St. Paul daily globe., 1884-09-24
TIE MINORITY REPORT.

IL was at tnls Juncture that AID, Johnson, the
| stalwart from the Second ward, walked firmly TO
the front and read the following minority report:
To the Convention:
The undersigned, minority of your commit
tee credentials, woud respectfully report that
they do not join in the report Of a majority of
your committee in so far as the question OF dele
gates entitled TO seat in this convention from
the Second precinct Of the Fourth ward.
1t appears from the testimony that the caucus
proceeded regularly and without friction until
about 8:1S O'Clock p. III.
That at that hour large number OF persons
| presented ballots against whom the point Of
order was made that they were not residents of
| the precinct. II is upd.sputed that the great
majority OF those persons were walters at the
West hotel, and 1t is also undisputed that they
| did not sleep in the hotel, but we're merely en-
ploJed there during the DAY.
The question raised as 10 whether such
! persons should be allowed TO vote. Upon the
| question being put large number of persons
voted aye and large number voted nav The
! chair gave opportunity for call for division-no
/ such call being made lie declared tho motion lost
and the vote excluded. Long discussion fol-
lowed this action. during which the time previ-
ousy agreed upon for closing the polls arrived,
and no one moving that the polls be longer Kept
] open the polls were declared closed, and the del
egstlon headed by ". W. Sly, was declared cleo
ted, as ii appears by nineteen majority.
! We are OF the opinion that the action OF the
proper and we ars further Of the opinion that
| IL any legal voters were excluded, because OF
the delay caused by the discussion,
OF the question OF allowing the walters OF the
West hotel to vote, IL was not the fault OF the
chair but OF the caucus, and should have been
remedied by motion extending the time within
| which the polls should be kept open.
1t is absolutely impossible for this committee
| to determine what would have been the result Of
the caucus had all voters present, or even
all legal voters present been allowed TO vote,
Each party 20 this contest is ready with afdayits
and 10 make and to produce afidayits that per-
sons who would have voted in their favor were
! excluded.
! In the opinion of the undersigned this conven-
tion would be opening the doors for endless con-
tests in the future-if 1t should decide that
! any party could bring in q contest
ing delegation who could produce
afidavits that all persons who might have voted
in his favor did not vote, wherefore the under
| signed recommend the admission OF the follow
ing delegates: W. ". Sly, wn. Grimshsw,
Charles W. johnson and James MeCutheou.
g. ". JOHNSON,
s. L. BEEARLY
Mr.. Gordon arose to defend his rsque.t. He
declared that the committee had enseavored to
avoid the unpleasant fight OF the es4ltesi, and
had asked the delegations to come into the com
mittee room and agree upon compromise, by
| selecting delegation from the two factions
The delegation upon which the COMMITTEES re-
ported favorably acqEiesced in the plan. but the
Grimshaw and sly delegation peremptoriIy de.
clined, saying they would have the whole OF
nothing. Mr. Gordon then went On and
reeited the contest OF the caucu,
IS has been published. Il seemed clear to him
from the statements o. Grimshsg, johnson and
sly, the opposing faction. that large number OF
Republicans OF the ward had been ruled out,
Twenty-Five OF the men who had been denied the
privilege OF voting wers willing to make sfidayil
thai they residents snd legal voters Of the
! precinct in contest The vote va,
i63 TO ia. nineteen majority and twenty
two to swear that they are voter,
in that precinct and that they were there 10 rot,
the LzuderdSle ticket. and had they been gTeT
the right which they clearly entitled 10 n,
, majority would certainly have beer elected
TIE AFFIDAVIT
AID johnson sprung TO his feet and asked %
the affidavit, which was handed him. Johussr
: then proceeded 20 read the aezdarit which ..
forth that the undersigned twenty-five wen
: residents OF tne precinct.
) John P. Hoye. the West hotel detective als
> deposed- De alleged IN an asids-is that man
5 os the ueu from the West did not go TO the polI
, to vote. and that others were not voter. an,
J f1EfEoEnoro that others actually voted Il,