The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-15
traeting company stationery. is as fol-

lows:
Lawrence, Kan. Nov. 10. 1906.
Dear Slr:-I was very much
pleased to see that you were reelected
my congratulations AS nearly as we
can determine at this time there has
been about sixty-fve of the Gid mem
bers reelected to the house, which
lnsures good legislature at the COM
ing session.
'sThe results of the recent election
were very gratifying to me, and do
not think there is any doubt but
the square deal amendments to the
state platform saved the Republican
party from defeat at the polls this
year, as there were many thousand
Republicans who voted a Republican
ticket at the polls last Tuesday who
would not have done so II our party
had not been pledged to the enact
ment of these laws.
II shall be pleased to hear from you
at any time, or would be glad to meet
you in Topeka if you should have oc-
lature meets, and discuss some of the
more important bills which will be in
troduced at the coming session With
sincere regards, am very respectfully
"w. r. sTUBBs.
When the state board of canvassers
meets November 26 the members will
nave TO Q2c1Q6 one lie between CdHui-
dates for representative The vote IN
the Third representative district in
AtchIson county was a tie between
Sheffield ingalls,, the Republican can
didate, and Mr.. Wilcox, the Democratic
candidate, and the state board Will
have to decide by lot which man IS
entitled to the certificate of election
and it is possible that this will not de-
termine which one will have the seat
in the house.
No one around the state house can
remember more than two tie votes
previous to this one and only one OF
these was of Importance. In 1880 the
two candidates for representative IN
Marion county received an equal num-
Der of votes. This was decided by lot
and there was no contest
In the Coffey county case, however,
there was much at stake. This hap
pened in 1892, the election preceding
the legislative war. T. G. Ballinger
was the Republican and Mr.. Rice the
Populist candidate for representative
from Coffey county. The house was
and PopuIists The Cofey county rep
resentative would have the deciding
vote in the house, and much depended
on whether this man was Fopulse
or Republican. as either party would
organize the house according to the
way the tie was decided.
According to the records of the cam
vassing board eighteen ballots were
placed IN the nat Oh lWO LIE AAellAC7
of the candidate were written. Then
one of the members of the board
reached into the hat and drew out the
ballots until one with the name OF T
c. Ballinger was drawn and the certif1-
cate of election was issued to him.
There is a story around the state
house to the effect that there was some
trickery in the drawing of Ballinger's
name According to the story. after
Ives. left the room one of the men pres
ent wrote the names of the two eandi-
dates on the slips Of paper lie made
tvvo rfaIIots--vTitfa BallingerRs name or
the OFFICER Is said to have reached
across the table and stuck his fore
finger into the mucilage bottle. BY
some means the extra Ballinger ballot
got stuck to this mans finger. He is
said to have doubled up his hand and
+a have very carefully drawn out sew
eraI blank ballots and then the Balm
ger ballot was sticking to his finger.
It is not generally known that w R
Stubbs was candidate for governor
IN +he independent ticket, but the
returns received at the secretary OF
states office for Mcpherson county in
5icate that he had at least one support |
sr there.
ward of Iindsborg. The Stubbs sup I
norter wrote the name in the indepen- |
lent column on his ticket and made /
ross in the square to the right thus /
not only making Mr.. Stubbs an inde- |
pendent candidate but also casting |
vote for him
SMITH GIFTS THE LAND.