Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-29
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION and
THE THIRD MINNESOTA DISTRICT.

q disordered liver for simon pure Democracy,
takes the GLOBE to task for declaring that
Bill Washburn's chances for retaining his
seat have diminished since the California
election. II we were not so familiar with
the dysPePtio characteristics of the editor in
question We should be inclined to think that
Washburn had concluded to make another
draft upon his bar'l to secure some Demo
cratic opinions which might aid him in his
dire extremity.
Our distinguished critic harps upon the
fact that the official record gave Washburn
some 5000 majority. This has been the
hue and cry Of the Washburn gang ever
since the contest began, and this Democratic
paper, which now formally joins the. corrupt
and scoundrelly Washburn crew, merely
echoes the sentiment of the bride giver. The
GLOBE is constrained to admit that the
citation of Washburn's sorcalled majority
has very largely led people to consider Mr..
Donnelly's contest hopeless. This same
view has been industriously inculcated in
Congress by Mr.. Washburn and his strikers.
and laboring under the impression that Mr..
Donnelly must throw out three thousand
votes, his contest has not attracted the at
tention it deserves. aAt2th,l
The GLOBE, therefore, spoke deliberately
and exactly what it meant when it said that
the California election rendered Washburn's
chances for retaining his seat much less than
before. That statement the GLOBE reiter-
ates and reaffirms. No utterance of the
Gno1E' can be found favoring the unseahng
Of Republican improperly to make room
for Democrat, but now that the Democrats
are left in minority on vote by States,,
they will be d much more criti-
cal in ascertaining and maintain
ing their legal rights. They have
the most undoubted right to the vote of this
State, and in view of the Importance of So
curing the vote of Minnesota if the next
Presidential election should go to the House,
we may now look for consideration of this
contest, which otherwise might have been
dwarfed by persistent presentation of the
5000 majority view of the case.
If MIR. Washburn's majority was thirty
thousand instead of three, he would still be
amenable to. the following, which will be
found on page 1914 of the revised statutes of
the United States: @
Section 5,b11. If at any election for Representa-
tive or Delegate IN Congress, any person knowingly
to
or votes more than ence at the same election for any
candidate for the same Office; or votes at any place
where he may not be lawfully entitled to vote; or
votes without lawful right to vote; or does an
lawful act to secure an OPT ortunity to vote for him.
self or any other person; or by force threat intimi
daton, bribery, or reward, or offer thereof, unlaw
any Territory, from freely exercising the right of
suffrage or by any such means induces any voter to
refuse to exercise such right compels or Induces
by any such means, any officer of an election in any
such State or Territory to receive vote from per-
not 10 eg fed or TITLED to O.
In the discharge of his duties by any such means
or other unlawful MEANS induces any officer of cleo
ton or officer whose duty 1t is TO ascertain
declare the result of any such election, gives
makes any certificate, document evidence in rela-
duty or any law regulating the same; or knowingly
receives the vote OF any person not entitled to vote,
person or officer to do any act hereby made crime,
or omit to do any duty, the omission of which is
hereby made crime, or attempts to do SO, he shall
be punished by q fine Of not more than $500, or by
imprisonment not more than three years by both,
and shall pay the costs Of the prosecution.
There is no belittling or decrying the bri-
| Dery and corruption Of Bill washburn. He
bought the nomination away from DR.. Stew
art with cash and he secured good deal
more than his entire majority by bribery and
intimidation. The matter is no secret, but is
unblushingly admitted by his friends. Those
who are near the throne concede that his
election cost him twenty -dye thousand dol
lars, and the current opinion is that forty
thousand would be nearer the figure. Since
Bill King let loose s'the strumpet of corrup-
ton" in the Third Minnesota district in
1872, it has been the most corrupt
and demoralized district in the
United States. An honest campaign is ut
terly useless and hopeless in this district, as
the case stands at present. Republicans and
Democrats alike should unite in purifying
the local political atmosphere, and there is
no way in which it can be done so effectually
as to unseat Mr.. Washburn, the champion
bride giver.
At some convenient season the GLOBE will
give resume of the corruption practiced as
developed by sworn evidence. Outside Of
Hennepin county Mr.. Donnelly's majority
was 472. Though corruption extended
thr oughout the district the great center was
in Hennepin county, and that county elected
Washburn. The Democratic papers
certainly should rejoice to see
this mountain of corruption over
turned, but whether they choose to do go or
not, the GLOBE will labor to this end. We
can dispense with the aid Of dyspeptic editors
whose modicum of brains is devoted to the
assertion that they were ssborn'' Democrats,
especially when we have the necessities
resulting from the California election as an
ally. The public can rest assured that the
Third Minnesota district contest will now
receive the careful consideration Of Congress,
and that is all we ask. There can be but
one result, and that result will render Jim
Green and Bill Washburn unhappy.
THE CHANCES OF SUCCESS.
The Chicago Times cites the majority for
State Auditor in Minnesota last year as evil
uoAco tu6G LILO hopuUuc8nS can carry the
State easily this fall. The proper test was
the vote on congressman. Combining the
vote Of the three Congressional districts, the
Republicans had only s,o5z nnajority in Min
nesota last year. This, too, when the Demo
Gratis had no candidate for Congress in the
First District, and two or three Thousand
Democrats bolted the nominee in the Third
District. Upon the Republican vote alone
the majority last year ran below five thou
sand.