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PUBLIC PART I. I TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC 14 PAGES. I Is Printed in SEVEN PARTS, NINETY-SIXTH YEAE. SUNDAY. MORNING.

MARCH 13. 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE LOUIS RE 1904 -V- RIVAL KANSAS CITY FORCES HOLD TWO CONVENTIONS; SHOOTING MARS CONTEST Two Complete Th1p1 Arc dominated by Rival Meetings Dominated by Reed Kemper and Shannon Shelley Forces Shelley Assembly Adopts Resolutions Denouncing Police in Politics and Blaming Governor Dockery for Split. KEMPER SERGEANT-AT-ARMS SHOT BY SHELLEY DELEGATE.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL Kansas City. Mo March 11 Two eom- pletc Democratic cltj tickets were nominated to-day In two Democratic conven-, tlons held In halls three blocks apart on 1 Twelfth street, two full city committees were formed, and the next fight will he over the question of which "hall he recognized as tho regular Democratic thket. SHOOTING ArrilAY Feeling ran very high, and the Shelley followers were afraid there would bo a riot If both conventions tried to meet In one hall. As It was some of the Kemper crowd started trouble In front of the hall where the Shelley contention a In session. Casslmer Welch, a Deputy Marshal, was beaten by Crow.

Sergeant nt arms of the Kemper conv cntlon Welch drew a revolver and "shot Crow twice Crow Is In St Joseph's Hospital, but will probably recover Welch refused to surrender to a policeman in uniform, but called an officer In plain clothjs, who led him to the police station, -where he ws locked up to await the result of Crow's Injuries. Crowe was shot twice One bullet hit him In the left heel The other bullet went Into his side The wounds ore not considered dangerous. Welch and Crowe lived In tho Ninth Ward. Welch Is a Deputy Marshal and a friend of Joe Shannon Crowe has a bakeshop and supplies bread to the county Jail. The two men had been friends, but.

In the political quarrel Crowe went to tho side of Kemper and the police, while Welch remained with the Shannon forces In the primaries of Thursday Crow was a clerk of election In the Ninth Ward and, although the Shelley delegation claim to have received the greater number of votes by about 3w). the Kemper clerks refused to sign the returns the two factions were boldine their conventions, the Kemper men in Turner Hall and the Shelley men at Tvelth and Walnut, three blocks awrij. Crowe vas sergeant-at-arms of the Kemper convention, selected for that place because he was unusually lirge and stroiio and hap a reputation as i lighter CROWE LOOKED TOR TROUBLE At noon while both conventions were ndjaurr-ed. Crowe and isome friends walked down to the scene of the Shelley delegation, as If looking for trouble At the outhoat corner of Tvclfth and Walnut streets he met. Welch.

-and-Welch suyvlie-f' made Insulting remarks Welch says he replied by aklng him why. If he was a fair man. he did not the returns from his district of the iith Ward Suddenly Crowe struck eleh in the fate, a blow- that made him i el backward Blows followed on both "Ide Crowe, a larger man than Welch, spectators sav. was holding him about the nick, punching him, when Welch pulled away and, half blinded, reached back and pulled his revolver Welch fired at Crowe, aiming low, as if to wound him In the leg" He fired three shots One of them went through a window of a saloon across the corner at the northeast corner of the two streets The other two struck Crowe Crowe was not knocked down He "taggered Into Cramer Bell's saloon and stood holding to a railing, hl3 face white, saying "Ho shot me! He shot me!" Doctors came and he was laid upon a table In tho wineroom and his wound examined. Welch went into the Shelley headquarters and then back upon the street and surrendered to the officers.

later, the ambulance came and took Crowe to St. Joseph's Hospital Crowe said to a reporter he had been talking to Welch about the unsigned returns from tho Ninth Ward, and Welch called him a bad name, and he (Crowe) struck him The Injured man did not deny that he struck Welch several time? Many of tho Shelley Judges and clerks In tho different wards refused to sign the returns. The City Central Committee is evenly divided, one-half meeting at each convention i.M. i- 'i Wf7, CHIEF BELTS SON KILLS W. SILENCE IN 11 SALOON, John Kiely, Wounded, Says Sanitary Inspector Shot First.

ANTEMORTEM STATEMENT. City Hospital Attendants Report That Victim Claimed Xot to Have Fired. SLAYER'S HAND IS PIERCED HAWES CARRIED EVERY WARD WHERE THERE WAS A CONTEST; REPEATERS WERE USED FREELY. At Roth Polling Places of the Twenty-Eighth Ward Organized Gangs Operated Haw es Will Have 311 Delegates and Folk Ten From St. Lonis Folk Managers Will Carry Contest to the State Convention, Alleging Fraud Butler Ward-, GaeHnwes Large Majorities Hawes Has Big Majority in His pwn Ward.

Silence Quoted as S.ning lie Xeer Had a Pistol, and Made Charge of Conspiracy. Be CASSIMER WELCH. Deputy Marshal and Shelley delegate, who shot Martin Crowe, sergeant-at-arms of the Kemper conv entlon BOODLE AND POLICE. Tho Shelley convention adopted resolutions declaring that boodle is an issue, but making the local Issue In tho city campaign the question of whether armed policemen shall use their authority to intimidate voters and drive some away from tho polls while others are prevented from voUnr-. The declaration is made that Governor Dockery was responsible for the trouble that led to the split, and the Governor Is denounced In the plainest of language.

The Kemper convention denied that there was police interference and indorsed Mayor Reed's administration. Here is a part of the Shelley resolutions: "We denounce the Intimate connection between the State machine and the local public service monopolies and the intro-ducUon of State machine methods into Kansas City political affairs as evidenced by the recent efforts of the agents of such public service corporations and representatives of the State machine to bribe members of the Democratic City Central Committee with proffers of J1.000 bills "We denounce Alexander M. Dockery. the head of the State machine, for Hie above and foregoing outrages upon the rights of the people of Kansas Citj, and hcieby formally declare him wholly responsible therefor, and In view of all the foregoing we also declare that 'boodle is an "We hereby request the Attorney Genera! of Missouri to bring action to expel from office the presert Police Commissioners of Kansas City for causlrg and permitting the gross violation of the following portions of the Constitution of the State of Missouri: Article II section 3. rage 1 That all election! shall bo free and cpen, and no power.

civil or military, shall at an time Interfere to prevent tho free exercise of the right of suffrage Article vtll. section i Voters thai: In all cares, except treason, felony or breach of the ltdi-e. be privileged from arr-ft during their attirdance at elections and In going to and re-tjrnlnr therefrom BALL'S STATEMENT. In the Kemper convent in Chairman Hall, in assuming the gavel, said that he had never bolted" and never would. updated that tho Republican press of the i had maligned Mr.

Kemper because it were nominated he could be beaten in the election. Chairman Ball said he was opposed to -he ue of the police in primaries or elections evcept on regular dut, and declared that Mr. Kemper was of the same kind He denied that the police Captain should be told to get out and work for Kemper, and said further that Governor Dockery had never in any manner mixed in the Kansas Citj fight. Chairman Ball declaied that It was rong to put Mr Kemper and his friends in the attitude of standing for lawlessness and oppression by the police. The speaker said that, personally, he thought the gov -ernorhip fight should never have been mixed up with the Kansas City contest It was.

however, an outrage, he thought, to deny Reed the Jackson Ccunt delegation SEEHORN'S ADDRESS In the Sheliev convention Seehorn was selected for chairman. Mr Seehorn made a brif speech He said. "I am unalterably opposed to ''rev olutionary measures, but I recognize the fact that gyere where and alaws there are times wnen brave men ar compenea to act with courage. "We have Ion? suffered, knowingly and in the deprivation of our rights We have seen citizens turned awaj and driven from thf polls by the strong and ma'led hand of tho police. We hav seen Judges of election dragged from their places and hauled through the street, jeered and hooted at the mob.

We have petitioned, oh! so meekly; we hare been laughed at "Then, fellow-citizens, let us repudiate this election. Let us say that when an nrmed force overturns the rights of the people, let us say that we will not consent to such oppression. We will fight for our liberties and our rights. We are today discussing the same great principles that fired tho brain and heart of Thomas Jcffersoh-and Patrick Henrr. And if wa submit to them we are not free men, but are alav es of those who lead us around by the armed hand of the policeman, to do their bidding.

"Wo no longer petition. We no longer remonstrate. We file now protest so loud and long that the angels in heaven and the devils in hell can hear It" STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN TATES. Ed E. Yates, one of Maj or Reed's right-hand men.

and manager of the Kemper forces in Kansas City, to-night made the following statement of tho situation in Kansas City: The DemocraUc City Convention, held at Tamer Hall to-day. represented the beat citizenship of this community. It was made up of Iji regularly elected delegates, whole election was certified to by the Board of Election Com missioner, all loyal Democrats, who have, during my eleven years' residence here, faithfully supported the principles and candidate- of the DemocraUc party. There were but two wards not represented the Third with twent-slx delegates and the Ninth ard with forty-nine delegates. Shelley lives in the Third and Joe Shannon in the Ninth The Second Ward elected a Shelley delegation at the primaries, and the regular Kemper delegation waa defeated in the Sixth, but the successful delegations In both these wards participated In the regular convention.

The Shannon-Shelley crowd have absolutely no claim to party regularity. They were fairly and overwhelmingly defeated In, ten out of. the fourteen city wards in a. primary election. which was one of the fairest ever held In this city.

The primary was quiet and orderly. A large fund was contributed by the Bell telephone monopoly and ether public-service corporations to carry the primaries for Shelley but, anticipating defeat. Shannon rented the Academy of Music, in which to hold a bolting convention, several das before the primary election was held In the bolters' convention the Democratic State administration was denounced by the and hissed by the participants. In the Democratic Clt Convention the State administration was indorsed, as was also the candidacy of Senator F. Cockrell for President and James A Reed for Governor COMMITTEE DIVIDED.

In the preliminary organization the old Cltyw Commltteo was evenly divided, fourteen acting with the Shelley delegations and fourteen with the Kemper delegations. Among the leading spirits in the Shelley Convention were: JohnJ Peak, former United States Minister to Switzerland; 3. SI. Lowe, Joseph B. Shannon, County Jud'ge; E.

C. Orear, A. E. Gallagher, chairman of the Democratic County Committee; Frank P. Walsh, Probate Judge J.

E. Gulnottc, Sheriff John P. Gllday. T. J.

Seehorn, former public Administrator; Judge M. C. Ryland, H. J. Latshaw and his son, Ralph Latshaw, E.

E. Porterfleld, James Black, E. W. Hays and T. T.

Crittenden, Jr. In the Kemper convention the men who took the most actlv part were: Chairman of the Central Committee E. E. Yates, attorney for the Park Board; R. El Ball, former Park Board attorney; D.

J. Dean and Henry P- Stewart. Police Commissioners; R. J. Ingraham, City Counselor; Kred W.

Fleming. Ben Paxton. Elec-Uon Commissioner: Baxter Brown. City I unit-d his opronent nominated with the I Clerk, M. C.

Byrne. Jas. PendersasL T. i rMM-Mtun tH if ha rchllpv Tvnilenrast and Charles Clark. MI.OCK shootim; was unur oicnn.

In an antemortem tatiment made to phvsicians at the City Hospital Silence said- "I never carried a pistol In mv life, and If any person savs I shot Kiely or had a revolver In that loon to-night, he tells whnt Is not true. It Is all a consplracj. I was shot without provocation" At midnight Kiely, who sas he has been out of the house only two days after a siege of pneumonia. complained of feeling 111, and. un- der orders from Lieutenant VA ilson.

was taken from the Dajton Street 4- Police Station to the Mullanphy Hospital, where he Is held a prls-Kf oner John Kiel, son of Chief of Police KIley and a Deput Marshal, at the Dayton Street Police Court last night. In Hcnr Hennlngs's saloon, at Jefferson avenue and Gamble street, phot and fatally wounded Willis Silence, a sinitar Inspector of No 2705 Howard street He died at the City Hospltariater Kiely surrendered to Lieutenant Wilson at the Ninth Disjrlct, Poljce Station, a block from the cene of the shooting. Walking Into the station he dlsplaved a bleeding hand and laid a plstol on the Lieutenant's desk, saying: "1 have come to urrendr. I Jut shot a msn in Hen-nlngs's saloon Lieutenant Wilson riMied several of his men to the saloon, where they found Silence llng on the floor wounded In the left side of the abdomen. The Ninth District patrol wagon was called out Silence was leaded into it and a hard drive to the CIt Hospital began At the hospital It was found that the bullet had pierced the left ide of the abdomen.

Kiel was taken to the Jefferson Hos pital at Jefferson avenue and Gamble street, across the street from the saloon where the shooting took place HAND WOUNDED Doctor Juen, the in charge, dressed a wound In the Index finger of the left. hand, which Kiely najs was cau-ed by a bullet fired It Hennings The bullet glanced from Kiel's finger and struck Joseph Blong, nephew of Police Commissioner Andrew Blong, a clerk at the police station, in the abdomen. Inflicting only a flesh wound. SAYS FATHER WAS ABUSED Kiely and Silence have been acquaintances several ears. To a reporter for The Republic Kiel said the trouble grew out of abuse which Silence neaped upon him and his father.

"He callea me vile i omes and applied several epithets to my father. He commented adversely on my conduct as Chief of thi Polled Department, and as I took a step toward h'm drew a pistol and fired at me. "Then In self-defense I drew my own revolver and fired two shots Silence fell and I came here to tho station and gave myself up." Asked if the trouble had anything to do with the primaries, Kiely said that it had not. At the City Hospital, Silence, although very weak, told a far different story. When asked who had shot him.

he replied: "John Kiely." Requested to tell why he had been shot, he said: "For noth ing." "Did you have a pistol'" he was asked. "No," he replied, weakly. The City Hospital surgeons were preparing to operate on the patltnt, and had administered a salt solution to keep up his strength until they could close the wound He died at 1 o'clock this morning YOUNGEST' SON. Kiely is Chief Kleb's joungest son and was recently married. He lives at his father's home.

No. KES Dickson street. His father and mother are in Hot Springs. It is believed that Chief Kiely will hurry home aa soon as notified of his son's trouble. The police obtained the names of the following persons who were In the saloon at the time of the shooting and witnessed it: Henry Hennings, proprietor; Thomas McNamara, No.

1723 Elliot avenue; 'William Humphrey, No. 33i2 Carr street; John Whalen, No. 2312 Biddle street; Samuel Sargent, No. rai Elliot avenue; Joseph Blong-, No. 4346 Evans avenue.

None were held by the police. Blong corroborated the statement made by Kiely. He said he had gone Into the saloon to get SO cents on a bond which Hennings had signed shortly before. He was positive that Silence had fired the first shot at Kiely. Kiely was not locked up at the station, but was permitted to occupy a chair behind the Sergeant's desk.

He sent for Doctor Heine Marks to come and re-dress his wound, which he said caused him considerable pain. The bone, according to Doctor Juen. was shattered in his finger and amputation may be necessary. Harry B. Hawes jesterday carried every ward In St Louis not affected by the compromise made with A C.

Stuever on the South Side. His majority was about three to one In a total vote of about 15.000 In the State Convention Hawes will have HI votes and Tolk 10 from St Loui Friends of Circuit Attorney Folk charge that "Indians" were used in wards where thire was likely to be a close contest This Is charged especially In the Twent-fourth. Twent -fifth, Twent -sixth, Tnen-t-seventh and Twent-eighth wards Early In the day It became evident that gangs of repeaters were being used In several of the ards. The general plan of their operation was to crowd Into the line, keeping the rightful Voters back, and to discourage the more timid by raising disturbance. In the Twent -eighth Ward the gangs weTe specially active at both polling place" At Delmar and Taylor avenue the Folk challenger was struck several times, but stajed at his work as best he could.

The Judges caught one man nt least repeating, but the fellow merel laughed and went aw a. In the Arcade voting place of the same ward gang, marshaled downtown was on the scene early and canted on operations in tne same way. A newspaper reporter detected one man voting on a fale-1 registered name, the residence given being the houve of Policeman Gibbons In some other wards the tactics were similar, but Involved less of disturbance, as they had things more complete! their own wa. PoJIcb Interference is alo charged by the friends of Folk. In ome districts Judges and clerks, representing Folk, refused to sign the returns, alleging fraud.

Hawes carried his own ward, the Twenty-first, a vote of 640 to 165. Tolk lost his home ward, the Twent -fifth, by a vote of 413 to 222. He carried his own district, the First of the Twenty-fifth, on practically a tie ote, hereby three of his delegates and one for Hawes won. The vote for the winners was In each case 157 to IK. The Twenty-eighth Ward, where an especial effort was made by the friends of Folk, went for Hawes a vote of 742 to 471 It Ls In this ward that there was the most trouble with "Indians." Butler wards carried the banner for Itrge majorities in the Third, rourth.

Fourteenth and Sixteenth wards. In the Fourth, James Mlle9 carried It agalnsT" Folk by a -vote of 765 to 28. Tom Kinney (lid It a vote of SSG to 82. Th Fourteenth went for Hawes by a vote of S23 to 31 The Sixteenth gave the smallest vote of any ward for Folk by letting his uelegathuvhave 21 votes and Hawes 676 ONLY ABOUT HALF OF DEMOCRATIC A OTE CAST It Ls estimated that less than half of tho registered Democratic vote was cast In the primary The books of the Board of Election Commissioners showed that about 63,000 names were registered. It ls supposed that about 25,000 of this number wero Democrats On the face of the returns less than hnlf this number participated In the election Returns began coming Into the Board of Election Commissioners shortly after 8 ra when the primary closed.

The Butler wards near the City Hall -ere the first to have their returns In. The Fourth. Sixth and Third wards were all represented by the election officials of r.t least one district before 9 o'clock when the first district of the Twent -first Ward camo In This is Hawes's own ward He carried his own district by a vote of 221 to 104. Trom that time until after 10 o'clock returns came In fairly well. The Second districts of the Eighteenth.

Twent -fourth and Twenty-sev tnth were the last to appear Folk Judges and clerks In both districts of the Third Ward refused to sign the returns, claiming that Indians had repeated The tally sheets were accepted by the Election Commissioners, and will be used in making out tho credentials to the State conventions. Judge VerhJne. a Folk Judge in the Tlrst District of the Tlrt Ward, also refund to sign, 3 he claimed that his Initials had been forged on S4 ballots which were counted for Hawes He refused to flgn after tho Hawes Judges and clerks had cut down the vote SI votes from 3 to 273. City Committeeman John J. Lav In of th Twent -eighth Ward aroused the most enthusiasm In the crowd at the Board of ectlon Commissioners, when he brought in a ballot box from the First District of his ward.

His friends came In shouting for Lavln. He had been thought to have a hard fight, but won by a big majority for his friend, Hawes. BIGGEST ROW RAISED IN TWENTY-EIGHTH WARD. Residents of the Twenty-eighth Ward were especially indignant over the man ner In which their ward was carried. "In dians" Invaded the ward in lorce ana voted names which were on the registration books.

In one case, a stranger received a slip of paper on which was written tho name of a man supposed to be a voter and told to vote that name. Part of the gang which operated In the western district of the Twent -eighth came from the downtown saloon of Clty Commltteeman John J. Lavln of that ward. Circuit Attorney Folk received word from a man who had been Invited to be one of "the boys" to meet at this saloon. No.

210 North Seventh street, in the Fourth Ward, at 11 a. two hours before the polls were to open. Another man who was Invited to be an "Indian" wns Michael J. McNamara, Indicted for Illegal voting in the election of 1901. before the penalties of the Nesblt law- were de clared Invalid.

As the Invited "Indians" gathered In the saloon, they were served free drinks. Shortly before 11:3) part of them, numbering fifteen, under the direction of tTim" Lavln. a brother of John J. Lavln, took a through Olive street car for the West End headquarters of Lavln, at No. 6116 Bartmer avenue.

Before leaving the Seventh street saloon, each man had received a slip of paper bearing a raanjs name and address. One of these slips was given to George Reuter, a reporter, who went with tlip gang to the Twenty-eighth Ward. At tho West End headquarters the ang was divided and driven in a carriage, a tallyhq. and a two-scatcd wagon to the WARD PRIMARY VOTE BY DISTRICTS. No of Delegates First Wird 4 Second Ward 4 Third lrd 5 Fourth Ward 3 Fifth Wird 5 Sixth Ward 5 Seventh Ward 4 tElghth Ward 4 Ninth Ward 3 Tenth Ward 4 Elevtnth Ward 4 Twelfth Ward 4 Thirteenth Ward 4 Fourtemtii Ward Fifteenth Ward 3 Sixteenth Ward 6 Seventeenth Ward 4 Eighteenth Ward 3 3 1 Dist.

2 DIst 1 Dlst. Hawes Hawes Folk. Nineteenth Ward Twentieth Ward Twent first Ward 5 Twent Ward 4 Twenty-third Ward 5 Twent -fourth 5 Twcnt-flfth Ward 4 Twent -lxlh Ward 5 Twent -seventh Ward 5 Twent-cighth Ward 5 SCi Totil vote cast IKOOG. Hawes vote. 13 205.

Folk vote, 111. doleeates for Folk. 10 Total delec-ites 121 tsput ward 'iotai vole given to unwes, but candidates will each have two dele-es In convention 'No contest. 273 34S 317 4C0 2S7 ire 4 3 215 t.5 in) 203 385 1S6 131 221 217 316 J70 117 233 133 223 413 433 119 2i 1J, 54 CT. 331 610 LVJ 376 Jl 365 137 411 217 25h 276 ZtS 312 44.: 102 31 67 4 13 10 S3 46 2 Dist Tl T'l Folk.

Hawes. Folk 46 42 21 76 105 141 11 34 76 104 28 37 119 137 133 1S4 61 71 30 78 S3 24 125 2S7 406 571 763 t93 2U 556 24S 15.1 98 74 625 267 676 404 750 409 268 640 334 571 528 413 es 617 742 148 81 2S 82 2)4 20S 109 PROMINENT VOTERS ASSAULTED AT POLLS D. Francis, and Brother Argue With Hystanders, but Succeed in Voting. INDIANS" BREAK UP LINE, tSOl. Delegates for Hawe.

i gates the polling place Most of them remained there during the remainder of the day. POLICE ASSIST "INDIANS" AT POLLS Two of the men who tam from downtown with the gang voted threr times, according to Attorney Dorev A Jamison, who was working for Folk. Ever effort to have them put out of line was prevented the police who permitted these strangers in the ward to keep In the line and give their places to favorites upon their arrrlval A large number of Suburban conductors and motormen were accommodated between trips In this manner, thus keeping residents of the ward, who could not avail themselves of this privilege, from reaching the polls In an thing like a short time The Indians at this polling place changed coats and hats frequentlv In a near-by room, to which the repaired after their appearances in the line. Between times they received plenty to drink nt a saloon It was the wort attack from Indians ever experienced In the Twenty-eighth Ward. Former Lieutenant Governor Robert Campbell was an Indignant spectator I htve never seen anything like It" he ald "It ls a disgrace to the city.

We hav rot a chance to get a fair vote here In this ward and everyone who sees "What is going on knows it" Mr. Reuter, who received the name of Thomas FInaega.ii, No6j42J3axtmer avenue, on the slip of paper, which had been handed him at the Lavln saloon, went to that number and was told by Mr vv ho lived there, that no man by the name of FInnegan had ever lived there This district went for Hawes by a vote 1 of 442 to 2S7 ELECTION JFDGE TBLLS "INDIAN" NAME TO USE. Smith, reading clerk of the House of Representatives, was a delegate on the Folk ticket In the Twenty-fourth Ward. "I happened to stand behind an 'Indian' In the lire at the polling place of the Second District In the Twenty -fourth Ward," he said It was at No 5800 Manchester avenue He had In his hand a slip on which was written the name "William A Schultz, No 4442 Manchester avenue Now- the 'Indian' was Irish and he could not remember the name when he reached the Judge of election "He was prompted by the Judge, who asked him If he meant Schultz On his giving an affirmative answer, be was permitted to vote "After left the polling place he got Irto a wagon with seven other "Indians ard was driven down to the voting place at No 3300 Cla ton av enue In the Twenty-fifth Ward The stopped at the saloons on the road I went down on tho car and overtook them When they reached the Cla ton avenue polling place, the greeted another gan-j of eight who were Just leaving. "This gang then went to No.

4400 Manchester avenue. In the Twenty-third Ward, where there was another gang of six. I left them then and the drove away, presumabl to continue their work. At one of the polling places I saw them change their coats and hats FOLK MEN ASSAULTED AT POLLING PI.ACES E. A Karner, a Tolk Judge In the Seventeenth Ward, after being allowed to serve from 1 p.

m. until 3.20 m. upon credentials, which had been furnished to him bv the Board of Election Commis sioners, was put out of the polling place when It was found that his name was not on the primary registration books Ed Wood, No 4757 Greer avenue, protested against the action of the police in permitting "Indians" to vote at the poll-Irur place "Ituated nt Marcus and Euston avenues and was ordered away. When he attempted to call to one of the he was slugged by one of the policemen, said to be named Wilson. John Foley, whn he attempted to vote his own name at the First District of the Fifth Ward, was told that he had already voted.

Deplle his protests, he was was not permitted to vote In the Third Ward, Frank Cushing, a Folk Judge In the First District, was not allowed to Bene, though he had his credentials from the Board of Election Com- misslonerc John Dillpn. a sen of Judge Daniel Dillon, and clerk of the Second District of tho Twenty-fifth Ward, was assaulted by a man who had been challenged. When he asked a policeman, wearing star No. 633. to arrest the man, the patrolman refused.

"Bobble" Carroll, "Paddy" Cleary. James Mllligan and others of equal renown, were among those who assisted th conduct of "Indians'' In the Twent -fifth Ward. Edward Butler made the rounds of his wards eslerday afternoon. He drove in his well-known buggy and was greeted effusively by his old-time friends, who had not seen him abtjot election polling places for the last two years. NOTORIOUS WORKERS LED THE INDIANS.

Among the well-known workers in the Twenty-eighth Ward were "Wild Bill" Walters and "Mike" Connelly, both well-known, henchmen in ward politics. In the First District of the Twenty- fourth Ward, after tho ballots had been counted and checked up It was found that twenty-one extras had been slipped in. After a dispute they were thrown out In the Second DIftrict of the Twenty-fourth, the Folk Judges and clerks refused to permit policemen Inside the polls, claiming that the were there for the nu--pose of Intimidation The police then -tood outside of the polling place "Young Bill" Jenkins, a brother of Thumas M. Jenkins, a m-nber of tho Board of Arbitration, was one of the workers In the Twenty-eighth WarJ. He distributed the Hawes badges Cfayton a week ago last Tuesday YOST'S STATEMENT.

M. speaking for Mr. Hawes, last night said: The result of to-day's primaries is not at all surprising to an one having the slightest personal knowledge of the local situation. The result gives Mr Hawes lit votes In the State Convention out of lzl. The remaining ten Mr.

Folk secures by the grace of his friend. Tony Stuever. president of the Home Brewery Company We have always claimed that Mr Havre 3 strength would come from those people who knw him bet and knew him personally, and that Mr. Polk probably would be strongest where he was rot personal! known and had to relv upon newspaper accounts The result 14 not surprising for another reason When we consider that a man claiming to be a Democrat finds It necessary. In order to get a requisite number of petitioners.

Judges and clerks, to appoint 106 members of the so-called Municipal Ownership party, who par ticipated In bolts from the party in 1197, 1901. his list his weakness ls dlsplaed In that tact alone. We hear to-night that Mr. Folt'a friends charge repeating If there were any repeaters used In this election they were used by the friends of Folk s.nbody who was present at the polllng nlaces would know that to be a fact, as the filing of delegations In all but three of the wards In the city by Mr. Folk's friends was a mere p-etense, as they never at any time had the slightest idea of carrying them.

The total number of votes cast was 16 006. Of these Mr Hawes received. 13,303 votes and Mr Folk 2,801. The significance of the figures of the result ls not that Mr Hawes beat Mr. Folk, but that Mr Folk, after all his newspaper advertising and the united assistance of tbe press, should.

In a great clt like St. liuls. hae received onlj 2.S01 votes llepeaters could have had no effect upon the number of votes he received He had his own Judges and clerks of election In equal number with Mr Hawes. They were selected by his representatives It Is aLo significant that in the Twenty-first Ward. Mr Hawes's ward.

Mr Hawes bad a majority of 473. and that Mr. Folk lost his own ward by 193 votes Wherever Mr Hawes Is personally known he Is strong herver Mr Folk Is personally known he ls weak. That the lesson taught by to dav's primaries STATEMENT OF FOLK MANAOEP.S. If cne were to Judge by the ret-rns.

the conclusion would be that St Louis does not ap-rrove of the prosecution of boodlers. But If we examine the facts that accumulated sine the polls closed, we must be convinced hit the corruptlonlts have 'vindicated' them-seltes In corruption. The grossest kind of corruption has been practiced, and every means known in election dealing has been used to overcome the will of the Democrats of St Louis We shall collect and tabulate evidence that will convince the most skeptical. Then we shall appevl to the honest Democrats of Missouri, and ask that they speak for themselves on the boodle Issue. The excess of Clime against the ballot In St Louis but accentuates the issue.

Indians were used. Judges were terrorized, the police refused protection to challengers and workers for Folk and also declined to arrest hoodlums who assaulted Judges. Repeaters were ued brazenly and without seeming regard to law, order or decency We wero assured of a fair election; this Is what we got HAL W'OODSIDE. Secretary Folk Campaign Committee The following delegates, elected to the various conventions, are all Hawes men. except in the Twelfth Ward, where a compromise was effected: FIRST WARD.

State Delegates George GunsolIIs, William B. Kipealy, Matt J. Hannon. Andrew W. Sheridan.

Judicial Delegates Gerhard Damhorst, Oeorge Duker, Herman Quante and George O. Te-terson National Delegates Griffin, Edward Carpenter, Thorras Brady and John A. Flynn. Jr snco.n avard. State Delegates-Peter Walsh.

Matt O'Reilly Jchi J. Groves and Jack Connor Judicial Delegates C. elsman. James Conlej. Jim Farrell and Wm J.

Sewing V'ntlntAn I 4A M( ftAatt fsBV Ta a Ford. Geonre McGlnnla and Thos. B. Brlslane. THIRD AVAnD.

State Delegates James P. Miles. William J. Schoenlaub. John T.

MeDennott. T. M. Mc-Auliffe and Thomas Lamb. Judicial Delegates Steve JakubowskI, John Dalton, Ed Sullivan, Jos M.

Hunt and John J. Stapleton. National Delegates John Hollohan. James P. Lynam, John M.

Roche, Henry B. Schmidt and Thos Walsh FOinTH -WARD. State Delegates Michael Kinney, Frank Pessagno and Thomas Egan. Judicial Delesates Geo. IV.

W'adlow. H. W. Harris and John E. Hagerty, Jr.

State Delegates John W. Cornelius. John O'Malley and John Strobe. FIFTH IVAnD. State Delegates Isaac Cbnran.

Edward J. Morrlssey, Charles Thompson. John M. Shannon and George J. Sleber.

Judicial Delegates Wm. F. Doyle, Peter GUI, Gus E. Eisner. James T.

Mooney and Frank J. Fahey. National Delegates Wm. O'Brien. Edwin Frommann.

John J. Moynlhan. W. IL. Donovan and John VV.

Salmerlng. SIXTH WARD. State Delegates Edward Ric. Joseph J. Many Heroine Disgusted and Leave Without Casting a Ballot, After Standing in Line for Hours.

Phylcal strength seemed to be the requisite If a person wished to vote in tha Twenty-eighth Ward yesterday. Prominent business men were beaten by "Indians" and forced out of line after standing for hours waiting their turn to vote. David R. Francis. Jr.

and of his brothers, were molested at the polling place on Taylor avenue, north of Olive street, but succeeded In voting. Another who was assaulted and did not get to vote was Thomas Harding of No. 473S Vernon avenue: John C. Roberts of tho firm of Roberts, Johnson Rand, ond president of tha Twenty-eighth Ward Democratic Club, a Tolk organization, stood in line, but lost his place- several times, became dlguted ard went to his home at the Westmoreland Hotel It was reported that Ernest Hubbard of No. 4406 Laclede avenue, second assistant cashier of the Boatmen's Bank, was also assaulted.

There are many versions of the manner In which the affray started that Francis and his brother were engaged in. When seen last night he appeared In a bath robe fresh from his tub, and a shave so that all traces of a fight were there any, had disappeared. He said: "I do not care for- any publicity In this matter, but I will say this: My brother and I went to the polling place and while awaiting our turn got into an argument with certain bstanders as to our right to vote. After the argument we oted." FRANCIS WOULD NOT TELL DETAILS OF TROUBLE He refused to give the name of the brother who was with him. but several men at the Jefferson Club said that It vas Perry Francis.

When asked If tLe men with whom they argued lived in tbe Twenty-eightn Ward. Mr. Francis refused to reply. It is thought and 1303. and Hi Republicans to complete that it was Instills encounter the window 01 tne poiung place was smashed.

The police on duty there asserted stoutly tint "there -was nothing- dolnjr all afternoon." Mr. Harding of No 473S Vernon avenuo was more roughly used than any of the others. He Bald that he stood in line from 3.45 to 615 and then was unable to vote. He also said that John C. Roberts, who stood near him.

expressed his disgust at the proceedings of the "Indians." When Mr. Harding was near the door of the polling place someone grabbed him around the neck, and he v. as knocked to the ground, kicked In the right h'p and dragged across the street into a doorway He said that because of numbers he appealed to George Tansey for help. Tha gang desisted at a word from ransey. and the latter accompanied him to the corner, where he boarded a car Before Tansey could reach Harding, however, he was threatened with arrest by a patrolman on duty at the polling place.

Mr. Harding exhibits a dirty and demolished hat. which he will keep as a souvenir of his experience In trying to vote for Folk, and asserts that he will get a chance to vote for him later. T. II.

Garrett of the Garrett Lumber Company, who lives at No 4424 Delmar avenue, will carry several bruises on i.ls face for some days as a result of expressing his opinions as to the methods In voguo at the polling place. His hat was smashed flat, and he stated last night ho was glad that It was his hat and not himself, and that he feels sure the hat saved him from a broken head. At the Jefferson Club several men stated that It was Folk enthusiasts who started the fight the Francis bos were In. This conflicts with the statement of others at the club, who said that they were around the polls more or less all the time they were open and saw no trouble at all. THREE REPORTERS VICTIMS OF "INDIANS." Three reporters from an afternoon paper were attacked by Hawes supporters, they say.

at different polling places. One of the men was badly bruised. Isaac Llopincott was atacked shortly after 6 o'clock at the polling place at Taylor and Delmar avenues by two unidentified men, who discovered that he was a newspaper man. He was so badly- beaten that he had to be removed to his home In a carriage. John R.

James, another reporter, was struck In the face while standing near the polling place at No. 211 North Jefferson avenue about 7 p. m. William Cockran was driven from the polling place at the Arcade In Cabanne. No arrests were made.

In the Twenty-seventh Ward, George D. Mcrkel of No. 5313 Easton avenue charges that eleven policemen, under the direction of a Sergeant, removed persons known to be Folk supporters from the lines of voters, and gave their places to Hawes men. He claims that the procedure was practiced at both polling places In tbe ward. No.

5513 Easton avenue, and at the corner of Marcus and Easton avenues. The numbers of the patrolmen, he says, were taken by himself and several citizens. Continued on Fuse Tiro. TYPICAL MARCH WEATHER. It Will Be Cloudy, but No Decided Change in Temperature.

According to the forecast of the local Weather Bureau, there will be no decided change in temperature to-day or tonight. The sun will be obscured and there will be fesh east to north winds. Typical March weather will prevail. Cloudy weather was general jesterday east of the Rocky Mountains and on tha South Pacific Coast, but there was IIHIj precipitation. The temperature re-nutna low along the Northern border, and has fallen decidedly In tho Rocky Mountali dlstrictsshe lake regions and on Um Middle iSgitlc Coast.

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