Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-10-17
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Another home interest. in support of
which we will all agree-Republicans, DEM
ocrats and Populists-is that of honest elec-
tions. No matter how widely we may diff
fer as to national politics. or as to who
shall fill our offices, this is the one thing
that We should insist upon-fair and square
voting. that in Lees Summit each voter
shall have the right to cast his ballot free
ly, that it shall be counted fairly, that it
or 200 ballots fraudulently stuffed into the
| box at some precinct in Kansas City. You
probably spend from two to- three hours
going to the polls in your township. and
you do not want men put into office in this
county. or in this state. who have not been
party. or your friends. to succeed by such
| unworthy methods. You despise them and
any victory which comes at such a fearful
cost. In 1894, as has been shown, by in
dispItable evidence. the will of the people
OF jackson county was perverted by whole
sale frauds in Kansas City. In the Second
the boxes In three precincts on the night
before election. Those ballots were in the
boxes before they were brought to the
fraudulently into one of the boxes in the
same ward during the day. In the Fifth
names appedred upon the registration from
the northwest corner of Wyandotte and
West Second street. This is a vacant lot.
poll books and were counted for the Demo-
cratic candidates. There are many in
stances of fraud in other wards which
under the direction of the safety commit
| tee (of which Mr.. George A. Neal was
chalrmaD: Immediately after the cleo
ward. the names of over seventy persons.
who were checked up on the poll books as
voted. could not be found there. In the
IF hn nf rfl
| lis ballots. which had been put in by hon.
est voters during the forenoon. were taken
! ocratic ballots put in their place and count
| ed for the Democratic candidates. In the
afternoon, in the same precinct. f1fty-tive
from the box and burned in the stove. and
| ffty-flve Democratic ballots put in their
place and counted for the Democratic cam
go into details in regard to all the frauds
upon the ballot that were committed in
Kansas City.
after an investigation of the books in
the recorder of voters office after the cleo
| ton in the fall of 1892 Judge Brumback.
| those books. stated that in his opinion
there were from 5000 to 10000 names on
those books which should not have been
cumulated there for several years being
| of persons who had left town. In addition
| to these registrations. there were fraudu-
mer and fall of 1893. and it is safe to say
| that there has not been an honest election
| in Kansas City in the last ten years. until
| our city election, which was held under Il
| new law and the new registration of last
| anything in previous years: The most un-
blushing rascality prevailed in many parts
| of the city and in some precincts outside
| there were irregularities and fraudulent
| voting. notably in Elmwood precinct. On
| our Republican county ticket we have five
| candidates who were in the opinion Of a
large majority of the people of Kansas
| without regard
elected in the election of 1894. These men
| We're not only robbed of the offices to
which they were chosen but the rights of
| the people Of this county were outraged
and trampled under foot This wrong
| should be redressed by their triumphant
election this fall. They have been carry
| ing on fruitless contests at great expense
county; while the law specifically states
| that such contest shall be a summary
proceeding. This certainly does not mean
| two summers.
| In this campaign we gratefully acknowl-
| edge and gladly welcome the support of
| patriotic Democrats all over this Union. as
| well as in Jackson county. They have left
them and they purpose, to stand by this
may sneer at such men as Francis NJ
Black, who refuses to support Mr.. Bryan,
but we remember when Kansas City was
making its settlement with the water
works company. transaction involving
$. eco 600 Of our money. we placed the mat
knowing that the rights Of the city and
| the rights of the water works company,
and all other parties in interest. would be
| fully and honestly protected. These Dem.