The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-30
A Republican Primary

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gates to the republican national con-
vention. says:
Contests will be filed in the Third,
Fourth, Filth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth,
Eleventh and Fourteenth wards.
Judges and clerks in these wards
refused to sign the returns, charging
repeating, boodling aud general irreg-
ulraities "
Mid you, these are not campaign
times and the Journal is not taking
about the Nesbit election law 10 st
Louis. 1t was a holy republican
primary 10 Kansas City. The Jour-
nal continues:
"But Mr.. Roberts has succeeded in
showing the bunch of pie biters 10
Missouri wanting to goto the national
convention that there is opposition to
that sort of thing and if he holds the
delegation down to oue pie bitter he
has served his purpose. It may
taugle up things 10 Kansas CITY, but
the smili vote is encouraging that it
has dune less damage than some NAV
estimate II he succeeded in keeping
all pie biters off the delegation but
one he fee S that the republicans will
have less cause TO be a ham d Of the
DELEGATE n than u a large bunch o.
them we're there as planned. Many
republicans will hope that he is COR
rect in his planning and successful -
The account increases in interest
as it proceeds;
"The elections we're marAed in
many ways. There were contests In
ten wards, In these wards tue federal
Office holders had tickets up in the
behalf Of Postmaster Harris. FIR
the sake OF effect these were styled
the .R ,~oseveltn tickets, and a warn
nj spread that the anti Harris tickets
we're s'anti- Roosevelt In many
places the lines we're blocked by hired
democrats who gave way only tC
Harris men. When anti Harris men
appeared, they were told to take theii
places at the tail end Of the block
aders With the thermometer a
zero these were soon literally frozeI
cut, and consequently few anti
Harris votes we're recorded. Thi
blockade won the day, as it carries
the Third, Fourth, Sixth and Eight
wards"
IL must be remembered that tn
Kansas City Journal is a r%epubl'ca
paper and that this election was
Republican primary:
"Nothing cauld have been NOR
skilfullY arranged than the election
In selecting tine voting places HarrI
y had Chairman Charles W. Clarke Il
them at the tops of stairs. In th
Third ward a 10 the third stoT
was selected. When the polls opene
there were postofice employees at
members of their families, three az
four abreast, all the way from Il
third story to the bottom ste
Nobody else could get into the plac
in the Eighth ward a room W
selected 10 a long, dark hall on II
second floor. 1t meant half az hour
stand in the cold to work up u
eight marble steps leading from Il
street to a half-landiDg shelter doc
At a signal from the office holder
touts on the sipewalk that a vOt
was "all right" the blockade bro
and the voter was expedited to 9
ballot box When there we're
bona fide voters to pass, the bloc
sders voted and voted again. 30
SIDES repeated, and so daring did tn
become towards the close OF the d
no pretense was made Of hiding :
fact. Money was used as open
The Sixth ward ballot box was in I
court room Of Justice Ross. VIII
John Chamberlain, agent Of
Grand Island railroad, went there
purely private business be was hand
50 cents and cautioned to vote |
Harris ticket. Three men we're
the court room handling the mon
which was all in silver coin.
lin the Third ward Senator Je
L. Jewell and John Boot marshal
The blockaders. Jewels money q
out first and he lost the ward. TIL
was 20 bottom to the post Of
barrel seemingly.
This was not a general electi
10 vas a republican, family aft