Daily globe., 1879-02-14
NUMBER 81.
CONTEST.
HE PRODUCES MORE EVIDENCE OF
FLAGRAE EFT BRIBERY.
A Gang of Wood Choppers Hired to Vote
The Money Paid by The Treasurer of
Washburns Observation-Disclosures Sum-
cient to Give Donnelly His Seat-Wash-
bnrn Raises a 0uibble at Minneapolis.
T. c. MCCLURE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |


MELRosE, Mimi, Feb. 13.-In the DonnelIy-
Washburn contest to-day T. G. Mcclure testi-
fed at st. Cloud Feb. II that he did not receive
and bring to St. Cloud, Nov. 20, $500 from
Minneapolis for election purposes, but admit
ted that he had spent money last fall for the
Republican ticket. Refused to say how much
it was, or who it was paid to, or for what pur-
poses; it was for legitimate purposes. Thought
it was legitimate to hire Democrats to work
with their teams for the Republican ticket.
Denied that MIR. Washburn paid him any
thing.
VOTES NOT COUNTED.
Wednesday Morning, Feb. IL, st. Cloud
Barney Vossberg, county auditor, proved that
Donnelly received 396 votes and Washburn IA
votes in five towns of Stearns county which
were not returned and counted for them
through an error in blanks furnished by the
secretary of state.
A. A. WHITNEY.
Melrose, Feb. IL, P. M.-(Before Don B.
Mcdonald, notary. A. A. Whintey admitted
that he had stated to 8. R. Foot Jan. Goth,
that he had had some of Washburn's money.
He produced letter from W. D. Washburn
dated Nov. 18th, 1875 including SO for hall
rent, printing, etc. Whitney testified that the
Judge Rea and Mr.. Schroeder. He (Whitney)
was member of the local Republican com
mittee and active supporter Of Washburn
He had made attempt to collect that SO
from the Republicans of Melrose. He had
written Mr.. Washburn and Mr.. Washburn had
sent the money III currency in the letter; did
not know that there was anything unusual in
calling on candidate tor Congress to pay local
expenses of meetings.. Mr.. Schroeder had no
audience, and made no speech, but the hall was
paid for.
g. n. FOOT
was called to prove his conversation with Mr..
Whitney. Whitney runs lumber yard for T.
G. Mcclure. They were talking of the testi-
mony taken in Minneapolis in the Washburn-
Donnelly contest when Whitney said, II have
some Of Washburn's money, too" Witness
did not know how much it would cost a candi-
date for Congress if he paid all the local bills
of the campaign.
A. J. WHITE.
Melrose, Feb. 13, 9 A. MA. J. White sworn:
Was at Tamarack, Kittson county. last election
Had eighty or ninety men at work cutting cord
wood. They nearly all voted. They arrived
there the latter part of October and left there
about Nov. II or Is. Most of the men were
cutting wood by the cord, at S1.10 per cord.
He paid all the men who voted as much as they
could have earned on election day. The total
was repaid him by George E. Webster, paymas-
ter of the Minneapolis d st. Louis railroad, in
a check for $168 or S172 on the First National
bank of Minneapolis few days after the
election. The money was loan from Web
ster. He gave Webster no note for it. He has
not since paid him. Webster has never called
upon him to pay. He (White) never called
upon his partner to pay half of it. Had no
correspondence with him on the subject. Geo.
G. Webster is paymaster of the railroad COM
pany Of which W. D. Washburn is president.
The contract for wood did not yield much
profit. He paid $3.50 or $l7O simply to have
the men vote. Did not care who they voted
for He was himself in favor of Washburn.
O. As the men were working by the cord,
and their time was their own, how could you
pay them for their time? A. I told them
their time would be allowed them. The ballot
box was cigar box. His partner, Webster,
was one of the judges of election, and he,
White, was of the clerks. There were
few actual settlers in that vicinity. Saw no
Donnelly ticket. He was surprised that Don
nelly did not get more votes. The vote was
Washburn 100, Donnelly l. Was friendly with
was worth anything. Did not know that Web
ster threatened to sue him for the half of that
$l68 or $l72. Did not know Mr.. Washburn
was doing anything improper or corrupt.
At Minneapolis.
The taking of testimony in the Donnelly-
Washburn contest, which was to have been re-
sumed yesterday morning, was unexpectedly
postponed until Saturday morning. J. NJ.
Shaw, the counsel who appeared yesterday
morning for Mr.. Washburn, made the following
objections in regard to the manner in which
the notices had been served on parties who
were witnesses.
First-That it has not been made to appear
to the officer now here that any proper notice
of the taking of depositiors of the witnesses
named at this time or place. or before this Off
Ger, has ever been given.
Second-That no such notice has, in fact,
ever been given.
Mr. Chilstrom, attorney for the contestant,
admitted that the objection was according to
the letter of the law, but stated that a stipula-
tion had been made between Mr.. Donnelly and
Judge Fiandrau that motion by mail would
be accepted a legal notice, and such was
also understood by Col. Fred Hooker, who said
that service upon him would have the same
force as if issued to Judge Flandrau. As it is
necessary to give two days notice of a hearing,
Col. Hooker was notified by mail, but he being
out Of town, a notice was sent Judge Flandrau
on Thursday. He telearaphed to Mr.. Shaw
yesterday that he had not been legally served,
and the point was raised by Mr.. j. NJ. Shaw.
As there stipulation entered in the Ies-
timony that Col. Hooker and Mr.. Chilstrom
had decided to do aWay with the legal formal