Show T ToT T T T T T T T T T T T id ble bleH H TOI YS COURSE CHANGED BY A PIG WJ rt D n rl was an ordinary p pig such as Kansas J farmers raise that was waa In Indirectly D directly tho tha means of pre preventing I venting the impeachment of ot President Andrew Johnson In lS 8 This seems Incredible yet ot It is 18 one among a n score stOra of ot reminiscences called forth from Kan Kansas sas Sll politicians by the tho publication In tho Sunday Sunda Inter Ocean recently ot at the story of at dmund I O G Rots formerly United States rr from m this who Is now type In New Mexico The story Is vouched for or by a n number of the tha early earl settlers of or Jefferson on and Douglas counties among whom are Lorenzo lor J who managed Sen Senator ator Rosa campaign John Spur a veteran editor A K I Thomas and Will lived on adjoining farms In county In both ero Democrats Democrat They Th y became Involved In a dispute dl over ocr tho ownership of at a small pig pi which divided Its between the tho fcc l lot loti of ot th thOrUnn and Thomas faring So bitter dill did this dispute become that the became their fall fam families Uok up the quarrel Finally Thom Thomas as ns oxen oen hanged changed from the tho Democratic to the Republican party In tu avoid meeting nr or seeing seo ng his neighbor nt t political gatherings which were weft numer numerous numerOUs ous In those days This was the condition of affair In Douglas Doulos county In tho fall tal of ot ISM 1866 when Bam became a n un on the ticket for tor tho he was W S elected by on one vote and that that vote woo cast by b A I t Thom Thomas as the nIt former none of ot the who r the story flory de deny d ny nv Thomas had halbern been busy working irking 10 hilS farm tarm on election dRY day until ilmo t time for tor the polls to tl close He If n df donn to the polling place In hi hili precinct IUd and found that the Judges were Jn t preparing to up and count the bal ballou lou loti Nobody objected however to let letting ting Thomas vote ate and he h cut cast a ballot for tor m When the count was wa made it was waa found that n ga gS had Icon beon elect elected ed e br eta oro vote was i a contest over the tho result but tho recount r showed tho o le i and given no ho cm tn name was wal nned i c iThe of election a I I 1 tn the theIn The legislature met early In January In and as lIS United States State Senator I Jim Iano hall hod committed suicide tho jarratt lotion ear the was ns re to elect his hlo or dmund td d ou 0 Rest hall had been teen appointed to till tho Iho death and n vacancy caused by b lines lunes 0 ln In had served nerved a 0 part of ot a year He lie was a l candidate for Lorenzo J there Worden was his campaign manager Mr Worden I knew we hid a hard fight n ht on hand lIand Id a tn th tI been for It II Wo We 1 Jut but we h preparing i Iso the contest Jh rould not have gotten Into I not at nt nil all had It not been that we carried uglas county by one vote and ami elected there There was n deadlock between bel preson nw hI ROM and Tom Carne Carney Jim Legate now of oC i camp to me and Md told me mil that he wai II authorized to inn 1 Was no nl for a vote ole would elect Carney a the 1 told hint him that I was not that hat Is 8 by 1 t kind of ot n I t told tolO him I wanted till the which paid Ii 14 p jh w IH wIt a year ear and that I Intended d to havo 10 It Sill Sid Clark who now no lives In OKIa sk K y YOI Into the Jut but J tiled to set gam did li lill only received a few votes and wn never A 1 factor In the th fight Tho bit bl Until flatt v flU between flow and Carne Carnev t r ow WI Vc finally put through a deal nil hit I OC of the Carney rote nn ll ve VI g t one oliO l t ln nominee Host named an all the We elected him e and Ind I 1 got th Ue ou au sc set e and held It for tor twelve tele years year 1 hI II Inter |