The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-15
THE HERALDS cHARSc TERHTfc
MEAHNESS.

pfccinHt VI ktif eDhtitg N kFttihk inntf AaHh
to the polls and holding them there anti
they voted showed them rgady to take ad
vantage OF any hiundrT on the part of th'
lSemocFats. The isiwa NJ printing R'0 Tickets
foT a preclsrf having l.Iao votes Is about a,
foolish as anything we ever heard. " Mt
Fishrr ''sbortsd" the entire number Of hal
lots as he did those OF the fIat River pre-
cinct. he should return good portion Of tn,
price received for the work to the county
or contribate "A little N rrs literally 60 cam
paiEh expenses 80 Herald
We are inclined to be charitable tow.
ard everybody, even toward our enc.
mics and those who unblushingly mis-.
represent and malign u4, aud would be
disposed TO attribute the reference u
the Herald to the editor Of Tux TMEs
in the foregoing article to bungliug ig-
roraucc, instead q! envy and malicious
meanncss, II such ignorance were ex-
cusable. The Herald know, when II
was giving vent 20 the above mislead-
ing and slanderous expression, that Mr.
Fisher had nothing whatever to do
with apportiOuing !hc ballots to the
several voting precincts, and Il II had
taken the trouble to investigate just the
least bit, il could have learned that
County Clerk STAN, whose duty Il i
under the Law TO appOrlion tho ballots
and send out the poll books, complied
strictly with the law and Is Ia no way
to blame for any shortage" Of tick.
cts that might result from M abnormal
Increase Of the vote at any precinct
We quote FROM the election law;
Sec. COS -Numbcr OF ballots to Os pm
yidcd The CLERK " the County Court Of
each county shall provide for each election
district In his county one hundred ballots
for each hity AMI fraction oi nfty electors
registered for each political party repre-
scented by candidates In the election. II
there Is no regiumiiou Of voters IN the dis
trict, HK SHALL PROVIDE BALLOTS To
TIN NUMBER % ONE HUNDRED Fog
EACH PARTY Fun EVERY FIFTr or
FRACTION OF EiFTN ELECTORS WHO
VOTED st THE LNSr GENERAL ELEC
TON N the INSTINCT
II, before exposing lis Ignorance and
be characteristic meanncss that
prompts it TO do the editor Of THE
T;.ss 81 injury an any and every &C.
casion, II had consulted the official vote
Of the last general election { ls9s), it
would have seen that the Flat River
precinct cast sos votes, and was there
fore entitled under the Law TO 500 bal
lots for each party ut the recent gen
cral election. As matter Of fact, 900
ballots for each party were sent to Flat
River, which we can verify, for the cd
i,or Of TuE TIMEs counted and tied
up iha ballots for that precinct. There
was no shortage under the law; aud
County Clerk STAN, who estimated the
number of tickets TO be printed for each
township and apportioned them nmoag
the several precincts as the law directs,
on the basis Of the vote Of the last gen
eral election, throwing in n liberal
number for good count, had no way Of
knowing that tho Flat River vote would
more than double itself in two yeara,
Or he might have strained the law a
point and provided a few hundred more
ballots for that precinct.
When word was sent Mr. STAIN that
he judges Of election were fearful that
he ballots would not hold out, more
we're provided from the surplus of the
Pennington precinct, and no one was
prevented from voting because Of lack
If ballots; but Il Is estimated that
hundred OF more persons did not vote
because of the inability Of the judges
and booths 10 accommodate the crowd,
although several additional booths had
been put up after the voting COM
nencod and Il WAS seen that at unusu-
lily large vote would be polled. Many
'otcrS became impatient waiting for
heir turn to be admitted to tho voting
'laec, aud went away, All the ballots
we're not used, for a number Of unused |
BALLOTS OF each party ware returned 10
he County Clerk, with the poll books
md tally sheets.
And II is out Of this condition of af- |
airs that the Herald attempts to ma.
ign aud misrepresen, the editor of THE
Cinss because Il failed To secure the
york Of printing tho ballots. lit had
my regard for truth aud fairness, Il
would correct its bIunder and the in-
asiieo done US.
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Before the election returns we're cold.
J movement was started to call a Coz