Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-09-17
PUBLICAN PRIMARY FRAUDS


\ lee t1lck and thin radical organs
bIcn take their cue from the astute
IEether OF Republican journalism
Missouri. the So. Louis Globe- Dem
bat, mas been vcciferously throwing
ID into all fur tine purpose Of blind.
Democrats and Republican voters
IKE to the gross frauds perpentrateo
j The primaries 10 st. Louis in behalf
j Lhe Republican Aachine ticket.
Because Tue Republican nominee fol
yernvr was emUlItered against
nn Gentry, Dis own appointee b.
ce, lnSvmucn rs the latter mad dareo
naVe mlnd Uf nis own aud ran TO-
nOmlnatlon for Attorney-G sneral
Tree aud untrammelled Repuon-
,, IL Was decided tnat this Drignt
uug man should be given q Taste VI
Dlg sLlck--Lnat he snOuid De castl-
.tt0 auu bnUWu."
Foe macnine got busy, IL showed
Gentry few Things apuut sewei
lLCs he hadn't dreamed Of.
~ one familiar with Conditions Ia
Louis dJuots for an instant tina.
ihvuS cuntfafy Uiders from Jept
Nc aud his lieutsuants, GentIy
'uld bav carried tine Republican sid,
lne primary In ot. Louis by al
liWnelming vote. He nad made AZ
( nuOus ana fearless canvas, deiiveriLA
''ny stirrlng addresses, whicL
Ened tins ouckies VI the radlc4
art Unlnfuenced, the Republican
Isrs are with Linn almost 70 a man.
But this .dldn'L ayall against the
lshlne, In tne tirst place, The parts
aers steared away lruni Gentry ali
yOtes tuey could control, and lii
sseOnd place they falled TO Count
lOsandS Uf tnUse winch we're cast III
hyur, but turned them over u
hkerSon, the Hadiey Candidate
Sume Of lnIs work was very coarse
instance, III tine Third ward The
tsvS reuurus gave TINS result;
FuAetson, 37S
6entTy, IL
bis " laugh, as Monsieur would Say
Zen tDe CARDS are dealt ike that.
10 one familiar with st. Louis con.
hons would for moment contend
u this return is less tnan an out
gsOuS travesty Of the vote as actu-
Cast,
q the 28th ward, Republican
nusnOld, where character OF tlt
WIS and clerks Of election was mol
" 70 suspicion, set where the ma
Is 10 control and did its best tc
y Gentry, the returns on Attorney
leRl was this:
IulGerson, 8s2
GsnHy, $40
lnaI vas more like IL. Normally
Alfy would nave feared no wors'
y this 10 any ward In So. Louis
dsI machine domination. La the
leIs he would have far outrun his
Enent, because uf bis brilliant anC
tllVe appearance upon the stump
y Is an open secret In Sc. L0nh
Y Seibert Jones, the Republican
alnee for Circuit Attorney and th'
aef.ln-law Of Boss Howe, wa
sled into the nomination by meth
. 1agrant that the greatness 0
ARhanded and clean-minded Re
lcsn voters find them a stencil II
v nVOtTils, and are planning re
a9n election day. In that sam
0s Or Infamous Third Ward
ea Ofunght itself into the lime
a'ln The primary, Jones was give
w'es. One Of his principal CON
al'ofs, Johnson, who carried th
! Ward by $40 votes to 258 fo
was allowed just three votes !
fuN....
anouS third. Johnson was th
'le machine had to beat, an
" we machine stuck Its knife int
ps0ni 1t thrust 1t in deep an
wv 1t around. The machin
neo 4lS votes for Jones In the 1t
sa' and allowed johnson 40 ]
W upa face-on the-returns pape
salltY for Jones in the 1Tth War
Aand wherever it could, wherl
Wv thought nobody was lookinI
n s'ssef 1t believed 1t could get ava
p'ne goods, it plunged in bold
arose smiling blandly with q hul
'ln lot Its Candidates which e
sulfaws Of amazement fro
Y Sao looked on and whose
sat gOred
.s'ne defeated Republican cand
~. ~ however, these deeds, these 1
W u0 not appeal as iOculaT, Thl