The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-11
Result of City Election Shows
That His Support Handi-
capped Nominees.
MEN He OPPOSED IN LEAD.
Treachery of His Henchmen
Shown by Their Course Dur
ing Last Few Days of the
Campaign.

Politicians of all parties yesterday were
I discussing the vote in ST. Louis and ana
lying it.. 1t was 50 remarkable in many
ways that every shade of view found ex-
preston. On one point. however. everyone
agreed. and that was that the Buffers.
while responsible for the defeat Of the city
ticket, showed conclusively that they are
not the balance of power in st. Louis.
rheir enemies led the ticket in every in
stance. ard in at least two cases were
elected, while their assistance was a hand
leap to every other favored nominee.
For duplicity. cunning and deceit, the
conduct of the Butler committeeman Is
unparalleled in the political history Of the
city. .a,
After the City Convention adjourned Jim
Butler and the "old man." together with
their lieutenants. all stated that they
would support the ticket loyalty, with the
possible exception Of Joseph w. Folk.
Miles Of the Third Ward. Conran and
Morrissey OF the Fifth, Williams and Nc
Dcrmott of the Fourteenth. Farley Of the
Twenty-second. Mccarthy Of the Twenty
third and Bobby Carroll Of the Twenty
loyalty to the ticket.
They arranged and held meetings for
the Democratic party up to the time of
the election. a Joint meeting being held
between the Fifth and Fourteenth wards
on the Saturday night preceding the cleo
tion. Morrissey and Conran Of the Fifth.
Williams Of the Fourteenth. Farley of the
Twenty-second. Mccarthy Of the Twenty
third and Carroll Of the Twenty-fifth at
tended all the meetings Of the City Gem
trail Committee. apparently in perfect
harmony with It
Each one Of these committeeman re-
ceived check for 500 for his personal
expenses on election day. SO for each pre-
einct committeeman and S for each pre-
cinct for meals for his men.
HELPED THE REPUBLICANS.
They accepted this money and other
money which was given to them to be
used for the Democratic party on election
day. Then. after receiving the money.
pledging themselves to loyal support. they
deliberately went to the polls and did all
they could to help the Republican party.
Mccarthy was under suspicion -Satur
day, and resented the suspicion very
greatly. Sunday afternoon he went to the
house of Mr.. Hawes and remained there
for nearly an hour, protesting his loyalty
to the party, and walked with him to the
Jefferson Club. and there before a meet
ing Of the judges and clerks OF election of
the city and precinct committeeman. of the
Jefferson Club, he openly pledged his sup
port to the party, and said that he would
give ZOO Democratic majority in his ward:
that any man who said he was not going
to be loyal TO the party deliberately lied.
AT meeting Of the Ward Committee on
Saturday at noon the following estimates
of how the wards would go were given by
the Buffers:
Morrissey. Third Ward. promised 800
Democratic majority.
Williams Fourteenth Ward, promised
700 Democratic majority.
Farley. Twenty-second Ward, promised
500 Democratic majority.
Mccarthy. Twenty-third Ward, prom
ised 100 Democratic majority.
Carroll. Twenty-f1fth Ward. promised
400 Democratic majority.
Each man was asked whether his esti-
mate was not considered too high, and
they all expressed the greatest confidence
in the accuracy Of their forecast, and it
was the generally expressed opinion of
the other Democrats from the other wards
that the estimate was very reasonable
one, in fact, too low by moro than 100
votes.
When the returns came in Morrissey's
ward gave 700 Republican instead of 200
- IO-
publican instead of 700 Democratic, Far
ley's ward gave 100 Republican instead Of
500 Democratic, McCarthy's ward gave 800
Democratic instead Of 700 Democratic and
Bobby Carroll's ward gave 100 Republican
instead of 400 Democratic-making a total
change OF 3,537 votes in these five wards.
The returns in the Twenty-second.
Twenty third and Twenty-fifth wares show
that the Butler lieutenants could not in
fuence number Of precincts. They stood
at the polls and openly told their men to
vote the straight Republican ticket
The men they especially wanted to de-
feat were Folk, who received 1000 Demo-
cratic majority; Moses Sale. who received
L5OO Democratic majority; Thomas Ward,
who on the face OF the returns is only de-
feateo by 1,l0O, and Garrard Strode who
on the face Of the returns is only defeated
by Is votes.
RUN AHEAD OF TICKET.
These figures show that in order to vent
their spleen on few candidates they sac
riticed the whole Democratic city ticket
and were not able to accomplish the OBJ
ject Of their malice. except in the case of
Ward and Strobe, who both ran ahead of
their tickets.
When 1t Is considered that the Buffers
sat in the Democratic conferences at Sat
urday noon, took money for themselves
and their precinct committeeman, and
then deliberately went out and beat the
ticket. it is treachery without parallel in
the history of any political party. The
election returns, however. Indicate that,
without assistance Of judges and clerks,
the Butler strength in St Louis amounts
to but between 400 and 1.6O0. this show
ing being one of the significant results of
the election. in that Democrats now know
they do not have to have Buffers as
sistance to win, when the city ticke was
only defeated by 200 in a presidential
year.
Denunciations are heard on every hand
against their treachery. and not only by
party leaders and party workers. but by
business men and all classes of citizens.
the general consensus Of opinion being
that it puts Ed Butler and his son Jim
out Of politics forever. The Democratic
leaders are especially jubilant. as the re-
turns dispute Buffers boasted claim of
being an indispensable factor to success.
Republican leaders at headquarters were
claiming the election of their city ticket
at noon Tuesday by between 5000 and 10,
900 votes. This was based on the supposed
assistance they would secure from Butler