ques-
lions to emphasize the theory that TINS
would influence the voters and was a
gross wrong, although county commit
tees all over the state adopted resolu-
tions along the same line.
Thomas denied that the committee
passed any resolution, but simpson
pulled out long newspaper clipping
purporting to be the proceedings of the
committee in which the resolution ap-
peared. This rather staggered Thomas
but he insisted he had no recollection
of any such resolution, and simpson
called on Officer, a member of the COM
mittee. to prove that it was passed
Thomas asked what paper the resoiu-
ton were published in but Simpson
did not state.
Simpson also filed table showing the
showing that the average vote OF "a Re-
publicans on the ticket was 20OS, while
gued that his delegation represented the
1924 Kelly voters, while the antI-helIy
delegation represents only the - ,i hepq IIa
said nothing about Democrats supporting
Kelly in Miami county.
81 am glad Mr.. Simpson has produced
these figures said Thomas TWO years
ago Miami county sent delegation mere
g aority H of rs for Bailey. but 9s5 against
Kelly Two years ago bankers and otner
prominent people came here supporting
kelly Where are they now? Ihey are
not here. They are not supporting Kelly
He is represented by his hired attorney,
Ben Simpson
AS soon as Thomas got out of the hall
he hunted up four other members or the
Miami county committee who are mere.
All said that no resolution condemnlng
Kelly, or mentioning Kelly, was passed.
1They said Bailey was Endorsed, but moth
ing was said about Kelly, and that Simp-
sons alleged newspaper clipping was
forgery
Great stress was laid on the passage OF
the alleged resolution condemning Kelly;
but the showing that the rules applied
only to county nominations, knocked out
the allegation that the regular primaries
In the Wyandotte contest o. j. Peter
son, chairman of the county committee,
and Ben Schneirle represented the
regular delegation, and c. w: Trick
EFT and George w. Iittick the bolt,
ers Trickett and Littick alleged
methods on the part of the COM
mittee and fraud in the primaries. They
claimed they did not have time to get
up a contest in the county convention,
and so held rump convention