Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-19

FORMING, MARCH l9, 1881
: nished with his money. or the money of ihi
party, went into the counties Of Todd anl
Morrison, 120 and $50 miles from Minneap
oils.
, UPON MISSION OF ooRRUpT1oN;
: that he bought up probably 100 voters ant
spent probably $500 in the work; and al
though the events transpired but o few
weeks before his testimony was taken, hi
pretends that he does not remember the
names of the voters he bought, the amount
he paid out, or the number of persons bribed
The bribery was accomplished under the thin
disguise of employing Democrats to work OF
the polls for the sitting member. He admits
that one of the parties 80 bought was George
Geissel, of North Prairie; he paid him sum
Of money-may have been $5 or $20-for
the use of team Up. 246). He paid Thomas
Kitowski sum of money, probably 1926 or
$30, to peddle tickets for Washburn at the
polls, and for cigars to be furnished the vot-
ers, (pp. 245, 253). Kitowski was Demo-
crat.
Having established the close relations of
Brewer with the sitting member, and his au-
thorized agency for him, let us follow him
in his canvass:
John Fleckenstein, Up. 291), of Rich Prai-
RE, Morrison county, farmer; his 'politics
amt much; Brewer called to see him; he
told Brewer he had decided to take no part
in the election. He subsequently received,
he thinks, from Brewer, $40 with lot of
Democratic tickets with the sitting men,
ber's name on them. He kept part of the
money; he bought crackers and beer with
part and paid SIS to Peter WIRING. The wit
ness pretends that he voted for Donnelly,
but the tone of his testimony renders this
doubtful.
Brewer then went to see Peter WIRING,
| Up. 29O another farmer of Rich Prairie, q
Democrat. John Fleckenstein was with him.
Fieckenstein paid him, WIRING, $5, "for his
team and days work" at the election. With
the $5 was lot of Democratic tickets with
Washburn's name on them. Virnig also
pretends that he voted the straight Demo-
cratic ticket.
Brewer also called to see Henry Arm
strong, Up. 3O3) of Two Rivers, Morrison
county, farmer and a Democrat. He testi-
fies that Brewer paid him 500 to work at
the polls for Washburn. He did work for
Washburn, distributed his tickets, and the
presumption of law is that he voted for him.
Thomas Kitowski was subpenaed to tes-
tify, but refused to appear. Charles Berens
testi6es, however, Up. 300) that Kitowski told
him that Brewer had paid him $50. Brewer
admitted he had paid him some money, it
may have been 1926 or $50.
These briberies, having been committed
by an authorized agent of the sitting mem
Der, were, in effect, committed by the sitting
member himself; and the agent, Brewer,
says that he will not swear that he did not
bribe one hundred persons in the same way
during his canvass of Todd and Morrison
counties, and spend $500 in doing go.
Milo Porter, Up. 292), mail carrier, of Lit
tie Falls, Todd county, was q supporter of
Donnelly. The Republican county treasurer
of Todd county, Mr.. Buss, offered him $50 if
he would abandon Donnelly and support
Washburn. He, Buss, said he had himself
received, or was about to receive, $500.
Porter declined to take the $50, and pub
lished card at once, before the election, in
the Little. Falls Transcript, reciting the offer
made him, and warning the people of the
kind of means that were being employed to
elect Washburn. There was no attempt made
" COatIdOlCt L OItoI 3 toSLimOuys OuSS WAS
not called to the witness stand.
sAB1N's PAYMENT.
We pass from the northern part OF the dis
trict to the southern part.
William M. Leyde, Up. 49, lives ct Cottage
Grove, Washington county, engaged in
threshing machine business Republican.
He saw Washburn in st. Paul shortly before
the election. He went to Minneapolis, to
the room of the Republican Central commit
tee, or room adjesAsng. He was there
furnished with letter, (he does not remem-
Der whose name was to the letter. to Mr..
Sabin, of Saltwater, requesting Sabin to en-
ploy him to canvass the county, Up. 49). He,
Leyde, understood that 5000 was raised in
Saltwater for political purposes. Armed
with this letter, he went to Saltwater, and
was paid $50 by Sabin, and $15 by another
party, to canvass the county, and thereupon
he visited nearly all the towns in the county,
and hired men to work ut the polls for Wash
burn with their teams. He declines to say
who he hired, how many he hired, and how
much he paid them.
We supplement Leyde's testimony by the
testimony of F. s. MeiIicke, Up. 52), one of
the county commissioners of Washington
county, to whom Leyde stated that he 0eyde)
had talked with Washburn, and Washburn
told him ''to 60 to Sabin, and that the money
had been placed in Sabin's hands and he
would make it all right with him." and that
they had raised 5000 in Saltwater, "besides
the amount that Mr.. Washburn had placed
Mere.' He Neyde) said he had spent all
the money so furnished him but $15 in hir-
ing men to work at the polls for Washburn;
= kta, 0e
roe, of Newport, to whom he had paid $5
the 5000 raised at Saltwater, and the money
contributed by Washburn, was to te spent in
behalf of Washburn.
Abraham Werlich, Up. 2s,) of st. Paul,
machinist, testiies that he also went to Min
neapolis in October, before the election. He
made it his special business to see Wash
burn, and saw and conversed with him; he
asked Washburn 'who was his friend down
there" Tin st. PauL. Washburn told him
che expected the committees would take
some interest in him.; s'that Mr.. Barden,"
the same party mentioned by Flaherty,)
"was on some committee" and he gave him
letter of introduction to Mr.. Barden; the
letter stated that Werrick was his, Wash
burns, friend. Witness presented Wash
burns letter to Barden; forgets what con-
versation took place; but the cofimittee,
presumably the committee OF which Barden
was member,) asked him to hire two men !
to work at the polls. He received $30-$10
for himself and 500 to hire two men. He
hired Oluf Larson and julius Bjornstad, and
paid them $40 each. He worked for the
whole Republican ticket. Prior to seeing
Washburn and being paid this $50, he had
not been supporting Washburn, Up. BY; the
men Larson and Bjornstad we're paid to
work for the whole Republican ticket. Lar