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thal provisions 81 the general election laws
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,fsis arc not provided Tor. but frauds sre
II Lac further been developed by the
police Investigation Of the vote In 81.
Louis. conducted under the direction OF
Governor Folk. that votes were counted
for Mr.. Cowherd which were cast for Mr.
Ban. Ar. Stapel and Mr.. Wallace. and soc
lnE that | had nc opponent and did not
need them. they counted votes for Mr.
tpWherd that were cast for me. Votes
were cunt for Mr. Cowherd that were
even cast for Mr.. Carver. the Socialist
candidate. Many votes were counted twice
and three times for Mr. Cowherd. Voters
were recorded as voting for him who were
out OF the State; who had moved to other
precincts: who had not voted at all and
voters were counted for Mr.. Cowherd who
had peen long since dead. Voters were
recorded az voting for Mr.. Cowherd in
alphabetical order. all the AS before ali
Inc BIS. and so on throughout the alpha
bet The same conditions as disclosed In
the Third Ward have been disclosed in the
case OF other wards, where the vote has
been Investigated. And yet, I'm the face OF
these facts, developed by an Investigation
conducted by Democratic officials under
me direction OF a Democratic Governor.
platform say that IF frauds were COM
mittel in the City OF st. Louis" etc.
IN order that you may understand some
thing more as to the result OF Butler
methods, and the use OF s35. 900 in the
primary election. let me read you the tes-
timony 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. of at North Ninth street. ST.
Louis. who was acting as a Judge in the
Fourth Ward, Seventh Precinct. the poll
Ing place for which is located at SIT North
Tenth street. said:
Shortly before seven O'Clock Tuesday
morning. a crowd OF about fifteen men
came into the room and asked for ballots. |
giving the name of a man / knew to be
dead. as well as my own name and those
Of other persons I knew. / requested the
police to arrest them. charging that they
were repeaters; but they ignored my re-
quests. They left the place then. but re-
turned betore four o'clock. when I gave
orders that only four should be admitted
at a time. These orders also were ignored
by the police. When | renewed my pro-
tests, the crowd. with concerted action.
jumped on me and beat and kicked me,
knocking me on one Of the tables. Ten
minutes later / left the place to telephone
for some more police protection, but when
about one hundred and twenty-five feet
way from the place. the same crowd
up behind me and renewed their at
tacks. After going home to apply rem
edies to my injuries. l came back, and
under additional police protection. served
SiA hout II REMAINDER OF the Qay.' I
II should be said, in fairness to Governor
Folk and his Board OF Police Commission
ers. that the police who permitted this as
sault have been discharged from the de-
partment.
In this primary election. according TO
the returns received from the judges and
clerks. David A. Ball carried eighty of
the ia counties of the State and Mr.. Cow
herd carried 81. In that part of Missouri
outside Of Kansas City and st. Louis. Mr..
Ball had II. 900 more votes than Mr.. Cow
herd. Tat In Kansas City and ST. Louis.
to the election returns, Mr..
Cowherd was credited with approximate
ly $4,000 more votes than was Mr.. Ball.
In the entire State Mr.. Cowherd was cred
tied with 96,091; David A. Ball with s4,-
BIT; William III. Wallace with AZ. 905 and
Henry F. Stapel with i7.214. IS. 345 more
votes were cast against Mr.. Cowherd than
were credited in his ave So, even upon
the face Of the returns themselves, Mr..
Is the minority nominee Of the
Democratic party. Not only is Mr.. Cow
herd the minority candidate upon the face
the returns. but Is there a mar Of sense
In the State of Missouri who believes that
Mr.. Cowherd would be the nominee Of the
Democratic party today II only honest
votes had been counted In his favor? l.
Let me read you upon that question the
testimony. Of William w. Wallace. Judge
Of the Criminal Court Of Jackson County.
for whom over 5000 Democrats got their
votes counted in the last primary cleo.
ton. Judge Wallace y l.
Il do not accept the election returns
OF the recent primary as a correct YER
dict. do not accept It because there
were w five and six thousand votes
cast for me In Kansas City hat were never
There were votes counted that
never cast. Because the returns
indicated my defeat. 1t does not mean that
~standsfor the enforcement OF the law
was repudiated. In Kansas City there
hsve been vile elections. crooked elections. ]
wicked elections. thieving elections. and
monstrous elections. There Is a great deal |
talk about corrupt elections in 81.
Louis. We have crooks In Kansas City
who can teach those in st. Louis things
bout stealing elections that they never
Now let me read to you the testimony !
y David A. Ball Of Pike County, former !
Senator and Lieutenant-G Governor of
your State. as to how he was robbed Of
he nomination for the beneht OF Mr..
MR.. BALLS EVIDENCE. /,
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