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came for Sodom and Gomorrah.- -
lronton Register.
The above is fair specimen o.
the comments of our Democratic
exchanges on the Republican vic
tory in St. Louis. They cannot
reconcile themselves to the defea,
of the Democratic state ticke,
through the big Republican ma
jority in that city, so they fall
simultaneously in line behind Chair.
man Shannon of the Democratic
State Committee and parrot like
reiterate his charge of fraud in the
St. Louis election.
The canvass of the returns there
shows no fraud has been perpetrat-
ed. What errors were discovered
| were against the Republicans can
didates and not against the Demo
Gratis. The most vigorous denial
of fraud has come from Democrat
ic election Judges, who resent the
impntation that they were in
league with the Republicans 10
beat their own party by aiding in
criminality.
What was it the police and cleo
ton commissioners did that will
not sustain Governor Hadlcy's as
sertion that rs long as he controlI-
ed any power over those depart
ments, he would see to it that cleo
tions in St. Louis were honest!
Their conduct simply assured every
in his privilege to 60 to the polls,
cast his ballot without interference
and have it honestly counted.
There were three Democratic and
three Republican judges of election
in each polling place to guard the
interest of their respective parties.
No charge Of fraud has come from
any of them.
Just 90 back Il few years and
contrast the recent election in St.
Louis with those that occurred
while the Democrats controlled the
election commissioners and police
board. 1t was often dangerous in
those times for Republican to Of
fer to vote in some of the wards.
Gangs Of 'Indians' went from
polling place to polling place and
"repeatcd' for the Democratic
ticket. Any Republican election
Judge who protested against this
ballot box stnfing was assaulted,
the police called in to assist in his
eieclment from the polls. If he
objected, he had his head bIoodied
by the patrolman's club, and was
then locked up on charge Of re-
sisting an officer. And then the
fraud and dishonesty in the polls
went on only under Democratic
eyes.
The Ironton Register, like other
of our Democratic exchanges, is
fond Of reverting to the times in
Missouri just after the civil war,
when one Count" Rodman is al.
legged to have put serious and un-
just restrictions upon citizens Of
Democratic pursuasion. We need
not 60 back to war times to show
how our Democratic friends are
prone to interfere with the rights
of American citizenship to profit
the Democratic party. Anywhere
south of the Mason and Dixon line
today, or even in the new and pro.
gressive state Of Oklahoma, for
that matter, where the Democrats.
incidentally, held the power to
form the state constitution, crimes
against the rights of citizenship
are being perpetrated from year
to year that would make Count"
Rodman turn green with envy.
Let the Democrats again get
control of the election and police
machinery in St. Lonis and we will
have a renewal of the election
crimes that "smelt 10 heaven" and
even beyond in the good. old Dem
ocra,ic days there; when it even
got 50 bad that Democrats like Joe
Folk and Dave Ball were made the
victims of ballot box stufiing. And
the Democ' attic supreme Judges
ruled that the ballot boxes coult
not be opened. The fraud was
sacred. Just so; it was done b,
the Democrats.