The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-20

u. S. A.: Former President Grover
Cleveland. and Woodrow Wilson
such action would quickly and easily
and emphatically demonstrate to the
white fraters how essential the negro
vote of Missouri is to the republican
party. Here is the true story Of the
negro instruction in the Twelfth
Congressional District and the causes
| which led to it related by a newspaper
writer of that city who is thoroughly
familiar with the subject:
"A fight against the Republican
leaders who they contend robed negro
candidates Of nominations at the pri-
mary last week, which contemplates
the defeat of local Republicans nomi-
neas, unless ''justice is DONE" was
opened by negroes of the Sixteenth
And Seventeenth Wards at a meeting
at the Union Memorial M. f. Church,
Pine street and Lcffngwell avenue. D.,
"The first step in the movement ac-
cordin to A. W. Lloyd, president of
the Citizens Liberty League will be
court action in an effort to nullify the
election of Frank NJ. Salter from the
Seventeenth Ward and Anton Schiller
of the Sixth Ward as Republican City
Committee men.
Lloyd said attorneys had advised
the negroes that the action of Slater
in filing for the committeeman and
Public Administrator and of Schiller
in filing for committeeman and City
Treasurer, rendered illegal their cleo
ton to either office. Both withdrew
their homes from the ballot for COM
mitteemen, it being written in at the
polls. They were defeated for the
other offices sought.
Charges by Negro Speakers.
Negro speakers at the gathering
which was attended by about $50 per-
sons, charged that eight persons who
did not live in the precinct and one
who had been dead 60 days. had been
voted in the Twelfth Precinct after
the polls closed; that Congressman
Dyer had furnished committeeman in
the Twelfth District with money "to
take care of his interests" and that
"the machine not only intended by
fraudulent means to beat the negro
candidates but they tried to do it by
such crushing majorities that the
black man would not again seek of
flee against the wish of the machine"
Of eight negroes who sought Re-
publican nominations at the primary
only two were successful. Langston
Harrison from the Third District and
walthall M. Moore from the Sixth
District for State Representative.
William Menaugh, white, who opposed
Schiller for committeeman in the Sixth |
had the approval of the Citizens Lib
erty League. He got 1875 votes and
Shuler's name, not on the ballot. was
written in by 1858 persons. Menaugh
spoke at the meeting last night and
promised to aid the negroes in their
fight while making his own.
Lloyd, who was defeated for alder |
man from the Seventeenth ward, pre-
sided Ernest Pattilo, negro. who
got 527 votes for committeeman in |
the Seventeenth ward, while 1tt1I
votes were written in for Slater, !
whose name was not on the ballot |
said in a speech that he was more in
terested in the Republican party in
st. Louis than that in Washington,
warning Republican leaders that par
ty success might be jeopardized by |
their treatment of the negro voters.
Says Dyer Left Fund
81 have just been told that our
Congressman Dyer before his de-
parture for China, gave each commit |
teeman enough money to look after
his interests so Slater has just been
passing out his money.
The Rev. B. F. Abbott, pastor of |
the Union Memorial (negro) church,
who was an election Judge in the |
Twelfth precinct of the Seventeenth |
ward primary day, charged that nine |
men had been voted in that precinct |
after the polls closed, that watcher
had changed number of ballots, de-
clared that the Democratic judges and |
clerks had arbitrarily apportioned the
Al Democratic votes cast, dividing
them, 40 for one candidate and 1 for
all down the ballot and as
serted that Pattilo had been robbed
in the count.
Homer G. Phillips, negro, attorney,
said that of the nine men whose names
had been written on the tally sheet
after the polls closed, and whose votes
were counted, none voted there that /
day, eight do not live in the precinct |
and one had been dead two months.
One was Pullman porter who dur J