Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-18
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Money Used in Washington County
VIM. Leyde's Missionary Tour-A Letter
| from Minneapolis Fixed Things So That
sabin Supplied the Funds.
Testimony was taken in the Donnelly- washburn
contested election case, at Newport, Washington
county, yesterday afternoon, before E. A. Hendrick
son. notary public The following evidence was
| taken:
| F.s. ME1L1oKE SWORN.
! am farmer; am aged 40 years; reside at Cot
tage Grove; have lived at Cottage Grove about
twentyone years; have been chairman of the board
of supervisors of the town, and now county com
missioner; am acquainted with VIM. NJ. Leyde; he
resides at Cottage Grove has lived there for fourteen
or fifteen years. Mr.. Leyde In favor of Mr.
Washburn at the last election. He worked for Mr.
Washburn at the polls. had conversation with
Mr. Leyde the night of the election. After the vote
was counted, at Langdon, in the town of Cottage
Grove, Mr.. Leyde and myself started for Saltwater
with the returns with horses and wagon; he and I
were the only ones in the wagon. On the way Mr..
| Leyde told me he had been at work I wculdn,t ba
positive whether it was for week or more for Mr.
Washburn, distributing money for election p1rposes
and that he knew that they had $500 in Still
had but SIS left of all the money placed in his hands
for distribution II am speaking in the language Of
Mr. Leyde now] which he calculated to "salt down.
IN case he did not receive any more. If they didn't
pay him any more he wouldntS work for them at
another election as he had done. That is about tbs
and ssd hss tba Of soo whist no
IN Saltwater in addition to what Mr.. Washburn
placed therethat is the language of Mr. Leyde. He
did not say how much money had been placed in his
hands for distribution. He did not say who gave it
to him, but told me that when he, Leyde, talked to
Mr.. Washburn he, Washburn, told him to 20 to
Sabin. my impression is that it the State prison
and af f6o,>
placed in his, Sabi's hands, and that Sabin would
make it all right with him. He said he expected and
had the promise OF more money: but doubted that
the money would be paid him as the service had been
performed. He did not tell how he had dis
trbuted the money he had received except in one
case-that was he gave Henry Monroe, of Newort R5
to work at the polls for Washburn and the Repubu-
! can party. was at the polls at Cottage Grove on
election day, and Mr.. Leyde was too. Mr.. Leyde was
can ticket. He took active part in peddling tick
| cts, ETC. Mr.. Leyde and myself had been friends
and acquaintanees for years past. ! have had
conversation with him since the election. I do not
remember anything else he told me during that ride
to Saltwater in reference to the use of money.
Cross-examined-1 got no money from Mr.. Wash
burn or from any person in Mr.. Washburn's behalf
W. Leyde didn't tell me he had b-ibed any one to
vote for Mr.. Washburn. W. Leyde told that
certain man, his name Mr.. John Mara, of Cot
tage Grove told him, Leyde, that if he would give
| him SO he would vote for Washburn. and Leyde
said to me, II am little too sharp for that" He
said he gave Mars no money.
Re-exanined-I understood that ". Leyde wanted
to convey the idea to when he said he was stoo
sharp to pay $40 to Mars for his vote, that he knew
versaton expressed the idea to that he used the
money to hire men to work at the polls.
WILLIAM II. LETDE, Sworn.
am 50 years of age. reside at Cottage Grove,
! I am engaged in the threshing machine business. 1
took part in the general campaign in behalf of the
Republican party supported ". D. washburn. I
paid out some money for political purposes in that
fI Ike their to that
the voters got out paid out travelling expenses
for myself-no one else. I decline to state who I
paid this money too or how much paid each one I
decline to say how much I paid out in the aggregate.
did not receive any money from ". D. Washhurn.
AS understood there was money raised by private
citizens and officers in Saltwater to pay the expenses
to see that there 9 were teams l1 provided d,s
| to get out the legal voters Of the county. The
money paid paid out If that fund. Mr.. Fay
cite Marsh gave me some of the money I received
D. NJ. Sabin gave some to bear my expenses and
and pay me for my time travelling over the country.
received from D. NJ Sabin $50 to the lower
end of the county, and Marsh paid SIS and found
the team distribute the tickets at the polling
places. That was all the money! received during
that campaign. When MIR. Marsh paid me the Sl5
told him it wasn't sufficient funds. He ted me he
thought they would send me some by the morning
of the election It did not arrive. did not see W.
D. Washburn but once during the campaign. met
| Mr.. Washburn on the sidewalk in st. Paul We
spoke for few minutes-not over five minutes. The
sum and substance of that conversation was, he
asked me how our part or the county was going; I
told him would elect the general Republican tick
ct; told him that thought our county would prob
ably run ahead a litte-ahead for him the gen.
eral Republican ticket. think, I can re-
member he said that the reports from all quar-
tiers were good. He passed of on to the railroad.
said nothing to him about the necessity of money
for campaign purposes. He did not refer me to
Sabin for money. had letter to Mr. Sabn from
Mr.. Nash, am not positive as to- the
name) of Minneapolis saying to Mr.. Sabn that if
Mr.. Sabin thought it advisable to employ to look
after the lower end of the county to make such
rangements as he fit. The parties in Mime
apolis who gave that letter, think it was Edgar
Nash, who formerly kept the hardware store in Mir
,leapolis.,- was in Minneapolis and met Mr.. Nash
there, and he asked me how the thing going
down here, and he asked me whether was going to
take active hand in politics this year. told him
didn't know yet, probably should. don't re-
member anything more that was said, he then gave
me the letter to Sabin to employ me. am not 81 re
avhose name aCGs to that letter. also met during
that visit to Minneapolis Dr. Keith, the postmaster
into room and wrote it. or whoever it gave it to
me wrote it, The contestant here calls upon the
witness to produce the original letter still in his pos
session. I do not know whether was in the room
of the Republican District committee in Minneapolis
or not. It might be that was in that room some
room adjoining it. The letter might have
been written in Nashs Office; I visited In my cam
all the lower end of this county; that includes
Denmark, Cottage Grove, Newport, Saltwater and
Baytown, and in distributing tickets visited Alton,
Lakeland, ETC.; decline to say what towns hired
men in; understood by street talk that they had
raised about $500 or $500 in saltwater; I did not
know Of any other oney being sent into the county.
Cross-examined-I do not know that Mr.. Wash
burn had placed any money in saltwater: may have
st tied to Mr. in regard TO money raisedfn
saltwater by Marsh aIcClue and others for election
purposes. I have no recollection Of telling Mr.
Meilicke that Mr.. Washburn had deposited money
with sabin. Mr.. Washburn did not tell me to goto
Sabin.
Redirect think Mr.. Sabin was not candidate
for office that fall can't tell you what Sabin
men there at the Office of Marsh L McClure-some
did not know-they had some kind of meeting