Daily globe., 1879-02-15

More Proof of Bribery-A Man Who Isn't
Supporting Washburn Paid Twenty Dol
lars to go Out and Peddle Washburn
Tlckets-Other Witnesses who Know of
Money Being Spent for the I<epnb1ican
Party, But Decline to Answer Questions
Two Republicans Pretend That They
Canvassed Stearns County Week on
$3.50 Each.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
sAUK CENTRE Feb. l4.-Testimony was taken
last night and to-day before Mr.. Calhoun.
notary public, in the Donnelly -Washburn con
tested election case.
The first witness called was F. E. Searle,
lawyer, of Sauk Centre. He worked actively
for Washburn. He declines to saw whether
any money was spent in the campaign, and re-
fused to tell the amount. or what it was spent
for. 1t was not for Washburn, but for the
Republican party; did not think money spent
for the Republican party would necessarily
nelp Washburn; made a canvass and spent
money for hall rent; received $l6 from Charley
Johnson soon after the election; this was for
nall rent IN Sauk Centre and livery to Melrose:
did not try to raise the amount in Sank Centre
before applying to Charley johnson: did not
get Charley to pay him his other campaign ex-
penses; declined to tell why he did not. He
declined to answer number of questions, but
ne remem bered a rumor that a Republican had
been hired to vote for Donnelly with barrel
of apples, but did not attach much conse-
quence to the rumor.
Alexander Moore was called this morninp.
Mr.. Moore did not know much, and was not
very willing to tell just what he did know He
had gone with Mr. D. B. Searle of st. Cloud, to
minneapolis just before the election, and had
called at the office of W. d. Washburn there
were present Charley johnson. Loren Fletcher
and large number of other leading Republi-
cans, but 1t was not caucus to hear the dele
gates from Stearns county; Mr.
Washburn asked him, Moore. how politics were
looking in Sack Centre, and Moore told him
they were looking very much in favor of Mr..
Donnely. Washburn did not give him any
money to take back. Does not know whether
ne gave ID. b. Searle any not. He, Moore,
was present at a caucus of the leading Repub-
licans Of Sauk Centre, held there the night Mai
Hicks OF Minneapolis, spoke there. Governor
Barto told some funny stories, and then Major
Hicks remarked that ':stories were well enough,
but it was time to talk business and he
wanted to know what preparations had been
made for the local campaign, whereupon Gov.
Barto remarked that, s'that is all fixed'' This
answer seemed to satisfy Hicks, and he walked
know what Major Hicks meant when he spoke
OF talking business;" nor did he
know what Barto meant by saving
that is all fixed" Did not know that
1t Preferred to money matters. Washburn
had been in Sauk Centre about a week before
that caucus. Did not know that the leading
Republicans were angry after that caucus be-
cause they thought Searle had gobbled the
money and had not made fair divide
Moore also told the barrel of apples story and
when asked whether a barrel of apples was the
price of leading Republican in that place, did
not know.
Tolif G. Fladeland was next called. Is a
merchant IN Sauk Center; used to be Demo-
crat: is now a Republican. Did not approve Of
the little brass kettle last fall; was mad about
1T; may have expressed his preference for Dom
nelly for Congress; a day or two before election
was neutral as between Washburn and Dom
nelly. At that time he was called on by J.
Cooper and Searle, Of st. Cloud. They were
making a canvass of the county for Washburn,
They wanted him to go out; he told them he
was not a politician and must be paid. They
gave him $40. He took his own team and a
lot of Republican and Democratic tickets with
Washburn's name on all of them, and started
out the day before election visited three towns.
distributed tickets, called at houses and worked
at the polls. The expenses of his trip were
just one dollar, lso he was nineteen dollars
ahead for two days work-pretty good for a
neutral in politics. Besides distributing tick
cts, he scattered hand bills about the cheap
goods he had for sale. Note-Cooper swore at
st. Cloud that the canvass of Stearns county
made by himself and Searle occupied about q.
week, and that their total expenditures were
twenty-five or thirty dollars, including money
paid Fladeland for livery bills. It appears by
Fladeland's testimony that he paid no livery
bills, but drove his own team, and that the
amount paid him was twenty dollars leaving
but i've or ten dollars rs the total cost of q
weeks canvass by two politicians, in an excited
canvass IN StearnS county.