Deseret Evening News | 1901-04-27 | Page 1 | St. Louis Mayoralty Contest

ST LOUIS LOU S MAYORALTY CONTEST St Rt Louis Lotus April Apri 27 In tire tha contest proceedings s of George W Parker He lIe Io publican candidate te for mayor maor filed fe against Mayor MIor Holla nola Wells Wels In the cir circuit ell cult court today tollY separate grounds for action tire are 11 alleged It J Is IB alleged that Chat from BO 50 0 to legal votes for Park lark larker er r In II OH h of Item tho lit 33 precincts In the city clr were counted 1 for or Wells that a 1 large number of Illegal leRI ballots In n nearly every overy precinct In the rIty Pty were counted l for fir Mr Ir Wells Wels elis although Improperly In III Initiated mutilated or am 01 otherwise defective tive t I te It I Is further alleged that lit Ii numerous precincts many Parker larker er votes were wel not counted for him that lust of ot Parker ParlIer ballots were Ivero unlawfully reject rejected ed eti that thal Parker ballots were extracted from the ballot boxes boxen and replaced with Wells Soils ballots that bitt there was wait a whole wholesale sale sail fraudulent nt i registration and ant final finally 1111 that thai In 36 2 the legally certified ertI Republican Judge ROll and alli were not nol allowed to tn serve sene hut but their places ole Oi usurped l by b others under un or the time c toni tOI of the tl lit pout police who lio ejected tin time t Ie real judges and clerks clr tl from the polls when they appeared Il