The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06
WAS IT A SKIN GAME?
Republican Election Officers
Not Notified by Sheriff.
Many of the Polls Have Been Without
Republican Repre-
sentation.
MUCH CONFUSION AT PozLs

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the city opened ss the appointed tir,e
this morning for registration. AT
some of them there. were scarcely any
of the election officers who had beer
appointed II seems, from reports.
that the Republican election officers,
particularly, had been left in the dark
as to their appointments, as according
to reports none of them had received
notice of his appointment.
Some of the polls did not open until
1880 or 8 O'Clock. There was the
greatest confusion in some places, and
various persons were blamed for the
chaotic state of Affairs thss existed oil
over the oyty-
1t 10 the duty of the sheriff 70 mott
fy all election officers Of their appoint
ments, and II would seem that II the
gentlemen appointed to serve were not
notified, It was the fault Of the sher.
II.
Sheriff Lee Potter was no< in the
city when a,npogtcr called ~ his Office
to ask II the officers had been notified,
having left for Eddyville with . pris-
oner. HE deputy. Mr.. Will Lydon.
however; stated that the resson the
officers were not notified. was that the
election commissioner had held sew.
srai meetings but bad never furnished
the sheriff with . complete liss Of the
election officers until yesterday after
noon. They then, according to the
deputy, furnished the sheriff with the
list, including 50 names, and il was
impossible to notify them before 6
O'Clock this morning.
They did the best they could with
the short time they had, the deputy
claims, and placed notices in the pa
pers.
While complaint came from the Dem
ocrats to some extent, the election
board is composed OF two Democrats
and one Republican. and 1t had the
power and plenty OF time to meet and
select the election officers in time for
all to be properly notified Ii is up to
the Democrats to explain why il was
that none Of the Republicans seemed
to be on hand in safficient numbers to
run things to- suit themselves. The
two Democratic members Of the board,
Mr.. J.. O. Flournoy and Sheriff Lee
Potter, could have insisted on q meet
ing in plenty OF time to agree on list
of officers. Sheriff Potter, d sheriff
Of the county, knew that it was nee
essary 20 have time to notify the OFF,
GERS, aid should have so informed the
other members If the board and insist
cd on IN earlier completion Of the list,
il it was not completed until yester-
day al Is claimsd. The whole proceed.
ing ia very peculiar, to say the least,
and never happened before in this
county.
Chairman r. G.. Caldwell, of the
Democratic city committee, stated
THAI he had been called to several pre-.
cincts to strighten things out on hi
side and SEQ that the registration wa
started. He seemed to blame tn
sheriff, saying that he asxed several o
the election officers who were fnall.
found and installed, il they had re
ceived any notice, and they informe
him that they bad received no motto
Of any kind.
II is claimed that in a few instan q
where Democrats were in sole chacx
: Of the polls before any Republican aft
GERS could be found, Republicans wei