St. Paul daily globe., 1886-04-23
THE JUDGES, STATEMENT.
Affidavit as To the Primaries i'm the
sixth Ward.


After the convention yesterday the judges
of election in the First district of the Sixth
ward drew up and signed the following
document in view of the conventions
action over the delegates In that district:
To the Public: The undersigned, the three
judges in the First Aldermanic district OF the
Sixth ward, owing To the fact that the Demo-
cratic convention yesterday deliberately re-
Jected our canvass as tO;whom were the prop
| erly elected delegates To the convention, and
rs to who was nominated as alderman and
school inspector, make the following state
ment of facts:
We were not interested in the contest. as Is
shown by the fact that two OF our number
did not vote at the caucus for either candi-
date. 1t having been intimated before the
caucus that we were all friends of Mr..
Bryant, we consented TO allow, and did allow,
William Stephenson, an avowed advocate OF
Mr.. Gels, 10 remain In the judges room and
watch the ballot box and the casting and
counting Of all votes. He did this faithfully,
ana TO the extent that we had 10 take steps
at several times TO prevent him from stuiiing
the ballot box.
When the vote was counted each can
didate was present and raised no OBJ
lection to our count or our canvas
Not an illegal vote was cast or counted at the
caucus so far as we know, but we do know
that many votes were presented by men not
residents Of the district, and we in every case
refused 10 receive them. If fraud was per-
petrated it was by tho element that supported
Mr.. Gies, who 70 our knowledge never was u
Democrat
1t Is usual in cases OF contest of this charac-
ter 20 receive some evidence in convention
and not decide judges of election and other
good citizens guilty OF fraud without a hear
ing upon wild, unsupported charges of the
defeated party.
We were charged in the convention with
fraud and with stufing the ballot box, and our
request for hearing was denied.
1t now clearly appears that the convention
deliberately intended from the outset 10
smother the fairly expressed wishes of the
voters of the Sixth ward and put in nomina-
ton by pure brute force a candidate fairly
rejected by our precinct at the caucus, and a
man who does not own foot of real estate in
the ward. If the Democratic party of this
city desires and intends TO uphold this pro-
ceeding and allow IL 20 pass without rebuke we
with all other respectable citizens who have
the interests of our ward at heart will cut
loose from its dictates and ring rule and cast
our votes without regard TO party lines. If
the convention wanted to do the fair thing
they should have allowed the judges of the
caucus to testify In their own behalf and not
judge the case from the bold, reckless, un-
supported statements of a paid attorney,
who we believe is not legal voter in our
city.
We hereby declare Mr.. Bryant the duly and
legally elected candidate for alderman and
William Berlandi for school inspector in the
First precinct of the Sixth ward. We each
on oath declare the above statements TO be
true. PAUL MARTIN,
JOSEPH GUION,
WIN. ERDMAN.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me on this
s2d day of April, 1856.
CHAs +. PIERCE,
Notary Public, Ramsey County, Minn.