Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-11
Fonrth Ward.


Shortly before 5 o'clock a small group Of
very noisy disputants had assembled at the
Ramsey street engine house, among whom
the chief wranglers seemed so be Andrew Iver-
son and John Lesh-the former for the Pills
bury and the latter for the Hubbard gang.
These two were streaking the pale air with
clamorous imprecations when the argument
was interrupted by the opening of the polls.
c. T. Ward HUBBARD and Major Thomas P.
Wilson (Pillsbury) were selected as judges, and
Sam. FL. Nichols (Pillsbury) as clerk. The
Hubbard ticket, which was printed on white
paper, was as follows: g
Geo. W. Becht, A. g. Foster, G.. K. Davis,
a. w. Foote, F. Beyet, F. Emmert, E. Corn
ing, Robert Ragan, W. h. sanborn, s. A..
Blom9uist, Peter Thauwald.
The Pillsbury ticket was printed on blue
paper and read as follows
John s. Pillsbury, peoples choice for gov
ernor. Fourth ward-Delegate ticket-John
Matheis, II. F. Blodgett, Thomas P. Wilson,
Peter 1hauwald, Stanford Newell, Andrew
Iverson, a. Jurka, E. E. Hughson, Jacob
Richter, E. G. Rogers, Fred Emmert.
The Pillsbury management however, did
not intend to be caught mapping and to that
end had had prepared ticket similar to the
above, which was peddled for some time be-
fore their opponents Caught on" to the
shrewd device. In the meantime the voting
of white ticket evoked no challenge from
the Hubbardtes, who considered it dead
sure gain for their side, while the shrewd
manipulators of the device laughed in their
| sleeves over their success in pulling the wool
over the eyes of their opponents. This game
went on for some time, and when finally dis
covered, great ADVANTAGE had been gained
The chief workers for Hubbard were Gov
Davis, A. c. Foster, John Lesch, 81. w.
Foote and dozen lesser lights
who buzzed around through the crodw
and rang out their battle-cry: "No fourth
term in ours" On the other side the chief
workers were John Matheis, Stanford Newell,
Andrew Iverson, and a number of others who
did their best to bull the stock of their favO-
| rite. The latter crowd was decidedly more
tony than their opponents, and employed
while the others were forced to resort to buses
and any kind of go-cart. Their slogan was:
! s'Vote for Pillsbury, the poor mans friend,
and plenty of work. No State prison ring
| about him "
| Half an hour after the polls opened a dense
! crowd had gathered about the window, and a
! free fight became imminent upon several oc-
casions. Prophet Footes whose prediction last
year that Ramsey county would go Republican
at the next election, came SO near being veri-
! fed last May, insisted on voting man who
! had been in the city only month, and after a
fiery alteration declared his intention of chal-
longing anybody who offered a blue ticket.
The carriages were kept on the go all the time,
and, strange to say, nearly 30 per cent. of the
voters gave the st. Paul house as their resi-
dence. Men with decided HIbernian brogue
voted under such cognomen as Ole johnson
/ and Sven Nelson, while others still were
found out to be good Republicans who gave
such names as Mike Murphy, Terence Nc
| Carthv and Michael O'Toole - +...
! From $50 to the close the scene was an ex-
citing one. The crowd moved and swayed in
confusion about the window-the washed and
the unwashed together in an inextricable
mess, while babel of languages smote upon
the ear of the bystander making jargon that
no fellow could possibly understand. Chal
lenges were frequent. A wonld be voter with
a blue ticket had to run the gauntlet of Ward'l
eross-examinatior. while Wilson was equally
active when one of the white kind. which wal
readily distinguishable from the Pillsbur,
imitation, was thrust forward. At o'clocl
the window was lowered while half dozeI