The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
DENIS ARE DESPERATE
THEY DELIBERATELY STEAL TWO
OFFICES IN MISSOURI.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 15.-Absolute and
glaring fraud perpetrated on the tally
sheets used in the recent election was to-
day unearthed in the Office of the recorder
of votes. The fraud was discovered by W.
T. Jamison, Republican candidate for
prosecuting attorney, who was elected on
the face of the returns, but was counted
out, and his attorney. The discovery was
made in the presence of Recorder Of Votes
Owsley and admittedly that official. This
discovery apparently bears out the allega-
tons made by Jamison and Sloan, Republi-
cans, that the offices Of prosecuting at
torney and county marshal, to which they
claim to have been elected. were deliber-
ately stolen from them and given to
Bremmerman and keshlear, Democrats.
Great CONSERVATION was caused among
politicians generally by todays discovery
and startling developments may be ex-
pected within the next few days
Jamison, accompanied by his attorney,
Z. f. Small called on Recorder of Votes
OWsley this afternoon and made a formal
demand on him to show them the tally
sheets of the various precincts, the re-
turns certified to by the judges and the
sheet which they were copied and
which was used by Justices Shannon and
Hawthorne in making the official count.
Owsley positively refused to show the tally
sheets, but showed the others. Holding
the sheet on which the figures were writ
ten between himself and the light, Small
could distinctly where erasures had
been made with an ink eraser and new
figures had been written. These changes
he says We're in those precincts in the
Sixth and Eighth wards, the returns from
which the Star has already shown to have
been changed.
BY looking at the judges returns in the
same way both men were sure that they
could see evidence that the figures in the
tens column in Jamison's and Bremmer-
mans votes had been altered. They state
that the fabric of the paper had been in
jured and that this clearly shows that the
changes were made without even the use
of chemicals. The recorder himself agreed
with them that erasureS and changes
must have been made.
Later in the day papers were filed by
Jamison and Sloan in the circuit court
damus to compel Recorder Owsley to show
the tally sheets. The writ had not been
granted up to a late hour this evening.
Bremmerman and Keshlear, the Demo-
Gratis who were given the election in place
of Jamison and Sloan, have offered to sub
nit to recount This proposition, how
ever, has been refused by the defeated
candida ties, who assert it is scheme to
trap them. They urge that if the returns
could have been altered the ballots could
have been and probably were fixed to
correspond.
GLARING FRAUDS.
The Journal (Rep.), under a scare head
will print tomorrow a startling story, in
which it will say that in one precinct in
this city 80 men were fraudulently regis
tered and voted in the recent election
The precinct is the Fifth in the Third ward,
which is of the toughest in the city
At one house wich had been vacant for
many months % colored men are regis
tered and shown to have voted, while q
other colored VOTERS" who are known to
have voted and had their votes counted.
put down living in one of the local
railroad yards, where the tracks and cross
ings the only signs of habitation The
remainder of the list of illegal voters are
distributed in patches of three to six at
different vacant houses in the precinct.
The names of all the alleged voters and
registration booths are given in evidence
to substantiate the Journals claim
In an endeavor to connect the illegal yot-
ing with the recent ousting of Jamison and
Sloan, Republicans, the Journal gives fig
ures on the returns in the ward named
and endeavors to show there was no room
for the Republicans to profit by the irregu-
larities. The vote for the five leading Dem
ocratic candidates ranged from 552 to SOC
in the different precincts, while that for
the same Republican, candidates varied
from 36 to 81. oI.t,