St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-02
tue STRAIT VOTE.
Hot0 He Forced His Henchmen to Casr
B0ifofs for Him.
To sbo E9st,r -.

BsIIo,s far Him.
To the Editor Of the Globe:
WnLNAR, Nov. 21.-In a late issue of
your daily read an editorial in which it is
is stated that "a Democrat has no rights In
KandiyOhi county," anG it seems to me that
a stranger, upon viewing the methods Of our
Republican "Bosses" at the late election In
our village and county, would have ex-
claimed with you, verify Democrat has no
rights that the ''ring' Is bound TO respect,
and in fact II appears that no voter, to what
ever party he may belong. if he does not see
fit 20 cast mis- ballot according 10 the dictation
OF our OilicehOlders' ring, is entitled TO an
untrammelled vote and an honest count
About three weeks before election, the Re-
publican candidate for congress in this dis
trict appeared in our village was taken under
the wing of our village marshal and spent
most OF the day visiting our sa-
looms, to the disgust of the
better portion of our people, and indeed
of some OF the saloon keepers themselves,
and II is openly charged aud not denied, that
he left here large SUN OF money for cleo
tionering purposes. Our clerk of district
court admits that large number OF foreign
ers were naturaliZed before him and that
they received their ''p8pers' gratis, provided
Tn they would promise to vote for Strait,
and that the papers were or are to be paid
for by our worthy congressmsn-elect, or in
other woris, be paid or IS u pay Si.25 for
each vote, aud as the clerk was an ardent
supporter of Strait, be, OF course, took pains
10 that the promise was fulfilled, and in
some eases went so far as Ia inform some of
the more ignorant ones OF his own nation
ally that they could not vote anything but
q straight Republican ticket on their first
papers.
For tie beueft Of your farmer readers
wish To stale that on the day before election
one OF tie business ears OF The st. Panl, Min
neaPohs * MauitoJa railway company, came
over tue road with request CD that the EN-
pioyes %. taat corporation should vote for
Mr.. Strait. sud that on the day of election
the train iirs pncher stood at the polls with
his booA, el,ckine of the names rs the votes
were po..rl. pr suma0ly TO So who complied
witt t.e request anu who did not.
Ga the morn ne @. election a small army
oil hired strikers tOOS possession Of the polls,
headed by our '-rii but reluctantly paId dis
trict attorney, Arcian0er, waO was arrayed
in the = iiy decorated uniform OF ''Jingo
jim, - g. pped itl the reu pastrboard helmet
anu waving white plume. aud armed With
hoX OF cigars, which he distributed freely
among tls faithful sfter.their votes were cast
Lis livuiensnt was our village marshal in
IN Tie iuli Uniform o. his ufiice. Whenever
a voter approached 10 east lis ballot, II he
appeared 10 be one WhJ would submit be
was asked 10 show bis ticket and il IL proved
b be one not a. the liking OF the gang" it
was thrown away, another given in its place
Z a Al.
''voted" witasut delay or ceremony.
This disgracrfu business in some
instances had the eject TO chang. the
vet Of husin s. men aud others, VINO saw
the OPERATION oi tie ''macLinr' and several
wao went 10 tn polls strait" meu voted
for Donneiiy. Diners we're Informed Of
the state OF affairs and refused TO 20 10 the
polls.
We resd In Republican papers of ''buH-
dozng'' 10 t..e south, but u seems that ex-
cept In tue matter Of shu,guns, WillInAr goes
hand in hand with Louisiana.
The Wihmar Office holders ring has made
q poor record in the minds Of our thinking
people, aud future elections will show thai
their actions are not forgotten. | wish TO
make an exception to the above in the case
OF our worthy postmaster, who since his ap-
pointment has had time 70 attend to his du-
ties in a gentlemanly manner, without TAX
ing occasion to make politics his whole bust
ness. As to the rest, | say with the GLOBE,
Turn the rascals out"
IL is thing TO rejoice over that so many
days have elapsed since the election OF
Democratic president aud the doleful pre-
dietions Of our district attorney are as yet
uniuihlled He prophesied ''war in ten
days, " ''the southern war debt would be
paid, ''the negroes would have 10 be paid
for by toe nortE," and other equally foolish
things which upon the spur Of the moment
had their effect
II elections were carried on in other por-
items OF our district as OUTS in Willmar Was,
II is surprise that Don nelly was able to re-
duee the Republican majority at all.