The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-07
VOTERS WILL Be
CONFUSED BY
BALLOT
Political Trickery and In
trlgue Balls II Up
4 LA TOILETTE PARTIES
Loose Election Laws Let
Anybody File Ticket
ny JOHN " NELSON

.lJuiiilthta hftthrfN ana M
Il tnguc have 30 involved the
electoral machinery In Washing.
ton that the voter Who Eocs 10
the polls November Z 10 cast a
ballot for Robert VI. Ia Follrtto
for president win be confronted
by four different and distinct
parties. each Of which has sud
denly chaInpioned the banner o.
the Wisconsin senator,
Only one OF those parties. the Pro.
gressiye party. has been Endorsed By
senator In Toilette Two Of the
other three parties. either thru Inc
spiratlon of a sinister nature, or thru
misguided seal, have nominated clee.
toral candidates.
The other three unrecognlfrd
parties are the Independent Pro,
ErcSsiyu party, organized and
fostercd by 4. " Cunningham.
former employe Of the political
machine OF republican admins.
traiion: the INDEPENDENT party.
fostcrod by August Toellner.
gasoline filling station man 81
fioraYille. and tho State party,
which has no presidential elco-
tors. but has n state ticket. la
Toilette has ropudhtcd all three.
The three parties mad the name Of
Ia Follette tackled on them until the
Hfmfa .fHwrsr,sa rssftsaF ia d. Ha-F-Fs.s, t.
Saturday ruled that none % them
could use tho name % Ia Toilette
without the consent % the senator
himself
Toellner's party vas organized by
roellner and two or three associates
at a midnight meeting IN tho Hip
podromc II named seven electors.
but all have withdrawn their names.
II nominated Toollner az a candidate
for congress from tho Second dis.
trlct. IL viii 90 on the ballot with
only ono candidate. Toellnsr. roell.
ner says he thinks he win be elected.
lie refuses TO withdraw
The State party. with W. A. Gil
more as candidate FOR governor and
T. u. Page. an attorney. as one Of
the moving factors. will campaign
for the state offices. This party has
no electors In tho field and viii sup
port Ia Toilette and the Bone bill
Democrats. however. claim Il Is mere.
ly gesture 20 insure the election Of
Roland Hartley. OF Everett. Gilmore
says he win not withdraw
T. VI. Cunningham nominated
As electors his own stenoEraphrr.
Margaret O'Brien: W. T.. Iati.
mer. il3 Brandon st. who l.
not In the city directory at that
address. Charles I. Henderson, n
city health inspector; Grant
smith. n cigar salesman. and A.
VI. Davis. broker. &. Crouch. n
farmer. and Joseph Mulloek.
logger Of Independence. also are
named.
Loose election laws have permitted
The queer tactics TO creep into the
campaign this fall All four OF the
parties held Conventions" on prl.
mary day. A convention. accord.
ng 20 the state law e. a meeting Of
IN organized asssmbiage OF electors
or delegates representing a political
party or principle.
IAN four OF the parties have been
regularly created - they have paid
Ming fees--and win 30 certified on
The ballots unless there are with.
irawais." J. Grant Hinkle. secretary
81 state. said Tuesday. They have
until Tuesday. November IL. TO make
Five other parties will be on the
ballots November (. They arc the
republican. democratic and farmer.
labor parties. and the socialist and
socialist.labor parties.
Two others, the workers party and
the American party. filed faulty Ger.
iificates with the secretary Of state
and were notified by Hinklc Monday
that they would not be placed on the
ballot.
Neither the socialist party nor tho
farmer.labor party has presidential
electors.
John r. Ballainc. state manager
81 the La Follo,te's official party.
sought 10 show that the other three
pseudo parties were fraudulent. The
state supreme court. however. fol.
lowing the lead Of similar bodies In
other states. handed down n decision
that leaves the situation in n moro
complicated condition than before.
Ita decision permits all four OF the
parties 10 20 on tho ballot. bu. elm.
mates the namo Ia Toilette from
hem.
Rumors that Cunningharn's party
was sponsored by u. s. Marshal I'd
Benin. for the purpose OF confusing
the voters. were denied by Benn,
Tuesday.
II had nothing whatever 70 do
with Cunnlngham's party" Benn
siad. II hardly know the man"