Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-20
sylvania were d scovered ; that the cases
are more severe in houses where kero>
sene is used, and in short, that kerosene
may be the cause of the disease.-Ex.
Hon. j. Y. BrOwer'S Testimony.

may De the cause or the dlSeaSe.-EX.
Hon. J. Y. Brower's Testimony.
On the 11th inst, when testimony
was taken at St. Cloud in the contest
case Of Donne'1y vs.. Wasbburn, the
examination of Hon. j. v. Brewer
lasted over seven hours. He seemed
to have forgotten nearly everything
that he did during the political cam
paign last fall, and, judging by the ev>
idence, he must have been in great
fear that he would reveal something
that would lead to the discovery Of the
whole truth. Much of his testimony
related to matterssin Morrison county,
and We give condensed statement Of
it, taken from the St. Cloud Journal
Press.
w. BROWER.
Am IS years old reside in St.
Cloud am lawyer and Register of
the U. s. Land Office am Repub-
lican and supported Mr.. Washburn
for Congress at the late election made
several trips for political purposes in
to Todd, Morrison, Heunepin and
other counties in my visits to Todd
and Morrison counties I may have left
small sums Of money to ray expenses
at hotels, &c., but none for other than
legitimate and honorable purposes -;
was working only to a certain extent
IN the interest Of Mr.. Washburn at
North Prairie, Morrison county, l
paid Geo. Geissers bill where I stop>
ped, the amount l do not remember ;
paid for the use of one team on elec-
tion day in the interest of a local can
didate; and paid Kittowski a bill for
cigars furnished a number of persons
assembled there ; don't remember how
much this bill was, but believe it was
less than $50; can't remember wheth>
er I paid any money to Henry Arms
strong, although he may be the man
from whom I hired the team; do not
believe I paid him $25 or any such
sum Chas. Berens wrote to Minne~
apolis demanding $50 as a reward for
supporting Mr.. Wasbburu, his letter
was sent to me, and I advised against
making any such arrangement with him
or any one else [ may have talked with
Berens while I was at North Prairie,
but offered him no money to support
Mr.. Washburn I learned that he
supported I. Donnelly for Congress-
at Rich Prairie I paid 40 money ex>
cept to Peter Verning for the use of
one team on election day to bring in
voters from distant points don't think
I paid him to exceed IS; am in
formed that P. Newman, Republican
candidate for Judge Of Probate, was
warned that if he did not cease work
for Mr.. Wash6urn he would be op.
posed at Rich Prairie, and that Mr.. N.
wasn't heard from again that day, and
for that reason Mr. W. did not re.
ceive the vote he would have received
l do not remember paying John Fleck'
enstein any money at that time except
for my bill stopping at his house, Of
promising him any for political pur
poses; I have no recollection of pay
ing Mr.. Newman any money for polit
ical purposes, but if I did it was fo'
Legitimate purposes only and not fo1
corruption; don't remember how many
men and teams l engaged for election
day last fall, or what l paid them
did not pay or promise to pay mar
named Kelly, Of Aldrich, Wadena
county, any sum of money whatever te
support Mr.. Washburn we had some
correspondence; can't remember the
subject>matter definitely; W. D
Washburn never told me if I needed
money to call on T. 9. Mcclure die
not receive $3.50 from w. D. Wash,
burn ; received about $50 from hin
on some other source with which te
pay my legitimate expenses, and ex'
pended more than I received ; Mr.
Washburn advised me that he wanted
an honest campaign; my impression
Is that MIR. W is not friendly to me
and I have been informed that he has
demanded my official head as Registe,
Of the Land Office have had CORES
pondence with him but cannot remcm.
Der what it Was all about; I may and
may not have his letters Contestant
made call for the production of these
letters); can't state the amount o.
money paid for travelling or polit1ca
purposes On my different trips, as
kept no account Of it ; it was much les.
than $500; have no recollection as t.
the amounts paid on political trips t.
Todd county =; never heard of $2O(
worth Of beer being sent to that coun
Ity and paid for by Gen. Washburr
beer don't make votes there; paid n
money at Little Falls to z. or s. Pet
tit and dou't know them !; do not kno,
Of any money having been paid dur
ing the last campaign in Stearns cour
lty or = elsewhere for Mr.. Wash