The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-04-07
Ballyhoo Campaign of COun-
tyseat Drys Lose Them
One Ward.
POLICE AND MAYOR
ACCUSED OF NEGLECT
Refuse to Arrest Dry Who Took
Charge of Polling
Place.


four councilmen, in spite Of the efforts
made by the drys to intimidate voters
at the polls.
Butcher Sporting, the wet candidate
in the third ward, defeated A. F. VIII
Hams by a vote of Sc to 60. This
ward elected a dry councilman last
year.
H. C. Sievers defeated J. W. Daugh-
erty, pronibitionist, in the second
ward by 50 to sc.
Fl. H. Mueller trimmed l.. E. Kies,
a dry man, by So to as.
NJ G. LaPierre, in the fourth ward,
was the only dry man elected. He
defeated George Beattie by 112 to As.
The school tax levy carried by
good margin. w. H. Wagner and
William Heyde were chosen members
of the school board. Those defeated
were Willis Knox, J. G. Kins and o. l..
Hoffman,.
The fight for control Of the city
council obscured every other feature
The drys made their strongest efforts
to place an air-tight lid on the city.
Burke and Hobbs, two ballyhoo evan
gelists, have held religious circus in
Jackson for the past two weeks,
tdenouncing the saloon men and declar-
ing that the cOunty-seat must be
transformed into desert.
Burke and Hobbs made a special
effort to elect Daugherty. The preach
ers We're on the street early this
morning working for him and the
whole dry ticket lilly Stubbleffeld,
president of the Sturdivant Bank of
Cape Girardeau, has been in Jackson
almost each day during the past week.
| lining up the drys. He closed the
campaign here Monday.
| Women, wives of the diys. were on
the street corners all day today. One
woman was stationed At the front and
| back door Of each saloon, guarding to
prevent any one entering and breaking
the election day drought.
! The drys hornswoggIed the vets
when they TANNED a prohibitionist
into vacancy at the polls. John G.
Putt, a Judge in the second ward, was
late in reaching the polling place. and
when he arrived he found the place
full of excited men Gathering like
parrots. Alvin Wagner, another Judge,
did not appear at all.
Mr.. Putt swOre in +. w. Elbrecht
and Tom w. Hunt, the two Judges, and
then they, with Mr.. Putt, selected
Leon Vandivort to fill the vacancy.
! But Herman c. Wolter, who had been
chosen by bystanders to serve, took
his seat at the judges table and
remained there throughout the day.
Mr.. Wolter, who votes in the fourth |
ward, had no legal right to be an
official in the second ward, Messrs. |
Hunt and Vandivort informed him;
but Wolter declined to vacate. Mr.. |
Hunt asked Chief of Police Hobbs to
remove Wolter, but he declined. |
Mayor Sibley, who is also a prohibi-
zionist, was appealed to, but he like
wise declined to act.
Hunt and Vandivort were indignant
tonight over the action of Wolter.
They stated that his action was with
out precedent. He did not leave the |
polling place until the votes were
counted. ave We're simply without
recourse" Vandivort and Hunt said
tonight. eve appealed to the police,
but our request was denied Mayor
Sib,ey also refused to remove Wolter."
A resident of Alton, H., entered the
polling booth of the second ward and
asked for ballot. He formerly lived
in Jackson but had been been away
many months. Mr.. Putt knew him
and informed the visitor that he had
no legal right to vote in Jackson,
being a resident of Illinois; but the
man declared he was entitled to cast
his ballot in Jackson. Mr.. Putt then
wrote an affidavit, stating that the
man had been a resident of Jackson
for the past sixty days and requested
him to sign it. He declined and left
the polling place without voting He
was known to be a dry supporter.
''The drys made the campaign on
the ground that all wet men We're {
crooked" said Mr.. Hunt, "but l never
saw anyone as crooked as some of the | !
dry wanted to be today. l am certain (
that some of the rough acts committed
by some drys today Disguised the !
respectable people who are honestly |