The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-30
Attorney General Urges COun-
ty Clerks to Proceed.
Can Print All but Names of
Electors.

Ballots injunction covers nothing
except presidential electors You can
proceed to print all the ballots except
electors, leaving blank space therefor.
JOHN - DAWSON,
Attorney General"
That is the telegram which Attorney
General Dawson today sent to all coun-
ty clerks in Kansas, advising them to
print the Republican primary ballots
except names of electoral candidates
and will be followed Thursday by
telegrams concerning the printing of
names of electoral candidates It is
assumed by the attorney generals Of
flee that such names as are to appear as
candidates for electors may be printed
in the blank space following the de-
ciSiOn Thursday of Justice Pitney. as
Sociate justice of the United States SUI
preme court.
Since the filing of the stipulation
which withheld the printing of the
names of the Republican electoral can
didates, pending a decision by Justice
Pitney, there has been grave fear that
the work of printing and distributing
the ballots may be delayed to such an
extent as to invalidate the election.
The plan of the attorney generals Of
flee is expected to remedy this situa-
ton.
If the Dawson suggestion is acted
upon imm mediately, the Republican
ballots in Kansas will be printed by the
time a decision is rendered in New
Jersey concerning the Kansas electoral
case. Then, too, the printing of ballots
under this instruction, will not con-
f1ict with the provision of the stipula-
ton. The injunction suit covers moth
ing except the names of the eight
Roosevelt electoral. candidates and no
effort was made by the Taft forces to
stop the printing of any portion of the
ballot except these eight names
AS soon as a decision is rendered by
Justice Pitney. Dawson will again ad-
wise the county clerks how to proceed.
Should the superSedeaS be granted. IT
would mean that the names of the
kept off the ballot. In event the order
is denied, all of the names of the IS
candidates will go on the ballot.
By blocking their forms and leaving
blank the space to be occupied by
the names of the Republican presi-
Dental electoral candidates, the print
ers may proceed to print the ballots.
Then, when the court finally decides
the case, the names OF the electoral
candidates may be printed in the blank
space on an ordinary job press This
will facilitate the work of printing and
distributing the ballots and will pre-
vent the danger of delay or possible
invalidation of the entire Republican
urinary In most counties the work
of printing the names of the electoral
candidates on ballots will require but a
few hours, while the actual printing
of the entire ballot may occupy the at
three days The various township
tickets appear on the ballot with the
candidates for state and county Of
fees and changes must be made in the
forms for the printing of each town
shin ticket This work Dawson ar
CUES, can be handled and disposed of
hours before the final decision comes
from the New Jersey jurist.
While these plans for the printing
and distributing of ballots was being
arranged today in the attorney gener-
ais Office, the final conferences of the
Roosevelt-Taft forces were being held
elsewhere. In the governors ONCE
there was a special conference before
the progressive attorneys left for Nor
ristown. n. J. In the Mulvane build
ing D. r. Hite last night counseled
with the Taft leaders. Attorneys for
both sides left today for New Jersey
and will he Drepared to present their
side of the legal question when the
case is called Thursday morning