St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02
An Honest Proposition From Brand.

CHICAGO, Dec. l. An open letter will be
published here tomorrow from Rudolph
Brand, Democratic candidate for state seua-
tor from the Sixth district, to Henry w.
Leman, his Republican opponent. Brand
says that while ne ran ahead Of his ticket
elsewhere and had reason to believe he
would do the same in the second precinct of
the Eighteenth ward, where it is alleged the
fraud was committed which added 200 votes
70 Brands count, yet, If Leman's claim 10
this effect is correct, it would show he
(Brand) ran behind the ticket
in the precinct. Still, from the fact that the
ballots in the box indicate that
Lemau's father-in-law, brother-in-law and
other intimate friends voted for Brand, he
(Brand) is inclined to the opinion these
ballots are fraudulent. He therefor proposes
to Leman that they jointly canvass the votes
in the entire district and if it is found that
ballots of similar character has been deposited
iD other precincts, the matter to be settled
by the testimony of voters throughout the
district on the question for whom they voted.
THE GRAND JURY's WORK.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The United States
grand jury to-day contn ued its investigation
into the alleged fraud in the Second precinct
of the Eighteenth ward, in which the allega-
tions are that the tally sheet was changed
after the day of election, taking 200 votes
from Leman, the Republican candidate
for state senate, and giving the
same number to his opponent, Brand
(Democrat) thereby giving Brand majority
of ten in the district (the sixth), which would
make the state Legislature Democratic by
majority of two in joint ballot instead of
tie as would be the case if Leman was elected
and thus enable the Democrats TO choose
Uuiteu States senator To succeed Logan. 1t
is also charged that in order to cover up this
fraud the sealed ballots were taken
out of the county clerks office, that
over 200 Republican ballots with Leman's
name on them were distracted aud an equal
number of ballots substituted which con
tanned all Republican names except Leman's,
for which that OF Brand was substituted, and
that their ballots were printed on the night of
November 2l, or seventeen days after the
election. According 10 published statements
by papers here, both Democrat and Republi-
can, when the ballots were examined by
the United States grand jury last week
they revealed the apparent absurdity that
most OF Leman's friends, Including his
father-in-law, acted for Brand, and the same
papers assert that these relatives and friends
when summoned before the grand jury swore
| they voted fOr Leman, and that II ballots
show otherwise they were not the ballots east
By them. Concerning tO-day's proceeding of
the grand jury the Times will tomorrow
publish what processes to be an abstract of
the testimony given before the grand jury,
the more important feature of which are
herewith given in substances:
! Byron Fish, discharged foreman for p
| l.. HauscOme tG Co. testified he asked 7 g.
Hess, foreman of the press room, of the same
establishment, about printing the bogus Re
publican tickets, and that Hess replied, ten
| Republican tickets with Brands name on
them were wanted to put in
the ballot box TO elect Brand.
j. S. Thompson, an employe of Hanscome 81
Co., said that on the afternoon OF November
| 2l, at the request of S. B. Wight, member
of the firm, he had an engraver make a fac
/ simile of the engraved head of the Repubi-
can tickets, which was delivered to Wright
about O'Clock in the evening, that be be-
lieved Mackin gave the order, as he (Mackiu)
was present when Wright asked
witness to have the work done. S. W. Falls,
| OF Baker 81 Co., engravers, testified as to
the execution of the order, which was wanted
/ In hurry. j. c. Hess, pressman for Hans
! come q Co., said the press work was done
! by one of the boys who run the presses, end
/ denied Fish's statement that be (Hess) said
ten tickets were wanted to elect Brand. The
| papers here have published many hints i'm
| pIicating more or less prominent citizens
and city and county officials, as concerned
in or having knowledge Of the actual work
| of changing the ballots and forging the
name Uf one of the judges to the bogus tally
sheets.