Daily globe., 1879-03-22
DONNELLY-W WASHBURN.
Wastb,1rrs Continues to Eeplain Ho,o III,
Put IN Votes u Week after the Election.


Put IN Votes q Week Afte, the Election.
TIE taking of testimony for the respond
ent in the Donnelly- -Washburn contest was
resumed yesterday at Rsa & Hooker's Office.
Judge Flandrau and Col. Hooker appeared
for Mr.. Washburn, and P. o. Chilstrom for
Mr.. Donnelly.
Michael Lyons testified that he was Judge
Of election in the First precinct of the
First ward. He knew nine-tenths of the
voters in that precinct, and he believed those
who voted were legal voters In making up
the lists the clerks made a mistake and
omitted vote for Congress. This was not
discovered for week, and a supplemental
return was made out from the tally lists. He
kept memorandum, and the supplemental
returns agreed with the memorandum. On
oross-examination he admitted that the sup
Elemental returns were partially made from
his memorandum. Both of the clerks were
Washburn men.
Allen Hill was judge in the Third pre-
cinct of the Fourth ward. This was another
case where no returns were made for Con-
gress. When the official canvass was made
by the county auditor the omission was dis
covered and supplemental return made out
This was made from tally sheet kept by one
of the judges. Witness could not remem-
Der how the vote stood, but after he was
handed piece of paper with some figures on
it, ne remembered that Washburn had 566
votes, Donnelly S3, and Stewart 1. There
we're 10 who did not vote for Congressman.
He thought the poll-list of J. B. Bottineau, ,one
of the clerks. was correct. The supplemental
returns were signed by only one of the
clerks, the reason why the other clerk, Mr..
Bottineau, did not sign was that he had
what he called his memorandum of the votes
for congressman, that neither the judges or
the other clerk could make agree with the
canvass as kept by Mr.. Paine, and he there
fore refused to sign. If Mr.. Bottineau's S
memorandum had agreed with the newspa-
pers and Mr.. Paine's memorandum, I have
no doubt he would have signed the supple
mental returns; more faith was put in Mr..
Paine's memorandum because his agreed
with the total vote cast, and Bottineau's did
not.
Frederick Paine, one of the clerks of the
third precinct of the Fourth ward, testified
that he kept full list of the votes cast, Mr..
Bottineau's being the other. He thought the
two tally sheets were compared, but was not
positive He kept his tally sheet until the
supplemental return was made out. His
tally and Bottineau's did not agree. The
supplemental returns were made from his
tally sheet, when Bottineau refused to sign
them.
William Cheney, judge Of the same
precinct, made similar statements
as the other judges, but after
hard pressing acknowledged that names
were put on the registry list without personal
attendance of the parties. Among the
nauea so entered was that of Ficheloer
who he knew was not resident of the pre-.
cinct. He did not recollect Eichelger's of
fering to vote, and his challenge by Bot
tineau, but such might have been the case.
Thinks Bottineau had list of names which
he claimed were not legal voters. The coun
of ballots did not agree with the tally sheets
kept, but after the third or fourth trial they
were made to agree, and the count was agreed
to as correct. Bottineau would not sign tn,
supplemental returns, claiming they were
not correct.