The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-08-07
at Made a Great Fight" Says
Popular Judge land Made
Me Many Votes"
LATE RETURNS SWELL
HIS LARGE MAJORITY
Official Count Needed to Deter
mine If Judge Hays Defeated
r. NJ. Sawyer.

| jackson, Mo, Aug. 5.--Late returns
that were received here today from
some Of the outstanding precincts
swelled the majority of Judge Will
liam Paar over his two opponents
This veteran was the recipient of
congratulations from both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans today.
Many people living in the interior
Of the county tclcphoncd him, to
cXprCssc satisfaction over his unusual
victory. While all of his supper, crs
were confident that lie would rcc,i' e
the nomination none of them had eX-
pcctcd him to win by such an over
wEclming majority.
The Cape Girardcau Tribune cane
in for much praise from those who
discussed the race made by Judge
Haupt. 1t was conceded by every
one, including Judge Paar, that The
Tribune fight i'll Mr.. raar's behalf
changed many voters who might
have been swaycd by the unfair
campaign wagcd by the foes of Judge
Paar
Il am indeed grateful for the help
that The Tribune gave to my candi-
dacy. 1t certainly exposed the un-
fair methods used by my enemies
| have been in politics long time,
but never made an untruthful
statement about an opponent, whether
he was Il member of my party or be-
longcd to the opposite political faith.
II have always campIi2ncd fair
L.. If | coulG not win an ohic" by
being fair to my opponent, then |
would not want the position. |
have always been fair with every
body and | do not expect to change
nov. The people who opposed me
tried to tak" mean advantage of
me. and tie probably would have
done me q grave iuiur%, had the
Tribune failed to take up my cause.
II have heard many kind things
sad about Tic Tribune because Of
fairness. y newspaper can do much
good if it chooses to do good and
much harm if its sole purpose is to
do harm. The Tribune is ON the
; right road. 1t always takes up the
cause of the people and it will fill
long needed want in its field.
"Thc Tribune gave me much assist
ancc. 1t took my message to the
people and through it'll was defended
against the vicious attacks of my
opponents. am very grateful for
its kindness
1t seemed rs if everyone in Jack
son rs well as the visiting farmers had
good word for The Tribune. Lead
crs of the Republican party are en-
thusiastic over the new papers great
victory. As Judge Paar was the only
candidate whose cause The Tribune
championed, his victory is offered
as evidence of the papers strength,
Friends of Mr.. Paar were afraid that
he would lose Cape Girardcau, which
was the hinge upon which the cleo
ton was expected to hang, His
vote there was distinct surprise
to his friends, and was due, leaders
of both parties say, to the campaign
made by The Tribune,
Returns received today did not
definitely decide the contest between
Judge Hays and r. M. Sawyer for
the nomination for Probate Judge,
t However, Mr.. Hays is still ahead
with the total vote now in. As the
: signatures to the returns from several
precincts were not properly entered,
it is believed that the result OF this
contest will not be known until an
, official count has been made.
Judge Hays is confident that he
hes been rcnominatcd, and some
Of the men who supported Mr., Saw
. yer believe he has, but Mr. Sawyer
takes issue with them. He contends
that the official count will show him
to be IA winner by small majority,
Friends Of Judge Hays say that
the official count will not alter the
vote as now counted. The fact that
some of the election Judges failcdt to
sign the reports from the various
r precincts, they say, does not indicate
that the votes were incorrectly tabu-
p lated.
' Mr., Hays is now less than thirty
= votes ahead of his opponent. Mr.
Sawyer ran strong throughout the
county, but Judge Hays carried the
city of Cape Girardeau by almost 200
Butcher Sperling's majority over
Fred Goyrrt for County Clerk was