The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-10
BLAMED
FOR LOSS OF CITY.
Continued From Page One.


FAILED TO BEAT SALE
A square vote in the five Butler wards
would have prevented the election of Re-
publicans. While the Republicans gained
| much from his support. he lost more. Only
| one of his favorites on the Republican
ticket is fairly sure of election and that
is Patrick Fl. Clarke for Sheriff He tried
his best to beat Moses n. Sale for Judge.
but failed his opposition helping the Judge:
in the residence sections of the city.
More striking. too. than the election of
Sale is the fact that Folk, whom Butler
opposed in every way possible, broke all
records in carrying st. Louis. The action
of his judges and clerks in fixing up re-
turns only prevented the better element of
the city from electing the Democratic
ticket. If the five Butler wards had re-
turned their former majorities, the Dem
ocrats would have carried the CITY. If
square vote and an honest count had
been secured in those five wards, the
Democratic party in st. Louis would still
be in control
In other words. Butler has succeeded
in causing offices now filed ty Demo-
Gratis to be filled by Republicans. Chief
sixty-five deputies. -Four Circuit Judges
are defeated. Garrard Strobe. one of the
best Public Administrators in the history
of the city. is beaten by Harry Troll. The
Circuit ATTORNEYS office is turned over to
the Republicans as direct result of But
lers support of Sager.
''-e CREDIT TO HAYES.
A large part of the credit for the ex-
cellent manner in which Parker ran in
st. Louis is given to Mr.. Hawes, who
gave about three-fourths of his campaign
speeches TO eulogies of the presidential
nominee.
Judge Moses n, Sales strength is chief
ly attributed to the fact that the Buffers
opposed him. and said so openly. He was
one of the Circuit Judges who refused TO
appoint Harry Walsh Justice of the Peace.
That Secretary of State Sam B. Cook
should run behind his ticket in st. Louis
was not surprising to those who had kept
in touch with public sentiment. In ac-
ccrdance with the popular idea of scratch
ing, his name suffered. The Cardwell and
Speed incidents are considered directly
responsible for the scratches. as he was
one of the most personally popular nomi-
nees with the workers in the city.
A remarkable feature of the Folk
strength in St. Louis is the fact that his
gains were made SO large in the city after
the primaries went against him. 1t is
considered directly Republican vote. The
fact that the Buffers even gave one or
two majorities in their toughest precincts
shows that he evidently had just as large
majorities with the bona fde voters of
these districts as in the residence wards
untainted with Butlerism.
A South st. Louis Republican worker
said last night that nothing could stop the
German population from supporting Folk.
II live in the Tenth Ward he said
THAT Is the home of Kraft His neigh
bors. when asked to vote the Republican
ticket straight. said that under the cir
cumstances they could not do 80, as it
would be a reflection on the entire ward.
In other wards the same conditions exist
ed. I gave up trying to change their
views after a months hard work. 1t
was only in that way that we hoped to get
votes for the city ticket
That the action of the Buffers will have
an effect on the Democratic organization
is undfsputed. The treachery of his hench-
men was. of the sort to make angry every
political worker in the organization. The
further fact that the returns showed his
real weakness Is being used as an evil
dence that he and his followers will be
punished for betraying the party into the
hands Of the Republicans by the use of
Judges and clerks who simply filled out
polling sheets to suit themselves.
On every side yesterday could be heard
imprecations against him and his effort
to beat the ticket in such manner. That
he would oppose the ticket was not doubt
ed, but it was not supposed that his
judges and clerks would go SO far as to
work hand in glove with the Republican
election officials in returning trumped up
majorities in normal Democratic wards
against the ticket. Considering the many
"hollers,' of the Republicans about dis
honest elections. their willingness to over
ride the will of the voters in tough wards
Is significant