The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-01
BOOK Is CARRIED
TO HEADQUARTERS
BY PARTY WORKER
How Registration in Schmidt's.
A Strong Republican Pre-
cinct. Was Delayed This
MOI ming for More Than an
Hour.
NO DEMOCRATIC OFFICERS,

coiht DfitNNldle early ntAdu uh-
fair work this morning. and made
away with the registration book OF
Schmidt precinct. al Eleventh and
Caldwell streets. The strongest Re
publican voting precinct In the city,
and delayed registration.
Many voters in his precinct go to
work before o'clock aud register
on their way 10 work. There was no
hook until luther Graham brought IL
from Democratic headquarters at I
o'clock and thgn no Democratic cleo
ton officers showed up. a suspicious
coincidence. Many voters failed to
register on account of the delay
The law expressly prohibits any
ore but specified officers handling the
books
Immediately after the delivery OF
the Schmidi's registration book aast
night to Wards grocery store. where
the REGISTERING and voting has been
done In the past. Luther Graham. Il
IL said. telephoncd Charles Ripley
the diaegisL who had refused 70
serve as o Democrats election OFF
Ger. and whose place OF business Is
just across the street next to the new
registration booth. asking him to go
over and secure the book. Ripley
procured the book Shortly after
ward Albert seuser. a former patrol
man. and Ernest Mclntlre. a Harrison
worker. appeared AZ the drug store
and took charge OF the book. They
carried Il to Democratic headquar'-
ters. in the rear Of the second floor OF
the Trueheart building, between
Filth and sixth streets on Broadway
The book was kept at Democratic
headquarters until this morning over
an hour after the time Tor opening
the polls
Luther Graham delivered 1t too
late for hundreds of Republican
workingmou. who have to report for
duty at 7 o'clock, TO register
Alderman e. Z. Bell said.
81 am reliably Informed that Dem
ocrats tried TO secure the book from
Mrs. Hiram Smedley. wife of the
county clerk. and also telephoned to
the court house to secure It in the af-
ternoon. The book was delivered at
sohmidrs precinct in the afternoon
hv Clerk Hiram Smedley. and early in
the evening Il was carried to Ripley's
drug store and taken from there by
Ernest Mclntire and Albert Senser
b. an admission of a Democratic
candidate who was present when the
book was brought. II was delivered
into Democratic headquarters last
night. This morning there was no
book at the polls. We began an in
vestigation and found where It was
Again. Democratic clerks aud election
cficors failed TO report. and when
Luther Graham showed up with the
book il was nearly I o'clock They
told us 10 20 ahead and hold the reg
istration ourselves, but We refused
and finally managed to get Mr.. Bob
wilkins and Henry Katterjohn, Sr.
TO serve as Democratic officers. It
was 1912 when the polls opened"
Mr.. Iliplcy's Statement
When asked for his part in the
work. Mr.. Ripley showed clearly
that he was an innocent party. He
stated:
Luther Graham telephoned me to
20 over to Schmidt's precinct pots
and get the book. | did, aud shortly
senser and McIntire came in ard
took IL away. This is as much as I
know Of II. | refused to serve as a
clerk. making my decision known last
night. because my business would
not permit me to-
When asked TO whom he turned
the book over this morning, Albert
senser stated. Luther Graham" and
when Y. f. Bell asked why he did il.
replied 'just because"
The Other Side.
A Democratic candidate said re-
garding the matter: "Why We knew
that the Ripley drug store would not
he omen at 6 O'Clock in the morning
and wanted the book In hands where