The Taney County republican., 1910-03-17
HONEST VOTES ONLY.
That's All Missouri Republicans
Ask for.

the Spring elections in Kansas City, St
Joseph, Sedalia and other larage cite:
have been held will there be much act
ivity in Republican State politics. The
result in Kansas City and in St. Joseph
will have some bearing on State politics
but cannot affect the placs and politics
that will engage the thought and action
of Republican party leaders, who will
go into the campaign of 1910 harmon
ious and aggressive.
The most important city elections in
April will be held in Kansas City and
St. Joseph. The new charter of the
latter city has lately been upheld by
the Supreme Court and the April cleo
ton will be the first to be held under
it. The Republicans there are united
and are conducting a strong campaign
There must be no effort on the part
of the Police Department to secure hon
est elections is the new campaign cry
injected into the municipal campaign
in Kansas City by the Democrats. This
can be suggested by the St. Louis Re
public, Burn the Ballots.
1t seems that the Board of Election
Commissioners in Kansas City, two of
whom are Democrats and all of whom
are appointees OF governor Folk, co op-
crate with the Police Department to Sc
cure honest voting during the special
election last December when the peo-
pie voted upon fortytwo year fran
chise for the Metropolitan Street Rail
way Company. Through the efforts of
the Police Department and the election
commissioners it was discovered that
there were 1900 names on the regis
tration list of persons not en- titled
to vote. Lists of these unauthorized
voters were furnished to the Police D.
partment and Election Commissioners,
and none of them voted. The result
of this vigilance on the part of the Pol
ice and election officials was that the
Metropolitan franchise, which was ac-
lively favored by the Democratic city
administration, and opposed by the
Republican organization, was defeated
by nearly 1000 majority At the sug-
gestion on of the Election commission
a conference was recently held between
that board and the Board of Police Com
missioners, and it was decided, with
the approval of the Governor to follow
the same plan of cooperation for the
Spring election to be held on April 9th
as was adopted for the franchise cleo
ton that is, to have the registration lists
canvassed by representative of the
Election Commissioners and a mem
Der of the Police Department of oppos-
ite politics, and list of unauthorized
voters prepared for the electfonoficials.
This guarantee ofan honest election,
apparently, does not suit the the Demo
cratic politicians in Kansas City who
have in many campaigns recently Sc
cured the advantage of thousands of
dishonest votes. So q great hue and
cry is being raised about police intim-
idation and militarism at the poll. This
is along the same line as the editorials
of the St. Louis Republic, in which the
Election Commissioners in St. Louis
are being vigorously denounced for care
fully preserving the ballots of the cleo
ton of 1908, while not word is said
against the crooks who dishonesty
counted the votes fot United States
Senator in that election. Both the
Democratic politicians and the Demo
cratic newspapers throughout the state
could commend themselves more favor
ably to the good people of both parties
ii they had more to say against the men
who stole elections and less to say
against those who were working to pre-
vent elections being stolen.
In connection with the politics of
the situation at Kansas City it is inter
csting to note that in the recent pri
mary election for the selection OF dele
TO the Democratic city convention al
delegation headed by VIM. S. Cowherd,
the last Democratic candidate for Cow