The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-01-05
TUESDAY, JANUARY L, 1856.
Who is the counciiler from Fillmore County:

certain political faction to deliberately swim
die the gentleman really chosen by tn
people of Fillmore out of lis seat We hav
now the full particulars, embodied in legs
documentary form, of which we make a
abstract:
At the general election held on the mint
of October last, there were pollcd, for tn
office of Councillor in the county of Fillmore
S35 votes. Of this number, Warren j. How
ell (full name of the bona ftle councillor elect
received 1O4
W. J. Howell, (Which is just as good
in law, and which the canvassing
board never attempted to throw out)
received 81
VIM. j. Howell Gas per returns to
the clerk of the county Board) reed. 81
| Total f l7C
Benjamin F. Tillotson received ICE
Majority for Howell
These are the facts, as it is pretended
they stood of record at the County seat
when the certificate was issued to Mr. Til
lotson, and no doubt the carefully concealed
papers SO represented them up to the day OF
the final canvass. But what are the real
facts? Let us see:
Of course, the Warren j. Howell vote and
the W. j. Howell vote was all legal and
right; had to be counted, and could not be
got over by any trick or intrigue. This
gave Mr. Howell 135 votes. But then we
come to the Vim. j. Howell returns from
one precinct-Elkhorn- it was deci-
ded must be thrown out-no. such man was
running for any Office in the county. Admit
for the sake of argument that this was all le-
gal and right. But how did such return
happen to be made from Elkhorn? Hear
the testimony:
John Mower and G.. Steer, Clerks of elec-
ton at the polls of Elkhorn, and S. W Kings
ley, R. A. Steer and Henry Kibler Judges
all testify under oath, that Warren j.
Howell received thi'ty:fre rotes at that pre-
cinct, which of course gives Mr.. H. ITO ir
the county and makes up his majority Of
five over Tillotson. But these clerks and
Judges Of the Elkhorn precinct further tes
tify, that in making up the returns the
Clerks committed the clerical error of wri
ting Mr.. Howell's christian name "W1n." in
stead of "Warren" The thirty-fve ballots
that were placedin the Elkhorn ballot boz
for Warrea j. Howell have fortunately, how
ever, been preserved, and are now in st
Paul, duly authenticated. a - &
With all these facts fully known to every
voter of Fillmore County, and by the noto
riety of the whole transaction soon to be
known to the people of the whole Territory
we find Mr.. Tillotson in St. Paul, ready OF
tomorrow, it would seem, to msaup the seat
which majority of the people of Fillmore
have fairly awarded to another. Yes, Mr.
Tillotson is here, having travelled from re-
mote part of the Territory to take advantage
of a clerical e'yor committed by an election
board, prepared to assume and hold high
place in the Legislature to which he. was
never chosen, and to which he knows he was
never choscnl
But is it Mr.. Tillotson himself that is
doing all this? Looking at the man as he
stands before us with his young, honest
face-regarding him by that high character
for proverbialhonesty which he bears among
his neighbors in all the transactions Of
private life, we should say no. 1t seems to
US, that the reckless spirit Of parts-some
legerdemean which seeks to engulf all men
all honor all honesty-all intcgrity-al
right--in order to serve its selfish ends, has.
enchained him in its deadly spell and brought
him here to do deed which, were he not
under that baleful influence, he would feel to
be as dishonorable and as mean as to rob his
neighbor Howell on the public highway, or
to fire his dwelling at the hour of midnight.
We are not trying to "bluff" Mr.. Tillot-
son as his friends (?) may attempt to claim.
We are discussing plain question of right
between constituent and representative.
Politically, we would gain largely in the fa-
ture by seeing our opponents consummate
the outrage upon the people of Fillmore,
which they contemplate by this Tillotson
fraud. But we hope, for the honor of Min
nesota, and for the honor Of Mr.. Tllotson
himself, if he has no further business in St
Paul than to attempt to hold place not
awarded him by the constituted authorities
of his County-the people-that he will soon
be relieved from all hope of accomplishing
his business.
E Thirty-fye slaves were recently lib
Grated by their master in Kentucky, and
placed in Oberlin College.
| ARRIVED YEsTERDAY.-Messrs Lowry.