The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-28

ditions existed at many other polling places and in each case he designated where each alleged irregularlty was said to have occurred. He charged that four and five ballots folded together and voted as one were counted into the Taft column in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth election ofstricts and tho Thirtieth assembly district.
 Voters Deceived
 Tn many of the districts the ballots were so printed that two or three rect of blank space was left under the Roosevelt emblem and the voters did not understand that what was below was the Roosevelt ticket at all,' he continued.
 "On two of the huge ballots the Roose- welt delegates were at the bottom of the ticket and the ballots were folded in such a way as to make it practically impossible for the voters to refold them in case they opened them up in order to find where the Roosevelt delegates were.
 Some Received No Ballots
 "The Independence League men never got any ballots at all in many of the election districts throughout the city. In district after district, the numbers of which are given me, ballots did not ar- rive until almost o'clock. Nine o'clock was the hour for closing and when the DdllOtS a1TlNtu dI tllHtT lOut lHlDultS OI g, as happened In some cases most of tho ordinary decent citizens. the men on whom I had to depend. had gone home. Against them were the professional bread and butter politicians, and these. of course, stood through the whole time and were in the polling booths, voting, and did not leave the polling booths until after 9 o'clock.
 "In short, the election machinery was | Tn ba of Tweed.
 "As I have said, such a primary con- test is not merely a farce, but crlm- inal farce The men nominally elected as it's result, if they wish to preserve their regulations as honorable men, can not consent to accept positions as dele gates. The results in such primary are in no shape or way representative of the republican party and have no binding force whatever on the republican party.
 Same in Indiana and Colorado
 What was done in New York Is sub stantially what was done fin Indiana and in Colorado. Against all the money, all the patronage, all the efforts of the Keel ing machine in Indiana. with nothing but the plain people of the state to rely upon. we carried that state convention handsomely, and then by fraudulent ac-
 
 it's utter defiance of decency. nearly POO delegates were thrown out, and the will of the people reversed. The men honestly elected, of course, declined to abide by the result and held a separate convention They would have been direlict in their duty had they not done so, for the Keeling Taft state delegation in Indiana does not represent the people at all. and it's ac- tions are in no shape or way representa- tive of or binding on the rank and file of the republican party in Indiana.
 The same thing was done in Colorado by the Guggenheim-E Evans machine. Out side of Denver, in spite of every species of attempted trickery and foul play, we carried majority of the delegates. but we were beaten by the most outrageous methods in Denver itself by the Guggen- heim-Evans machine. If you wish to know just precisely what the Guggen- heim- Evans people represent, and what they are. l ask you to read Judge Ben Lindsey's book. The Beast and the Jungle"
 Situation in Missouri Tn Missouri we have overwhelmingly carried three districts. and yet in each district a bolting convention has been or ganized, a commmittee which cannot pre- | tend to represent d tenth part of the vot- CTS of the republican party. but which lis to be sent to the Chicago national con yention in the hopefthat the same tactics . will be tried there that were successfully