The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-05
BOTH ARE HEARD.
Anthony and Curtis File Their
Claims Today.
Statement of Former Is Lengthy
and In Detail.
HAS MANY REASONS.
MANY REASONS.
Claims That Action of Com
mittee Was Arbitrary.
Mr.. SIOnecker Says That An
thOny Was Legally Nominated.

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/ curtis as Republican candidate for
congress in the First district. The no
t1ce which Mr. Anthony filed Wednes-
day with his nomination papers was
merely formal and while it answered
the purpose it did not go into the de-
| tails of the contest as the one which
was received today.
Mr.. Anthony's letter is dated at
l-eaVenWorth, February 4, and it is as
follows:
Il would respectfully notify you as
a member of the election board, that the
lpurported nomination of Charles Curtis
for congress by the First district Re
publican congressional convention at
Holton, February 2, is contested on the
following grounds:
''First-That a majority of the votes
of the legally elected delegates of the
counties of the First congressional dis
trict were not east for Mr.. Curtis. That
the congressional committee, controlled
by the friends of Mr.. Curtis, arbitrarily
and. without right or justice, excluded
from participation in said convention,
the regularly elected delegates from
Jackson county, and seated in their
place delegation which received
minority of the votes cast in the Re
publican primaries held in that cOun-
| ty and a minority of the votes of the
| delegated convention held in that coun-
ty and who received credentials signed
by only a minority of the Republican
county committee of Jackson county.
1 controlled by the friends of Mr.. Cur
| tbs, arbitrarily and without right or
| justice, excluded from participation in
| the congressional convention, the regu-
| larly and honestly elected delegates
from AtchiSon county, who were elect
ed at the primaries called at a meet
! ing of the county committee, presided
| over by the chairman and secretary of
said committee of Al members, and
which primaries were ordered by ma
jority vote of said committee, only q
| minority of nine members voting
| against such primaries, and the dele
gates elected under this majority call
| of the committee we've almost unani-
mously elected by the Republican
| voters in Atchison county and their
credentials were signed by the chair
man and secretary of the Republican
| county committee of Atchison county,
as provided for in the call of the con-
/ gressional committee.
THAT the congressional committee
| wrongfully excluded from participation
in the congressional convention 10 of
| the delegates from Leavenworth coun-
ty, elected by the county convention or
dered by a majority vote of the Ike
publican county committee Of IeaVen-
worth county and elected by 96 out of
126 delegates at the Republican county
convention of LeaVenworth county.
The congressional committee wrong
fully and without good purpose at
tempted to exclude and Segregate the
(
in Delaware township in Leavenworth
county, from participating in the Leav-
/ enWOrth county Republican convention,
although an act of congress spec1hcal-
ly cedes jurisdiction for political pur-
| poses to LeaVenWo county on the
former government military reSerYa-
| ton where the Soldiers home is loca-
ted. Also in the contested election case
of Cory VS.. Spencer, a decision IN Whlcn
| was rendered by the supreme court or
|
court specifically and explicitly held
that the old soldiers at this soldiers
| home were residents of LeavenWorth
county, and as such residents of LeaV-
enworth county were entitled to vote
and participate in the political AFFAIRS
of this county.
THAT furthermore the congressional
committee made arrangements to hoid
Ia First district Republican congress
sional convention in the building known
as the tabernacle at Holton. That Sald
committee, through its agents, rented
this building and arranged Tor the
seating of the delegations from the va
rious counties. That the congressional
committee placarded the various sec
tionS of the hall with the names OF the
various counties composing the dis
trict, and By such deception and fraud
at a few minutes before O'Clock. the
hour designated for the meeting OF the
convention, secretly and without ire
knowledge of a majority of the dele
place of the convention to an lnacceS-
sible place known as Maccabee hall. 70
which purported convention the pubhc
was not admitted and none were
allowed to enter except first provided
; with tickets and known to be friendly
to but one of the candidates A ma
iority of the regularly elected delegates
and over a thousand voters of the F1rSt
congressional district had already met
in the tabernacle at this hour, and we
contest that this deception and fraud
on the part of the committee is opposed
to the principles of good government
and opposed to the theory of free gov
eminent by the people. The action OF
the committee in assuming to unseat
the regularly elected delegates to the
convention IS but little short OF po-
IiticaI anarchy and a usurpatiOn of the
powers which belong to the convention
itself and which are usually exercised
by a committee on credentials appoint
ed by the convention. and if counten-
anced by the election board and courts
who have taken an oath to honestly ad-
minister the laws of the land. would de-
feat government by the people, and
ultimately result in anarchy and dis
order.
Secondhand for a second and fur
Their reason, the right of Shawnee coun-
tv to participate in the First district
, convention is contested on the grounds
that said county is not part of the First
congressional district. and that the g.
votes of this county, which We're recog-
! AAlHc0 ~ LII SoAAo- ~oAi11t
have no right to participate in said con-
vention for the following reason:
Because chapter 116. vol. g. Z. S
statutes at large, page 735, has not beer
| complied with. Very respectfully,
ID. r. ANTHONY, JR."
The federal statute referred to in the
last paragraph of Mr. Anthony's notice
relates to the eapportionment of Kan
sas into eight congressional districts.
J, G. Sloneoker, as attorney for Con-
gresham Curtis. also took a hand in the
protesting business today. He fled the
following with the secretary of state.
u C. Slonecker, a citizen of Shawnee