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Show KANSAS CONTEST ARGUED IN DENVER .D.EN7ER- Co,- ScPt- IS- The statute H tnat gives recourse to the courts to any citizen, who by conspiracy or lntlmlda- tlnn la denied the right to vote for a rep-H rep-H rtsentatlve in congress, furnished tho H basis for the argument of Attorney D. R B Hlte today In the Kansas presidential H electors case. Arguments were opened H in the United States court of appeals. Judges J, E. Carland, W. H. Munger and B J H. Riner presiding, the case having H been appealed from the decision of Fed- urL J.",dfr.e r H Snhorn. Tills decision B held that the attempt of tho Taft sup- E?"ers In Kansas to enjoin Secretary of H State Cnarles H. Sessions from certifying H the names of eight Roosevelt elector to H th county clerks to appear on the "regu-H "regu-H jar Republican ballot did not come wlth-B wlth-B In the Jurisdiction of a court of equity. Attorney States Case. Attorney Hlte contended that the case H if one of federal Jurisdiction and of B equity Ho declared that being denied H the right to vote for a representative in H congress would bo parallel to denying H Lnat.c!"z,sn tnc right to vote for a presi-H presi-H dential elector, pledged to support a ccr- lain presidential candidate. Mr. Hlte re-H re-H viewed the announcement of the Kansas presidential electors after the Chicago convention that they would not support' i ir Taft. He contended that if these! H elertors were placed on the "regular" R-H R-H publican ballot it virtually would deny Taft supporters In Kansas the right to ' H vote for their choice for president. Fraud Alleged. B Mr. Hlte further contended that the H signatures on the petition by which these H electors wero named were secured by K fraud, making tho case one for the re-covery re-covery of pecuniary damages. B Attorney General John S. Dawson, In M s. brief argument, outlined tho casa. and exprcsei? the belief that tho proper STRIKERS SET FI TO li STABLES Attempt to Burn Tipple; Another An-other Outbreak in the Kanawha Ka-nawha Coal Field. CHARLESTON. W. Viu, Sept. 15. The expected outbreak in the Cabin Creek district of the Kanawha coal field, where 1200 West Virginia militiamen, under command of MaJ. Jame-i Pratt, are maintaining martial law, enmo today, to-day, when the stables of the Ohlcy Coal company at Ohley were destroyed by Arc and an attempt was made to flro tho tipple of the same company. Twenty-flvo Twenty-flvo militiamen from tho Clarksburg company, com-pany, under command of Lieutenant Cochrane, drovo off tho men, and It i believed that some were wounded. Lieutenant Cochrano and his men fought the stable flro for half an hour, but the building had been fired at so many points that It was Impossible to sa'o It or Its contents, Including fourteen four-teen horses and mules. Letters found today at the office of the Mucklotv Coal company and In tho house of a number of employees warned the company and the men that If the mine was started or If the men attempted at-tempted to go to work the buildings will bo dismantled and the works blown up. No effort has been made to start tho mine. "Governor Glasscock's commission investigating in-vestigating conditions in tho Paint Creek nnd Cabin Creek sections resumed its labors la-bors here today, with Bishop J. S. Donahue Dona-hue of Wheeling presiding. course of action was nn appeal to tho Kansas stato conte3t board. L. W. Kepllnger, attorney for tho Roosevelt electors, argued that the attitude atti-tude of tho eight electors Is well known and that no ono In Kansas would bo misled even though their names appear on the "regular" Republican ballot. Attorney At-torney Kepllnger will closo his argument tomorrow and Mr. Hite will clOBe the case. At 6 o'clock court adjoujned until 10 o'clock tomorrow. Belated Heturns. By International News 'Service. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 13. Official Offi-cial returns from Monday's election received re-ceived today by the secretary of state Indicate the election of the entire Democratic Demo-cratic state ticket by CO.OOO majority. State-wide prohibition lost by about 15.-500 15.-500 majority and the grandfather's amendment wa3 defeated by 12,000, Makes Forceful Speech. Special to The Tribune. GREEN RrVER, Wyo., Sept. 13. In ono of tho strongest and most forceful political politi-cal addresses ever heard in Green River, M. E. Wilson of Salt Lake Cltv tonight held his audience for two solid hours. Tho general opinion of all was that there was not nn uninteresting moment during his cntlro address, and if tho expressions of solid thinking men are to be considered, consid-ered, Mr. Wilson has done much in putting put-ting the county scat town in the Wood-row Wood-row "Wilson column next November. Mr. Wilson tomorrow night will speak at Rock Springs, and every Indication points to an overflow meeting. Washington Results. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. IS. Latest returns from Tuosday's primary election indicato tho following Democratic nominations: nomi-nations: Governor Hugh S. Todd, Seattle. Congress First district. Charles G. Heifner, Seattle; Second district, Charles Drury, Tacoma; Third district. Roscoe Drumholler. Spokane: at-large. E. O. O'Connor, Spokane: Henry White. Bel-lingham. Bel-lingham. Mrs. Mary A. Monroe of Spokane was nominated for superintendent of public instruction. Tonight's returns indicate that no other woman was nominated on either the Democratic or tho Republican ticket Does Missionary Work. SIOUX FALLS. S. D., SepL 13. Governor Gov-ernor Johnson came Into South Dakota today to deliver two speeches and lend a hand In an a.ttcmpt to stralghton out the tangle In which Progressive and Republican Re-publican leaders havo becomo involved. At a meeting between the California executive. ex-ecutive. Governor Vessey. Senator Crawford. Craw-ford. Carl Sherwood, chairman of tho Republican Re-publican late committee, and other political po-litical leaders, the situation was threshed out .with pleasing remits to the vlco presidential candidate. "Everything looks fino in South Dakota." Da-kota." Governor Johnson ald after the meeting. "I do not feel apprehensive In tho lea3t about tho Progressive cause here. |
