The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-02-22
Facts to Be Remembered.

Dear lNTSG ldClS III LlIllut 4HS a.
toyneys for CAN'T, Timmonds and Gass,
who are contesting the election Of
Brown, Kennish and Evans, charged in
the suits fled in the supreme court
that every possible kind of fraud in the
election Of 1910 in St Louis was per-
petrated in behalf of the elected repub-
licans. After years hard work, with
nothing concealed from them that the
authority Of the highest court i'll the
state could empower them to seek,
they have not proven that a single
fraudulent act was committed by any
election or by any voter.
Failing to discover any evidence Of
fraud in the registration Of voters, ir
the conduct OF election officials, in the
balloting Of voters or in the counting or
certifcation OF ballots, they have aban-
doned all efforts to find fraud and are
preparing to ask the supreme court to
throw out the ballots OF all foreign born
republican voters whose registration is
detective. Their whole plea is that the
ballots Of foreign born citizens who
voted the republican ticket should be
cast aside in every case where regis
tration clerk carelessly or in the haste
incident to the rush on registration
days, omitted to fill in certain blank
spaces following on the book line con
tanning the name and address Of the
voter. OF such omissians by clerks
the voters knew nothing whatever. A
majority Of them are citizens Of the
best repute. Hundreds Of them have
lived and voted in St. Louis for more
than half a century. They are not
charged fraud or illegality in registra'
ton or in voting. The validity Of their
votes is simply challenged on the
ground that the record OF their regist'
ration is not, technically, complete.
No better demonstration could be
made Of the fact that the election oI
1910 in St. Louis was clean, honest
and fair than these Democratic lawyers
have made in their proceedings in these
contest cases. Had there been fraud
Of any kind they certqinly would fa"r
uncovered it. They have found none.
A Especial grant jury, sitting two months,
found none. A reward Of $500 toy
proof Of fraud On the part Of any cne in
connection with that election remains
unclaimed. No man Of good reputc in
St. Louis now p,etends to believe that
any fraud was committed IN he c,.
duct Of hat election or ~ .'r'n.
aed declaring tie result Q! II. It was
an honest election. The editor or the
politician b-azen enough to say nou
that it was a fraudulent election would
be regarded as a stupid ass. 1t was
the first really clean, honest election
held in St. Louis for many yea-. 1
was held under the direction q com
missioners appointed " and acting uH.
der the specific admonition and advice
Of republican goverEor--the first re-
publican governor elected in Nilsson,
in forty years.
These vicious, unjust and wholly in
excusable contest cases have resuteU
in good though fraugh' with evil inter
and injustice. They have deyelopec
ample proof Of the claim OF Covernoi
Hadley that honest elections. promise.
in the republican platforms Of 1908 an
1910, have been brought about; an,
they have also developed The fact iha
democratic candidates and leaders il
Missouri are bad losers and desperate
in their purpose TO regain what the!
lost as the result Of honest elections il
the big cities.