The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-31
Harrison. Lang Crowd Will
Place Voters Right in Hands
Oftheir 0iiicers-City Solicit
tor Campbell Will Vote.

There's a lovely row. The first
blood was won when City Solicitor
Campbell proved his right In the face
OF a challenge from the Harrison
Lang faction.
a wilt or mandamus requiring the
election officers to allow City Solicit
tor James Campbell. Jr.. the right to
register and vote at Rogers precinct
IN the city of Paducah. was readily
granted by John X. Hendrick, acting
as special Judge of the circuit court
this morning; but a similar applica-
ton of former Mayor Yeiser was held
up and finally decided against him.
He cannot vote In the city.
The evidence in Mr.. Campbells
case was simple. He had temporar-
ily moved to his country residence
for the summer, and he intended 10
return this winter. IL was also
shown and not controverted. that Mr..
Campbell has always voted at Rogers
precinct and that when he returned
TO the city his residence will still be
IN that precinct.
No attorneys appeared for the
election officers who were present in
person and stated that II was their de-
sire that the court pass on the mat
ter.
Mr.. Yelser's case is more compli-
Gated than the city solicitors. and
Bagby & Martin, attorneys for the
election officers, put up a stiff de-
Tense.
They took the position that writ
OF mandamus did not apply In the
case because the election officers were
given the sole power by the statute to
decide who should register and vote,
and there was no appeal A line of
authorities in support of their posi-
ton was presented. A demurrer to
the petition was also filed because
the ex-mayor had failed to state that
he had been a resident OF Glauber's
precinct so days previous TO the time
he applied for registration.
Unlike Mr. Campbell. who expected
20 return to the same precinct where
he had always lived and voted. Mr..
Yelser has sold his former home on
North Fourth street and sought to
register as living at COS South Third
street, in Glauber's precinct which is
the place he declared Il was his in
tentlon 10 make his permanent home.
He formerly lived at that place but
has since registered and voted in an
other city precinct, consequently a
nice question OF law is involved.
Registered Democrats May Vote.
In the discussion OF the law in the
case ''some newspaper law" read
from the morning paper by Judge
Bagby in support of his position,
came in for rldicule by Attorney J.
Campbell Flournoy. who stated that
in recent decision OF the appellate
court in the case of Young VS.. Beck
ham. Il was held that the right and
manner of an executive committee OF
political party to fix the qualifica-
tious Of It's voters and candidates is
flxed and limited by statute. II is
supposed he referred to section 1855.
which prescribes the registration OF
a voter the test of his party and right
to vote In primary.
Manipulating Primary.
What Is an evident attempt of the
Harrlson-Lang faction to manipulate
the county primary Tuesday came to
the surface In the morning paper,
which quoted part of the primary
law. relating TO places where voters
do not register and omitted the part
referring 70 places like Paducah. The
law was plainly laid before County