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

person for him, two letters containing in the
aggregate one hundred and fifty dollars, or
any other sum?
A. / don't remember any such letters.
requ ired some money to pay my expenses
with, such as railroad fare tickets, hotel
bills, and other necessary and legitimate ex-
penses.
@. What do you mean when you say I
required this money?
A. 1 mean to say 1 wrote to the commit
tee or other PERSONS don't remember who
1 wrote to-that livery bills, hotel bills, etc.,
must be paid, OR SUGGESTED THIS TO GENERAL
WAsHBURN. l don't remember which. There
was sent to me by the committee, or some
! one-I don't think it was General Wash
| burn-money to pay my expenses. MY
| RECOLLECTION IS [ GOT FIFTY DOLLARS. l do
| not remember of getting any more than
| that. IT is POSSIBLE THAT l GOT MORE, but
don't remember of getting it. Several trips
were made by me over railroads without
passes, and l expended, in my opinion,
much more than 1 received for my expenses.
@. Did you not require guarantee that
| the money you sp.nt would be repaid?
A. | have no recollection of any such
| transaction.
@. How was the money sent to you, or
| who paid it?
A. 1 don't remember; I may have got it
| by mail, or by express, OR GENERAL WASH
BUBN MAY EAyE PAID IT TO ME HIMSELF, but
l don't think ne did.
| He admits receiving letters from Mr..
Washburn during the canvass; may have
them yet; is called upon to produce them and
fails to do so.
| @. Did you during that visit to North
Prairie or Two Rivers pay any money to
Charles Berens?
A. CHARLES BERENs WROTE LETTER TO
MINNEAPOLIS DEMANDING FIFTY DOLLARS, FOB
WHICH HE WAS TO SUPPORT GENERAL WASH
BURN. The letter was sent to me by come
one in connection with the campaign 1 can't
say whether by the committee Oh BY GENERAL
| WAsHBURN, OR BY SOME ONE FOR THEM adj
vised General Mashburn or come one for him,
AFTER | BAD BEEN ADVISED THAT NO ARRANGE
MENTs OF THAT CHARACTER COULD BE ENTERED
INTO, or words to that effect, that he should
not enter into any such arrangements with
Charles Berens or any one else; and l swear
that MIR. Berens, to the best of my recollec-
ton and belief, received no sum from me for
General Washburn or any one else. This is
my recollection of the matter.
@. Did you talk to Charles Berens dur
ing your visit tu North Prairie?
A. l may have talked with him or rot I
can't say. Ipresume l did. l considered
MIR. Berens valuable man at that point,
BUT HAD NO AUTHORITY To CORRUPT HIM. or at
tempt to by the payment of money, and l
heard after wards that he heartily supported
Ignatius Donnelly for Congress.
@. What was the total amount of money
paid out by you for political or travelling ex-
penses in the several trips made by you dur
ing last falls canvass, as near as you can
state it?
A. can't state.
@. Was it less than fifty, or more than
one hundred, or less than two hundred, or
more than five hundred dollars?
A. I can't state bow much it was-I don't
remember. simply paid it out as I went
along for my expenses, that is ali and, as I
have stated heretofore, this being as near as
can recollect.
X x
@. If Kitowski was already supporting
Mr.. Washburn, why did you pay him that
money?
A. He requested the payment of what
ever paid him FOR CIGARS, ETC, and his as
sistance in supporting the candidate he was
in favor of.
@. Kitowski says you paid him $50. Did
you?
A. don't remember what paid him.
O. Did you not say if he did say so he had
lots of cheek, and didn't dare to say no?
A. did not so testify; if l made that re-
mark it was simply as joke.
This remarkable witness winds up his
unique testimony as follows:
The above testimony is signed by me not
| knO,cing 1ghat the same contains, my official d.
| ties haVing prevented me from examining the
same 6etofe the extra session Of COngreSe to con-
yene on the 18Th instant.
Signed this l1h dag Of March. 1879.
j. V. brewer.
| What did this United States land officer
have to do with the extra session of Con-
gress, and why did he not have time, in the
intervening seven days, to read his testimony
over before signing it? Was ne afraid of an
Indictment for perjury and inserted this saw
ing clause?
wAsHBURN THANKS MAN WHO WANTS $50.
| The following evidence shows that when
party, Democrat, wrote directly to the sit
ting member, offering to sell his vote for
$50, he was thanked for his offer by the
postmaster at Minneapolis, and the letter
turned over to Brewer, who saw the witness
and told him to vote for Washburn, and he
''would see him all right"
Charles Berens, postmaster at Two Rivers,
Morrison county, says page 800, Printed
Testimony:
Q. Did you, during last fall, WRITE LET
TER TO W. D. wAsHBURN, in which you told
| him THAT YOU WOULD GIVE HIM YOUR SUP
PORT FOR $50, or words to that effect?
A. Yes, did; l acknowledge it.
Q. Did you get an answer to that letter.
A. Yes, sir; got it from Keith, and 1 be-
lieve he is the postmaster at Minneapolis.
@. What did that letter say?
A. SAID HE WAS GLAD I WOULD WORK THAT
WAY, or some words like that. He told me
he would give my letter to MI. Brewer, at st.
Cloud. He did not say that Brewer would
come to see me.
@. Did Brewer come to see you?
A. He was at North Prairie Sunday be-
fore election, as we'll as | know.
@. What did Brewer say to you?
A. He said / SHOULD WORK FOB WASH
BURN AND HE WOULD SEE ME ALL RIGHT
something in that shape.
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