The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
FRAUD CHARGED.
The Republican Primaries Cen
Quoted Dishonesty,
According to the Statements OF
Many Witnesses.
DEMOCRATS VOTED
No Doubt About This, For They
Admit 1t.
An Election Judge Says 100
Democrats Voted
IN HIS PRECINCT.
Repeaters By Hundreds Said to
Have Voted.
MayorHarrison Says ThereWer
1000 Fraudulent Votes.
IN ONE PRECINCT
More Votes Are Cast Than There
Are Voters.
Fellows Majority 1872 On the
Face of Returns.
N ONE PRICING
More Votes Are Cast Than There
Are Voters.
Fellows Majority 1872 On the
Face of Returns.

On the face of the returns C. A Fell
lows was nominated for mayor at the Re-
publican primaries on Saturday by ma
jority of 1872. But the charge of grossest
frauds are made everywhere. and until
these charges are untangled and the
truth reached, it is impossible to tell
where the truth is.
There is more excitement on the
streets today over the results of the pri-
mary than was developed last fall over
the state election. Men are talking
politics today who have never taken any
interest in politics before. The charges
of fraud are made by the Wholesale. and
there is no doubt that many Democrats
voted, and it is also freely charged that
repeating was. practiced at many of the
precincts. All of these charges can not
now be verified 1t will take time to
hunt the evidence and prove them.
R 7. Stewart, one of the Harrison
workers at the second precinct of the
Fifth ward, says that men aud women
from Smoky Row were run in and voted
there by the Fellows workers. One
crowd of dozen or more was challenged
by Stewart after two or three had voted,
and the rest at once left the building.
Albert Barton, supervisor of
the east precinct in the Fifth
ward says, Democrats and people who
lived in the Third and Second wards
voted at his precinct and he was power
less to prevent it without force.
why Was This Vote So Big?
It is at that precinct that color is given
to the charges of fraud by the unusually
large vote cast In the spring election
two years ago in that precinct, when
there we're. three candidates for
mayor, the total vote Republican, Demo
cratic and Populist was only 297. At
the primary Saturday 51O votes were
cast. The boundaries of the precinct
had been changed but Deputy Commits
sioner of Elections Whitaker says that
the change would not affect the total
vote.
The total number of votes registered in
this precinct last year was 4S7. The
number of men registered at the fall
election was 416, and the number oi
women registered at the spring election
was IL This registration includes the
voters of all political parties, and this
time more votes were cast than there are
voters in the precinct
The following people who live in the
Third ward voted IN the SecoAd precinct
of the Fifth: Henry King of 1000 Wash
ington street, G. w. Lemly and wife,
BERTHE Pollard and a white man named
Thomas, c. H. Roof and John Hewett
Democrats voted unchallenged.
1t is not known whether the voteri
from the Third ward voted in both wards
or not
In the First ward where Councilman
NJ. G. Holman was defeated, but Fellow
carried the ward, Holman charges tha
the Skinner men were guilty of fraud
He says that Tom Hanley and his wifi,
voted, and Hanlsy was Holman's Demo
L
claims that he can show numerous case
of fraud and wants an investigation.
Harrison May Contest.
Mayor Harrison intends to contest tn
nomination before the city central com
mittee tonight and a half dozen girl
were employed this morning to copy tn
tally sheets to find out whether there ha
been repeating and how many Democra,
voted Some of the supporters of Fe
lows heard what was being done and 8
once protested that the tally sheet shoul
not be touched until after the recoun
They were then put away after only
few of the names had been copied
The committee will make a carefr
recount and that may change the face c
the returns. There are several other car
didates besides Mayor who claim the
were nominated, among them Constable
Ross and Stonestreet They think th
oHciai count may nX things all right
A Curious Surplus Vote.
Mayor Harrison shows by figures tn;
over 1000 more votes were cast for mav1
than for councilmen. This he regards
suspicious. The vote was as follows:
First Ward.
Mayor or... .1O65
Councilman .O36
Excess
second Ward.
Mayor 1.49O
Councilman LOSS