The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-18

ses to work for him until after the
Republican primary, which was IN
five days. He told them that il
he we successful, he would civ,
them each $2j after the election
Between that time and the day of
the primary election, Il circus came
to town and he gave away 800 tick.
cts to this circus. When the votes
were counted, he had n small ma
jority
.. At city election in the
capital city Of certain state,
about $50 negroes were imported
from the coal mines in various
parts of that county and nm ada.
cent comfy, all Of whom voted =,
and some three or four times
About GO were voted aS residents
of certain alley, where but four
negroes lived Among the R"pnb.
licqn leaders in this colonization
was n Postmaster, a Deputy United
States Marshal, Il Sheriff and n
Criminal Judge,
3. At ia Republican primary at
which delegates TO Il senatorial
convention were to be appointed
from the largest county in the sen.
atorial district, there were two can
didates for State Senator. The
United States Scnatorship was the
issue and there were two avowcd
candidates for that Office. One of
whom was the brother of one Of
the candidates for State Senator
and the other United States Sen.
ator. Several thousand dollars
were spent at that primary. Tickets
were issued without limit, which
were rcdccmablc in any saloon IN
the city that night at s. 90. Other
tickets bearing the names Of dele
gates t. be voted for were wrapped
in 81 90 bills and handed out as
publicly as tickets are sold ut
theatre ticket Office A United
States Marshal was manager for
the United States Senator.
4. The practice of paying men
for the time to go and vote has
been carried Ia such an extent that
many men of means who have
been regarded as ruggedly honest,
are demanding from 81 90 to 81
for the day to go and vote. Dur.
ing the last congressional election.
a farmer with 800 acres of land un.
encountered drove fourteen miles
to the county seat Of his cOun.
ty on the day before the election
to telf the manager of the campaign
that he would not vote ut the clcc.
ton on the following day unless
he was given 81 80 for his time.
His voting precinct was less than |
two miles from his home. An
other farmer went nine miles the
day before the election to demand |
s. and a jug of whiskey for him.
self and four neighbors, stating
that unless the money and whisky
was furnished, none of them would
go to the polls and vote.
;. The citizens of certain
town in a certain State, being de.
sirous of becoming the county seat,
to form a new county
out of parts OF their own county
and adjacent counties, with their
town as the county seat. Within
one day, the citizens of that town
1.-THE population of which is less
than 10000 raised by subscription
$50, 600 in cash. and the cashiers
of the two banks in that town ear.
ried the $50, 900 to the capital of
the State where the Legislature
was in session. A lobby was
formed, composed of Il number of
leading politicians. This lobby
was engaged to handle this money
in a way that would secure the
passage Of the bill creating the
new county. The effort was de-
feated only because the county
seats of the three counties affected
put up larger fund.