Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-08-13

port Of over 800 out OF 400 Precinct
Committeeman. He had the support
of more than 5000 City Hall employees.
He had almost the solid support OF
the business men OF the city. During
the last two weeks OF the campaign
two independent newspapers-the
Post Dispatch and the st. Louis
Times-supported him vigorously. As
Governor O'Meara, one Mr.. Balls Ex-
ecutive Committee, said In an inter
view this morning: "Ball lost the
solid support Of the German Demo-
Gratis Of this city, which he had at the
outset Of his campaign. They left
him and voted In a body for Stapel.
with the probable exception OF
former Governor Stephens, former
Governor O'Meara and Charles p. Hig-
gins, Mr.. Bail had no local leaders,
whose support amounted to anything.
The men conducting his st. Louis
campaign we're either inexperienced
or did not have a clear Democratic
record back OF them. Bets we're fire.
quently offered during the last two
months that Cowherd Iwould carry
twenty wards in the city, and these
offers had been standing for over thir-
ty days, with no takers, so that the
result Of last Tuesdays primaries &C.
casioned no surprise to the wellposted
Democrats Of this city. 1t may have
been a surprise to Mr.. Ball himself,
who had relied upon.repo1ts made to.
him by ill-advised partisans, who did
not understand local conditions.
ANALYZEs THE VOTE.
"Analyzlng the result of Tuesdays
primary, we find that Cowherd carried
twenty-five wards, Stapel four, Ball
two, and that la twenty-six out Of
twenty-eight wards. Cowhe:d received
more votes than Mr.. Ball. Can 1t be
~contended that the twenty-six wards
that voted against MI. Bali were dis
honest, and that only the two who
voted for him were honest? Let US
a~nalyze the returns OF the two Butler
wards-the Fifth and Twenty-second
keeping In mind at the same that
they were the only two wards which
he did carry, and that be vas defeated
In the other twenty-six wards. In
the Fifth Wari Ball received 1859
votes, Oowherd 10 votes, Stapel 1869
votes, Wallace 10 votes. In the Twen-
~ty-second WARD, controlled by Law
ler' Daley, Mr.. Ball received 1000
votes, Uowherd $50 votes, Stapel IS
votes, Wallace q votes. These are
the only two wards carried by Mr.,
Ball. The returns speak for them.
selves.
"In the Twenty-second Ward a
fight was made for Mr.. Cowherd; a
regular organization vas perfected; a
contest carried of for City Central
Committeeman, and a fight
made against Walsh, Morrissey
and others, and, in spite OF this fact,
Oowherd only received $50 votes 10
this ward out of the total of 1,247
votes.
Take the wards that surround the
Twenty.second Ward. On the east
the Fourth Ward gave Cowherd 800
plurality, on the south the Fourteenth
Ward gave him 90 plurality; the
Twenty-third Ward 450- plurality; on
the west the Twenty-6fth Ward gave
him 200 plurality; on the north the
Twentieth Ward gave him 300 plural
ity. So 1t will be seen that the mar.
velous plurality OF 1000 In the kTwen-
~ty-second Ward stood alone, and that
every ward that touched it on the
north, east, south and west gave Mr..
Cowherd large pluralities.
BALL CARRIED TWO WARDS.
1.-THE other ward carried by him
was the Fifth. The ward north Of
the Fifth gave Oowherd 800 plurality.
The ward west OF the Fifth gave Cow
herd 90 plurality. The ward south Of
t he Fifth gave Cowherd 47O plurality.
The river is the boundary for this
ward on the east.
$50 taking the whole map Of St.
Louis, 1t is found that Mr.. Ball only
carried TWO wards, and that all the
wards surrounding these two we're
carried by Mr.. Cowherd.
"In the total vote in st. Louis, Sta
pei received only 800 votes less than
Ball, who carried four wards, while