The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-06-16
Necessary to Protect
Polls and Insure Hon
est Primary in Me-
Dowen County
TO SUPPRESS VIOLENCE
Recount win Be Asked il Mercee,
Summers, Raleigh and Wayne

Charging that roal operators aud other
Lilly henchmen IN Mcdowell county at
trmptsd a. take the county by violence 1T
the resent primary election. Governor
Hatfield. upon hl- return from tie Re-
publican National Convention at Chica-
go, gave out statement
sh"wing whv he called out the militia,
accompanying the interview with - peti-
ton signei by more than .sD rssident OF
that place, asking him for military pro-
lection - they believed their lives 20 be
in danger IL they voted for Judge ROBIN
-on.
MANY Robinson election offers were
arrested on false charges and
held until sftsr the polls were open
s~d and Lilly men appointed in their
plsce-. the governor declared. The
.rooI- were called out ~ . last resort ~
s-.ur- . fair election, he said.
IL wa. announced 1T Robinson's head
vusrters here that . recount OF the VOTE
IN live Of the counties were Lilly pilesl up
hl. highest majorities would lie demand
III Mercer. Summers, Raleigh. Wayne
and Wyoming are among those i'm which
the second canvas will be made. The
Grafton junss now has . safe majority,
according 70 the official figures and Lilly's
estimates ON tie unieI-ort-d counties.
but the proposed step will be taken ~ a
safeguard against amy p,~-ibl~ move that
may Ire made by tile opposition.
That sensational disclosures will result
V ahown ON The fscs OF the count. In
Mercer county. which, sccordine 70 70
turns, gave Lilly = majority OF 1851, the
riection ofiicer.' report shows that I,VO
votes were cast for the governorship than
for any other office. This glaring dis
10 10 claimed, indicates that
the returns had been ''doctored. In
Raleigh, it 10 charged, hundreds OF Dsm-
"crst- voted for Lilly and tile whole
Democratic ticket. except the gut,erna
rial candidate. All those votes would
be thrown out II the charge WAS sub
In one pretinct in Wayne
county tie returns showed Lilly had re-
crived lO2 VOTES ~ Robinson's three and
there are only ~ Republicsn vot~= in
the precinct. The returns from sum-
'Ders county give Lilly s7G CO: o: l,IooI
Republican votes. One voting district |
IN Wyoming county shows 3UO more
votrs csss for Lilly than any other offfce.
It 10 charged, that there 10 al
probability that Lilly's election officers
had stnfis~i the ballot box.
IL u chsrgsd that worse abuses than
those charged u the Lilly managers in
the quInteste of Questioned counties, werr
ilccks-i i,y the governors prompt action
ia McDOwell.
The Lilly crowd uioi by resort ~ tie
most violent measures 70 prevdnt Robin
son election officers from serving at the
polls In spite OF tie fact that the supreme
court had ordered that they be given
equsl representation with Themselves" !"
the governor declared.
The Robinson officers were ar
rested on fake: charges and held there
until Lilly men could he sppsinted 70
take their places At the polls, when they
we're reieaspd.
'SiIs Williams. One OF the most re-
-pected citizens of his district, who had
lived the ere for ~ years. Wa held mp si
the Msyi~ury by two thugs and arrest
Cd on charge of murder. Nobody
had h~en murdered IN the community
but the charge ws made nevertheless
anil tie man vss held ~hers