The Washington times., 1926-06-10
$4,000 RRIRED
IN RI. VOTING
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Reed, ID.l 81 MISSOURI. chairman,
asking stahlnecker Tor Hst of
the papers m which the Governor
advertised during the campaign and
the amounts paid each newspaper.
Reed also wanted 20 know
whether the newspapers which
carried Pinchot advertisements. were
wet d dry.
Reed questioned the witness e. 70
how county registration boards
were named ~ Pennsylvania. StalnI.
necker said the Governor appointed
them.
$50 IL there were voters illegally
registered IN Allegheny County, the
appointees of the Governor had the
right to strike those nai1ee Of the
list2" asked Reed
Yes, &c they had the time and
machinery 70 do e On election
day. said Stahlnecker
Questioned about paid spea kerr. 8
StahInecker said John II Lewis,
president of the United Nine FORK.
ers. had catnpaigned Cor PincdOt.
WAS ne paid anything Tor max
ing speeches?'' asked Heed.
s'0h, no"
Charles 8. McGoverf. called a.
the next witness. told the commit
TEE that Pinchot had appointed
him controller ct Allegheny County
Saturday.
Tlia pfoni0fion Increased HIS Val.
ary from $4,000 To $4,000 q year.
We had q large number Of com.
plants that voters were illegnily
teNsfFSs
made limited check, limited -.
cause the county commits iOners
had cut our appropriat atoms and We
carry on our work.
McGovern explained that q voter
conId only register IL he had paid
years preceding the election.
1On our first examination Of the
books we found $500 names on the
registration books Of persons who
had no such receipts, no added
Many Illegal Registrations
'sKaow could these people req
lister ana produce receipt for
taxes unless they had tax reeeiDts2s
IN this instance, they had
fraudulent tax receipts.
.sIt has been said here that there
were 1000 illegally Registered. "
said Reed. what about that2
That's right" McGovern ex-
planned. we began first TO strike
off these $500 names. We sent out
about 500 subpoenaB. We found
lawyers appearing on behalf ct
the persons registered because IN
der the law we must subpoena
them and give them hearings
How many names did you
strike off the poll books2'
i'About 800 or $50 out Of the
1 j'"Were the rest found legaliy
registered2v
100000 For Watchers
"oh, no, but the county commits
sioners petitioned. the courts Tor
our books and when the court was
on the verge of granting an order
against us we gave up the books, II
said McGovern.
'eThat stopped our work and the
county commissioners had them
several days earlier than aver
before. The court action was taken
TO-, prevent US from purging the
books"
."The board of tax commissioners
made an investigation and found
that there were 1000 more persons.
registered whose names did not
appear on their tax books" said
McGovern.
McGovern, created a sensation by;
charging that Yare and Pepper
had spent 100000 in Allegheny
county alone In the employment OF
''watc 'rers" at the polls. Pinchot,
he said, had no paid watchers. He
did have 5000 volunteers.
McGovern said there. were APP
proximateIy $3.50 Pepper watchers
and H,140 Ware watchers In Al.
legheny county,
"The total vote of Ware and
Pepper in that county was 14S ,143, :
Senator King said, "and they had
$4,000 watchers. so that one in
every three votes was. cast by a
paid watcher"
yes" replied McGovern.
"And it cost Mr.. Pepper $4.14 in
watching fees only for every vote
cost Mr.. Ware $3.21 FOR every vote
he got there"
McGovern admitted It and gave
Reed shock by telling him there
were only 1000 Democrats In Al
legheny county. out Of. a total vote
of 49,. 900. /
why that's appalling Reed ejac-
ulated. No wonder you have
corruption up there. You must be-
mistaken
~oh. no." interposed Senator Goff
(R.l of West Virginia, "all Demo
Gratis up there become Republicans
as soon as they move in"
Some papers urged reforms, Nc
Govern said. n. 4
cIn the Lesislatufe.s MoGcvern