The Lamar register., 1904-12-14

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there wosId be Some way Of getting
arugnA the Ggprerne Court Injunction,
they reckoIed without their boat In
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take up time on 10 be paired"
The court enloined the eyiItlzDozed
10 behave themselves and confuct the
election. lawfully and honestly. Tko1e
wko violated this order were
promptly HANDED Up and promptly Eent
10 jail a high court rarely II ever In
terferes with q IJEer court in It's e.
forts 10 enforce respect for its author
ity and dignity. and the appeal Of Fra
a;or Patterson TO the United Gtates
Circuit Court N Appeals was in vain,
and his friends Of the lower wards will
have ~ serye their sentences 10 the
End.
Many Policemen Among Offender.
Another surprising feature Of the
vhnie proceeding IL that ouch large
Of the arrested and con
yic.ed election crooks were policemen
and other law officials and public en-
pIOyes.
or the first forty-one arrested. nine
teen were policemen. detectives and
court constabies. deputies and other
police and county employes-just the
men who should have the most respect
for lawful authority. The very men
who are daily called upon 10 carry out
the mandates Of courts and enforce the
law were the first and most reckless
offenders against the Supreme Court
and the election laws.
In some places the Supreme Court
Injunction when served was torn up. II
is Eaid that Alderman Hahoney. one
of the arrested men. tore the injunc-
ton into bits when II was served upon
him at the polling place. In come
places the Supreme Court watchers
were thrown out and assaulted.
Violence at the Polls.
At others. Republican Judges were
thrown out. and in some INSTANCES Re
publican Judges were denied clerks
To which they were clearly entitled I'M
der the law. In several polling places
fighting and rough-house tactics were
pursued and Republican voters run
out. assaulted or inundated.
Thugs and bulllcs crowded around
the tables and ballot boxes in several
places and by the use OF foul and pro
fame language and rough tactics gen
orally kept numbers Of voters away.
Rcpeatcrs were voted In squads. AZ has
been proven by the examination OF two
or three ballot boxes by the Supreme
Court The Republicans have copied
the poll books and are now canyassing
tho city to zee how many OF the ficti-
tious names were voted which are