United labor bulletin., 1911-05-04
CARLIN ELECTED
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
ELECTION CROOKS AND GOOD GILL
ZENS WORK FOR SAME RESULT.

Or. p. v. cariin was reelected school
director Monday by a vote Of 12,f53.
George kindel received 3,845, and Otto
Thum 2,191.
II was not what should be called an
election. II was race to see who could
get the most people to go to the polls
and vote for their man. The Cariin work.
ers succeeded in this because they had
hundreds of workers and dozens of auto
mobiles and carriages to carry the voters
to the polling places
Dr.. carIin is very popular man and
widely known throughout the city on -ac
count of his long residence in Denver
lit is believed he would have been re-
elected had not the city hall machine
flooded the town with workers and car
riages. The machine people say that the
effort was made to deefat kindei but it
is also known that the effort was made to
elect CarIin, who has been a willing Off
ciaI when the "interests" desired certain
privileges. Mr.. Thum could also have
defeated kindel had he had the support
of the machine, but that was denied, and
those who had authority to speak said
that carIin would be candidate
The election of a school director in
Denver is a disgraceful event There is
no law to govern school elections. and
taking advantage of this the city hall
alike-the school machine. the in
terests' and the Catholic societies COM
bined to perpetrate one of the most dis
graceful election frauds that has been
recorded in recent Denver history
AT different polling places residents
were refused vote while their neighbor
was allowed to vote for Carlin-
At East Denver High school. as usual.
the most disgraceful spectacle occurred.
Th1 nf he dc Uar a
herded there by threats from the police
and lined up for Carlin.
On the other hand. members of Cath
olic societies and the church, with very
few exceptions. were working for Carlin;
and back of it all was Fudge" Summers.
riding from place to place N $4,000
automobile. figuring out a happy medium
between the election crooks and the
church.
At the Franklin school as at other
places. mafy carriages and automobiles
were at the service of the gang, and
everyone voted that could be induced TO
go 10 the polls.
One of the most giaring frauds was
when large automobile drove up loaded
with foreigners. They were driven to
the polls like bunch of sheep and
voted for Carlin- There were eight of
them. and their ballots were already
marked and folded when they arrived at
the school. One young man did not look
to be over 16 years old. while another.
Peter Garell, who said he lived at 400
Jason street, told the writer after he had
voted that he was not even naturalized.
He said that he did not know he was
doing wrong but was induced by the man
who brought him. as was the rest. to
vote for Carlin.
This thing occurred all over the city
Repeatins was indulyed in liberally by
the machine people. who had charge of
the polling places and could do as they
pleased without detection.
The laboring people of Denver went
into the fight with good intentions but
when it was seen that there was no
chance to win against the combined city
government, the interests" and the
Catholic vote. they quit their work for
Thum and did what they could to make
the defeat of Kindel more complete.
This is given by the leaders in the move
ment for Thum as a reason for Kindel
receiving more votes than did Thum.
The result follows: