The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Kansas No. % in the Electoral
Returns.
Was Second Western State to Be
Heard From.
Representative Miller Escorted
Him Around City.
George x. Peek Gives Dinner
After ingalls, Dedication.

Washington, Jan. 25-kansas was No
29 in the return Of the electoral vote
this year to the president pro-tempore
OF the United States senate.
The state was No. > of those states
west of the Mississippi river The
state of Minnesota was No. l.
Naturally, the eastern, New England
and central states were among he first
to make their returns
There is always a great race among
states to bring in the electoral returns
Some times the messengers make a
gprinting contest out of the trip, in or
der to have the glory that comes from
being first to reach Washington and
have the papers print stories about him.
The rivalry IS usually
but sometimes become exciting.
J. r. Henderson of Alma, WabaunSee
county, was the messenger selected by
the Kansas electors this year to bring
the vote to Washington. He spent sew
eral days here, and enjoyed his visit.
He has since departed for home.
The honor Of being selected as mes
Senger IS one SOugh eagerly by cleo
tors. Mr.. Henderson was telling while
IN Washington of the contest when the
Kansas electors met recently to de-
clare the vote and to dispatch someone
TO Washington as a member There
were ten electors from Kansas. Mr..
Henderson and a half dozen other cleo
tors desired to be messenger. Several
ballots were taken, and A. A. Richards
of Wellington, who acted as an elector
In the meeting in place of George H.
Hunter of wellington, who was sick,
is given the credit by Mr.. Henderson
for making il possible for him to make
the trip to Washington.
Three copies of the returns are made
out of the various state electors. One
set is brought in person to Washington
by the messenger selected: a second
certificate is sent by mail to the presi-
dent pro-tempOre of the senate, and the
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States court.
This is done for the following reason:
An accident on train. or q great delay,
might result in something happening to
h messenger n the certificate he car
rieS. Again. the mail O might be-
come lost, or an accident happen to the
mail pouches. So for safety, a copy
is given the United States district judge.
Mr. Henderson. the Kansas messen-
ger this year. was escorted about town
by Representative J. NJ. Miller of the
Fourth district. This was because Mr..
Henderson came from Mr.. Miller's dis
trict.
Representative Miller himself was a
messenger once This was in 1884. He
was @ Republican elector in Kansas that
year. being about the time he entered
politics. lie was chosen messenger, and
brought the returns to Washington 1t
was his first visit here, and he referred
TO IT in the Ingalls, statue remarks last
saturday He spoke of how Senator
ingalls, took him to call on officials here,
and escorted him about town. the while
he always would hear people exclaim-
ing, THAT is ingalls, of Kansasi"
Mr.. Miller says he delivered his Ger
tihcate 10 Senator George F. Edmonds
Of who was then president
pro tempore of the senate. This was
just before Senator ingalls, held the po-
sitiOn.
The electoral vote of the last election
Will be canvassed in the senate on Feb
ruary 8
One of the pleasing incidents connect