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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1908
Page
2
The report highlights efforts to curb vote buying as Republicans station watchers after each vote. Despite a small number of negroes selling votes, the brewery and corporation allies direct payments through their agents. They estimate buying 800 to 1,000 votes total, with many good citizen votes usually not voting in city actions cast in opposition.
In the Third ward a cross voting pattern emerged with Democrats backing Woolf the Republican nominee for the lower house while Republicans voted for Norton the Democratic candidate. Scratching caused slow ballots as Woolf supporters spread rumors of trading Beardsley for Woolf votes. In sixth precinct Frisco shopmen noted little scratching while Woolf aimed for Democratic support. Lower Main street saw bartenders openly voting Democratic and scratching Norton for Woolf.
In Kansas City several wards opened polls with brisk activity and strong partisanship. First ward favored Democrats but Republicans hoped to narrow margins. saloon interests and figures like Bert Brannon and O’Hearn group influenced turnout. Second ward showed heavy saloon vote and precincts reported mixed early results. Fourth ward reported 470 of 2,702 votes cast by 8 am, 868 by 10 am.
Reported election day activity notes heavy turnout in the Seventh ward with Republican-leaning hill precincts and uncertain East bottoms. Disputes over ballots occurred in several precincts while officers and watchers kept order. Street car workers largely backed Democrats in Ninth ward with early, open voting and scratching common. Beardsley and Crittenden emerge as leading names in late trends.
Heavy early voting across wards 11 and 12 shows Beardsley with strong margins in several precincts. Met car workers faced scrutiny for loitering while polls opened, and officials note no major incidents as turnout nears noon with elections contested between Beardsley and Crittenden allies.
A Democratic wind toppled the Republican end of a billboard while the Crittenden bill stayed upright. Workmen repaired the wreck this morning. Marshall Taylor, a black man, was arrested in the Fifth precinct for attempting to vote. Frank Trewins, a Democratic challenger, arrested Taylor. Records show Taylor had a prior one year sentence for larceny, paroled after four months. He was taken to police headquarters.
Harry Green, a Black resident of 556 Cherry Street, was arrested this morning on orders of W C Brosnahan, a Democratic judge in the Sixth ward. Mayor Beardsley, after inquiry, confirmed Green had lived at 556 Cherry since 1906 and Holmes, an election commissioner, said Green was entitled to vote and should have been allowed to cast his ballot before arrest.
Reports say Emma Goldman was detained by United States immigration inspectors at Noyes on the Canadian border while returning from Winnipeg. Officials indicate she has been under surveillance and may be sent to Russia if barred from crossing, though she claims U.S. citizenship.
Rain keeps voters indoors as five of six wards contest council seats. Incumbents seek re election in Second and Sixth wards amid bids from Ritchey Briscoe and Lyons. Third ward faces no contest for council. no school board race details provided. Captain Usher and Mrs Usher planned to visit Kansas City soon.
A series of short items notes robberies and several deaths across Independence and nearby areas. Notable entries include a clothing and cash theft from John Dayley at 631 South Fourth Street Armourdale, two divorce filings for Osceola Sherrill versus Jennie Sherrill and Amy Righter versus Edward J. Righter, and obituaries for Cora H. Avis Garland L. Stuart James Trowbridge Gertrude Kinney Bridget Kane and Edna M Ellithorpe with funeral details and burial plans in Fort Madison Mount St. Marys Elmwood and local churches.
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