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Mr. Luther Damron,
Pikeville, Ky. , 1
Dear Sir: . R
.I beg to advise that settlement has'beenr .
i made of the Contest Case in which I was employed ‘ .
when talking with you over the phone and that should -
you still be in need of my assistance in the case. .
I would be in line to assist you in the prosecution
- of the Contest.
;: If you have such need, please call me over
I long distance phone. i;
» Very truly yours,
. z‘
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Clerk Court of Appeals,
Frankfort, Ky. ,
hear Sir:0 ‘
I beg to enclose you herewith the following papers in the
case of Damron v. Johnson, an election contest appeal from
the Pike Circuit Court, the original papers in which will be
, transmitted to you this afternoon by the Clerk of the Court:
' 1. Check t 2.00 covering tax on appeal.
2. Statement.
3. Motion for Oral Argument.
Very truly yours.
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR ‘
PIKEVILLE NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
PIKEVI LE, C
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19 21.
Hon. J. D. Harkins,
Prestonburg, Ky.
Dear Joe:
DAMROL V- JOHESOH.
The clerk of the court of appeals advises
me that the contest cases are set for next honday.
I expect to move to consolidate the Plenary and Charles
case with the case of Damron against Johnson, and also
move for oral argument. I understood you to say when
you were here that you desired an oral argiment. If so,
I would be glad if you would join with me in my motion
which I am inolosing. If you do so, of course, it will
necessitate rewriting,the motion, which you can do.
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PIKEVILLE,KENTUCKY Sept. 17,
19 21.
Mr.,Joseph D. Horkims,
Prestonburg, Ky.
Dear Joe:

I am in receipt of your favor of 16th inst.
inclosing oogy of motion for oral argument and your
brief for appellant. Am at a loss to know Just what
to do. I would like to have the two cases consolidated and
oral argument granted in the consolidated cases, Of course,
the Flanary case has questions Boat the Damron case
does not contain.

I am inolosing herewith copy of my brief
which I will file next Konoay. Therefore, I will file
motion to consolidate and for oral argument in the cork

‘ solidatod cases. I believe that I can say everything
- I want to say in tventy minutes.
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Sept. I9, I921.
Joseph D. Harkins, Esq. _
Prestonburg, Ky.
Lear Joe:-

I received your brief in Damron case and read it with a good
deal of interest and profit. It is a well written brief and I thank
you for sending me a copy of it. I haVe been employed by nr.
Stephenson and therefore will keep this copy. I also received your
letter in reference to objecting to motion for oral argument and
consolidation and I have entered both objections. My notion is the
court will not grant the oral argument but will consolidate the
cases.

Whenever I can do any favor for you I will be glad to do so.
With kind regards, I am
Yours truly,
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M‘ECLURE BUILDING ,
FRANKFORT,KY. ‘
Oct. 6, I921.
Ioseoh S. Haﬁkins, ESQ.
Trestousburg, Kentucky.
Dear Joe:-
When you write vour brief in the Damvon case if you will
send me the record ebﬁ the tev auﬂ the brief I will file it for You x
ano reed carefully your brief and if I can think of any suggestions
that mieﬁt he heloful I will ﬂﬁd it So a Short supolemental brief,
although I am very Sure that vow will cover the case thoroughly,
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’ Mr. Joseph D. Harkins.
Prestonsburg.
Kentucky.
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Dear Sir:-
I am mailing to you under separate cover. copy of
bill of exceptions in case of Damron Vs, Johnson. The original
is filed with the clerk.
If I may be of futher assistance to you in getting
this record forwarded to Court of Appeals. call me and I shall
gladly assist you in any way I may be able.
’ Yours very truly.
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J. J . MOORE
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
PIKEVILLE NATIONAL BANK BUlLDING
PIKEVILLE,KENTUCKY
October 10th, 1921.
Hon, Joe. G. Harkins,
Prestonsburg, Ky.
Dear Sir:
Wu.a-_wo
Enclosed you will find my brief for appellee. Also
motion to docket, advance and submit. Please send me copy of your
brief.
Yours “vim . ,
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October 10th, 1921.
Hon. JOhn L. Carroll,
Frankfort, Ky. .
Boar Judge:-

1 rags zit ZPj£:ew'i? 1e e;re.ir: err vaiéiag’ xiii, Szitziriieg’.
and returned last evening. [bile I was in Titeriile E was
abie to yet the tranacript of the records from the Clerk
but the stenegrapher had not Quite completeﬁ its 3111 of
Hriéenee, but expectea to rare same compietef Within an
hour after the time when i left ?ikevi71e and the Eiﬁl was
.to be mailed to me so as to reach here on the Herning train.

~- I directed him to first file the oriwina} and Gerber cepy
with ﬁre Clerk and tree to mail the original on here. 1 did
not reccire same this morning. and therefore, cannot get it
until tomorrow morning. and will ge-te nor: right at once on
the brief in the case and forward the record as indicated
in your letter.
. I have some gather serious obstacles in the pay
of the preparatisn of this brief as rapidly as I would unnt
to press it because oi the fact that inane Siacc will be
here tomorrow morning for the purpose of trying the Theeler-
Eatrie: case involving the Republican nomination for the oﬁfice
of Circuit Judge, and on Tuesday Juése O'Boherty and officers
oi the Louiirillc Gas d Electric Company will be here in an
injunction case where $100,000. is involved_ However. i will .
get the brief written wittin tte course oi two or triee days
ans then Send the whole alone to you.
- In this connection, just as Irene getting on the
train Tom Hitcher stated to no that ther‘were also going to
- employ Juﬁre Hazelrieg in the two @3905 in the Court 05' _
Appeals, and asked me t0 write to Judge 35 U01? as to you?-
Self alone these lines.

1 watkereﬁ from a canversetion with Ir. Icore '
yesterday afternoon that their principal source of attack '
on the judgment in the Flannerj case viii be upon the
onestien of the minority eannieate being entitled to tee
certificate of nomination. In otter words, as to tea queﬁtinﬁ
of the constitutionality of the Act» I 50 not apprehend any
serious difficulties in either of the eases unon this >
question.

11th best personal wishes, I am,

Very trulr yours,
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We are enclos inf: herewith brief for Appellant
in ”she cease of Luther Eamon arainst J“ 32., Joknson. on
aypeal from 12310 Pike Circuit- Court, v-Jhich. please file»
Very truly yams, -

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Oetooer 11th, 1o21.
‘ Eon. John 3. Carroll,
Snags James ﬂ. iazelrigg,
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I am sending to each of you a copy a? the brief
which I have written in the ease of Neuron against Jotnncn
on aspoal from the ?ike Circuit Court.

I an frank to any that thw heist is not as
satisfactory to me as I nomin like it to be, ﬁne to the
fact that ever since I zeeoived the transcxiet I hey: been
enV$€oﬂ in the trial of another election contest in the
gloyﬂ Uirenit Court in wiieh Z reproﬂonﬁ Jndre iatriek,
the present enemubent, and I here too to write this brief

- without giving the Bill of“ Viﬁonoe the same degree of
examination and consideration :9 1 otherwise wonid. now—
. ever, I have left the Conetitntional question toiae treated
, . - . , .
' by you gentlemen, and eenailj snot treexmnnt as may appear
. to either of you to be proper upon the question of every
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issue picsontod in the Case. . ~
‘MS I see it, there are hut-tho propositions ‘
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eohnson klhh the unlatiul use 01 ﬂvﬁﬂg,

Zecondzw‘Ehcther the not is Constitutional.

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as uo tno letter QEtSLlOn there is no nonbt in
my mind that it in constitnt101ml, and I an cruelly positive
'miai When the Court reads the entire tenors in the lisht

_ of human nature and experience rxt understanding that they
will come to the opinion ans conclusion that no sufficiently
connect Johnson pith the unlawful use oi money and that
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b3 reason 0; that aLCb no supple neioreo uhlﬁ Court and
have the Court of appeals award his certificate of nomination.

If iﬂieir= it 5:n?ﬁ?£1ic fiirtitn: t}:ﬁ: } on}? no 5.3 the
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case do not hesitate to cemmanc no.

‘ With best personal wishes to each of you. I an,
. Var? truly yourﬁ.
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Court.

, ‘ Very truly yours,
_ ‘ I

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ATTORNEY AT LAW
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Oct. 12, 1921.
Joseph D. Harkins, Esq.
Prestonsburg, Ky.
Deer Joe:-

I have your brief and the record you had in the Damron
case. MT. Moores brief and the bill of evidence is in the clerks
office and.we will get it today and write *our brief tomorrow and
then the case will go out to the court.

I have read your brief with care and it really covers,
all the points, and covers them well, that could be made in the case,
so that our brief will be nothing more than a restatement of what
you haVe said.

There is really nothing in the point that Moore raises
that so much of the act as declares that the next highest man shall
get the office is void, at least this is my best judgment about it.
There is ample evidence in the record to create the strongest kind
of suspicion as well as reasonable inference that Johnson did use
money and plenty of it, but we are confronted with our failure to
show his direct connection with any money except that given by him to-
Ratliffe. It would really be a fine thing for pure elections if the
court would hold that the evidence we have is 2 sufficient and I
hope they will.

. ‘ With kind regards, I am
Yours truly,
~ / *- n 4../1!
Mad; T31? * ‘ “
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~ ﬂcﬁdber 1Vth; 1921.
To 503m 33’s Carroll,
, Frankfort, Ky. .
Eear Judge:—

1 an yieaeed ﬁe acknowleage reaeipt of your leﬁﬁer ‘
of Eoceﬁt ﬂake, an& 0033 of the brief which you have
prepared in the case 03 Bamraﬂ againsﬁ JaFnsomg 31km

V ‘ Gircuiﬁ Court.
The brief is mast exeellenﬁ prasenﬁatioa of the
. auestians involve& in ﬁhc cage, auﬁ of the éeﬂuctiomg which
we are 321133111962. t0 make Emil draw :Ercm the ﬁestin‘zony anal
aamissions maﬁa by Hr. Johnson while on ﬁ?e stana. I
tyink we shoulﬁ win thisczése on iﬁs meriﬁé; EEG an
anticip tin? a decision 03the same tomorrow. ,
_ With besﬁ persdnal wishes, I am,;
’ Vary tyulw yours,

Jlﬁ—c

 Gotcha: 34th, lfala

Luther L1; on, ,,
Eolﬁﬁ€93mmudga
Dear Luther:~

I just roceivoa last evemins 00p: of the Opinion
of the Ceurﬁ of appeals in the cage of yourself avainst
503.2119 021.

I regret mayo tEan I egn $011 you thaﬁ the Court
diﬂ wot 32:0 ﬁhe same View Of {be :nttor as we did, 135% . I

L is, thaﬁ the eviaence sufficienﬁly connecteé Joﬁnson miﬁh

ERG corrupt ﬁne of maney as $0 entitloé you to the nominction.
Howevera it is Shana the clesest eall one Cﬂﬂ have to not
lose the office. ”N

If Lt ﬂag ﬂing in ﬁhe fuﬁnre I aim be of any
service to you please d0 HOE hesitate to 0311 OH me.

When you rave finisheé with t¥o 00p; 0f the
opinion please return same to as for the files in the
case.

With best wishes, I am,

Very truly yourg, .
. JDH-c ‘ .

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Thia is the aeoond apyeul of Lhim case. on
firﬂt appeal the cgurt held tnuﬁ tLe notice of uontemt
Was uervei within the five days prescriwed by the statute
and reversed the juagment solely upoa this ground&

In'u’s16diately after the reversal the Governmr
dosihnated Judge Sam Hurst a8 speciél judge, and the last
trial Umgnn on October 3rd and was concluded Octooer 5th.
1921. ' '

Imnediately after tue mandate was filed in
Lne lower court apiellee entered a nation to Quandt the
case for judgment, which m tion was overruled, and the
court proceeded to hear oral testimony, and at the concluo
sion of tha testimony adaudgcd apyellee tne nominee of the
remoli can ya; 1.;; for the ui‘ﬁce 01‘ sheriff of Pike County.

‘ There are three queatione which we desire to
discuss in this brief, viz:
1. The failure of contestant to taxe any evidence
.1.- .

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within the five day period gregarioou by anotiou 1550, sub.
section so, Hentuuky etatutee. ‘
L4 TM3eﬁdmmm '
. 6. The uonstitutionality of so HMSh of Section
‘: 1565b—1l, providing that the court may adjuggo a minority
candidate the nominee wnnn it is a onn that the yarty re-
ceiving the nomination has violated the Coxrupt rraotioee
Act. V
'1ng iEVIDFII-Z'C'E WAS EEOT TAKEN WM‘IEI 3,; THE
ﬂaw T £3112." £35111 on ,
0n the 15thdag'of August, 19Ll, appellant Caused
‘ a notice of oomteat to be served on appelleo in uh on he
Was warned to anawer aaid contest on the ltth day of
'August, 1921. Un the day named contestee filed a wyeoial
desurrer, motion to strike certain allegationo from the
notice of contest. general demurrer and aneuer and reayonme
y/Lo the uotaoe of conteet. He did “st file a vauntﬁrwauutaut.
hence the issues were completed on the lLth day of August.
The first trial was oowrenoad on the 5th day of Seﬁtembwr,
and the :aet trial on the 3rd day of Uotuber. 19L1. and ’
althougm more than two weeks eluygea from the time the 1
issues were made up until Lhu fixst trial began, contes-
tant did not tame any evidence ox aeoure an extennion
of time within which Lo d1 30 Or file any affidavit or
make any shaming whatever accounting for his failure
to do so.
Iummdiately after motion was made to submit
the case on the last trial appellant filed n18 affidavit
in whim he set forth that he failed to 1;:-1K8 his evidence
. -Z_

 within tn: statutory period by reason of the fact Lhat he
was unable to employ a lawyer to do so. No doubt the court ‘
will think strange of this, and in fact we cannot conceive
of a mare astonishing excuse to be offered in any comrt.
Judge Vanover was absent when the nonice or
aontest was filed in the circuit court clara's office,
holding court in Letaher County. and'did not return to
rikcville unuil about the 33th of August, or some days
after the fiVa day limit had expired and no other Judge
was preuent to hear the content.

In Lay v. Rose, 177 Ky. 30%. 197 s. w. 921,

Luis court anticipated that just such'circumacances ~
' wuuld arise as we have in the instant case. and departed

fros its usual GuatOu and mapped out a ruie of groccdure

to meet thg situation. and this court Said:

"And if the Judge is present when the issues
are made up, of course this statute controls the
practice; but if it should happen, as in this case.

_ that the services of a Judge could not be secured
for many days after the iaaues should have uecn
made up. it is manifest that, if the parties were
required to Wait the pleasure of the Judge as to
how the evidence should be tuneu, it would delay
the hearing of the case to such an extent as to
make it impracticable to give to it proper cau-
sideration. To obviate this difficult' in Lna wa
or a s ced and satisfaéfﬁr Enarinr 0% {He case};
w think that when the servgces a? 3 ud e have

. not Seen secured at the time wﬁen 5 %5e statute
the gleadirg' u would have Seen :,.;ade ugé and the
Cdiitl'? 0" 8‘? 6111053 conﬂuence e 0011 68 an

should imaediatei DBTIH to take his evidence u
3e ositionc and comuaete his 'rcoT within the
time allowed 5 ﬁhu statute. and inc canfesfee
sEcqu fake his eVidence u do csiLIcn‘ Witlzla
the Time aiicwed and eaEE Ehqud aIsu, within the
time gigoweg E2 tﬁc sﬁatu§eé Egge Ehoir evIaence In
rebut a . ,,ou accoun o a sauce 0 a JU 39
at the time fixed by the statute when the taking

' of evidence must cammence, the evidence is taxen
as we have indicated by depositions, then the
judge who hears the case should permit all the _

. , ’5-

 evidence that has been Luﬁen my degumitions to be
hwaxd, muugcut, of Suulﬁe, Ea exceybiona for
I'elt-‘eVa‘ZZCy and corwatency." {Italics aura.)
And in ‘éjurd v. Irimzzm‘d. 1'7? Ky. :58, 19'? S. w.
508, it was said:

' “The legislature, in proviaing for perary
election oonteatg, recognized_the imyerative ne~
oeaaity for speedy action by oath yartiea as well
as: by the courts, so that Lhe case might be: finally
decided in time Lu allow the cunteutunt. ii amen 1'
303 ful, t0 awail himself 01 the bencfita of thu den
cision, and t0 accomplish Lhia purpose has speci-
fied wi t1": pm: hi calm-1’4 the shat time in “Hi-sh
;he plaaﬁings gust me made up and ﬁne evidenqe
taken. and haa aireoted that tﬁese cases snaII,
both in tha lowsr canrt and in unis caurt, have
precedence over all other aasea." (Italics ours.)

And in Hardin v. Horn. 184 Ky. 546, ilk a. w.

577, thins «mutt %ain $9.1m

"The yarties may uawe five days each for the
introductioa or taaing of their evidence in c ief,
and one day each thereafter to offer evidence in
rebuttal: and these werioda are fixed as the limit
of the tima wﬁereIn urea? can Be EaEen, unIesa {He
enas o? 'umtIce re uire an exfension 0T {ime ana it
In ranEed 5 {He court. THO evIHeni infenfion of
£59 IagIaTature, in accordance with the public
policy of the state upon that subject. waa Lo yro«
vine by law far a sperdy determinatiow and anjust-
ment of coatruvcraies and disturbances over numi»

v nationa, as well as contesta of final electiOug,
and there 13 not much acubL oi the wisdom of the
policy which ountemplates that an end of such
con;roversy should be speedily made." (Italics
0111's.).

‘ The statute providee "No greater time shall
be extcnaed, unleua the court be satisfied that the ends
of Justice demand it." in order for the court to determine
whetmcr the ends of gustic< demand an extenﬁio;.af Lime
it is incumbent uyon the contestant to account for his
failure. and we assume tuab if he could show that some
of hia witnesaea were amaent or nis counsel, or cunteatant
himself wan sick or could not be present for that reason.

.4.

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or anything else that might be rogareeu as an unavoiuaole
misfornune. ihat a trial court would no warranted in
granting on extension; but Witnuu; same euuetentiul anon-
inﬁ it is our cantontiou that it would defeat one obgeot
of the statute to grant an extension upon any flimsy
exouoe that may be offered Just no was do;e in the in- ,
. Btaut case. True contestant stated in :15 affidavit toot
he was unable to secure tne eexviote of a lawyer, out
without a lawyer he shoulu “UL have institotea his GUL-
teot. It was Shown by zho affidavit of J. J. ﬂoors that
during the pendoncy of the contest that contestant stated
that he had employed Senator oeorge B. Martin, of Cat-
lettabuxg. Conteshant admitted that he had such a conver-
sation in L1» reyly affiﬁevit, and on final trial the
' court will observe that he had two very distinguished
lawyers, one of whom is a former chief Juotice of this
court. In View of these facts there is no other reaan
enable conclusioo to be drawn out that aopollunt was on»
willlng to emoloy such legal taLent as he might be able
to eeuure at the i’ike County liar 01‘ of the adjoining; ,
counties, butthot he wanted to secure the services of
oouneel who were distinguished in the legal profession.
" As to Just why he was unable to secure any of due rite
’ County lawyero 13 not Stated in nib afridavit. May be
he was unwilling to pay them, or may co the lawyers
, thought that apyellee was the choice of aha LBOple of
Pike COLnty and that they did not desire to place any
obstruction in their way. oz‘may be he thought thet the v
lawyers of Pike County were unwilling to go before a court
-5.

 and plate w1;.-ct ayiyrﬂlant be adjudged the. nominee in the face
of the retuuis o‘rxoming; his defeat by 4555. But be that as
it may, we 333$ earnestly insist tnot egg llunt utterly
i":;r.ile~:d to shuvo any vL-iliu rest) it): failure to LnKE his
cvidcucc Within the stabotoxy geriod or to follow the
course of procedure as nap9od out oy this oouzt in the
csses citeo Burra, and the trial court erred in ovoi-
xuljnu uppelloo‘s motion :3 stumit the cuss before any
cvi-zgenocmiss taken, and snmld have Clo-aided 1321:; contest
fOl soyullee on the face of th psyexs.
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Before proceeding to discuss the evidence of
the various witnesses we shall iuvite tho COUiL’B atten-
tion for a MOMGHL to the feet that appelleo received 5834
votes, ugpellunt 1E79 votes, and one i. E. Aesthloy 151
votes, or a clear majority in favor of sypcllee oi 4555
votes. The notice of contest is vague and very oamoral.
It simply charges that appellee ooutributed to a large
corruption fund and thus violated the provisions of the
Corrupt Practices Act. But in the face of the above
result it would be hard to c0ncoive of the necessity of
. appellee or any other person being guilty of doing the‘
things that he is charged with, because the result
itself shows that an overwhelming majority of the geople
- of Pike County desired appellee as their candidate for
the