The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
Shortage Of Ballots in Hays
and McCreary Territory.
No ChaIIengers or Inspectators
For i-Machine Condi-
dates in Many Places.
THE WHOLE THING ROTTEN

THE WHOLE THING ROTTEN.
The scheme Of the machine to de-
feat Attorney General Hays for the
democrat nomination for Governor
was made apparent to-day when
complaints began to come in about
the shortage Of ballots for the pri-
mary in the country districts. News
item Monday afternoon Louisville
paperl.
In Ohio county by some "hocus
pocus," the precinct at Centertown
was furnished with 60 ballots when
it had l25 Democrats who were liza
bic to want to participate in the pri-
mary. Local headquarters were
conferred with and 65 more ballots
were dispatched to the place.
The precinct went well for Beckham.
A Mondays dispatch from Rus
sellville says: Democrats were
thunderstruck this morning by the
unexpected announcement by Coun-
ty Chairman Pottinger that they had
made thirty-four changes in the list
Of primary election officers early
to-day, twenty-four hours before
the election. This change was not
known or suspected by the McCreary
and Hays managers until this morn.
ing, and their followers are indig-
nant.
Chairman Pottinger is an intense
Beckham. Hager supporter. land when
the McCreary and Hays managers
called on him this morning with
their lists of challengr's and inspect
ors and asked him to sign their Gre
dentials. they were told such could
not be done and would not be done.
Attorney General Hays, who
thought he was candidate for the
nomination for Governor, made allie
cations in the city court at Louis
vile that he was reliably informed
that conspiracy and deal had beer
formed to steal the primary from
him and made a motion that the
presiding judge of city court hold 9
continuous session on election day SC
that warrants could hastily be pro-
cured for election offenders. but the
court being part of Beckham-H agei
machie refused.
Over thousand McCreary voters
were disfranchised in Lexington
and Fayette county. No ballots
being furnished in some precincts
and in some voters were driven from
polls by police.
In Corbin. KY, not more thar
half enough ballots were furnished
and by eleven o'clock they were ex'
hausted.
In Covington Hays precincts were
short of ballots and in several other
anti-machine precincts the officers
did not arrive until z o'clock and
hundreds of voters got tired of wait
ing and left without voting.
Several officers of the primary were
arrested in Louisville charged with
interfering with votes and fraudu-
lently receiving voters, also refusing
persons entitled to vote and making
false election counts.
A Harrodsburg dispatch says: The
Shaker Bend ballot box and ballots
were stolen from Taylor's saloon. 1t
was in charge of F. A. McCabe, q
Beckhamite. McCreary men claim
that the opposition are at the bottom
of the steal because it is a strong
McCreary precinct. The Beckham
people strongly deny the charge,
McCabe left the box in the Saloon
till he get ready to go home. The
theft created great excitement, and
some times it looked as if serious
trouble was inevitable. Shaker
Bend is the biggest Democratic pre-
cinct in the county.
Richmond, KY, Nov. 7.-Senator
James B. McCreary at noon to-day
made statement in which he said:
81 have returns from seventy.
three counties in the State. These
counties give me a majority over
Beckham of about 1000. In the
counties yet to be heard from
expect to break even with him. but