The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-03
1t Is Said the Victory Cost the
Five Per Cent Fund a
Heavy Drain.
BALLOT BOXES WERE STUFFED.
Primaries Were Holly Contested
The Payroll Crowd Was on
Hand and Worked
Heroicaliy.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Benton. H.. April Franklin County
Republicans declared for Hopkins to-day.
but the victory was won at frightfui cost in
promises and money. The 8 per cent fund
was drawn upon heavily. and twelve home
employees of the State administration have
| been camping here for weeks. Bill Asa,
County Clerk. did not receive Instructions
for the Legislature. but he carried the
county. The primaries were strictly ma
chine-made. Every member of the County
Committee. which acted as the returning
board. was a friend of Asa.
Young Oscar Smith, the Mason candidate,
ran against the worst brace game of poll
tics ever perpetrated in Franklin County.
In Eastern Township Smith was given Sc
votes, and his friends declared they could
bring afidavits from fifty Republicans that
they had voted for him.
Stuffed Ballot Boxes.
In Browning Township the judge Of cleo
ton showed the ballots in his pocket, which
served as a ballot box. In Cave Township
the Hopkins leaders stuffed the ballot box.
In several townships two lists of delegates
we're printed. one headed Hopkins Dele
gates and the other simply Delegates"
but both lists were machine-made for Hop
kins. The Smith people were fortunate to
have the returning board report 47S for
Mason to 1874 for Hopkins. They came as
near making the announcement unanimous
as they dared to.
II tell you now, warned C. C. Martin, a
Civil War veteran and lifelong Republican.
as he met a group of machine Hopkins
men IN front Of the hotel at noon to-day,
Il tell You that you are simply laying the
foundation for the selection of Al,chuler
or some other Democrat to the Senate. Re-
publicans Of Illinois will not submit to such
dissraceful proceedings as are happening all
over the State"
Hopkins had oniy twenty majority in
Legislature. The primaries almost re-
suited In a tragedy. and one death from
heart disease occurred at the polls. Lon
Hungate. a Hopkins adherent. pulled a
knife on Ed Nolen, and made a thrust at
him. The latter grabbed a brick-bat and
shouted for the by-standers to clear away.
Get out Of the way. boys. and IN knock
the knot off his shoulders!' he yelled. The
City Marshal and Sheriff. both Of whom
were on duty to keep the peace, finally
separated the belligerents.
Voter Fell Dead.
Charles Hook of Browning voted at the
primaries and as he moved to the town.
ship election booth he fell dead. Death was
attributed to the of the faction
soldier.
The machine didn't give the Mason faction
a EGGS . shGw: IS Smith "a 1 NE ssnsHn 1n 0anal1at IL
WSo
tho Philippines, serving for eleven months.
Last April he was appointed to n place n
marily discharged him in august. refusing
to give a cause. 1t is believed here that
Bill Asa was responsible. Among the hog
duty during the past few weeks We're Tom
Sullivan, guard at Chester; Judge Dillon,
foreman Of the stone department at Ghss-
Estes. nurses at Kankakee; Newt Miller
and Miss Belle Carter, nurses at Anna; Sam
M~ooneyham. clerk in the Grain inspection
Department in Chicago, who always lands
in an orchard full of fruit
Moore for Collector.
at Anna, and "Jinks' Mooneyham. who
was cruelty separated from easy money at
the Anna Hospital last year. is about to
e coun .Ss 5Pe e9Sgle Of These haanF paopl To- W @ahs asa
and Captain Carroll Moore. constitute the
Republican machine Of the county. Moore
kins and Yates are going to appoint him In
ternal Revenue Collector for the Cairo dis
trict.
Smith, followed by his executive commit
tee. of young men, entered the courtroom
I and sGSk Frank Franz s Iayman. MIA Jake KEW Werner, Joe
Adams, John Ellis and the Nolen brothers,
none of them over Is. Captain Moore OBJ !
cupied, and ordered them to take back
the ticket next November by taking the
notably absent, and little interest was taken
in the proceeding Chairman Kirkpatrick.
arrayed in the glory of a dopble-breasted
tache, waxed until It resembled the horns of
a Texas steer, raped for order an hour
after time.
John L. Carr was chosen chairman and
Editor Frier secretary. |
Arranged In
The preliminaries had been arranged n
advance by Frier ard Tommy monaghan.
Moore made all the motions and was re-
warded with a place as delegate 20 me
State Convention. The or les
death, declaring for Roosevelt
for reelection. Endorsed Yates, instructed
delegates to secure his Endorsement
in State Conventions: instructed for Small
for Treasurer. for Page for Supreme Court
COURT GisTE. Clerk aed io Pro aai.SpaI Kinney sys and Mrs.
Smith, candidates for Superintendent OF
Public Instruction, were present. and as
took no action on their claims. Kinney will
get the delegates. however. The delegates
p. Cook. NJ. C. Ingram, G. D. Dimmick and
Ing.
Nurses Watched.
Ed C.. Curtis of Kankakee and others
then addressed the convention. Curtis was
present to see that the nurses in the Kan
kakee Hospital. who live here. showed a
proper respect for the president Of the
Board of Trustees of the hospital, Len
Small. They delivered the goods. and are
sure Of their positions for. another year IL
they continue to gay the Sper-cent assess
ment. ~ .
rear he indorsed Editor Frier for Postmas-
Ter and afterwards accepted expense money
Mason at Mound City. Asa told Mason
hen IL he would %reappoint Chenault the
hat Mason would get the county. without
but Mason did not get the coun-
~ and Asa fought him clear through
y l. !