Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-24

has never repaid it, and has never been call
ed on to repay 1t.
Gerge G. Morton, one of the men at this
wood camp, testi6es Up. 124 Printed Testl-
mony) that he had charge of the cord wood
as it was delivered on the track; that Mr..
Webster, of Webster &c White, the contrac-
tors, told him they expected to get 5000 for
their services at the election; that they would
make as much out of the election as they
would out of their wood contract; he want
ed witness to use his influence in behalf of
Washburn. The men were non-risidents,
many of them had just arrived in the State;
others were harvest hands (the camp broke
up and the men dispersed right after the
election); the voting took place at the depot
building, in cigar box: there were no reg
istration lists of voters.
q. Do you know, of your own knoWi-
edge, of Webster & Whites paying any per-
son or persons who were In their employ or
otherwise for voting for w. D. Washburn ia
the general election held on November 5,
1878?
A. 1 know they paid their men fer going
to the polls and voting. know this of my
own knowledge, because saw some of the
men settled with.
A. have had several conversations with
Mr. Webster since election; he has mention
ed several times to me the fact
that Mr.. White had received the money fol
the purpose of defraying the expenses OF
the election, and that Mr.. White had moi
paid him his share of it. He asked me If
thought I could sue White and collect the
balance due him as his half of the proceeds
| He stated that Mr.. White had received fol
the firm of Webster & White one hundred
and eighty-two dollars, and that MIR. White
| had not paid him but sixty tnree dollars
| which he claimed was not all that was due
him. He stated that Major Hale, of this
city, (Minneapolis), had given Mr.. White
check for one hundred and eighty-two dol
lars, and that the check was cashed b,
George Webster, paymaster of the Mime
| apolis & st. Louis Railroad company.
This Major Hale is Mr.. Washburn's bust
ness manager, and the same man who pait
money to bride Emil Shagren.]
John Mulvey, another of the wood chop
pers, testifes Up. 100, printed testimony
that there were two actual settlers lived nea
the polls; that the voting took place IN tb'
| depot or section house, in cigar box.
@. Did all these sixty men you have men
toned vote at that place?
A. They did; they all voted there.
@. How many votes did those sixty nler
POLL?
A. ONE HUNDRED AND NINE. as Mr. Web.
ster and his clerk told me; all for Mr.
Washburn except one, which was for Don.
nelly; the rest of the Donnelly votes were
thrown out on account of the full naues moi
being on them. A great many of them were
marked /. Donnelly, and these were thrown
out. I know they were SO marked, for
marked good many myself for the boys
who asked me to do it for them. They all
got paid for voting; that is, they were al
lowed their time, which is the same thing.
They were all anxious to vote for somebody
to get pay for doing so; it is why they were
anxious. Mr.. Webster, whose name l men.
toned. was one of tho judges of election.
This Webster, it seems, who acted as
Judge, was resident of the State of Maine.
A. He simply said he would pay them fol-
their time to vote for Washburn. The wages
were one dollar and one-half a day, and h.
agreed to pay them one days wages if they
would vote for Washburn. That was the
agreement.
A. There we're forty of the sixty who
were not residents of the State there wert
awenty that belonged here in Minneapolis
pnd other parts of the State. There were
also two trappers who voted; Webster
licked them up and boarded them for {
week, and passed them over the road to vote
for Washburn they came down on the same
train and on the same pass that did.
@. Where were these forty men from
non-residents-th you mentioned?
A. They were from all over the country
Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and some from
Canada and Indiana.
@. Did MIR. Webster know that these
men were non residents and had no right to
vote?
A. Yes, sir; they told him SO, and he said
that it did not make any difference; that he
was one of the judges.
BUYING UP RAILROAD GANG, AND VOTING
THEM IN A BoX-CAR.
Dennis Reardon testiGes Up. IA, Print.
Test.) that he was at work as laborer
helping to build the st. Paul 81 Pacific Rail
road in Kittson county, in November, 1878
that there were no houses in the vicinity
that he and some fifty others were living il
box-cars, moved forward from day to day as
the work progressed that they were taken
down to vote by the railroad company tc
Two Rivers, and there voted; the voting
took place in a box-car, and the ballots
were deposited in a candle box; there were
no registration lists, and no tickets there but
Washburn tickets; the men were all paid fol
voting; the men left that country in De-
cember. The vote at Two Rivers was "a
for Washburn and 1 for Donnelly.
q. s. LAND OFFICERS WHOLESALE BRIB
ERIES.
j. V. Brewer, register of the U
S. Land Office at st Cloud,
leading Republican, testifies (p. pa, print
test.) that he supported Washburn; that h
made several trips for political purposes; b.
is troubled with very bad memory; can
remember whether he was at North Prairie
Todd county, one hour or three days; pail
some money to one Kitowski, Democrat, a
that place; will not swear it was less thai
$25; "THIs WAS FOR CIGARS" 81 left SUM
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