The Butler weekly times., 1908-10-10

NdiAlttitttS tHfnfStiNtNt lhi NhUlf VI At''fhs
We venture to say, wcic never IN the ward
and never saw or spoke to voter of the
ward
Continuing. the same paper, on the
same day. says cditnrialy:
II is entirely natural that nall and
other candidates who We're not so tnrtu-
nat" as tn he Put 0n the slate which was
railr Adod through the Third, sixteenth
and probably other wards of 81, l.nutS,
should feel eager desire Ia get back ot III"
extraordinary returns received frnm these
wards When more than Fifteen -siNtccuths
of the voters who vote the nomucrdic
ticket In hig city ward vote SulldlN
for the same slate, picking exactly the
sam" ten names from a, list Of more than
seventy, we face political phenomenon
that calls imprratiNclN for Investigation.
No wonder that the candidates who were
crushed beneath this marvellous ward roll-
er should want u knew a goud deal more
about IL They are Justitrd in making IN
quirN about the man or men who mln-
aged the roller and the methods adopted
To guide II to 50 singnlarly perfect an ne
Comp'Shmcnt. There are many pertinent
queries that may he asked, How was the
selection Of the Third Ward Slate inllu-
enccd2 What Inducements got the can
didutc's name on the list ot taNorltcS'
How were iudiyidual voters brought under
such disciplined control" When did they
got the training that enabled thom to vote
with such mechanical cNacturss" Per-
hapS it is well To remember that the Grim
mal provisions OF the general election laws
apply To primary elections as wctt Con-
tests are not provided for but frauds are
punishable"
II Las further heen developed hy the
police Investigation Of the vote in ST,
Louis. conducted undrr th" direction ot
Governor Folk, that votes were counted
f,r L. nj nsGti c,r
Bail Mr.. Stapcl ana Mr Wallace and see
Ing that | had no opponent aud did not
need them. they counted votes for Mr.
Gov herd that We're east for me, Votes
wera- counted for Ar- -CawAord that were
even east for Mr.. Carver, the Socialis,
candidate. Many votes We're counted twice
and three times for Mr. Cowherd, Voters
We're recorded as voting for him who were
our Of the state; who had moved to other
precincts; who had not voted ut all, and
voters wcrA counted for Mr., Cowhcrd who
had been long since dead, Voters We're
recorded as voting for Mr.. Cowhcrd in
Alphabetical order, all the AS before all
he B'S. and so ON throughout the alpha
bet, The same conditions as disclosed in
the Third Ward have been disclosed in the
case of utErr wards. where the vote has
been Investigated And vet. IN the face of
these facts. developed hy an Investigation
conducted by Democratic officials under
the direction Of Democratic Governor,
Mr. 'owherd and The democratic Slale
pl tttorm say That If tuutS were COM
mittcl in the City of st. Louis otc.
In order that you may understand some
thing more as to the result of Butler
methods, and the use OF N5aoNo III the
primary election let me read Sou the '"S-
timouy of one Of the Judges of election
as To the manner IN which. the voting was
done:
Two days after the primary, NJ, NJ.
Reynolds, ot 9lf North NIllth SlFtNl. 81
Louis. who was acting as a Judge in the
Fourth Ward Seventh Precinct Tue pol p
ing place for which IS located at Sii Nhth
Tenth street, said:
shortly before seven o'clock Tuesday
morning crowd oil hhput nIt,|n III, =
came into the room ana asked Tor haHpl s.
giving the name ai Il man | knew Ia h'
dead. rs we'll as my own nam" and lhos"
Of other persons knew. ! requested ~"
police to arrest trm. charging iual tA'F
were repeal'rs; hut they IGNORED my re-
quests. They eft the nlArr Then, t,ut 'r-
turned before four o.S'7Jl When ! E1V"
orders that only I"'f sh'DhI '' 'ldm'Orl
at a time. Ih"N" 'h'i". ill~' W., H-Al'u
hy the pole" Nh,u renewed my nI"-
tests the crowd. with ronr"lt"d action,
jumped on me and boat and kicked mo,
knocking mo on one Of the tables Zen
minutes later LEFT In" Il1r' To telephone
fer some more police protection, nut Wnen
about one hundred aud Twenty-Five feet
away from the place, the same crowd
came up behind me ana renewed ih"W at
tackS After going home to apply rem
eules 10 my injuries, HtHl' bdrh' "Hl
under additional police protection served
throughout the remainder "l tfe dlF
! 1t should he said in fairness TO Governor
Folk and his Board OF t'ottce toHintSSton-
ers. that TIE pole" who permitted TINS as
sault nave been discharged from ue ue-
partment.
In this primary eiectlon. accoTulhe 10
the returns received from the JUDGES ana
clerks, David y. BaH carried eighty oil
the ia counties OF the state ana MT 'oW-
herd carried 81. In that part OF Missouri
outside Of Kansas city ann ST. f.oufs.- Mr
Ball had 1000 more votes than Mr. COW
herd but IN Kansas city ana 81 LOUIS
according TO the election returns, MIR
Cowherd was credited with approximate
ly 24.oo0 more votes than was Mr.. Ball
In the entire State Mr.. Cowherd was cred
tied with 96,09l; David a. Ball with NJ
317; William Fl. Wallace with 1905 anf
Henry F. Stapel with l1,214. $3.50 more
votes were cast against Mr.. Cowherd thar
were credited in his favor. So. even upor
the face of the returns themselves, Mr.
Cowherd is the minority nominee of th'
Democratic party Not only is Mr. cow
herd the minority candidate upon the face
OF the returns. but Is there man OF sens'
Mr. u Cowherd would he the nominee Of th,
Democratic party today II only homes
votes mao pee, counted III ms laNot
Let me read you upon that question IN
testimony OF Willlam W. Wailace. Juds
OF the criminal Court OF jackson county
for whom over 4S,ooo Democrats got thel
votes counted IN the last primary eiec