St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-06
THE BOoDLE TRAIN
That Went Out on the Manitoba
Road neutrality-suspicious. the
VeacE CoUnIIeS for TEcGisf.

That Went Out on the Manitoba
Road Xesterday--''Fixin the
Back Counties for TEcGiii.
The secret conference between the eXecu-
tive committee of the Republican state
central committee and the rallrOand officials
in the Wilder block Thursday afternoon.
the result of which the GLOBE published
Yesterday, created a great sensation. The
thing produced at the conference is a
special train. This special train. or pay
car. it is given out by a prominent and
disguised Republican. left st. Paul for
fast trip over the Manitoba road at 3 a. m.
Yesterday morning. Ten or a dozen men
we're aboard. The Republican infOmer
saws they were Republicans and that their
object in taking so sudden and secret leave
of the city was to ''See about certain re-
turns from certain counties" 1t is proposed
to use all means to count a majority for
McGin. This train contained Doodle in
charge of men skilled in its use The Doodle
was to be used in various ways. 1t was to
be a means for an end. The end is Nc
Gill majority. a few returns dOctOred will
produce a McGill majority. Certain men,
in charge OF returns, might possibly be in
duced to
ALTER THEM.
The use of the means is therefore appar-
ent. If the train left as stated, CrOOkSton
was probably the intended destination. 1t
is believed that the returns from Polk
county have now been manipulated. VINO
were the persons aboard of that train are
not known. save to few eminent Repub-
licans. An effort to keep the thing secret
almost succeeded. Three men, who were
at that secret conference could not be found
Ir,rg1 1it.H-sa tl,oi gx.lna
developed that Ii. B. Willis was ''0ut of
town." Henry Johns, Of the Yong Mems
Republican club of this city, said Samuel
II. Nichols was up the country some
where" Il. q. Evans, of Minneapolis, was
among the abSenteeS. The departure Of
the train is denied. Supt. Bronson, of the
Union Depot company, says he IS not aware
that any special train left the depot and if
anv did he things he would KNOW something
about it. The special policeman on night
watch at the union depot says he does not
know of any such train having
LEFT THE DEPOT;
that nobody passed through the depot at 5
a. m. The night switchman denies that any
special train left the depot yards at 3 a. III.
INQUIRY at the Office of the train dispatcher
and at the Manitoba shops does not confirm
the Republican infOrmerS statement about
this special tram. II IHe lIdIll dispatcher.
night switchman, special policeman, night
sWitchman al the shops. or depot superin
tendent had been instructed 10 say nothing
about it" they may have acted according
tn instructions when inquiries were made;
or the few manipulators who are said TO
have boarded the tran, may have gotten on
without going into the depot, and the train
NAV have left the city when It's departure
,,,ouId not have been noticed.
repurter called upon Stanford Newell
at Republican headquarters yesterday after
noon. He was very busy writing. The
question:: Mr. Newell, L understand a
special train on the Manitoba left early this
morning. What do you know about it?'
was put to him.
He replied: You ought to be ashamed
of that al ticle you wrote in the GLOBE this
morning"
He was again interrogated with this re-
ult:
..Mr. Newell what was the object of
sending out that Manitoba special this
morning"
you ought to be ashamed of that lie
you wrote"
''Mr. Newell, do you know who the gen.