The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-14
ATTORNEYS FOR PED FALSELY DECLARE MAYLD LOSES GROUND IN RECOUNT

Texas with whom / come in con,
tact resent this outside interference
as too suggestive of the kaiser'S
mania to rule the world. The citizen.
ship of Texas justly resents the &C
ton of the New York World and DR.
Butler in their effort to control OF
dictate the policy of Texas citizen
ship.
II do not believe in trying my suits
in or through the public press at
this time, however, the public needs
to know the truth touching the re-
count. One only has to casually scan
the public statements OF counsel for
Mr.. Teddy in order to gain a fairly
accurate knowledge of the real mo-
tive back Of the Peddy contest. The
proponents of the contest do not ex-
pect that Mr.. Peddy will be seated
as senator from Texas. In fact, /
may be so bold as to say that these
men know that Mr.. Peddy cannot be
seated. 1t is only hoped that under
guise of this contest, used as a
smoke-screen an unauthorized and
unprecedented investigation may be
had by the senate of the United
States touching certain alleged fra
ternal connections of Senator May
field.
so far. it has cost the govern
ment of the United States approx
mately $4,000 to conduct this re
count which Mr.. Peddy, his counsel
and zealots we'll know, or by using
the least degree of human intelli-
gence could easily ascertain, can new
er and will never be used as evidence
by the senate committee charged
with the duty of investigating the
Texas senatorial contest.
over one-half of the ballot boxes
coming to Washington have keys at
tached; approximately one-third of
the precincts in the entire state had
the ballots removed from the boxes
and piled in easements, wood sheds
and other places, and later gathered
up by the deputy sergeant-at-arms
of the United States senate. In many
other cases the ballot boxes when
opened have been found to contain
ballots cast in the primaries, special
road bond elections. special school
election and many others. Any man
possessing even scant knowledge of
law and prec edent knows that under
the conditions in which the Texas
ballots are found, this recount be-
comes a farce, but for which farce
those malicious zealots Claiming to
be conscientious citizens) have spent
over $4,000 of the funds of the gov
eminent at this time much needed
in other matters.
THE Intentionally and wilfully
false public utterances of counsel for
Peddy. from the inception of this
contest, brand the contest, for what
it is, a wickedly false contest spon-
sored by INSCRIPTIONS politicians, re-
pudiated at home by the largest
majority in the history Of Texas; it
is the old case of resentment that al
ways follows sound public thresh-
ing. This contest has been conceived
in sin and born in inquiry. The ini-
quitious purposes back of the farce
this contest will be readily
when the attempt is made
to introduce before the senate the
impertinent and irreiev-
ant hog-wash that will be rendered
VI tho pal VI IuC TCuuy lolSCo.
I'VE must remember that the re-
count is purely mechanical and when
completed, the competent evidence,
IL any, must be introduced before the
senate committee and then the peo-
pie will learn the truth regarding
the recount; so far the senate COM
mittee has not received any teesti-
mony and until it has no one knows
in advance what action will be TAX
en-. In the meantime all stories or
statements to the effect that the re-
count has been rejected in whole or
in part In any county are as false as
the man who utter the same.
Senator Mayfeld was elected by
over 10000 majority and has quail
flied and is now creditably discharg-
ing his duties as United States sena-
tor from Texas and will so continue
as senator until his official term of
six years has expired"