The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-10-13

Buffers plurality over mis- opponent.
Horton. was 3.533. Folks plurality In
Buffers district alone was 4.210. where
he received but 2.355 plurality IN the
] entire city. including Buffers district.
In some Of the wards above men
toned are only a portion Of the pre-
/ cincts Of said wards In Butler's dis
trict. This explains why the vote
seems light in some of those wards.
In the Seventh ward there was but one
precinct, the Twelfth. in that district.
In the Twelfth ward, two precincts.
the eleventh and twelfth. All Of the
Fifteenth ward, except precincts two.
three and four was in Buffers district
IN the Twentieth ward precinct one
only. and in the Twenty,frst ward pre-
cinct one and two only. In the
Twenty-hith ward precincts n to
six inclusive were IN Buffers district
The Twenty-eighth ward precincts one
and two only were therein. In the
above table I have only given the vote
I'm the actual precincts inside Of But
ler's district.
From the facts and figures above
stated It Is apparent to any one that
Folk came up to the lines OF Buffers
district a defeated candidate by 1855
votes, and Buffers district gave him
f,2i0 plurality over his opponent, thus
overcoming the 1855 plurality for
McQuilian and electlng Folk on the
face OF the returns by 1855. Let Il be
remembereI that Folks plurality In
the entire city was only 1855. This
fact IS important TO be kept In mind.
The 1910 plurality in Buffers district
is the vote that elected Folk.
Begged Buffers Aid,
James }. Butler himself only carried
the district by 1888. It will be re-
membered that Mr.. Butler was opposed
in that election and vigorously OPP
posed. BY the ST Louis Republic. the
Post-Dispatch. the Globe Democrat and
many other papers. and many prom
inent Democrats made a special fight
to defeat Butler all through that cam
paign. This. no doubt. caused his
majority TO fall below Mr.. Folks. The
fact that Butler received only 1888
plurality In the district demonstrates
beyond peradventure that Folk re-
celved all OF the Butler votes, for he
received 42l0 plurality in the same
district. Those who refused 10 vote
for Butler were God-fearlng people
Who were Influenced by the fight ON
Butler above mentioned. But that is
neither here nor there; Folk received
the Butler vote and he knew e.. In
fact. Judge Chester n. Krum. a Demo
namH nnH ono 90 #hn Nan1Hnm naHrF.am
at the St Louis bar. more than a
month ago published a letter In the
Globe emocrat, in which he charged
that Mr.. Folk called on James II.
Cronin. hrother-in-law 10 Ed. Buffers
son, at Cronin's saloon, a few nights
previous to that election and solicited
Cronin's aid to see that he. Folk. re-
celved the Butler vote In this district.
And up 10 this time neither Mr.. Folk
nor any person for him has denied this
cAarge made by Judge Krum. and as
Judge Krum usually knows wha. be Is
talking about and can suhstantiate
his allegations with evidence Il is TO
Ue presumed that the charge will not
be denied.
The frauds In the Butler district
were SO outrageous. 80 glaring and 20
overwhelming that a storm Of protest
went up az once from an over the city
Immediately proceedings were in
Etituted to contest Buffers scat In con.
gress. also Folks election as circuit
attorney. HRncock's election as assist
ant circuit attorney. Funkhouser's elcc,
ton as coroner. Gerard Strode's cleo
ton as public administrator. The
Butler contest was Instituted IN the
lower house 81 congress: the other
cases we're Instituted at the same
time IN the Circuit Court OF the
City 81 81 Louis. A canvas was made
AT once % ihe wards above mentioned
IN Buffers district. BY precincts, by
oae McHurney to uncover these
frauds. for The purposes Of Dis contest
The result az thia canvass showed the
following facts:
In the Fourth ward there were
registered ON the books as voters. the
numbers under sac column marked
rtEiHtered. and THERE were found in
that canvass the numbers under the
column marked found. and there Wcro
not found In that canvass The numbers
marked under the column mot found
dealing only with the wards and parts
OF wards 10 Buffers dlatFioiD
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Ward Registered fomad Pound
90 $50 MMH naML