Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-12-10
-HLlNESOT.1 ELECTION
Astounding F.anfs Di>covercd.---FOrgcd
Haioritics for Sibley FIX! o ed.
from the st Paul Minncsotisn of the I9,h


From the 81 Paul Mnncs0tan of the l9,hI
We tell the Pioneer and it's parry, that it
cannot by raising Scpulchral hai ha' or
no, no, escape from the grave charge of
en,leavoring by false or forged election re-
turns, to elevate Mr.. Sibley into the Gu
hernatoral Chair over Mr. Ramsey. who
has received majority of all the PEOPLE.
Of every kinl. who really voted at the re-
cent October election.
Let the charge be well understood: We
are not complaining now, that hundreds Of
lriShnea voted here in Ramsey county.
>ever;l times apiece for the Democratic
ticket:
Nor Of the Fort Smelling ami Mendoza
swindlc, at the residence of Mr.. Sibley and
his hrothcrinlaw, Frank Stoele, a hun
dre'l illegal votes, at least, were pollel:
Nor of the Importation Of forty Demo
craft voters ii Lakeland precinct of Wash
ington County, from Wisconsin, under the
ten day clause OF the on>titution:
Nor Of the illegal voting of officers and
crew of the steamer Northern Belle, at
BFemnsaiRe. in Houston county, for the
ID mo"ratic ticket:
Nor of the open importation Of Irishmen
over from La Crosse. in Wisconsin, TO La
Crescent in the same County:
Nor of the Stuifing of the hallot-box and
packing the poll lists at Shicldsviilc, in
Rice County:
Nor of the alleged destruction by the
Democratic c,litor of the Red Wing Gozettc,
of the returns of Republican precinct in
Goodhue County, entrusted to him to carry
to the County Seat:
Nor of the polling of over a hundred
votes at Manomin. Nh Fridlcy's farm,
where there are hardly that many souls, let
alone legal voters:
Nor of the voting of sixty or seventy
Winnebago Indians in Blue Earth tountv.
under the auspices of Gen. Fletcher. Indi-
an Agent. and Maj Cullen. Indian Super
in;cnicnt:
Nor of the practice Of the game of
brcc .h-clout fraud at the Sioux and Chip
peway agencies:
Nor of numerous other frauds committed
10y the Democratic party at different points
where polls Were opened. and votes, legal
and illegal, were received.
These are matters to bc determined by in
vestigation, iulical or othervic: but the
charge against the Democratic party at this
time, or rather against It's corrupt leaders,
embracing mainly the officers of the FEEDER
al Government. is entirely different flom
the allegation of simply polling illegal and
fraudulent votes. Being progressive Dem
ocratS they have reached. on this occasion,
a still lower depth of villainy, and are get
ting up Democratic maiorities without any
votes being pollel at all
We charge them now with originating.
organizing and pcrpetrating Il grand and
comprehensive scheme for forging Election
Returns. forging poll lists containing the
names of men not in existence forging
the names and signatures of fictitious JudG
eS and Clerks of elections and Justices of
the Peace, to certify TO them forging the
very oathS which they aic represented to
have sworn to-and all this, without any
elc 'tion whatever having been held at the
precincts from which the forged returns
purlort TO come,
This is the charge. and now fora part of
the facts; the rest will be forthcoming in
due time:
On SUNDAY night. the 9th of October, a
caucus of Democratic politicians was held
at The american House, in this city. TO con
slder the state of the returns for Governor.
and what was To be done about them, At
this caucus. there were in attendance gov
crnmcGt office holder, who is near con
mexion of Mr.. Siblcy-an cx-sheritf of
RAMSEY county, who owns the whole of an
adjoining (very small) county, man OF
approved reputation for unscrupulous skull
duggcrv AN Indian Agent OF Superinten
dent. who had already proved his devotion
To his salary by winking nj the voting, of
the Wmncbaeo lnlians III Blue Earth
County y--an cx Governor. who wants bal
" TO he | :. Senator. ami whose hopes Of
success hang great deal upon Siblcy's in
tlucnce should lac be the Governor and
several others, whose names We have, but
whom we refrain from Indicating. at ms
time for prudential reasons, The condi
tion of the returns on Governor having
been exhibited and discussed. this SUNDAY
Conclaye determined that il was necessary
to have at least 650 more majority for Sib
ley by hook or crook, from some place,
and il was further resolved that Pembina
AMI the north country generally should be
made to disgorge the required votes!
Our information is, that at least one poll
book was forged, then and there, in the
very presence, and this is believed to be
that of 81. VRrcm, Pcmbiha county. We
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