The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-22

Thomas L. Anderson. .........2 20
r. Perry Spencer. 20
Thomas C. Hennings. .1a
Thomas P. Stanton. .......... III
Richard Roach .................1C
j. H. Mc1ntire s
Richard Hanlon. ............... 5
w. H. Clopton. .................. 8
James Y. Player. ................ 8
Henry Rolfes. Observation-Disclosures. l
John H. Elspermann. ........... l
The six receiving the highest num-
Der of votes were recommended to
the Governor. He will select two.
The Democratic State Committee,
meeting here today, voted to defer
action toward filling the vacancy in
the Natioual Committee. The COM
mittee has adjourned, to gather again
at the call of Chairman Shannon.
There is strong impression that
the next meeting will be in St. Louis,
possibly before the month is out.
The vacancy exists in the national
body because of the death of Colonel
Moses C. Wetmore, member from
Missouri.
Contests to be Pressed.
The contests instituted by Demo-
Gratis over two seats upon the Su-
preme Court bench and the office of
State Superintendent of Public Schools
will be continued and fought to the
end. This was decided by the Con-
test Committee of the State Commit
tee.
An effort will be made to raise
$50, 900, the amount it is estimated
that will be necessary to continue the
investigation and prosecute the suits.
Two meetings, one of the commit
tee that empowered the bringing of
the contest in the Supreme Court,
and one of the State Committee itself,
discussed the status of the proceed
ings.
Edward F. Goltra of St. Louis pre-
sided over the first meeting and Sam
B. Cook of this city was secretary.
Judge William C. Marshall of St.
Louis, of counsel for the contestants,
made a statement showing the evil
dence obtained to bear out the charge
of the contestants that they were de-
feated through the registration of
large number of fraudulent votes
which were counted for the Republi-
can candidates.
Judge Marshall assured the COM
mittee there was "a great abundance
of testimony to substantiate every
charge. Briefly, he gave these fig
ures:
Between CAN'T Dem for Judge of
the Supreme Court and Brown Rep.)
the recount in the city of St. Louis
showed: Brown, 70, 1856; CAN'T, 3d.
365. Ballots having duplicate num-
bers, 1850, of which the Election
Commissioners gave Brown 941 and
CAN'T 666, not counting candidates on
other tickets, making an excess for
the Republican candidate of 275.
Straight Democratic ballots on which
Gantt's name was scratched by
single line, 948. The registration
books show there were 2,843 aliens
who registered and voted the Repub-
lican ticket who were not entitled to
register on the face of the books.
In the Seventeenth Ward there
were 973 negroes who voted at the
November election in 1910. Of these,
$50 were stricken off at the revision
for the Charter election in January,
1911. That is, about one-third of
those who voted in November were
not found in January. In the Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh, Sixteenth, Seven
teenth, Nineteenth, Twenty.third and
Twenty-sixth wards there were reg
istered in November, 6,3A negro
voters. If the ratio of illegal negro
voters found in the Seventeenth Ward
is maintained in the other wards,
there will be $3.50 who should be
stricken off.
Registration Analysed.
The total registration of the city of
St. Louis in 1903 was 1853, $50 and in
1910 it was ITO, 2O4, a gain of 1924,
which would represent gain in pop
ulation in st. Louis in two years of
81, 100. In 1910 the additional regis
tration was 1900. The total regis