New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-19
secured a legal

eiection az q , But the watcher secured legal
In another prass,oyy n1s contest .ra cou,+aa
een n1d the polling booth The box yielded 455
evidence OF bsS %0 hundred OF which showed plain
many as thit,-a9ving been put in IN bunches' and
cratic writteGy IN one lot had the word Demo-
,b In another precinct copy Of the poll book shows
ence SEeT one hundred PERSONS voted whose resi-
6ss IaTa a nee and there has been much voting by
books. esoIohS' hccoIu'i'S ~ '"e poL
Inc Youngest voter in the national election in
%AS no, Zones and he was named after his father He
near the noIIs onte-half years old and d1d not
a Shows that John Smith, ST.. and John
family; which consists Of husband ana wife and
tves s9 or IN small cottage and have no roomers.
a Republican woman challenger in precinct
was nHdozed and threatened al day by
beId Se@ 80 workers county and city onlGeFs but
could under The circumstances. Democratic judges
ana GlsTHs ordered her out and ordered constabes
hll9 ponce 10 throw her out, but she dehed them,
and held her ground until the polls closed.
Judge sixty b 6S %en BY egbtee9
persons rs were found by handwriting experts These
afa one o Of the cases brought before the United
.99 Sottlssloner under the federal law It was
po1lng nooth for trying 10 learn why a Republican
threw a Republican and his wife out Of the polling
place when they insisted upon being allowed to
one Democratic worker. econvoted and sentenced
~ me 7 IouFt has lost leg ana IS about
SUSPENDED.
The brother Of District Judge Mullins, heretofore
referred 70. WAS convicted and sentenced to pay
fine OF $500 and be imprisoned nine months for
hagrant violations OF the Supreme Courts intunc-
uon. News OF his conviction and sentence gave his
aged mother so severe shock that her life was
desPaired Of, and the urgent plea OF Judge
Mullins. backed by medical certificate. the Su-
preIne court paroled the prisoner FOR three days.
He had been known as the leader of the 'Savages''
the Denver Tammany, and g leading candi-
GATE for the Congress nomination in the 1st Dis
tr!ct last summer.
Women play q prominent part IN the campaigns
on both sides They active at registration time,
brothers and children do the homework in thou
sands Of households while the mothers are pulling
wires In the last election only one charge Of
money bribery was made against women, ana that
was proved groundIess But the women influence
hundreds and perhaps thousands of votes, without
buying them for cash. They are chiefly wives,
employees of city, county and State They
ganize clubs give socables and use all the arts Of
10 officials simply beg for votes because our bread
and butter depends upon the election Of this
that man. This is an argument which few women
gather votes by scores. All kinds Of promises Of
street improvements. lights and police protection
are also used TO influence women voters. The
women OF the red light district are also rounded
up and compelled by the police 10 work for the
party in power.
employed here Is that the vote Of every in
the State be ascertained by those who wish to
may be true in other States where the Australian
system is employed but II is not the intent OF the
trainers Of the law. Election officials keep dupi-
cate list Of names, and they place on this the
number OF the ballot when II is announced by the
judges so that they tell II the voters they
deliver the goods This keeps the crooked
voters in line for they know that they are under
surveillance constantly and that their votes be
traced For the ordinary touehs It means the prison
day after election If they fail 10 vote as they
paid for voting.