The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-03-21
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parent that the democrats who are con
testing the elections Of Judges Brown
and Kennish and Prof. Evans can only
win by inducing the supreme court to
set aside the entire vote Of St. Louis
on the plea that thousands ef foreign
born voters were not properly regis
tered. And it has been demonstrated
that more OF such technically illegal
registrations were democratic than re
publican.
No fraud Of any kind has been proven
by the contest proceedings. Not a
single thing affecting the validity Of the
the election has been established except
that the registration Of about $500 for
eigu born voters who voted for the re
publican contestees and about $500 Of
such voters who voted for the demo
cratic contestants is technically de-
iective,
Judge Marshall, counsel for the dem
ocrats, after having exhausted every
possible effort to find fraud in the cleo
ton, discovered that in registering
foreign born voters the registration
clerks omitted to note facts that ought
10 have been stated on the books, fol-
lowing the name and address Of each
naturalized voter. He had about $500
OF the names Of such voters placed in
the record--every one them repub.
lican-~and challenged their right 10
vote. The republican attorneys, Judge
Sclden P, Spencer and Col. Lon o.
Hooker, immediately sought these
voters and in due time brought before
the commissioner Of the supreme court
more than 1900 Of them, all Of whom
either produced valid naturalization pa
perS Or otherwise proved their right to
vote, Some Of them have voted regu-
larly in St, Louis for more than half a
Century. Some Of them are men Of
national reputation and among tie most
famous Of Missouri citizens. Oicourse
some Of the republicans on Marshall's
list had lost their papers, or had died
since the election, OF had removed, or
were too old and feeble to appear in
person before the commissioner, but
after more than 1900 Of them had ap'
pcared the democratic lawyers became
weary Of seeing the men whose honesty
as voters they had questioned.
After the democrats had grown weary
Of their effort to disiranchise several
thousand honest foreign born citizens
who voted the republican ticke! the
republican attorneys caused the names
Of about $500 foreign born democratic
voters to be placed in the record in
order to show that, according to Mar
shalPs contention, they had no right to
vote, as they were in exactly the same
relation as the republican voters chal'
lenged by Marshall. 1t was then that
Marshall asked the supreme court for
more time TO perfect his cases. He
has sought to show that these demo-
cratic voters were entitled 10 vote.
The republican attorneys have frankly
stated that, in their opinion, these
democratic foreign born voters, having
satisfied the judges OF the election Of
their right to vote were clearly entitled
TO vote Notwithstanding errors or omis-
sionS on the registration books; but
their names were put in the record to
show that if the democratic contestants
were right in their ridiculous challenge
Of foreign born voters there were more
disqualified foreign born democratic
voters than republican,
OF these $500 foreign born demo-
cratic voters Judge Marshall, up to
March IS, had called in 458, and il
his position is correct only SO Of them
were entitled to vote. About 40 pei
cent Of them had no naturalization pa
pers or any papers whatever 10 show
that they were entitled to vote.
Marshall has made a poor showing
in behalf Of his contesting clients. He
has been met at every step by Messrs
Spencer and Hooker with law, viii
Iacts and with records 10 stand agains
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