The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-09

| day Getty asked the county commits
sloners of Wyandotte county TO see
that the ballots are carefully locked in
pered with
Assistant Attorney General John
lawson went to Kansas City to be
present at the meeting of the cam
VaSslng board and this may mean that
the attorney general will begin Grim
maj proceedings in Wyandotte county
against election frauds
line voting was absolutely rotten in
some precincts" said Mr. Dawson. I'm
three precincts 1876 votes for Getty were
counted out when they were absolutely
legal votes. In 1905 the Kansas legis-
lature provided that a voter could
mark IN the circle at the head of the
he tac net ana tnen mark elsewhere on the
ballot. In these three precincts 1876
men voted the straight Republican
ticket by putting the cross mark in the
circle under the eagle. Then they
eoteo Tor some Democratic local Of
neers- The Judges threw out every
single one of these ballots and ali of
rhose ballots We're perfectly legal and
snould nave been counted for Getty
ana the rest Of the Republican ticket
except In the few instances where
Democrats were voted for.
In another precinct that Gettv lost
Dy III Republican chaIlengers stood at
the polls and challenged several hum
dred voters A local boss ordered the
JUDGES TO stick these challenged votes
INTO the boxes without marking them
challenged Kansas courts have all
ready held that such proceedings in
validate the vote of the entire precinct
and II Getty will take his case up the
courts VIII throw out this precinct
Then we have information that men
from an Austrian drinking club in
missouri were voted at several pre-
clnts IN Wyandotte county, and also
That Italians who left Kansas for Italy
year ago and never returned were
voted by emocratic politicians
For the sake of clean elections it is
necessary that Mr.. Getty should make
contest, and there is no doubt of the
outcome of this contest"
Mr.. Getty said Sunday night that
ne would serve notice of contest today
on L. A. Milton, the Democrat who,
the canvass shows was elected by 1886
DISPOSITIONS Will then be taken before
van -; Prather, probate judge. These
dispositions will be presented to the
senate when 1t organizes to prevent the
seating of Mr.. Milton. Mr. Getty al
leges that there were several irregu-
larities in the election and if it had not
been for these he would have been
elected.
In many cases it was ignorance of
the judges said Mr.. Getty last night.
Ballots were rejected because they
were marked in the circle and then
now and this is not an invalidation
of the ballot. Pencils so hard that
mark could not be made were used ana
then the ballots rejected because they
were torn. want to see these votes
counted
I'VE are willing to face a contest"
said Albert GILES, chairman of the
Democratic county central committee.
IF there was any fraud the Republic
cans are guilty. There were dead men's
names on the registration and I asked
to have them struck off and the lists
revised, but the Republicans objected.
AS to challenged votes not being mark
ed I have inquired in every precinct
and can find no one who knows of it.
In the First and Sixth ward the vote
is far below the registration. I think
we can show some strange work in
some of the county precincts where the
Republicans had a majority"
The Wyandotte county Republican
central committee kept a man on guard
in the county clerks office all Sunday
to keep anyone from tampering with
the ballots that were locked in a safe.
Another contest will probably be that
of Carroll against Snyder in Leaven-
worth county. Carroll is the Demo-
crat, and Snyder the Republican. Sny-
der was elected by 81 votes.