Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-08-25
Worcester, Clark 10; Norton Il.
Canada, Clark "a; Norton II.
c1@. 90 N1

Hon. G.E Peers, OF w affen eoun-
", was in Mexico to-day and said
here was no question but that Clark
Montgomery county by IL
Mr.. Peers says that Norton
only carried Warren county by from
30 to 40 votes. He said the Il re-
votes that are claimed by
Norton were rejected by both the
Norton and Clark judges, being il
lega! or Republican, and that they
were not placed on the poll book
nor went into the ballot box. The
vote, as certified to the State Com
mittoe, gives Clark II majority in
Montgomery county.
TWO SIDES OF IT.
From the st. Louis Republic.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor David A.
Ball of Louisiana, Mo-, chief lieu
tenant of the Champ Clark forces in
the struggle for the Ninth Congress
ional District of Missouri, meta re.
porter of the Republic at the La.
clede yesterday and commented
upon the latest phases of the strug,
gle as exemplified in the primaries
held on Saturday last as follows
"Here's the situation in a nutshell.
Pike, Rails, Audrain and Montgom,
cry counties show 80 votes fol-
Clark. Lincoln, Gasconade, War,
ren. and st. Charles show "a fol
Norton. Crawford has five votes
and is doubtful. 1t she declares fol
Norton, he will have 90 votes; ii
for Clark, he will have Al votes; in
either event Clark is the victor by q
clean majority of 10 to 20 votes
There is no probability OF a contest,
and the whole matter will probably
be referred to the convention. The
charge that Clark used money in
Montgomery County is the veriest
rot. | know that he did not use
5000 all told with which to make his
canvass; furthermore, | know that
where Clark used 81 Norton used
$1O."
Congressman r. II. Norton, when
seen at the Laclede last night, said
81 ain advised by my friends that
Crawford County has been carried
by a handsome majority, and [ am
gratiiied exceedingly at the result
and by the action of my friends. II
has been demonstrated practically
that although neither Clark nor my
self made any canvass in that coun'
ty lately, it has come my way. By
lately mean since the mass meet.
ing at Cuba, Mo-, on June 10, the
results of which-welI, cut that, fol
I'll surely provoke argument on
this score, which is as the crack
ling of thorns under a pot Under
any and all circumstances | would
have preferred to have won Crawford
County and lost the district to the
winning of the district with the loss
of Crawford County, as a grinning
skeleton in the closet. The infer.
ence is, of course, that I was in the
in the first contest. This
means that those who were guilty
Of the wrong-doing and triekery at
that mass meeting at Cuba on June
10 may know on what and precisely
| stand. AS to the result,
Montgomery County's returns will
show that the contest was very
1t will be demonstrated that
quite Il number of Democrats who
were DESTROYS of voting for me had
heir ballots rejected by judges
chosen in the interest of Clark.
Also that a number of Republican
votes were cast against me, which
had no right to be cast at all. 1t
vas a Democratic primary, to be
by a Democratic vote.
Enough of that. l have been in
.ormed that in this same Mont
somerv County a number of men
we're voted against me like so many
who were in the employ of a
railroad which is now con-
'trueting new work. Us it the en-
Of the NJ, K. & T.?) These
men were nonresidents, and they
lad no right to vote at that or those
precincts. Their judges Of election
we're Clark men,. The whole mat
er, as far as / am concerned, has
,een referred to the Democratic
State Central Committee, and |
I'M content to abide by their iudg-
nent.
THE NINTH DISTRICT RETURNS.
The st. Louis Republic says the
eturns from the Clark-Norton pri-
nary throughout the district will
re sent in sealed from all the pre-
when they will be can
,assed by the State Committee
nd credentials awarded to the
Ielegates elected. Under the
ules adopted by the State Com
the returns must be In by
ext Thursday evening and the
ommittee will probably commence
heir work of eanvassing the returns
Thursday morning. 1t is posi-.
lie that they may have to go behind
ne returns of the judges and hear
violence of eligibility of some of the
hallenged electors and on other nice
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