The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-03

AhdiImdH Ni 0b4iihAAlfNt
]. l.. PASCHAL,
LEO HARRIS
II. G.. STETTMUND
c. a. SKEEN.
NV. want 20 submit gentlemen
of this House that under that evil
dence, taking the evidence into CON
sileratiou submitted BY the gentle
man from Logan county. thai evidence
submitted ex parte N you please,
without any member of this commit
tee being present without the at 1rney
Of the contestant being presert, aili-
davit submitted and sworn To only in
the presence Fl the counsel on the
floor for The ontestee-l say TO vou.
gentlemen. taking that testimony,
putting q with this testimony -regl-
lar testimony, II you please OF Repub-
lican officials. and We have there. not
only that re N tcn n1snper of the
grand jury 'rl W. ha q th. 'eshmuaS
of every Rc'n,l hCI s ficcf 1p Allaila
county; VI IaH rae isstinlny OF
three Rppua c.;n lswvers IN alfalfa
county We have the testimony oi two
newspaper men CRepubliesnsl In AZ
falfa county, and that testimony all
corroborates the fact that Dan G. MIR
ley Is entitled to a seat on tae floor
OF this House ] say 10 you again,
that under hat testimony take II all
ggether you most assume that the
grand jury di not mwilate a single
ballot then if the grand jury did not
mutila'e single ballot then it is the
duty of that committee as they did, TO
count every ballot In that ccinty, and
thus counting every ballot. he wins
by majority of two hundred and
thiriy-ave votes. You can throw Allne
precinct away. an3 still Marley is
elected; YOU can count overy one OF
them as cast for Allen and still Mur-
ley is elected, and say TO you that
il you will remember, the whole
tenor OF Chappeps argument WINS 1pon
Aline township. together with tie idea
that we were trying TO put some in
correct charge against certain election
officers L Is not necessary to make
charge az gjnst either, gentlemen;
nor does the Committee attempt to do
IT, nor Is II necessary that this house
consider that box If you consider it,
as | say, whether you do or whether
you 40 not Dan Marley is still elect
ed ana | want 70 repeat again. take
this case with the report-the report
Is IN he nature of the evidence OF
the commatee-it is what the com
mittee would swear to, because they
personally counted these ballots
Take that evidence with the evidence
read TO you--take It all together and
I s1bmit to you that YOU can only
find this concmsion-tha counting
/ ALL Murley is elected by two hun.
dred ans thirty-dve majority counting
all the mutilated ballots, he still has
majority. cut cut the mutilated bal
lufs and he still has a majority only
undertake to say TO this House thai
the count OF that ballot was erroner
ously made and that Murley is entitled
TO his seat
Did you think for a moment that
/ Kincheloa world refuse 10 give ul
! those ballots, when By an order as
sworn to by the district clerk in this
Irecord, as sworn to by the county az
/ torney, the district judge made NJ
/ order assigning these ballots to th'
grand jury room. the district clari
says in this record that there was NJ
! order from the district ludge hnl
there vas no rier anywhere, an
under thse circumstances ID was easl
enough for the grand jury to get then
but when the legislature undertool
10 get them be decided that the Leg
I lsature was inferior 70 the grand i1ig
of Alfalfa county, want TO ten you
gentlemen. that the act OF giving al
these boxes TO the grand jury and re
fssing them TO this II use long sine
has convicted lkinCheloe In the mind
Of the People OF this state, long sine
has convictei him IN the eyes of To
public. there is evidence enough 4
scat any man aud ! trust that wheI
the roll is called and the vote take
upon that report. that the minorit
report will lie on the table and TN
majority report adopted Murle
seated as by an law and cqrity b
Ishould be.