Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-21
DEMOCRATS NAME NON
RESIDENT FOR PLACE
ON TICKET.
Many Irregularities Disclosed in
Several Precincts and Labor
Committee Considers Con-
test, but Morrissey Decides
to Abide by Count of
Election Commission.

w. L. Morrissey, state labor
commissioner, lost the Demo
cratic nomination for the First
congressional district in the Dem
ocratic primaries by only fifty
SIX votes, as shown when the
complete official count was tabu-
lated by the election commission
Tuesday. He was ''nosed out" by
]. Leo Stack, whose name does
not appear in the Denver city direc-
tory for 1918, but does appear in the
city directory of Washington, D. c.,
where he has been employed as pro-
fessional lobbyist by the corporations
for the past three years.
The contest between Morrissey and
Stack was SO close that it required
the official count to determine the re-
suit. This count gave Stack $3.50
votes; Morrissey 1894. a lead of Sc
for the resident Of Washington, D. C.
Absent Voters Were Few.
Morrissey's friends were consider
ably disappointed when the absent
voters ballots were opened and
counted Tuesday, because only six
were registered for congressman. OF
these, Morrissey received three votes,
Stack one, and Killian two. During
the official count Morrissey gained
twelve votes over the figures unoffi-
cially announced directly after the pri-
mary election.
A meeting of Morrissey's friends
was held for the purpose Of consider
ing contesting the election of Stack
because of the many Irregularities dis
closed In a number of precincts, where
it was said votes had been purchased
outright. In some of these precincts
it was very apparent on the face Of
the figures that Morrissey had been
cheated of votes.
Morrissey Will Not Contest.
However, when the matter was put
up to Mr.. Morrissey, he declined to
sanction the contest, saying that he
would abide by the figures as an
nounced by the election commission.
Hence Stack Will enter the campaign
for the November election handicapped
by being nonresident of Denver and
suspicion that his primary designa-
ton as well as his previous designa-
brought about thru the use of money
plentifully supplied by the corpora
tons. Should he chance to be elected
in November, which is not probable,
he would undoubtedly be denied a seat
under the federal law which limits
the amount Of money any candidate
for Congress or the Senate may use
in political campaign.
Two Labor Men Win Out
Two union labor legislative candi-
dates won out in the official count of
votes A. d. Meyer of Denver Typo
graphical Union and former repre-
sentative. was shown to have received
sufficient number of votes to be
placed on the Democratic ticket for
the state senate, defeating his near
est competitor by 12S votes.
Dan Vandermuelen Of the Cement
Finishers Union won a nomination for
the house of representatives, crowding
out Wilson, who had been announced
4 winner by the unofficial returns.
No Changes on State Ticket
Otherwise there were no changes
in the final result in either the Demo-
cratic or Republican primary tickets.
The state canvassing board was in
session at the capitol this week Many
of the counties are slow in sending in
returns so that the official announce
ment of the state tickets, Democratic
and Republican, has not been declared.
No material changes, however, are in
dicated from the unofficial figures pre-
viously published.
The state general election will be
held Tuesday. November 5.
Thomas ]. Mooney, sentenced to be
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