St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-20
THE VOTE OF MINNESOTA.
The Official Canvass Gives Blaine a
Plurality Of 41,779.
The Result on COngressmen-Scme OF the
Curious Things Developed.

The class in arithmetic was called at the
capitol yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock to
work an example in addition on the election
returns OF the state Of Minnesota. The class
sat around q table in the office Of the seere-
tsry Of state with formidable stock OF en-
velopes before them. Secretary of State Won
Baumbach opened the seals with a knife,
passed the returns along to Judge Berry and
Attorney General Hahn, who examined them
for errors in names, aud handed them to
Gov. Hubbard, who read them aloud to two
clerks for record. Auditor Braden sat at the
governors left and PIT the returns back into
the envelopes. The work proceeded very
slowly, as the errors in the
names of the electors were al
most innumerable and some. of them
so gigantic that had the plurality not been
more than 5000 several OF the electors on
both tickets would have been selected. In
Winona county G. F. Kindred received
1850 votes, and they were all thrown out, as
Mr.. Kindred's initials are C. F. In Morrison
county by a twist in the initials of one of the
democratic electors 1,olO votes were cast
into the oblivion of the waste basket. E. NJ.
Wright, on the Democratic ticket, was the
most unfortunate man in the list, about half
the counties putting his initials f. NJ. These
are given as examples. There are something
like hundred others. Some remedy for this
laundering should be sought out. II has
been suggested, and the suggestion is worthy
OF consideration, that tn; correct Rlmes of
the electors should be sent to the Secretary
that be cause TO be printed and distributed
10 the county seats such a number as may be
thought necessary for each, aud that they be
thence distributed to the polling places. This
could be done If the tickets for electors were
made apart from all other tickets, as they are
in New York, for instance. In Renville
county several American citizens voted for
Blaine aud Logan or Cleveland and Hen
bricks direct, a very simple and commend
able method of exercising the franchise but
fatal IN being at present Illegal Stevens
county was affected in the same way
and in another far more amusing. Either
they don't read the papers in Stevens
OF they insist on the candidate Of 1876 out
Of affection for his statesmaDship. The vote
for Tildeu and Hendricks in Stevens was not
inconsidrrable. In the column marked
scattering are votes cast for Tom, Dick,
Harry and Belva Lockwood, probably 100 of
tue 290 for the latter. Butler blooms like a
rose in Fillmore county, having there 65l
votes, aud in the state 3, 1851. St. Johns to-
tai is 4, SOL, and his S7l in Hennepin repre-
sents his greenest field. Blaiue's plurality
over Cleveland is Al, 779, several thousands
below what was expected in Republican cir
cles. The official figures do not materially
change our estimates on congressman. Mel
son, in tiIe Fifth district, has the largest ma
jOrity, Il, All, and runs far ahead of Blaine.
Wakefield, in the Second, comes next with a
majority OF 10, 1854, and he, too, leads the
head of the ticket in nearly every county
Gilhllan's plurality over Merriman is ABA,
Whites over Bierman 2,643, and Straits
over DOnnelly LAS The rapid growth of
St. Paul and Minneapolis since the appor-
tionment from the census OF 1880 has made
the Fourth district very much larger than
any of the others. The vote as officially eau
vassed is appended.