The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-17
YOUNG ACCEPTS;
FLOOD DECLINED
OHIO REPUBLICAN WILLING TO
TAKE CERTIFICATE FROM
MOOSE CANDIDATE.
VIRGINIAN REFUSED
MISTAKE IN PRINTING NAME or
YOsT GAVE FLOOD RIGHT TO
CERTIFICATE, BUT HE 4
DIDN'T TAKE III. fEzA
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by GEO. II. MANNING.


WASHINGTON, April s.-~-The dls-
cussion which arose in the house Of
representatives few days ago, when
objection was made by the Bun
Moosers to the swearing in of Repre-
sentative Young, of Michigan, as
regular representative. recalls some-
what similar case which arose in con-
nection with the election of Repre-
sentative II. d Flood from the Tenth
district in 1895.
Notice of a contest has been filed
with the house against the seating of
Representative H. Olin Young by the
progressives Of the Twelfth Michigan
district, and the house will shortly
be called upon TO decide whether
Young shall hold his seat by virtue
Of technical certificate Of election
issued according 10 the letter OF the
law, or whether one of his opponents
in the last general election, who ac-
tually received a larger number oe
the votes. Is entitled TO that seat.
The Young Contest,
The facts in connection with tina
contest of the Young election by Will.
liam j. Macdonald. the Bull Moose
candidate. are as follows:
The Bull Moose State secretary, ts
correct a previous error In the SPELL
ing of Macdonald name. telegraphed
the clerks of the several counties COM
rrising the district: Congressman
Twelfth district should be Sheldon
William J. Macdonald" Consequent-
ly 46s Bull Moosers of Ontonagon
county voted for Sheldon William 7.
Macdonald while the Bun Moosera
Of the other counties in the district
voted for William J. Macdonald"
When the vote was canvassed 1t was
found that II. DIN Young, the regular
Republican. had received n plurality
Of 2l5 votes over william J. Mac
Donald" and Sheldon William j..
Macdonald. and Young was given
the certificate Of election. Had the
458 votes cast by the Bull Moosers on
Ontanagon county been counted for
the man for whom they were intend-
ed, Macdonald would have had plu-
rality Of 243 votes in the district and
would have received the certificate, to
which he now claims title
Mr.. Floods Case.
Representative Floods case was
similar in almost every respect to that
of Ioungs, but Flood declined the GER
tifcate of election. and his opponent.
Jacob ost, went to congress and
served the term out.
The facts in the Flood Yost case
We're these: In the congressional cleo
ton of 1896 ~ Yost" the Reuublj-
can candidate, failed of election bv
l,125 votes because in buckingham
county Jacob Yost' was certified as
having received 1872 Republican
votes The legally certified returns
from the entire district showed plu-
rality of l.125 votes for Flood over y.
4ost and jacob Yost," and. accord
ing 10 law Flood was awarded the
certificate of election by the State
board OF canvassers
Refuses Certificate.
In direct contrast to the action OF
H. DIN Young. Republican, of Michi-
gan, who accepted the certificate and
came to Washington and took his seat.
Representative Flood refused TO ac-
cept the certificate and requested that
1t be delivered to Yost, upon the
ground that since u. Yost'' and "Ja-
COD 4ost were one and the same
person, Mr.. Yost on the face of the
official returns. had received q ma
1ority OF TAT votes in the district, and
was therefore entitled to the certifi-
cate. Yost did not hesitate to accent
the certificate and came to Washing-
ton and served out his term
In his letter OF declination address,
ed TO the State board of canva ssers.
Mr.. Flood stated that while he be-
iieVed he had received a majority Of
| the legal votes cast in the district, and
while ne recognized the fact that tina
BOARD could not, under the law. have
done otherwise than TO issue the GER
tlflcate in his favor, he must decline
10 accept the certificate because "upon
| the face OF the returns Mr. Yost un-
der his various designations, has A
majority of 147, and / cannot accent
an advantage from the reversal of this
majority, upon a purely technical
question"
The precedent established by Rep
resentative Flood has been called 10
1oung's attention but he has thus far
declined to change his decision To
hold on to the seat in the house.