The Bourbon news., 1906-11-06
This Shows What the Lexington
Machine Will Do Today.

The Lexington precinct registration
lists published in a Lexington paper
from day to day, and reproduced in their
entirety Saturday for convenience of
future reference, and the names regis
tered at the Lexington Court House on
the special days last week are sum-
married below, and the figures will be
found of more than passing interest.
1t clearly shows in advance the methods
of the Beckham-Hager machine.
The total white registered vote in
Lexington is 1882, of which 3,768 de-
clared as Democrats, 379 Republicans,
165 Independent, 10 Prohibitionists and
Socialist, while 9 made no party dec
laration.
The white Republican vote in Lex
ington reached its highest registration
mark in 1896, when it appropriated
$50 and has this year fallen off to 379.
largely as the result of the disposition
of many Republicans in recent years
to register as Independents, or as Dem
ocrats in order to have voice in the
selection of local officials, which is
otherwise impossible in Lexington.
The total registered negro vote is
2153, and this number 1852 declared as
Democrats, 788 Republicans, II Inde-
pendents and Prohibitionists.
There are more negro Democrats
than white Democrats in two precincts,
the East Main street and Walnut street
precincts in that city.
There are more negro Democrats
than negro Republicans in every pre-.
met in Lexington, except the South
/ Broadway, MerinO street, Hayes anC
State College precincts.
! The declared white Republicans out
number the negro Republicans only il
the South Broadway, Jefferson street
! Court House and Woodland precincts
Plot to Rob Hays at Louisville
| Attorney General N. B. Hays, candi
| date for Governor in theprimary today
made a sensational motion in the City
and Criminal Courts yesterday morning
at Louisville, asking for continuou!
sessions of these two courts on election
day, whereupon Judge McCann anC
! Judge Pryor announced that they woulC
hold continuous sessions. The motion
was as follows:
MAY it please the ECourt, | desire
to move your Honor, that contrary tx
the custom, this court be and and con
tinue in session tomorrow, November
6, 1906, election day, for the following
reasons:
Il am reliably informed that under
an arrangement and deal, by and be
tween certain persons, and under the
guidance of an eX-mayor of your city
attempts will be made to intimidate the
voters through the police and fremer
of this city, on said election day, not
withstanding the published orders Of
the mayor, and the election is to be
stolen by the use of imported thugs
and repeaters to impersonate honest
voters of said city and as means tC
this end, the regular officers who have
been selected to hold said primary are
to be supplanted by pliable tools select
ed in their stead who, with finger paC
and thumb-markers, are to defeat the
ballots of honest voters; that booths
are to be removed, ballot boxes stuffed
votes cast not to be counted as cast anC
other acts of like character and law.
lessness done to prevent an honest anC
fair primary in this city, and as Your
Honor knows the thug and criminal
who repeats and impersonates the
honest voter, is generally spirited way
as soon as his work is done, and before
the machinery or the law can be put
into operation.
FDeeming it more important to the
people of this State to have an honest
and fair primary election in this city,
than my personal and individual sue
cess and desiring no vote not legally
and honestly cast for me, | therefore
move and ask Your Honor to hold and
continue this court in session or
November 6, 1906.
Il will be here during said diy to
ask for and take out warrants for the
immediate arrest and prosecution, OF
all violators of the election.laws of this
State. and shall personally aid in the
prosecution thereof and to this end
sincerely ask the courts aid and co
operation. N. B. HAYS.