Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-23
MANY WARE FRAUD
CHARGES LISTED
Senate Election Contest Brief
Filed by Wilson Fills 10
Printed Pages.
By the Associated Press.


Alleged election frauds In the 1926
Pennsylvania senatorial election were
emphasized today in a brief supporting
the claim Of william 3. Wilson, former
Democratic Secretary Of Labor, to q seat
in the Senate.
Contesting the claims Of Senator-elect
william s. Ware. wilson's Republican
opponent in the 1925 election, the brief
6lsed 70 printed pages and alleged cleo
ton frauds in Philadelphia and Allie
gheny County, and in Delaware, Lacka-
wanna, Schuylkill and Luzerne Coun-
ties.
1t was prepared for consideration By
the Senate Election subcommittee
which had the Vare-Wilson contest I'M
der Amusement for some months. and
was called today to hear the final argu-
ments. On the fcce of the returns Ware
was elected by majority of 173,507.
with 822.187 votes against Wilson'S 64s-
$50. The latter ran on both the Demo-
cratic and Labor tickets.
hAtSHt VI OOEEuptlOn.
In a prepared address In which he
detailed the main arguments of the
brief. Rowland B. Mahany, counsel for
Wilson, charged that political corrup-
ton so permeated" Philadelphia and
Allegheny County that the actual diff
Guilty encountered in the investigation
Of fraudulent voting and corrupt prac-
tees was not so much in the discovery
fV1 he 40 IN
ment of the isolated instances where
they did not prevail"
In 1853 election districts of Philadel-
ph1a. Mahany said, the ballots of I'M
registered voters were accepted and
counted, in $50 election districts the
vote was either not tailed or only par
TALLY tailed, and In 318 election dis
tricts repeaters voted"
Continuing with description of al
legged frauds in many other districts,
Mahany charged that "2l4,922 poll tax
receipts were issued, and on 2l,572 OF
the stubs were cryptic marks which
cloud the validity of the whole issue.
because the evidence shows that receipts
from both marked and unmarked stubs
were not paid for by the person receiv-
ing the receipts as required by law"
This single item" he said, involves
the legality of the entire 214,92 receipts
for the reason that II Is impossible TO
separate the legal from the Illegal ones"
pittsburgh List Padded"
In Pittsburgh, Mahany declared the
record shows padding Of the as
SCISSORS list by $500 names"
1T also adduces evidence of the uni
versal practice of paying occupation or
poll taxes by the organization there in
power" he said, instead Of these pay
ments being made by the voters in per-
son as provided by law. It discloses,
likewise, the destruction Of records rela-
tive to printing and distribution of the
ballots, as well as gross irregularities in
such printing and distribution"
Separation Of legal from illegal bal
lots" In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia,
Mahany said. Is manifest impossible
ity."
without dealing with the important
but relatively side issues in the Counties
Of Delaware, Lackawanna, Luzerne and
Schuylkill." he argued, the salient, I'M
challenged and undisputed fact remains
that the people Of the State Of Pennsyl-
vania outside Of those twin centers Of
political debauchery, Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh, recorded their interrupted
ballots for the election Of william B.
Wilson. Carrying IS Of the 81 counties
Of the State. he came to Pittsburgh with
a popular majority OF 97,255 votes, and
triumphing over the corruption he met
there, he swept on to Philadelphia with
popular ajority of SO, 1922"