The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-11-17

us to believe this happened as it il
written in the books at present i:
either first-claSs chump or mistake.
US for blockheads. The ways of oul
opponents have been so dark and 81
peculiar that we want to study then
al close range. We viii use the mi
croscope. If we don't find germs,
shall be willing to admit the sign!
were very deceptive.
Here are few of the many Incl
dents which point so strongly anC
convincingly toward fraud and irreg
ularities in ST. Louis:
Admission was made that twenty,
six ballots cast for Thomas Kinney,
Democratic candidate for Congress,
were not counted in his favor.
The returns of the offices of pre-.
cinct ward showed that three
more voted in that precinct than there
were voters registered.
Horace G. Beedle, Republican, Sec
rotary of the Board of Election Com
missioners, backed by the Republi-
can commissioners, refused to allow
officers of the Democratic committee
to examine tally sheets during the
tabulation.
In the Fourth Precinct Of the Four
teenth Ward there were fifteen votes
more counted on the amendments
than were on the poll book.
In the Fourth Precinct of the Thir-
teenth Ward 30 votes were counted
on the amendments, whereas only
226 voters had their names down in
the poll record.
Kortiohn said the go would be al
lowed to stand.
The Tenth Precinct of the Tenth
Ward is considered by the Democrats
as another striking illustration of the
efficacy of Republican methods. AT
this voting box it was charged, and
never denied, that the Democratic
Judge went outside a few moments
late Tuesday night. When he return
ed the totals at the bottoms of the
statements did not suit him, and he
demanded a recount. The Republic
can Judges would not agree to this,
but stated they would agree to lop off
100 from the figures.
In this same precinct, Chairman
Shannon developed the fact by ques-
tioning election judges Charles F.
Miller and Andrew Meyer that the
six election officers had divided into
three squads while counting the bal
lots. Even Kortiohn and Blodgett
could not overlook this violation, not
only of the law but Of the plain, print
ed instructions of the board. The
law, which Kortiohn read to them,
says "all election officers shall count
all ballots. "
Shannon also brought out the fact
that after the election officials had
discovered the error in the returns,
as certified to by the police, they had
not counted more than a third of the
ballots before reaching the conclusion
that an injustice to the tune of 100
ballots had been done to the entire
Democratic ticket.
In Precinct Eight, Ward Eight,
there are 260 names on the poll books,
but 1896 votes for the senatorial candi-
dates were counted.
In the Seventh Precinct of the
Tenth Ward, 100 votes for senator
really were cast, but 1924 were
counted and certified to, in the state
ments of the election officers there.
In the Eighth Precinct of the
Twenty-seventh Ward 1853 voters
were registered. 1t was said actual
legal voters numbered only 100.
Tally sheets of the election there
show 789 of the possible 100 were
present on election day and are
counted.
In the Sixth Precinct of the Ninth
Ward, where, by the way, the count
shows John C. Brown got 2l4 votes
to Judge Gantt's lO7, there were four
straight lines used as tally marks to
Indicate 2l4 votes. In many instances
election officers used the tx" toindi-
cate nothing.
John B. Owen, expert watching
The count for the Republican State
Committee, has repeatedly urged the
Republican members of the board to