Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-08
! behalf as to anv Of said workmen who did
vote for him at said election, if any such

10 the sixth specification of said notice. re-
spondent answers as follows:
He denies the same and each and every charge.
allegation, matter and thing therein contained.
he denies that at the election in the city of
Minneapolis named in said specification, which
was held on the 9Th day of November, 1878, or
IN any of the wards of said city, there were
any irregularities, illegalties, frauds, brberies,
lntlmldations, or any other illegal practices
Whatever, either in the making of the registra-
ton lists of voters provided for by law, or in
the colonization of voters, or in the conduct of
the election officers, in the reception, count
ing or canvassing of the votes cast thereat, or
IN any other manner, matter thing whatever
connected with said election, or accompanying
the same as alleged IN said specification, or
otherwise, and AYERS that said election at said
Minneapolis, and in all the wards and precincts
OF said city, was conducted in all things regu-
larly, fairly, freely, and in accordance with law
and not otherwise.
To the seventh specification of said netice
respondent answers as follows:
That he denies the same and each and eyery
charge, allegation, matter and thing therein,
contained, except as hereinafter admitted,
qualified or explained.
He admits that at said election votes were
cast, returned, counted and canvassed for him
as legal votes from the counties of Traverse
las and Lake. He denies that said counties of
Traverse, Big Stone, Lake, Kanabec, Kittson
and Douglas, any either of them were not
at the date of said election, or are not now or
ganized counties of the State of Minnesota and
he alleges that said counties are, and each and
every of them were at the time of said election.
and still are organized for all purposes pertain
ing to elections so that their inhabitants have
the same right to vote at Congressional and all
other elections as the inhabitants of any other
counties in the State of Minnesota, and that
most of said counties are fully organized for all
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time OF said election, and that the election
precincts i'll said counties where votes were SO
cast as aforesaid for this respondent, were each
and all legally constituted and established
election precincts in said countless and in said
Congressional district and State, That all the
officers receiving, counting and canvassing the
votes cast in said counties: and all of them
We're officers of said election precincts and
counties duly and legally chosen to perform the
duties which were performed by them in and
about said election. and that the inhabitants
of said counties, and of each and all of them.
possessing the proper age, and other legal quail
ihcations, were entitled to vote at said election
for member of Congress, and had been SO enti-
tied to vote at similar elections for many years.
and had voted at all Congressional elections for
nlany years past, and their votes or their right
to vote, has never before been questioned.
To the eighth specification of said notice re-
spondent answers follows: He denies the
same. and each and every charge, allegation
matter and thing therein contained and he
AYERS that each and every vote that was cast
for respondent in the county of Isanti in said
district, at said election cast, counted, re-
turned and canyassed in all respects as provid-
ed by law and not otherwise
10 the ninth specification of said notice, said
respondent answers as follows: He denies the
same, and each and every charge allegation
matter and thing therein contained. He denies
that the votes which purported to have been
cast for him the COMMITTEES nf pO1lr md
son exceed many times, OF exceed at ALL the
total number of voters resident in said counties
on the day of aaid election, and AYERS that on
account OF the inhabitants of said counties
being m UGH occupied with their ordinary vo-
cations and the great inconvenience and loss of
time which would necessarily be occasioned in
voting in said counties arising from the great
distances required to be travelled by the voters
to reach polling places, a very large part of the
voters of said counties did not vote at all, most
of whom would have voted for respondent
And he denies that the said votes so purport-
ing to have been cast for him were not so cast
and he denies that the elections so held in said
counties of Polk and Kittson or in either of
them, or the returns of the said elections or
the canvass Of the same, or any or either of
them, were fraudulent or void. But he SAYS
that he has been informed and believes and
upon such information and belief alleges the
fact to be that the election in said counties of
Polk and Kittson held on the 9Th day of No
vember, 1878, were held in all things in accord
ance with law. That all the votes cast thereat
for this respondent were cast by legal voters
of said counties, and were cast at the proper
and legal precincts where said voters were en-
titled to vote, and were cast, counted, returned
and canvassed fairly and in accordance with
the laws governing said elections and not other
wise.
Further answering said notice, respondent
says that he received at said election a majority
of three thousand and thirteen e, O13) votes
over all competitors for the office Of member
of the House Of Representatives. in the Con-
gress of the United States for the Third Con-
gressional district of the State of Minnesota,
and was duly elected to said office, and was
duly declared so elected by the proper canvass
ing board and officers of the State of Minnesota
whose duty it was to canvass said votes and
declare elected the person who was chosen and
elected to said Office at said election and that
he holds the proper and legal certificate of said
election authenticated by the great seal of the
State of Minnesota.
Said respondent makes the following counter
charges against contestant:
Respondent says that he is Informed and be-
lieves and charges the fact to be that at said
election in the county of Carlton, in said dis
trict, there were cast for said contestant large
number of false and fraudulent votes,
to wit: fifty of such votes, which were
cast by railroad workmen who were
non-residents of said county, Indians, minors
and other persons who had no right to vote at
said election, which were all counted returned
and canvassed for said contestant, which said
charge he will make good in this contest, and
will demand that such votes be deducted from
the votes that were counted for said con-
testant.
That prior to and at the time of said election
this tn respondent was resident of the city of
Minneapolis. in the county of Hennepin, in
said district. That there existed and had ex-
listed for some time previous to said election
local rivalries and ambitions between the said
city of Minneapolis and the city of st. Paul
and many of the inhabitants of said Cities
That in the afternoon Of said election day. for
the purpose of misleading, cheating and de-
fraudlng the voters of said city of St. Paul.
many of whom had voted for respondent, and
many more of whom intended to vote for re-
spondent for said Office of member Of Con-
gress aforesaid and to fraudulently mislead
and deceive said voters and prevent them from
voting for respondent, and to induce them to
vote against respondent, said contestant, with
several of his aiders and abettors, conspired to-
gether and concocted the false and fraudulent
charge that respondent and his friends were
parading the streets of said city Of Minneap-
oils with banners and placards inscribed with
words, mottos and devices indicating and pro-
claiming that the election of respondent was
in the interest I Minneapolis and triumph
over and hostile to the interests Of st. Paul.
and were using ether devices to excite the
prejudices and rivalries of the voters of said
city Of Minneapolis against said city of
st. Paul and its interests; and then and
there telegraphed and by other means sent said
false and fraudulent reports and misrepresen-
tations from said Minneapolis to St. Paul, and
Enthusiastically by means of posters displayed at
all the polling places in said city of ST. Paul,
and by hand bills numerously circulated among
the voters Of said city of St. Paul. circulated
said false reports and misrepresentation
among said voters of st. Paul with the fraudu-
lent purpose and intent of inflaming the pas
siQps and local nreiudices and alria