The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-14
THEY MUST AWAIT
Nomination Contest Won't Be
Decided Till Monday.
Allen BowersOck and Curtis
Anthony Cases Submitted.
MR.. TUCKER'S STORY.
An Explanation Of Why He
Wasn't at Garnett.
Claimed That He Was Asked to
Do illegal Things.
MR.. TUCKER'S STORY.


its decisions in both the Anthony-Cur-
tis and the Allen-Bowersock congress
sional contests on next Monday after
noon at O'Clock This was the an
nouncement made late last night after
all the arguments were in.
No limit was placed on the argu-
ments in the First district contest,
which were concluded at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, but when the
Second district contest opened a half
hour later Attorney General Coleman
announced that each side would be
limited to an hour and a half.
". s jerks. on behalf Of H J Allen,
objected to the limit, and the board
finally allowed a half hour extra 10
7 the contestor In which to close. 1t
was after o'clock in the afternoon
before the arguments began and a
night session of the board was neces-
sary IN order TO conclude before to-
Gay, as the state board of telephone
I ana telegraph assessors were scheduled
I 10 meet today 70 hear the statemen-s
I sessments, and all three members OF
! the election board are also members
OF the board of assessors.
{ W. Trfckett. of Kansas City. Kan
represented J. D. Bowersock in the op-
ening OF the case Bowersock was Il
Z 50 represented by George ]. Barker 3f
Lawrence. F. r. Ogg Of Olarhe. and II.
o. Larimer of Topeka Mr.. Aliens at
torneys, besides Mr.. jerks. were D Z.
Hite of Kansas City and W. D. Woods
of Kansas City. Kan.
Mr. Trickett insisted that a formal
record OF the case be made up before
/ the arguments began He wanted to
object TO some of the evidence intro
duced by Mr. Allen He moved TO
strike out a number of the formal OBJ
I 5ecHOns filed by Allen to Bowersock's
nomination. and objected to a large
amount Of the evidence fled on be-
half Of Allen Among other things TO
which he objected were the signed
I statements concerning the johnson
4 county convention. One hundred and
! eight OF the 212 delegates IN that con-
ventiOn signed statements that-theF
were present IN the convention and
were not given an opportunity to reg
ister their choice Tor congressman
Z and that they preferred Allen This
was more than a majority Of the en-
Z tire convention and not all the dele
gates were present This was one
I feature of the evidence that the Bow
4 ersock attorneys especially wanted
Y thrown out
In making his statement Of the case
/ Mr. jerks said that the evidence
I would show, among other things that
/ c. H. Tucker of Lawrence, the chair
Y man of the Second district Republican
Z congressional committee. refused to
attend the Garrett convention because
( Mr. Bowersock and his manager. Mr.
I Barker asked Tucker to do certain
Z Illegal things in order to control the
I convention. which Tucker refused to
z do and he therefore would not attend
9 the convention
Does Tucker say that2" interrupt
I ed Judge Barker
He does" said Mr. jerks.
mo, ne doesn't" said Barker ''Dr-
Hetrick says he said it It is simply
hearsay-'
"WeIl if the board will give US an
! opportunity" said Mr. jerks. I'VE
( viii bring Mr.. Tucker here and he Will
testify to this fact in person
o. J. Peterson. chairman of the Re
publican county committee Of Wyan-
dotte county. told a State Journal re-
porter that Mr. Tucker. who lives in
/ Bowe-socks town, called on him in
! Kansas City a few days ago and made
this statement to him;
Mr. Tucker said that on the Sunday
evening before the Garnert convention
Bowersock and Barker talked over the
convention with him., said Mr.. Peter
son sa-Thev asked him to run the COM
rnfttee SO that the Barnes delegation
from Wyandotte- the Bowersock dele
= cation from Miami. and enough otnef
n T30wersock contested delegates be seat
al for the temporary organization 10
enable the Bowersock crowd 10 controi
Tucker said something about their
wanting it fixed 50 that Bowersock
u Could renoufnate himself, regardless
of who was in the right. and ne re-
fused to attend the convention and DO
anything OF the kind
{ This was how Colonel WlldeF - NET
calf came to attend the convention
with Mr.. fuckers proxy
Mr. Jenkins called attention TO the
original minutes OF the meeting or the
. committee in Kansas City IN January
= I which were fled as evidence.aflo FFIicn
: stated that John Vaughn the Ander-
. son county man over WhoIn me con- con-
2 r7ff+ee split at Garnett- was admitted
-, ranresent Anderson county IN lnaL
: meeting only The affidavit OF X l.
; AFa-shu1an the Wyandotte member OF
the committee. stating Ihal ne had
made the motion in this way was also
nroAuced. and the affidavit of another
member Identifying the minutes, as ne
saw them written in the Kansas Clls
r1aeting by the secretary OF the com
& rnftree. Frank Travis
Nr. Tricketr objected strenuously te
the introduction OF these minutes All
Of his objections were taken nIloer ao-
7-isenent by the board
There was also introduced the le--
tar of Iohn DelIinger. chairman or tnt
Anderson county central committee
asking that Vaughn be admitted Iol
that meeting It vas also stated ina
sock member Of the committee nls-@lf
! 4 motion in the beginning OF the GaT-
nett meeting Of the committee. rhsli
Vaughn be elected the member OF tas
committee from Anderson county "a
Ill the vacancy there, but the motor
? was voted down
All this was introduced to prove thai
Vaughn was not a legal member Of fns
congressional committee except dur
ing the Kansas City meeting in Janu-
airy. Nand that he had no right in tn
| committee meeting at GaTnett-
Col Metca1f was permitted to act q
chairman pro TEN at the Garneti
meeting OF the committee. and he IN