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DOHSEY IS HE
HEAHDSHDTAT
GRACE'S
Solicitor Was Advised by Emi
nent Counsel Not to Testify
at Time of Trial.
Continued From Page One.
kn<« 't was tbit mmning and that the
shot sound < ante front the direction of
t he Grace house
"Eminent ludees ami lawyers ail-j
vised me concerning the expediency of.
nn going upon the stand. Eve x one of j
them advised against It Others rim
have commended my action under tin ,
circumstances. They are agreed that I
my course xvns ight, tn keeping with'
my position in the race and the pe.’iri.i:
circumstances which surrounded me. I
"Since I haxe not made the state-!
nirnt of what I heard in open court li
had n>t intended that it should !» j
known, but since som? fragments of I
tiie incident ha\> become public I pie-,
f> now that tin .nt i-. matte, be
know n
Surgeons Consider
Operation on Grace
Eugene Grace . aim to Atlanta lodnx |
from N> 'mm end to: umr> than two,
hours lay under .X-ray photographic.!
tests in the office of D .1 H. Herr, In '
the Candler annex, prellmln irx to un- 1
dergoinu an operation for the removal
of the buib i which a Jury last week i
Slid Daisy E Gt,i<e did not fire Info his
spine
After the examination, he was ear-|
ried. still upon his stretcher, to the I
Piedmont sanitarium, where another i
consultation of experts will be held this!
afternoon or tomorrow to determine 1
finally whether the removal of the but- i
let from the channel of the spine will:
be successful and permit him 10l
stand upon bls feet and walk by the I
time in November that he says he will j
bring forth his stilt for divorce from ’
the woman he says tried to k!l; IMm
Life Returning to Limbs,
The examination made In Yir Derr's
office show <'d that the bullet has not
moved the trace of an Inch from Its I
lodgment w hen the first N rays were |
taken, a w eek after the shooting. It }
showed more- that Grace is getting
power back into his paralyzed legs, for
Dr. Derr tested him by the sharp blow
Just below the knee cap and proved by
the old pare«|s test that the muscles
and the nerves of the helpless legs are
beginning to come to life again.
Dr Derr said, after the long examina
tion. that an operation was under .mi
sideration, and Grice himself has de
manded that the bluell lie taken out
before ho leaves Atlanta.
Grace came from Newnan on the
10:30 train this morning. He rode In
t lie baggage car. as lie has ridden on all
his trips since tin shooting in Eleventh
street, and he was borne off the train
into one of Patterson’s auto ambulances 1
by his stepfather. Mr. Hill, and E. \V. I
Hubbard, a liveryman of Newnan and}
his negro valet. Bub. The trip had been I
made in the utmost secrecy, and Grace!
was borne from the baggage car to the;
ambulance without the customary I
newspaper concealing Ins face, but with!
a brown checked golfing cap upon his
head. H- lay stretched as helplessly
as before upon the litter but his face
seemed fuller than when lie left At
lanta before, and he smiled freely,
though he would say nothing.
Grace Demands Operation.
The ambulance whisked him quickly
to Dr Derr's offices, and he was borne
up the three Hights of narrow steps to
the office by ills xalet and two other
men. Ihe tests began immediately.
The photographs showed no festering of
the wound, but that the bullet had made
a sac about itself In which it might lie
to the end of Gt tee's natural life with
eighty chances out of a hundred that
it would not infect him fatally. On the
other hand there is the doubt as to
whether the removal of the bullet will
completely restore his strength to the
lower body and limbs, or whether If
left xx here it is. he might not still re
gain their use
I pon the final consultation of the
doctors at the sanitarium rests the de
cision as to tiie operation Grace de
clares that he will force them to take
the bullet out
THIRD DISTRICT MASONS
MEET IN CORDELE AUG. 14
CORDELE. Gt. Aug 8 The Third
congressional district Masonic meeting, to
be held in Cordele August 14-15. will be
recognized as one .if the big Masonic
events of the year in Georgia bx the great
number of lodges parti .paring judging
from the interest being manifested and
the preparations bping ma<|. f«>» t | ie en _’
tertainment nf the delegates by the bu al
chapter, Cordelia bulge. \
The convention will men «• Uu Ma
sonic temple at 10 o'clock nn ih« morning
of Augrust 14. with the following pro
gram :
Invocation. Rev W s Hardin, pastor
of the Presbyterian church addr* ss of
welcome for the city. Mayo: \V li T>or
rie; address of welcome for •'•.rdelia lodge,
I). A. R. Crum. \V. M . response to ; K .
dresses of welcome. L. J. Blalock. of
Americus There will be a!t* t . j ; and
night business sessions.
-On August 15 the designating of th»-
next meeting place and an address b\
George M. Napier, grand master of tj.c
jurisdiction of Georgia, will be feat . •
FOR NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA
Take Hosford s Acid Phosphate
Sufferers from arid stomach, nausea or
headache will tin<l (his tonic bever
age a grateful relief.
•
Bull Moose Convention a Great Gatherings With Enthusiasm Unending
T. R.’S HAT WAS "SAFE—IT WAS HIS OWN RING
W.•■•a t ar. .w - 1
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/ JRaRi sea. - - s . ■
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a( the opening of the firs! national convention of the new I’rogressive
; pHi't.y hi the coliseum at Chicago. This was the same hall where Colonel Boose-
WATTS AND CABANISS
: IN A SHARP CLASH ON
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE
The house- of representatives was the
M ono of a sharp attack on Hepresen
iative l-lmmett (alianiss, of Oglethorpe
| count) , this afternoon, when Repre
, sontative .1. N. Watts, of Randolph
j county, charged that Mr. Cabanlss was
concealing a certain portion of corre
| spondcnce then being read by the Ogle
thorpe member.
Mr. Cabaniss, rising to a point of
personal privilege, charged in his turn
that the attack on his fairness had not
been made "by the rank and file of the
i member*. but by p< twins interested in
fertilize/ manufacture or in the employ
of such manufacturers." His remarks
caused a stir which was only silenced
by the speaker's gavel.
The matter came up when the bill by
Mr. Cabaniss, prohibiting Hie use of
deleterious “fillers" In fertilizers, was
on Its par-sage. There was a strong
fight on the hill, its opponents desiring
to permit the use of certain fillers,
which, they claimed, were not adulter
ants. The hill was left unfinished at
tl-e - in-e of the morning session.
ATLANTA MUSICIAN IS
DEAD IN CHICAGO, ILL.;
REPORTED A SUICIDE
.Im Wusthoff secretary of tin- Atlan
ta Federation of Musicians, received
notice by telegraph todax of the deatll
in i'hi-ago of Ernest T. rm st. formerly
a musician liete.
According to a special dispatch to
The Georgian, Ternest killed himself in
a hoarding house. 11l health was given
as the cause. Terneat had been in Chi
cago for some years, it is not known
whether lie has relatives here.
REBELS AGAIN FIRE
ON U. S. TROOPS AT
MEXICAN BORDER
WASHINGTON. Aug S Colonel E.
Z. Steever today reported to the war
department that his troops hail been
fired upon by the Mexican rebels again
last night.
Conditions opposite Del Rio being
bad. Colonel Steever today reported he
had sent half a troop of cavalry with
express orders to prevent smuggling.
Orozco still is in Juarez, endeavoring
to rally the remainder of his troops for
i last desperate resistance in Sonora
TOUR BY RATTLESNAKE
CLEARS THE MAIN STREET
WILKESBARRE, PA. Aug. S. A
five-foot rattlesnake escaped from a
circus at Edwardsville and went sight
seeing in tin principal street of the
thorough. People ran in all directions
as tin reptile came down the brick
pavement. The snake found its way
into a him h room The proprietor did
not >••>* the snake until the Muttering of
a canarv attracted his attention. The
snake was trying to make a meal of
the bird. .Jones did not know it was a
rattlesnake. *o h« seized it by the m< k.
placed it in a box and returned it to its !
ow ners.
GEORGIANS WIN PATENTS.
WASHINGTON \ug. 8 Davis x Da- |
v s. W ashington patent attorneys, report :
the grant this week to citizens of Geor |
gia of the following patents: .1. C Cal j
huun. Midville, wire fence supporting i
trusN. W L Eulteii. G .1 Scrimshaw and
W M Snyder Savannah, wire rope block:
\V U. Fulton, Jr . Savannah, spring
wheel: H S McCall, Ogeecl.ee, automo-
I extrhator: N. McQueen. Ludowici,
spr'Tg cushion tire (three patents*. A IL
. Merrit. Gainesville, agricultural hnple-
!i> 1.'., A Re<i iitig, Juliette, hoe.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS/I MLRSDAY. AUGUST 8. 1912.
BANK EXPECTED TO
USE GROUND FLOOR
OF HURT BUILDING
One of the national banks of Atlanta
probably will occupy the ground floor
of the new $200,000 seventeen-story
building which Joel Hurt is to erect.
Much discussion as to which bank it
will be has been aroused.
The new building, which will he at
tlie Junction of Edgewood avenue and
Exchange place, will be entirely mod
ern in construction and will lie as fire
proof as it can be made. A feature of
its construction’ will be metal doors
opening both into i-orridors and com
municating between rooms in a suite.
Metal window sashes and frames and
metal trimmings also will carry out the
architect's plan of having as little
combustible material in the building as
possible.
The architect is J. E. R. Carpenter,
of New York, ami the contract for
constructing the building has be< n
awarded to the Realty Construction
Company of Birmingham.
CANDIDATE APPEALS
TO 86.276 VOTERS BY
POST CARD METHOD
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. William S.
Bennett, former - ongt'essman. today
mailed to tach of the 86.276 enrolled
R< publicans in New York county a
postal card, stating that he is a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for governor ami asking each voter to
express his opinion of the candidacy
on the return pan of the card.
This Is tiie first time in the history
of New Yoi k polities that a candidate
lias made an individual personal appeal
to the voters to say whether or not lie
shall be a candidate.
PRESIDENT OF HAYTI
BURNS IN PALACE AS
MAGAZINE BLOWS UP
PORT-AU-PRINCE. HAYTI. Aug. 8.
President Cincinnati!! l.e Conte, of
Hayti, wis burned to death today when
the national palace was consumed by
llames following an explosion in the
powder magazine adjoining the palace.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Howard L. Mathews.
The funeral of Howard 1.. Mathews,
employe- of the Eberhart-Conway
Company. who died at Smyrna. Ga..
late yesterday, was held at his home
there this afternoon. Mt. Mathews had
been ill but a short time. At the be
ginning of his illness, lie was carried
to his Smyrna home. He is survived
by his wife and one child.
Mrs. Annie M. Mitchell.
Arrangements for burial of Mrs. An
nie M Mitchell, who died last night
have not been completed. Tin- burial
will probably await the arrlxal of her
husband. W. F. Mitchell, who is noxx in
Panama Mrs Mitchell was 52 years
old. She resided at 187 North Jack
son street.
Mrs. Anna V. Mitchell.
1 Mrs Ann.- v. Mitchell, aged 52. ■ .
■ early today at he- horn-. 187 North
Jackson street. She is survived by her
husband. W. F. Mitchell, who is now at
i Pedro Miguel. Panama; her mother.
.Mrs. H H McDonald, of Atlanta; a
(daughter. Miss Willie Max Mitchell;
tour b: others. R. J. and E. H. -McDon
ald. of Lithonia, and four sisters.
| Misses t'ooiiit and Janie McDonald. ->f
' anta Mrs J I>. Weathers, of R>a -
nokt. Ala. and Mrs J F Turner, of
Valdosta. The funeral will be held at
;th- residence at |il;3o o'clock toinor-
I row morning Tita pallbearers will
meet at Bu k> tt-Simmors' chapel at l->
I» clot k.
tell was steam rolled hv the Republican national convention a few weeks ago. Col
onel Roosevelt also is shown speaking to the crowds on his arrival in Chicago.
SENATE KES
BANKJNG PIEL
Section Prohibiting Loans of
More Than 30 Per Cent of
Capital Killed.
The general banking bill, which cre
ates a new code of laws for the banks
of Georgilt, passed the senate by a
vote of 30 to 3 today. A mass of
amendments to the measure, some em
bodying the ideas of the inter-session
commission and some representing the
pet hobbies of members of the upper
house, were attached to the bill.
The section prohibiting a bank from
lending more than 30 per cent of its
capital stock to a single borrower was
stricken after a heated debate. Sena
tors opposing the measure used the ef
fective argument that tbis provision
would favor the big city banks over
the country institutions.
The measure, in its present shape,
has Hie indorsement of the Georgia
Bankers association and is said to in
clude many of the best features of the
banking laws of various states. it
creates a department of banks which is
, to have sole charge of the administra
tion of tlie state's financial institu
tions heretofore under tlie jurisdiction
of tlie treasury department.
Squirrel shooting, temporarily sus
pended by tlie passage of the game bill,
will be resumed in White, Union and
Habersham counties if Senator Ed
wards' measure, passed by the senate
today, meets with success in the house.
The game law lid has been lifted on
squirrel in tlie throe mountain counties
because the animals are destroying
' crops.
Senator Williams provoked a gen
eral discussion on squirrel hunting
when lie attempted to amend the bill
I allowing squirrel shooting only when
the animals were actually destroying
‘ crops.
"Suppose you go into a field and the
squirrel runs to a fence. Under your
amendment you violate tlie game law if
you shoot." asserted Senator Shingler.
I It was agreed that tlie amendment
: was too technical to give the north
Georgia farmers the relief desired. It
was lost by a vote of 39 to 4.
ELEVATOR MIRRORS ARE
OUT AS AID OF FLIRTS
' PHILADELPHIA. Aug. v Mirrors
in Philadelphia elevators are -loomed.
| The order for their removal from ele
: vators -it - it)’ hall will be followed by
I similar orders in the leading hotels and
II office buildings. Conductors in the ele-
I vators assert that nearly every girl
jw ho rides becomes so engrossed in
, i "primping" that she forgets what door
| she wants and causes delay. Women
! passengers come back at the eonduc-
■ tors with the charge that the latter us--
I | the mirrors to attempt flirtations.
$20,000 ADDED TO FUND
FOR ATLANTA POSTOFFICE
i
Postofflee authorities in Atlanta were
notified today that $20.u00 hail been
f added to the original appropriation of
■ $1,000,000 for the Atlanta postoffiee
■ building.
1 This is taken to mean that .work will
I be started at once on finishing am!
i decorating tlie fifth fiooi of the post
office.
BRUNSWICK TO HELP
BRANTLEY GET FUND
FOR GEORGIA RIVERS
BRUNSWICK. GA., Aug. B.—At a
meeting of the Brunswick Board of
i Trade the matter of co-operating' ac
tively with Congressman W. G. Brant
ley and other trades bodies interested
: in reopening plans looking to an ap
propriation of $635,000 by congress-for
the deepening of the Ocmulgee, Oconee
and Altamaha rivers, was taken up for
the first time, ■ - ■ ■ ■.
It' was decided after discussing the
matter at length to addless a letter to
the hoards of trade of all’ eftlcs ahd
towns tributary to these rivers between
Brunswick and Macon and Milledge
ville. inviting them to hold a conven
tion in this city or at some other point,
to formulate plans for making the best
showing before the hoard of engineers
when the Georgia delegation having
. this matterat hand appears'before that
body in Washington id the near future.
RUNAWAY AUTO BUS
HITS ASTOR MANSION;
SHOCKS YOUNG WIDOW
NEW YORK. Aug. B.—A dozen per
sons narrowly escaped deatll last night
in front of the Astor mansion on Fifth
avenue directly beneath the window of
the room in which Colonel John Jacob
Astor's widow is confined in expec
tancy of a millionaire baby. A Fifth
avenue motor bus of the double-decker
type, after collision with a motor truck
crashed with such force into tlie fence
i around the mansion that the iron and
stone were torn away and tlie motor
bus poised on tlie brink.of an area-
■ way several feet deep.
I Four persons who were slightly in
jured in the accident were treated by
’ nurses who have been in attendance at
■ tlie Astor home.
1 Dr. Edwin D. Cragin. who is at the
1 Astor home, felt considerable alarm
' for his patient because of the great
excitement into which the accident
threw tlie household. He was so eon
; eerned over M rs. Astor's condition that
I lie refused to allow tlie. amnlbus eoni
i puny to remove the vehicle, contending
that much noise would be caused.
SCHOOL BOARD CONFERS
ON DRAWING SYSTEMS
The board of education today went
into a detailed investigation of systems
I of drawing and manual training for the
city’s public schools, a department the
board abolished and then decided to
reins-late on a more practical plan. Aft-
: er h. aring from representatives of four
. | manufacturers of materials for differ-
I I ent systems, the board referred the
I matter to a special committee com-
; ! posed of E. V. Carter. J. 1.. Key and
D. W. Gn-en.
The board has a number of applica
tions for the position of head of the re
organized department. Miss Elizabeth
Getz, formerly head of the department,
has not applied for re-election.
WINN NOT A CANDIDATE
FOR ANYTHING. HE SAYS
Mayor Winn today denied the report
that he was a candidate for county at
torney.
. | "Since my decision not to stand for
• re-election as mayor, I am not a can
didate sot anything but the good will of
honest men." lie said.
RECEPTION FOR BIG MOOSE.
BLOOMINGTON. ILL..' Aug B.
I'p >ii ills arrival in Chicago tonight.
I Frank Funk, progressive candidate for
> gov- rnor. w ill be given a demonstration
1 bx his townsmen here tonight. He will
■ addrt ss a mass meeting at the Coli
seum.
PerkinxS Head of
Moose Campaign
CHICAGO, Aug. B.—George W. Per
kins, of New York, was today selected
as chairman of the executive commit
tee of the Progressive party; Joseph M.
Dixon, of Montana, was selected as
chairman of the campaign managing
committee; and John M. Parker, of
Louisiana; Charles H. Thompson, of
Vermont; Ben. B. Lindse*'. of Colorado,
and Meyer I.issuer, of California, named
as members of the executive committee.
'l'he selections were made at tlie meet
ing of the nati mal committee today,
While Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram
Johnson, who- were present, approved
the action.
For campaign purposes the United
States will be divided into five zones,
and headquarters will toe established in
five cities. Chicago, New York, New
Orleans. Denver ami San Francisco are
the cities that have been chosen. The
principal headquarters will be in Chi
cago.
FAST TRAIN JUMPS
TRACK INTO SWAMP;
4 KILLED, 100 HURT
BOSTON, Aug. B.—Four snen were
kiljed, several persons fatally injured,
and a hundred passenge’rs hurt at 11:17
o clock today when the locomotive and
two passenger coaches of a Cohassett
train left the New Haven railroad
tracks near the Orescent, avenue sta
tion, in South Boston, and plunged
down a ten-foot etnbankment into a
swamp.
According tn railroad men who start
ed an investigation, the train was trav
eling 40 miles an hour. The train left
the tracks on a long curve.
The dead:
William Tirrell. Jr. 48, married, en
gineer. Frank Campbell. 32, married.
I nidentified man. a passenger. Mich
ael Dailey.
Mcst of the injured were 'women
shoppers on their way to Boston from
Southshoretowns.
MANY WOUNDED IN
CLASH OF STRIKING
MINERS AND GUARDS
CHARLESTON. W. 'vA„ Aug. B.
Five hundred miners in the Cabin Creek
district today went out on strike in
sympathy with the striking miners in
the Paint Creek district, and their ac
tion was followed by a clash with
guards, in which many were wounded.
Ernest \V. Gaujot. leader of the spe
cial guards at Hougheston. was badly
beaten by strikers today ami may die.
Governor Glasscock lias ordered a com
pany of state troops to Cabin Creek,
where the situation is serious, and to
i day the governor himself left for the
js.ene, accompanied by a party of state
officials.
RUNAWAY FREIGHT TRAIN
CAUSES SIOO,OOO DAMAGE
WASHINGTON. Aug. B.—Loaded
witli hundreds of tons of freight, a
train of 30 ears Tan away" in the
B. &■ O. railway freight yard today,
causing one of the worst freight wrecks
recorded in this section and seriously
injuring Paul K. Lee and K. D. Fox.
freight clerks, and J. A. Daniels, fire
■ man. Sixty cara were damaged in the
collision ami another freight train was
driven partially through the freight de
pot xx hen lhe crash came. The damage
is $ 100,00 V.
I H. PLANS TO
SWEEP SOUTH
Will Campaign in Dixie to Try
for Part of Electoral Vote in
Southern States.
Continued F r om Page One.
the Coliseum to the hotel together last
night after the convention adjourned.
They dined xvith Mrs. Roosevelt and
discussed campaign plans. A little
later they held an informal reception
in the presidential suite greeting the
party leaders. About midnight they
went to tiie Florentine room, where
hey met tiie national committee.
Colonel Roosevelt and his party will
'eave ihis afternoon for New York.
They will remain for some days at
Oyster Bay.- where the colonel wii!
rest. His first nubile speech xvill be
delivered at Providence. R. I . August
16. Tne following day he xvill go to
Point of Pines. Mass., near Boston,
where lie will address the Progressives
of 'he New England states.
These speeches will be preliminary
to th? opening of the regular campaign.
Colonel and Fa'nily
Off for Oyster Bay.
Colonel Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt and
Miss Ethel left at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon on the Twentieth Century-
Limited for New A’ork.
Shortly before his departure the colo
nel received a number of Lakes-to-the-
Gulf deep waterway enthusiasts. They
were headed by I. A. Ellis, of St.
Louis, state chairman of the Progres
sive party, and W. J. Kavanaugh,
chairman of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf
Deep Waterway association. The
colonel pledged his support to the
project and also promised to deliver
an address in St. Louis on the subject.
The speech will be made as near Sep
tember 4 or 5 as campaign exigencies
xvill permit.
Members of the national committee
decided to remain in Chicago until to
morrow. They will hold further ses
sions this afternoon and tonight.
Rooxsevelt Greets
Old Wolf Hunter
CHICAGO. Aug. S. -Up early, re
freshed with a few hours sloop after his
strenuous day. which did not end until
after midnight. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt plunged into political confer
ences today.
The first of the colonel’s callers today’
was George W. Perkins.
James R. Garfield, formerly member
of the tennis cabinet, was another.ear
ly caller.
Colonel Roosevelt breakfasted with
Mrs. Roosevelt. As soon as the morn
ing meal was over he was ready for
the political confabs. Governor Hiram
Johnson of California, his running
mate, was one of the first who visited
the colonel's apartment. Later both
men greeted tiie members of the na
tional committee and the notification
committee that had conducted them to
the stage at the Coliseum. As the
colonel was passing through the hall
way he was greeted by a man who evi
dently had waited to see him pass.
After the colonel had gone by. he
stopped, turned back and asked:
"Is that Sam Burnett?”
The man nodded.
"Why, you old wolf hunter: how are
you?” cried Roosevelt.
The man xvas S. B. Burnett, of Fort
Wotth, Texas.
“Come right in; I want to talk to
you." said Roosevelt, and he took Bur
nett along to attend the meeting of the
committee.
Jane Addams Tells
Why She Is for T. R.
CHICAGO. Aug. 8. — Miss Jane Ad
dams* famous for her work at Hull
House, today in a statement gave her
reasons for supporting the Progressive
party. Miss Addams was a delegate at
the national convention. She said:
“There are txvo principal reasons for
my support of the Progressive party.
The first is that the platform of the
Progressive party contains many- planks
and advocates many reforms for w hich
I have been xvorking for years.
“The second reason is that the party
comes out unequivocally for woman's
suffrage. A woman's suffrage plank
xvas presented to both the old parties
and xvas refused. I appeared before the
present congress of the United States
and asked for woman's suffrage. It xvas
refused. Forty-two times the congress
has been asked to grant women the
right of ballot, and just as many times
has 1t refused.
"Now comes this party with a suf
frage plank in its platform. These are
my main reasons for the action 1 have
taken."
To Open Taft
Rooms in Chicago
CHICAGO, Aug. B.—David W. Mul
vane. of Kansas, director of the Re
publican campaign in the middle "West,
returned to Chicago today to make final
arrangements for opening the Taft
campaign headquarters here
Headquarters will be opened next
Monday.
"It will take several days to get
things well under way." said Direx tor
Mulvane, "but we expect to be going at
full .-peed by the middle of next week "
He refused to comment upon the re
sults of the Kansas primary.
