Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-11-29 | Page 14 | Mrs. R. B. Owen's Election Fought

LJ t 1 J. J 1 v V 1 OWENS OWEN'S fOUGHI TALLAHASSEE Fla No Nov 29 AP Tho AP-Tho The election of Mrs Irs Ruth Kuth Bryan Owen to the Fourth district seat in congress congress' in the recent Florida Flori da election will be bo contested on the gr ground imd that she has isas not been a citizen of tho the United States fo for seven seven Jears 3 ears in accordance with constitutional constitutional con con- eligibility rules A D Daytona Beach law firm not notifIed noti- noti lied fled Governor John W. W Martin o othe ot of the contemplated action In behalf behal of William C C. C Lawson of ot Orlando defeated Republican candidate The Tho firm asked tIre the governor t to hold up Mrs 1 Owens Owen's certificate o of I election but ho announced that h he would not comply with the regardless of any attempt to deprive deprIe her of her seat scat Tho The people of ot the Fourth district of Florida elected Mrs Owen and andI I 1 ai am arh going to Issue her certificate the governor said The attorneys cited what they said was Wa 4 a transcript o of the fed federal era court of ot the southern district o of Florida which declared dc Mrs 1 Owen an American on April 27 27 1925 Because Because- of the tho order ordel by a acourt acourt acourt court they contended It was wa necessary necessary sary ary for the governor to the certificate as neither state no nor federal laws applied In the case