Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-21
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Special Telegram to the Globe.
LITTLE FALLS. Minn., Feb. 20.--Nathan
Richard sworn. Lives at Little Falls; aged 50
years: occupation politician letter read
ing rs follows is here shown Witness
lprivate.E
Leon Houue,
dealer in General Merchandise
l.rrrLE FALLS, Mimi, Oct. 10, lS7s-Friend
Fletcher: am i'll receipt of your favor of the
lith INST, and wish to say that | have seen
Mr.. Clark and he goes right to work setting up
the tlpc tslc) and will give Donnciy some hard
ncNS. Try and get up; or send Loring or some
one and If there is no one coming next week.
send up to me or Clark one-half of the sum
talked of to help Mr.. c., as think he is really
snort OF funds, and has just got his press and
has got to get some more material, paper, etc.
=. State whether that letter is in your hand
writing? y l judge that is my writing. l
wrote that.
q. Did yon write it at the date named in
the letter? A. have reason to believe that
wrote 1t at any other time.
.. Who is the friend Fletcher referred to in
the letter? Is it Loren Fletcher, of Minneap-
oils: y. acknowledge that had reference to
Loren Fletcher, of Minneapolis.
z. Have You III Your possession the letter
sent to you by Loren Fletcher dated Oct 18th.
/ IT,.
Contestant here called upon witness to pro-
duce at the close of his examination the letter
referred to.
Q. What were the contents of that letter
sent you by Loren Fletcher, dated Oct. II, !
1875; | believe l couldn't remem-
Der. suppose the idea of writing to
me was as an old friend. There was some
friendly feeling between us.
q Who was the Clark referred to in this
letter? a. \ gcnteman-a resident of Little
u ne me 10 fo,l-
q. Had DIR. Clark previous to the date of |
TINS letter, been publishing Il Democratic |
newspaper ut Little Falls? a. l So under |
stood it that he had been.
O. Did Mr.. Fletchers letter of the 18th of
October refer to Mir. Clark: A. | cannot call |
to mind whether he said anything in that let
ter about Clark or not. ia+l:s
O. Who did YOU mean in that letter by |
}1oring A. l judge that l meant the former
partner of W. Fletcher; may be his partner
yet.
Q. lou say in that letter to send mp or
bring up to You Or Clark about one-h:tlf of the
sum talked of. to help Clark. What was the
sum talked of? A. That appears to be some
Thing OF i mystery. l couldn't be able to say
what the sum was. My recollection isn't good
enough.
Q. Do you swear it wasn't 1925. A. /
couldn' swear that wasn't
g. lnu refer ~ this letter |. the amount
talked about. Who did you talk with abnus it.?
A. | might have had some conversation with
Mr.. Clark about it.
G. State what the conversation was? A.
My recollection has failed agan.
O. Did Clark agree with you that if he was |
paid sum of money agreed upon he aud his |
newspaper would support Washburn for Con- |
greas from this district? 4. [ don't think
mae any agreement Of that sort with him.
O. Did you and he not speak together as if
such an agreement had been made us was to be
made between Fletcher and himself either
direct or through third parties. a. had
some conversation with him about supporting
MIR. Nashburn in his paper but do,l't remem-
Der OF his saying that be had made any bargain |
to do so Tor any particular sum.
=. Was the money referred to in this letter |
which you requested Fletcher to send to you,
kept by you paid to Clark. A. | |
didn't succeed in drawing him on. 1 wanted
him to send 1t to me. If he had sent it l should
have pockeLcd it.
G. This letter refers to Mr.. Clark having |
just got his press; where did he get it from
a. 1t Is a mere matter of guess work. guess |
he got it from l.. o. White, of Brainerd. |
Judge he made bargain to buy it.
O. Did Leon Houdc pay over to A. J. Clark |
IN your presence the money pad him for sup
porting Washburn, AMI if so what did Clark !
do whit: \. Have no recollectiunof ever see |
ing Leon HOude pay Clark any money for any |
purpose. Providing Clark got any l judge he |
gave it to the poor. | mean, being acquainted |
with his character is | am, that he being a |
generous person, with money having been CIV
to him free donation. he no doubt |
bestowed it it Oh somebody more needy than
himself. II after it is traced to the native
Americans it probably went into a |!
whisky shop.
e. What do you mean in that remark by ma |
tive Americans: a. didn't attach any sig
niticant meaning referring to the Chippewa
Indians who travel through this country.
q. Did Clark issue an edition of his paper
subsequent to the date of your letter to FietcL-
er, and if So did that edition support Wash |
burn and give Dennely some hard ticks. A. |
There was an issue of his pa per after that date
don recoliect seeing anything in praise of
WasAburn. Mr.. Donnelys political record was
overhauled rather extensively. Reading the
record he gave him don't think would be
likely to induce person to vote for Donnely. |
o. How much money did you receive for |
political purposes during the last campaign?
y. | am not aware that l received any for po- |
litcal purposes.
O. AS you have stated that your occupation
IS politics, state what money You received last
tall from all sources in connection with your |
business. y. | found it to be y poor bust |
ness. lost money by it. / didn't keep a |
double entity account of the receipts and ex-
penditures.
=. State rs far your memory will serve |
You what your receipts and expenditures were
last fall. A. The receipt side will be repre- |
scented by about three clphers. The expendl- |
lures were about L weeks work or time travel |
ing around the country, principally in Morr- |
son county. Generally got some old friends
to stop with, who wouldn't take anything for
my fare and was sorry to find them generally
Donnelly men. | expended for team hire for
myself in the neighborhood of 1926.
.. Did you pay any money during the last
political campaign to VIM. Witherall? A. 1
think did | loaned him some at one time
81; at another time IS.
q. Has that money been repaid? A. Arc
you acquainted with the party? If you were
YOU wouldn't ask that question: have no
recollection of being repaid
Q. Did you pay any money during the last
political campaign to ". Sloan? A. j may
have paid him some rather think did. Some
thing about 81 or 50. [ loaned it to him.
Q. Has that money been paid? A. 1t is in
about the same condition as the loan to Wither-
all; haven't got it back; expect to get it back.
.. For man who was losing money by poll
tics were you not making some very injudicious
investments? a. l presume it was rather a
poor Investment.
Q. Did Messrs. Signor, Withrerall and Rid
dell support Washburn for Congress? A. |
don't know how either Of them voted. So far
| understand about the men it is mere
matter of opinion. 81 am quite certain Mr..
RiddelI voted for DonneIly. 1 think the Others
voted for Washburn.
Q. Did Loren Fletcher write you another
letter subsequent to Oct. IT? a. | think he
didn't.
Q. Did he, or Loring, any person then
come to Little Falls after Oct. 10, 1878. and
during the canvass? A. l didn't see them
here or any one representing them. think
heard of Fletcher passing on the train. Didn't
hear of his stopping off
O. Was it Leon Houde told you this? A. It
would be likely to be Leon anybody.
MILO PORTER SWORN.
was born in 1918; reside at Little Falls; my
occupation carrying the mail to Long Prairie.
Q. Do you know Mr.. Buss, the treasurer of
Todd county, and state if you had any CONVEX
sation with him last fall in reference to poll
tics, and if what it was? A. had con-
yersation with Mr. Duss at different times be-
tween the time Of the nomination for member
of Congress and the election. We used to ar