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Show oo TAFT MEN LOSE ANOTHERjaO.UND Topeka. Xau.. Stmt J.-r-TJjeRopse-, velt presidential electors won"anoth er round in the legal battle to got them off the Republican ticket In Kansas yesterday. Judge W. H. Sanborn San-born of the United States circuit court of appearlo denied the Injunction Injunc-tion asked by the supporters of President Pres-ident Taft's candidacy to prohibit the names of the eight Roosevelt electors being placed on the general election ballot In November under the Republican emblem. The case was argved Monday In Denver and the written decision of Judge Sanborn was received by Morton Mor-ton Albaugh, clerk of the United Statea court, here late today The case was brought three weeks ago. D. R. Hile, attorney for the Taft followors, went to Red Oak, la., and obtained a temporary restraining order from Judge Smith McPherson, acting for Judge John C. Pollock of Kansas The Injunction was asked on behalf of thirteen Jewell county men who had signed tho nomination petitions of the eight Taft electors, defeated in the recent primary. Judge Sanborn held that thero were no rights In this case which could be considered by a court of equity and that the only recourse that the Taft men had was lu a court of law. In Jin opinion Judge San-horn San-horn said: i "A consideration of the arguments argu-ments and an examination of the briefs submitted in this case have convinced me that It Is unnecessary lo consider or to decide any of the disputed questions of fact herein. Conceding the truth of all the avor-ments avor-ments of the bill, the application for injunction cannot be granted because a decision of the supreme court in Gllles versus Harnis controls In this court. The threatened wrongful deprivation de-privation of a citizen of his right to vote uuder the constitution of tho United States by election officials presents no cauBe of action in equity for an Injunction to prevent it. The remedy is at law and not hy an Injunction In-junction in equity For this reason and In deference to numerous decisions, decis-ions, the application for the injunction injunc-tion must be and Ih hereby denied." |