Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-14
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Specially Reported for the Daily Globe
SUPPLEMENTARY.

The Careless Judges Bring IN. that Sort Of
characterization BlacK; Decides TO Senc
Them Do,cn on u Separate Sheet-Protes
6y One Of the Clerks and an Elector.
The canvassing board held an adjourned
meeting OF the court house yesterday, and the
careless judges of election were on hand
with the following amended report:
WHEREAS, We, the undersigned, in making
our return to the county auditor of Hennepin
county, as required by law, of the election held
on Tuesday, the 9TH day of November, Al d
1878, in the election precinct in the city OF
Minneapolis mentioned below, did, by mad
vertance and mistake, and being misled therein
by mistake in the blank furnished us upon
which to make such returns, omit to return the
vote cast in the said precinct for member OF
Congress of the Third Congressional district of
the State of Minnesota; therefore, in order to
supply said omission, and to the end that said
vote in said precinct upon said member OF
Congress may be fairly and justly counted and
canvassed, we do hereby make the following
supplementary return, to-wit:
At an election held at Hose House No. z, in
the election precinct composed of the Third
precinct of the Fourth ward, in the city of Min
neapois, in the county of Hennepin, in the
State of Minnesota on the fifth day of Novem-
Der, A. D. 1878, the following named persons
received the number of votes set opposite their
respective names for the following described
offices, to w.t.
VIM. d. Washburn received five hundred and
sixty-six $3.50 votes for member of Congress
from the Third Congressional district of the
state of Minnesota, and
Ignatius Donnelly received eighty-three 1881
votes for member of Congress from the Third
Congressional district OF the State of Mime
sofa, and
j. FL. Stewart received one % vote for men,
Der of Congress from the Third Congressional
district of the State of Minnesota.
Certified by
WM. CHENEY,
ALLEN HILL,
d. BAssETT,
Judges of Election
Attest:
FREDERICK PAINE, Clerk of Election.
Dated Minneapolis Nov. IL, 1878.
The other returns were in precisely the
same language and signed by all the cleo
ton officers exceptJ. B. Bottineau, clerk at
the Third precinct of the Fourth ward, who
declined to sign the return and submitted
the following protest:
WHEREAS, The judges of election at an
election held in the Third precinct OF the
Fourth ward OF the city of Minneapolis,
county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota,
in making their returns to the county auditor,
failed to report the vote for member of Con-
gress; and
WHEREAS, They have this day prepared a
supplemental return or statement Showing, or
preparatory to show that VIM. D. Washburn
received 566 votes and that lgnatius DOnnelly
received eighty-three votes, and
WHEREAS, The undersigned, John B. Bot
tineau, of tho clerks of the said cleo
ton, and has refused to sign such supplemental
return or statement, because it fails to agree
with the original memorandum kept by him;
therefore
This is to certify that by the original mem
orandum SO kept by the said Bottineau, it APP
pears that at such election VIM. ID. Wash
burn received 1876 votes, and that lgnatlus Don
nelly received 313 votes.
Dated at Minneapolis, Mimi, this 18th day
of November, A. d. 1878.
JOHN B. Borr1NEAu.
STATE OF MINNESOTA CO
County of Hennepin.
Personally appeared before me, q notary
public, in and for the county of Hennepin,
and State of Minnesota, the above named John
B. Bottineau, who being duly sworn deposes
and says, that he signed the foregoing instru-
ment. and that tho same is true of his own
knowledge. JOHN 3. BoTrINEAU.
Subscribed and sworn to this 18th day Of
November, A. d. 1878. JAS. w. LAWRENCE.
Notary Public, Hennepin Co., MINI.
Ed. A. Stevens, an eector, submitted the
following:
10 tho county canvassing board of Hennepin
county, Minnesota, in session Nov. IL, 1878.
The undersigned, an elector in said county,
hereby protests against your canvassing or in
any way recognizing the legality of any cleo
ton returns not handed in within five days of
the election held Nov. 5th, 1875 and especially
against the canvassing of the so-called supple
mentary returns from the first precinct of the
First ward from the second precinct Of the
Second ward; and from the third precinct of
the Fourth ward; all in the city of Minneapolis,
in said county.
And he further protests on the ground that
the returns from said precincts were duly can
vassed on the 18th day of November, 1878, as
we'll rs all the returns from all precincts in said
county, and that at the time said supplement-
airy returns were received said canvass had been
completed save in making the footings and at
taching the requisite certificates thereto.
ED. A. STEVENS.
Minneapolis, Mimi. Nov. IS, 1878.
The protests were filed with the other pa
pers.
The GLOBE man met Aid. Andrews, one Of
the judges from the second precinct of the
second ward and asked him to state how he
remembered the vote on member of Con-
gress. His reply was that he had the vote
in his pocket and copied the figures for the
supplemental return from that.
How are these vest pocket reports, any
how? Will some lawyer post the GLOBE as
to their legality If they're legal let's all
get one and carry 1t down to St. Paul i'll our
vest pocket.
MORE TROUBLE.