The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
BOTH CLAIM IT
w. B. kirkpatrick, Father, and
j. NJ. Kirkpatrick, Son.
Each Confident of Winning at
Detroit in June.
ELECTIONS OF DELEGATES
Indicate That Neither One Has
a Sure Thing.
Tie Result Means Much to
Those Holding Offices.

Following numerous elections this
week of representatives to the nation
al council of the knights & Ladies of
Security in Detroit in June, both
James NJ. Kirkpatrick and w. B. Kirk
patrick. his father. today declared
their election was certain. The Junior
Kirkpatrick claims rs of the I2s votes
in the council His father today de-
clared he would win sure. He claims
fifty positive votes at this time with
nearly twenty more which will come
to him in the final fight.
The contest for control of the big
fraternal order reached white heat to-
day when friends of both w. B. Kirk
patrick, the president and father, and
James NJ kirkpatrick. the son, de-
clared they would control the order.
The junior Kirkpatricks strength as
most apparent in the returns which
gave him control of the First district,
including the lodges of Topeka. The
insurgents. with the son as their cham
pion, are said to have carried the vot-
ing in Topeka with apparent ease.
This morning, however, the senior
Kirkpatrick refused to concede that
he had lost the fight.
wait until the votes are counted in
Detroit in June" said the veteran
head of the fraternal order. Then
see who wins. l have fifty votes
now and I will have more than enough
to give me the siXty-five necessary to
election. The other fellows are just
fighting for their jobs. They have
everything already allotted. They
must win to hold on. If they lose. out
they go and they know it. That's why
they won't win"
Claims IS Delegates.
Of To
that IS of the delegates or representa-
tives to the national council have eth
er been instructed for him for the
presidency or have expressed their in
tention of casting their vote for him
in the Detroit meeting. If the junior
Kirkpatrick makes good his claim, he
will enter the national council with
thirteen votes in excess OF the num-
Der necessary to elect.
That a contest will be filed during
the Detroit election has been rumored
in Topeka. 1t was stated recently that
sci to represent him during the De-
troit gathering. The move, it is as
serted, means contest concerning the
election of officers of the national or
der. Asked today concerning his plans
for a contest, President Kirkpatrick
stated he did not know the action
which would be taken before the ma
tional meeting.
Feels Sure of Success.
THE matter of an issue before the
national council is one that will be
considered later said the president
of the society. Personally, I am quite
sure of my success / don't know what
the other side plans
All of the national offices of the
Knights & Ladies of Security will be
affected by the meeting of the ma
tional council in Detroit June IS. The
offices of the society are maintained in
Topeka and the fight between friends
of the senior and junior Kirkpatrick
has been in progress FOR several
months. 1t is generally asserted that
in event w. B. kirkpatrick wins a
reelection, there will be a houseclean-
ing among officers who are now op-
posing his candidacy. On the other
hand, success for the insurgents
means the elimination of the veteran
president and one of the founders OF
| the society.