The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

canvassing board Is exclusively Republican
| it will, of course, decide that it cannot 90
behind the face of the returns, and will give
Washburn all that he claims. Mr.. Donnelly,
on the other hand, loses nearly one thousand
votes by the criminal blunders which have
been made against him and have not been
corrected. In addition to what is noted be
lew he loses over two hundred votes in
Stearns county, one hundred in Morrison,
| fifty in Meeker, and 80 on. Probably great
many more have been lost, which have not
| been made public. There ought to be some way
to reach the matter and correct the wrong,
but the only hope lies in an appeal to the
House itself. which may overturn the illegal
proceedings of the Republican returning
board of Minnesota.
We give some samples of the rascally man
ner in which tbs canvass has been con-
Quoted.
FRAUDs IN KrrrsoH COUNTY
The whole vote of Kittson county can be
set down as a fraud. devised by Washburn,
Fletcher and Co. One special instance of
fraud is reported at Tamarac river Web
ster & White have a lumber camp at that
point with thirty or forty men, and they or
gained bogus election camp and returned
il6 votes for Washburn and for Donnellv.
An old man named Mccullough. not having
voted for i've years, WAS allowed to make up
for ras. delinquencies. and accordingly cast
five ballots for Washburn.
CHEATING IN THE COUNT IN WRIGHT COUNTY.
DELANo, Mimi. Nov. 13.--1he official can
vass In this county completed yesterday.
| which gives Donneliv 1920. Washburn Liza.
giving Donnelly LOG majority. But the town
OF Frankfort has made no retarR of the vote for
Congressman, and in that town Donnellv had
| Il votes and Wnshbarn IL therefore Don
! nelly a total vote in the county il l. 2gl, and
Washburn 8 vote Lbs. giving Donnelly an &C.
| tual majority OF l66. The above are facts. |
have the true figures from each town. Don
| nelly would have had over 200 majority in the
county had John Brasie not sold him tDonnelivl
IN De!ano. He succeeded in delivering votes
| to Washburn, but failed to get any for Mealey.
In fact he thereby injured Mealey.
The entire Democratic county and Legislative
ticket, with the exception OF Rawsen, Repre-
sentative. Is elected, and he would have been
| elected had not few Monticello Democrats
slaughtered him in Maple Lake and Frankfort.
two Democratic towns Joining Monticello.
They made special efforts to do that to satisfy
local interest and pre- udlce. Vox.
THE FRAUps IN rAASrr COUNTY,
CAMBaIDGE, Nov. l4.-Knowing that Won
would be interested to hear how the returns
from lsanti were made up, and being an OBJ
server OF SONS very curious maneuvres in can
vassing returns. thought would write you
80 that you could use the information
When the canvassing board met here and com
mcnced canvasslae the town returns, the town
nj lsantt sent In no ret1r ms for Congressman at
all. The 'wn of Spring Vale was in the ssme
NIX. the returns stating that Washburn received
torty-two votes for State Senator. The town
oil Stanchheld returned, under the beading of
btate Representatives, that Wsahburu had re-
ceived some nifty votes bat tn county can vass-
ing board presumed that they forgot to deair-
nate the difference, and counted the numher
for Congressman without having the return.
corrected. In the case of both Iaanti and
Spring Vale the return sheet wAs given To the
! b rat man who would voluntes. to take them. per
feotiy ioese and unsealesl, to go and find some-
| one to correct them. One fell.,w s.a.ted for
isanti and sccideutly met = resident of that
! town on the road who claimed he ~as one Of
| the board that canvsssed the votes and could
correct them himself and did 40. returning l3a
Votes for Wsshburn. The returns of Soring
Vale town were transmo.gnhei over tv one of
the citizens OF that town in the same way max
ing forty-two votes more for Waahburr max
ing difference 23l votes. II that Il. III. ri0ht
way 10 correct returns all right but r,siu
that there 10 u fraudulent return ssnt in from
this county of 23l votes. The canvaasinz board
OF the county WAS not made up fairly aA II
was composed OF the auditor Judge OF probate
and one justice OF the peace. when two part,e.
arc needed.
The editor that found tina. 6nr horse ono
morning that wss lef. here by mistake. which
caused him to change from . Stewart to
"ashburn man between dark aud daylight. i.
one OF the chief hgurers in thu changing Of
votxs.
TIKI rRArDs II MORMON COUNTY.
LITTLE FALIs. Mimi. Nov. 18th Ie.S-
II should BE- known that two towns in this
county made To report of the vote for Con-
gr~ssman. and 1t IL veil known tia, Mr.. Dom
nelly's majority IN thoee towna viii not fall
short of IN Ii is Also we'll known that one
Brewer of the land Office in ST. Cloud. spent
| sevesal dsys II those to~na where this angular
fcrges.ulnesA was evidenced. and The aid
bro.er Wa working in the interesss of ". ID.
Washbcrr. The two towns referred In are
swan River aud TWo Rivers. II this fa;lure
- report ~Ss induced by fraud, il will be we'll
to look after other localities where Wsahhurn's
money Wa used and such men = Brewer
handled il.
rKH yhArpS n boCoxAA cocHr.
ALEXANDRIA. Nov Ill have Just lea.ned
that the town OF Leaf Valley vas not included
In the ofkcisi eoun: of douglas county. Is
rave Donrelly 81 votes. Wsshburn seae
THK paACpe IN KRHNRPrH CocxrY.
WArsRvTr1x lie Saear Co, Nov. l4.-ln view
Of Mr.. Donnelly's cuoteat for washhurn' . eess
It may b. OF intersst 20 yoa to know that 70
teri were taken from thia place IN the Second
district to 4inneApolis 70 vote for waaAburu.
rRzU n srHAaSs cocxtY.
fAIR HAvES, 6tearns ca. MIMI. Nov 9. 1878.
There was some bulldosing It The election
here Judge Gregory. Who Claims to Be . Dem
ocras, brought the tickets from 81. Cloud to
this place on Saturday. the ID, and when cleo
ton came of all the Democratic tickets con-
tanned the name 81 Washburn instead Of Dom
nelly. All the other names Of the Democrats
nominees were all night.
This little trick must have gained quite .
namner of votes fo- Washburn, a many Of or
citizens are foceignen-
We sppeud below the official vote OF
esch district. a. well as Of the State ct large
We have given the tables as near - possible
as they VIII appear st the Official canvass,
though ws know the returns in many in
stances to be ahsoln.s frauds The Henne-
PIN county returns. for instance, give Wash
burn sIS more votes than were legally can
vassed- If all the votes were properly re-
Turned. the fscs OF tia returns would no.
give Washburn 10 excsed LOO majority,
and more than that number of votes w0rs