Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

Republicans; in proportion to the number
and everybody laughed.
What did you hear Leland say 10 the
Anderson boy az the polls when his vote
Leland told the boy That he had been
challenged, and that h" would have 10 he
sworn and that Il, he WAS Of age lie would
have 10 swear to it
1t was brought, out here that the ballots
%src in the possession 81 The indsts and
led 10 believe when the cas-. WAS first start
ed thar the ballots and ballot box were
for several hours. and tina, changes We're
made on the ballots. Trani's testimony. AS
well as that given by others. nails that
W. +. Sweeney. a Democratic business
man OF Troy. who supported Falcon. took
'he stand and testified that Henry Hughes.
l a young colored man. was In his store on
| the morning of election and said he pre-
posed 10 vot. FOR Falcon. thai Nick Swts-
over TO the register Of deeds once. A few
minutes later the witness and John Elliott
went TO the court house and started tn look
Into the window of the registers Office;
some one pulled down the blinds. and
locked the door. Hughes was inroXicatcd
ia,er in the Gay. 4 srea, many m-n ae,
that day. They Were all feeling good. hui
had no fights. There was no boistcrous
conduct around the polls or the court house
that he saw.
The next day. after Forres, had gone
away sick. Mr.. Perry came over and got
him TO go to the polls and act a clerk I'M
til the votes Were counted. He found For
rests hook badly mixed. The tallies for
Falcon were so badly mixed up that they
had 10 be erased and put in proper shape.
Before They Were erased, he counted them
up and compared them with the Republic
or three TALES and he could no, swear
whether IL was In favor OF or against; fal-
loon. He said no demand had been made
for a recount and II was accepted ny all
l that the tallv WAS correct.
John Hall. the Poprlist judge or election
in the Troy precinct. was called next and
did not contain his initials. He did not
remember giving Them out. but in the rush
lie might have done it. lie WAS somewhat
ratiIed TO begin with. The Anderson hoy
presented himself twice. When challenged
the frs; time hs walked out. hut came back
later and voted. He did not know %ho
Hall then testified about the correction
Of Forests tally sheet. and said il WAS
absolutely necessary that il he done. He
said that there was no thought at the tim"
watched Reville. the Republican judge.
read on the names on the ballots. and was
Captain John Schilling. the veteran Re-
publican of Brown county. was called. 1t
was proposed to show by him that Stuart
cigars were on tap at Hiawatha on cleo
by declaring that he had no knowledge
whatever of n cigars being given away
by Stuart or his Brown county manager.
Judge A l.. Ryan.
Dell Corning. a Brown county Republic
an. who admitted that he voted for Fall
loon. testified that he and 4 crowd of
boys met Judge Ryan on the streets of
Hiawaths on election day. They asked the
Judge II he had any Stuart cigars about
him. The judge said he did not. but sent
them down 10 Lou Girard's cigar store to
get some. They went TO the store. but
the proprietor said that Stuart's cigars
We're all gone.
Tho crourl &k.- ,no, u,I-, D.. ...l ~,
him that they didn't get any cigars.
whereupon Ryan gave them a quarter and
old them to go and get some cigars. Upon
cross-examination the witness admitted
that he had voted before he asked Ryan
for cigars and that he tackled Ryan for
cigars In a Joking way and not for the
George Corning was called and also told
the story about his brother getting a quar-
ter from Judge Ryan. By him it was
cigars. but for whisky. The witness said
he had voted before his brother got the
quarter.
county. said Stuart met him in the road
about a week before the election and gave
him a cigar. and urged him TO get out at
Q Alfrey: a Pop Judge of election at
Highland testified that o. {. Corkin. who
election was held. had a bottle of whisky
in his pocket that day. The witness said
he hit the bottle" Two or three times
i ulInStI IN fAlu ne tnOuRnt IL WIS n naII
pint bottle and he did not know whether
anybody else drank out of it or nor beside
himself. He said that the election passed
challenged and outside of that one he knew
absolutely that all the votes were east 10y
legal voters.
Highland station. testified that there was
considerable drunkenness In town on cleo
tion day, but that there was no carousin;;
In the school house where the election WAS
held or In that vicinity. Witness said he did
not know where the liquor was procured
except two drinks. One Of them was Al
In whose interests was the liquor given
out at I.eland's stOre?"
Il understand In Stuart'S interests"
Was II given out as Stuart liquor"
II understood II that way"
Upon crOss-examination Armstrong said
he took one drink In Leland's store. /,
was given to him.. He said he did NOT see
Stuart that day nor did he hear of him
being there and giving away any liquor
A. ]. Whitmore. chief clerk in the sec
rotary Of states office. brought in the rec
Ords of the state board of canvassers 10
show the number Of votes Stuart and Fal-
loon each received in Brown. Doniphan and
clerks OF those counties. They showed thai
Stuart had 6W' majority In Doniphan. Fal-
loon ~ majority In Brown and twenty in
Nemaha. This gave Stuart Il majority OF
p. in the district.
The same counties gave George \. Clark.
state the following maiorities: Brown.
GAO: Doniphan, l.2l7: Nemaha. I94.
These figures were given TO show thai
Stuart ran away behind his ticket.
Senator Farrelly then moved that the
evidence be ordered printed. providing thai
some printer can be found who will do m
work and run the risk OF getting his none
from some future Legislature. Tho mott,
carried. ~
Mrs. ID. r. Leslie. county clerk Of Brown
county. was called next. She came ,Iowu
to-day and brought the ballots cast in
Hrown county. ut last falls election, To-.
Eethcr with the other necessary records
with her.
The senate decided 10 recount the ballots
on Judge. i:efore this decision WAS arrived
at Captain Waters drew from Mrs. LesIj.
the statement that the ballots had beer
kept in the basement, of the court hons,
ter for anyone TO get at them. The base
ment was not locked all the time and ths
ballots We're kept in Il goods hoN. Mrs
Leslie then had the ballots brought 10 The
senate chamber from the Copeland. They
were contained In a large trunk and tele-
scope.
An effort was made TO nave seven com.
mittees appointed To count the ballots
This was defeated. Then il was moved "a
name three committees. hut the motion
was lost. II was finally decided Ia omen
ard count the ballots in cpen session.
Three precincts were counted ont before
sumner and Stuart gained ONE vote.
The senate held 4 night session and r..
counted the ballots in eleven out of twenty.
six precincts In Brown county. Starr
gained eight votes over the returns as made
TO the state canvassinS board.
tonight to impeach Pool Grinstead. III.
newspaper man. vino testified Yesterday
They will all swear that they would no,
believe Grinstead under oath. Their name.